Reliability Engineer

Virginia Transformer is the largest U.S.

-owned producer of power transformers in North America, with over 5,400 employees.

Reliability Engineer – On-site, Rincon, Georgia

Virginia Transformer Corporation (VTC) is one of the largest privately held power transformer manufacturers in North America, focusing on equipment reliability, safety and continuous improvement.

The Reliability Engineer improves equipment reliability, availability, and lifecycle performance through structured data analysis, failure investigations and maintenance strategy optimization.

• Conduct Root Cause and Data‑Driven Engineering (RCDE) investigations and formal failure analyses.
• Identify chronic equipment issues and develop permanent corrective actions.
• Analyze equipment performance, maintenance history and downtime events to identify reliability risks.
• Define, review and optimize preventive and predictive maintenance strategies based on asset criticality and failure modes.
• Support condition‑based maintenance programs using vibration, oil analysis, thermography and other predictive technologies.
• Partner with maintenance and engineering teams to ensure reliability strategies are executable and sustainable.
• Develop reliability improvement plans for critical and high-risk assets.
• Support Single Point of Failure (SPOF) assessments and mitigation strategies.
• Provide engineering input into maintenance standards and best practices.
• Support CAPEX initiatives related to equipment upgrades, redundancy and reliability improvements.
• Provide technical justification and reliability analysis for equipment replacement or modification projects.
• Collaborate with engineering, operations and maintenance during equipment installation and commissioning.
• Establish and track reliability KPIs including MTBF, MTTR, availability and downtime trends.
• Develop reports and dashboards to support reliability performance reviews.
• Support continuous improvement initiatives focused on reducing unplanned downtime and extending asset life.

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering (Mechanical, Electrical, Industrial or related discipline).
• Experience in reliability engineering, maintenance engineering or equipment reliability within an industrial or manufacturing environment.
• Strong analytical skills with experience interpreting maintenance, downtime and performance data.
• Working knowledge of preventive, predictive and condition‑based maintenance practices.
• Ability to lead root cause analysis and reliability improvement initiatives.
• Experience in heavy manufacturing, electrical equipment or transformer manufacturing environments (preferred).
• Familiarity with reliability methodologies such as RCM, FMEA, RCDE or Weibull analysis (preferred).
• Experience supporting predictive maintenance technologies (vibration, thermography, oil analysis) (preferred).
• CMMS experience and working knowledge of reliability KPI reporting (preferred).

• High‑impact role influencing equipment performance and plant reliability.
• Opportunity to lead long‑term reliability improvements in a complex manufacturing environment.
• Competitive compensation and comprehensive benefits.
• Stable, growth‑oriented organization supporting critical power infrastructure.
• On‑site role at VTC’s Rincon, GA manufacturing facility.

• Seniority level:
  Associate
• Employment type:
  
  Full‑time
• Job function:
  Manufacturing
• Industries:
  Manufacturing and Electric Power Transmission, Control and Distribution