Reliability Engineer- Fiber Esters & Acid Con

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• Reliability Engineer- Fiber Esters & Acid Con
• Job Requisition ID: 58203

Founded in 1920, Eastman is a global specialty materials company that produces a broad range of products found in items people use every day. With the purpose of enhancing the quality of life in a material way, Eastman works with customers to deliver innovative products and solutions while maintaining a commitment to safety and sustainability.

The company’s innovation-driven growth model takes advantage of world-class technology platforms, deep customer engagement, and differentiated application development to grow its leading positions in attractive end markets such as transportation, building and construction, and consumables. As a globally inclusive company, Eastman employs approximately 13,000 people around the world and serves customers in more than 100 countries.

The company had 2025 revenue of approximately $8.8 billion and is headquartered in Kingsport, Tennessee, USA. For more information, visit

Responsibilities

As a Reliability Engineer at Eastman, you’ll support efforts in our manufacturing plants to improve process and equipment reliability. You will be assigned to support Fiber Esters and Acid Con and expected work with Maintenance, Engineering, and Operations to identify, prioritize, and execute improvement opportunities and to achieve reliability, failure elimination, and cost reduction goals.

• Partner closely with area operations to improve equipment availability and process reliability, reducing unplanned production losses
• Lead projects that provide engineered solutions to complex problems that increase equipment and process reliability
• Partner with area maintenance to target reliability issues, reduce cost, and improve productivity
• Identify and prioritize opportunities for reliability improvements by mining information from SAP, reliability systems, and production logs
• Provide support for plant outages and shutdowns as requested
• Understand and utilize Lean Six Sigma tools for problem solving and risk elimination
• Lead and manage Root Cause Failure Analysis (RCFA) investigations
• Manage FMEA analyses on critical production assets as requested
• Provide reliability input to capital projects as requested
• Provide technical leadership at all levels of the plant organization with special emphasis on interfacing with maintenance crews
• Guide problem solving teams to identify, design and implement improvements
• Work safely and promote the Eastman safety vision

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering or relevant military experience at or above a U.S. E6 ranking required.
• 2+ years previous engineering experience in a chemical, petrochemical or related environment is required.
• Strong basic engineering skills, with the desire to learn reliability engineering principles
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Experience with root cause analysis (RCA) methodologies
• Experience managing and updating asset care strategies on equipment including preventive and predictive maintenance plans
• Knowledge of common process equipment (pumps, fans, agitators, motors, valves, instrumentation etc.)

Note

• Eastman will not accept applicants for this offered position who require visa sponsorship, including those whose status is F-1 visa OPT who subsequently would require ongoing visa sponsorship.
• Nearest Major Market: Asheville
• Nearest Secondary Market: Knoxville

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