Reliability Engineer, Level II

Reliability Engineer, Level II

Akima Infrastructure Services, LLC (AIS) is actively seeking a Reliability Engineer, Level II to support the Department of Energy at the Y‑12 National Security Complex in Oak Ridge, Tennessee and the Pantex Plant in Amarillo, Texas. Successful candidates will be employed by AIS but will take day‑to‑day direction from Y‑12 staff. AIS provides pay, benefits, human resources, and employment management functions.

The role requires U.S. citizenship, a minimum age of 18, and the ability to meet all pre‑employment requirements, including required physicals, drug screening, and background investigation to satisfy DOE clearance requirements.

• Defines and provides implementation support for recommendations that ensure reliability and maintainability of equipment, processes, utilities, facilities, controls, and safety/security systems.
• Provides reliability‑based technical support to Production, Operations, Infrastructure Management, and Craft personnel.
• Gathers, reviews, and analyzes data concerning facility or equipment reliability, availability, maintainability, and inspectability (RAMI) specifications.
• Reviews technical documents that depict or define reliability, accessibility, maintainability or inspectability features of systems, equipment, and facilities, including technical basis documentation, manuals, and datasheets.
• Leads the integration of project and plant RAMI deliverables.
• Develops proactive maintenance strategies for structures, systems, and components.
• Identifies equipment failure modes and conducts root‑cause failure analysis.
• Performs trend analysis of structures, systems, and components.
• Defines, develops, implements, revises, and monitors Asset Management Plans for structures, systems, and components.
• Deploys condition‑based, predictive, and other non‑destructive testing methodologies designed to identify and isolate inherent reliability problems before failure occurs.
• Completes and presents RAMI and Reliability‑Centered Maintenance (RCM) analyses to internal and external engineering partners, including labor distributions, critical spares identification, proactive asset management plans, failure rates (MTBF, MTTR), and life‑cycle cost analysis.
• Provides staff augmentation peer review support for the requested individual to fulfill the increased mission needs of the Personnel Development and Peer Review group at Y‑12.

• Bachelor’s degree in an engineering or physical science discipline from an ABET‑accredited program.
• Applicants must meet DOE O 426.2 requirements for a Baccalaureate in Engineering/Related Science.
• Five or more years of job‑related experience and at least one year of nuclear experience (or a DOE‑approved alternative) is required. DOE 426.2 experience can be satisfied during employment; newly hired personnel will not be assigned duties that impact the safety basis of nuclear facilities.

• BS in engineering/physical science with five or more years of Reliability Engineering experience, or a master’s degree with two or more years of such experience.
• Ability to work independently and collaboratively, promoting teamwork.
• Strong interpersonal skills and the ability to interact with organizations across the site.
• Clear and effective oral and written communication skills.
• Strong analytical and problem‑solving abilities, with capacity to multi‑task in a fast‑paced environment.
• Ability to obtain a DOE Q clearance.
• This position requires the ability to obtain and maintain a DOE clearance and is a Workplace Substance Abuse (WSAP) testing designated position, requiring participation in an ongoing random drug testing program in addition to a pre‑employment drug screen.
• Medical exams may be required for this position.

Job :

Work Type:
On‑Site

Akima Infrastructure Services (AIS), a company owned by an Alaska Native Corporation, extends its mission beyond federal projects to support its shareholder communities in Alaska. As an AIS employee you are part of a challenging yet supportive environment committed to innovation, diversity, comprehensive benefits, competitive pay, growth opportunities, and excellent retirement options.

We are an equal opportunity employer and comply with all applicable federal, state, and local fair employment practices laws. All applicants will receive consideration for employment, without regard to race, color, religion, creed, national origin, gender or gender‑identity, age, marital status, sexual orientation, veteran status, disability, pregnancy or parental status, or any other basis prohibited by law. If you have a disability or other limitations that require reasonable accommodation, please contact us at job‑ or 571‑353‑7053.

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