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Staff Engineer, Reliability

PBF Energy · Oregon

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Level
Senior
Team
Reliability
Degree
Required
Experience asked
10+ years
Industry
Chemicals
Posted
30+ days ago

The role in 30 seconds

A senior reliability role at PBF Energy (chemicals) in Oregon. No fee will be paid in the event the candidate is hired by PBF Energy as a result of the referral or through other means.

They ask for
10+ years · degree required
Tools it names
Root cause, FMEA

Read from the posting. The full description is below.

From the plant jobs report · week of October 19, 2026

Reliability Engineer roles in the US: typical posted base $105k–$145k.

Median of the low and high ends of 181 live postings that list pay, out of 499 reliability engineer openings in the US, read from manufacturers' own careers sites.

Oregon plant jobs report →Pay by team and state →What moves pay →

How this role compares

Against 498 other live reliability postings in the US.

Base pay
Not listed in this posting

Typical $105k–$145k, from 179 postings that list pay.

Experience asked
More than usual (10+ vs 5+)

Similar roles usually ask 5+ years.

Skills these teams ask for most

  • ✓ Root cause 54%
  • Team leadership 28%
  • ✓ FMEA 26%
  • Automation 24%

✓ = this posting asks for it too. % = share of similar postings that mention it.

It asks for 10+ years. If you're close, apply anyway: requirements are a wish list. Talk to someone doing this work there first.

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Responsibilities

  • ◆Lead, communicate and implement reliability improvement vision and associated initiatives to reduce unplanned downtime and maintenance costs.
  • ◆Develop reliability strategies based on asset criticality, risk, vulnerability studies, redundancy, spare parts management and other lifecycle considerations.
  • ◆Analyze asset and process chronic under-performance based upon recurring failures, bad actors, and other reliability risks.
  • ◆Perform and facilitate Root Cause Failure Analysis (RCFA) and mentor in failure prevention activities and principles across the plant
  • ◆Use maintenance, operations, and condition monitoring data to support predictive and preventative maintenance strategies.
  • ◆Collaborate with Operations, Maintenance, Engineering, Inspection, and Projects to embed reliability improvements into work processes.
  • ◆Provide reliability input to equipment selection, design reviews, TAR/outage scope and capital projects.
  • ◆Monitor and report reliability performance metrics such as availability, MTBF, and failure trends.
  • ◆Supports equipment strategy implementation, maintenance, and continuous optimization
  • ◆Coaches and mentors other department Engineers in reliability concepts/functions
  • ◆Uses measured risk approach and risk-value analysis methods in all business decisions
  • ◆Sets high standards for safety, integrity, and operational excellence

JOB

Qualifications

  • ✓Engineering Degree required
  • ✓10+ years of experience in engineering support role in process industry required
  • ✓Advanced Reliability Program training preferred in disciplines of Lubrication, Vibration Analysis, RCM, FMEA, RAM Analysis, Equipment Strategy development, Reliability Analytics, etc.
  • ✓Reliability Engineering training or CMRP certification preferred
  • ✓Experience in Refining or Petrochemical Manufacturing preferred
  • ✓Working knowledge of predictive technologies, including vibration spectrum analysis, oil analysis, ultrasound and infrared technologies
  • ✓Self motivated: Aggressively and constructively pursues improvement – does not wait to be engaged
  • ✓Demonstrates and accepts personal accountability for quality of work
  • ✓Drives highly productive and mutually beneficial relationships with business partners, suppliers & peers
  • ✓Effectively uses written and verbal communications to drive desired results

We thank all respondents for their interest in PBF Holding Company LLC (“PBF Energy”), however, only those selected for an interview will be contacted. Please no phone calls or emails to any employee of PBF Energy about this requisition. Placement agencies or recruiters need not respond. All resumes submitted by search firms to any employee of PBF Energy via email, the Internet or in any method without a valid written search agreement will be deemed the sole property of PBF Energy. No fee will be paid in the event the candidate is hired by PBF Energy as a result of the referral or through other means.

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