Reliability Engineer

Our client, a major player in the Wood Products industry, is seeking a Reliability Engineer for one of their sawmills, located in Ashland ME. The position offers an excellent salary, 401K matching, top tier benefits, and a full relocation package.

Performance Objectives

• Raise critical-asset availability by cutting unplanned downtime through failure analysis, prioritized work, and closed-loop corrective actions within the first year.
• Stand up and sustain a preventive and predictive maintenance program (including PVM) so planned work becomes the default, not the exception.
• Lead root-cause investigations on chronic losses and implement fixes that hold—documented, verified, and shared with operations and trades.
• Coach operators and mechanics so mechanical skill and equipment knowledge rise on the floor, not only in a report.
• Partner with E&I, operations, and process support to restore equipment to standard and lock in operating conditions that prevent repeat issues.
• Use data from inspections, CMMS, and production to rank risks, defend work lists, and prove reliability gains to site leadership.
• Drive safety and quality as non-negotiables: every job planned and executed so people go home well and product meets spec.

Environment & Resources

You will work on-site with production, maintenance, and process teams across the company manufacturing network. You report into site or divisional maintenance/reliability leadership, with access to CMMS, PM systems, trades support, and the broader Irving group for training and progression. Expect a results culture that values getting it done, sharing what works, and growing across divisions.

Essential Qualifications

• Proven mechanical aptitude and industrial maintenance or reliability experience (journeyman-level skill or equivalent hands-on depth).
• Demonstrated ability to troubleshoot production equipment, restore it to standard, and prevent recurrence—not just patch it.
• Comfort with PM/PdM programs, basic data and math, and computer systems used to plan and record work.
• Safety-first habit: you can speak to how you have made the workplace safer for yourself and others.
• Self-managed problem solver who trains and coaches others and works cleanly with operations and E&I.
• Willingness to work the site’s operating reality, including shift coverage when the asset needs you.

Why this Position?

• Impact at scale: reliability work that shows up in uptime, cost, and customer service across a 20,000-person, multi-industry group.
• Growth paths across paper, forestry, logistics, shipbuilding, and more—not a dead-end specialist seat.
• A culture that invests in training, inclusion, and people who raise the bar—even if you do not tick every box on day one.
• Competitive pay and benefits, plus the chance to build something that lasts.