Reliability Engineer, Level II

Akima

Oak Ridge, TN

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JOB DETAILS

SKILLS

ABET (Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology), Administrative Skills, Analysis Skills, Asset Management, Background Investigation, Candidate Screening, Community Support, Cost Analysis, DOE Clearance, DOE-Q (Top Secret Restricted Data), Data Analysis, Datasheets, Diversity, Documentation, Engineering, Failure Analysis, Government, Government Contracts, Human Resources, Interpersonal Skills, Legal, Medical Conditions, Multitasking, Nondestructive Testing (NDT), Operations Management, Physical Science, Presentation/Verbal Skills, Problem Solving Skills, Process Improvement, Production Support, Quality Assurance Methodology, Reliability Centered Maintenance, Reliability Engineering, Root Cause Analysis, Safety Systems, Sales/Support Engineering (SE), Staff Development, Strategic Planning, Substance Abuse, Systems Analysis, Team Player, Technical Support, Technical Writing, Test Design, Trend Analysis, United States Citizen, United States Department of Energy (DOE)

LOCATION

Oak Ridge, TN

POSTED

11 days ago

Akima Infrastructure Services, LLC (AIS), is actively seeking Engineering, Professional, Technical, and administrative support personnel as part of our staff augmentation team supporting the Department of Energy at the Y‑12 National Security Complex located in Oak Ridge, Tennessee and the Pantex Plant located in Amarillo, Texas. To join our team of outstanding professionals, apply today!

Successful candidates will be employees of AIS, a premier government contractor charged with employing highly motivated and well-qualified personnel who can advance Y-12's core mission to ensure a safe, secure, and reliable U.S. nuclear deterrent, which is essential to national security. Though employed by AIS, the employee will take day-to-day direction and assignments from Y-12 staff employed directly by the security complex. Pay, benefits, Human Resources, and Employment Management functions are provided by AIS.

Qualified applicants must be a US citizen, at least 18 years of age, and able to meet pre-employment requirements including any required physicals, drug screen, and/or background investigation to satisfy clearance requirements from the Department of Energy.

Responsibilities

Reliability Engineer (RE) provides a strategic support interface between Production, Engineering, Projects, and the Maintenance Organizations by providing recommendations and technical expertise to enhance equipment design, reliability, and maintainability. The RE has a critical role in optimizing asset management processes through utilization of proactive maintenance strategies to minimize downtime, failure rates and maximize equipment reliability. The RE is responsible for but not limited to:

+ 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 inspect ability (RAMI) specifications.

+ Review technical documents that depict or define reliability, accessibility, maintainability or inspect ability features of systems, equipment and facilities including, technical basis documentation, manuals and datasheets.

+ Lead role in integration of project and plant RAMI deliverables.

+ Development of proactive maintenance strategies for structures, systems and components.

+ Equipment Failure Mode Identification and Root Cause Failure Analysis.

+ Trend Analysis of structures, systems, and components.

+ Defines, develops, implements, revises, and monitors Asset Management Plan(s) for structures, systems and components.

+ Effective deployment of condition based, predictive and other non-destructive testing methodologies designed to identify and isolate inherent reliability problems before failure occurrence.

+ Completion and presentation of both RAMI and Reliability Centered Maintenance (RCM) analyses to internal and external engineering partners. Analysis to include labor distributions, critical spares identification, proactive asset management plans, failure rates MTBF, MTTR and life-cycle cost analysis.

+ Staff Augmentation peer review support of the requested individual is needed in order to accomplish the increased mission needs of the Personnel Development and Peer Review NCS Engineering group given the amount of experience possessed by this individual pertinent to Y-12 nuclear facilities.

Qualifications

+ Bachelor's degree in engineering/physical science discipline from an ABET accredited program.

+ The applicant must meet the requirements of the DOE O 426.2 which states a Baccalaureate in Engineering/Related Science.

+ 5+ years of job-related experience and 1 year of nuclear experience or a DOE approved alternative is needed for this position. DOE 426.2 experience requirements can be satisfied following employment. In the interim, newly hired personnel will not be assigned duties that could impact the safety basis of nuclear facilities. (Ref. DOE O 426.2).

+ Able to obtain and maintain DOE Q clearance.

Preferred Job Requirements:

+ BS in engineering/physical science discipline with 5+ years of Reliability Engineering experience or master’s degree in engineering/physical science discipline with 2+ years of Reliability Engineering experience.

+ Ability to work independently as well as work within a team environment and promote collaboration

+ Strong interpersonal skills.

+ Interact with organizations across the Site.

+ Present information on clearly and effectively through the oral and written communication

+ Ability to resolve complex issues, strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with ability to multi -task in a fast-paced work environment.

+ Ability to obtain a DOE Q clearance.

+ This position requires the ability to obtain and maintain a clearance from the Department of Energy and would be identified as a Workplace Substance Abuse (WSAP) testing designated position. WSAP positions require participation in an ongoing random drug testing program in addition to the pre-employment drug screen.

+ Pre-employment Drug Screen - external applicants selected for this position are required to successfully complete a post- offer, pre-employment drug test.

+ Medical Exam(s) - Job related pre-placement medical examinations may be required for this position.

Job ID

2026-21144

Work Type

On-Site

Company Description

Work Where it Matters

Akima Infrastructure Services (AIS), an Akima company, is not just another staffing contractor. As an Alaska Native Corporation (ANC), our mission and purpose extend beyond our exciting federal projects as we support our shareholder communities in Alaska.

At AIS, the work you do every day makes a difference in the lives of our 15,000 Iñupiat shareholders, a group of Alaska natives from one of the most remote and harshest environments in the United States.

For our shareholders , AIS provides support and employment opportunities and contributes to the survival of a culture that has thrived above the Arctic Circle for more than 10,000 years.

For our government customers , AIS supports vital missions with the most in-demand and specialized skill sets in the world.

As an AIS employee , you will be surrounded by a challenging, yet supportive work environment that is committed to innovation and diversity, two of our most important values. You will also have access to our comprehensive benefits and competitive pay in addition to 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 are an individual with a disability, or have known limitations related to pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions, and would like to request a reasonable accommodation for any part of the employment process, please contact us at job-assist@akima.com or 571-353-7053 (information about job applications status is not available at this contact information).

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