Reliability Engineer

About Umicore Powering the cars of today and tomorrow. Reducing harmful emissions. Giving unique properties to high-end applications. Giving new life to used metals. As a global advanced materials and recycling group, we develop, produce, and recycle materials for a better life.

About Battery Materials Solutions Umicore’s battery materials solutions are delivering the future of electric mobility. We improve safety, enable faster charging and boost the range and durability of batteries. But our innovation does not stop there.

We offer our customers industry leading battery recycling solutions for critical metals like cobalt, nickel, lithium and copper.

To deliver a circular and sustainable battery materials value chain, we cannot stand still. Solving complex mobility challenges demands ambitious thinking and continuous innovation. This is where you come in.

Your Key Accountabilities Role We are looking for a motivated Reliability Engineer to strengthen our maintenance and asset performance capabilities at the Nysa plant. In this role, you will drive reliability improvements, optimize maintenance strategies, and support long‑term operational excellence across the site. You will:

• Regularly review and optimize PM/PdM programs to ensure all failure modes are addressed.
• Coordinate all PdM activities on site and monitor asset health trends.
• Support job plan preparation to ensure proactive tasks are clearly defined and effective.
• Lead root cause failure analyses (RCFA) and implement corrective actions.
• Facilitate RCM processes to define optimal maintenance strategies.
• Conduct FMEA or similar analyses to determine functional failures, risks, and required maintenance actions.
• Maintain and update the site’s Asset Criticality Assessment.
• Actively participate in the Safety, Environmental, Quality, and Energy Management Systems in accordance with assigned responsibilities.

Who we are looking for

• Engineering degree (Mechanical or Electrical).
• 3–5 years of experience in maintenance or plant operations; manufacturing/chemical industry experience is a plus.
• Knowledge of M&R processes, regulatory requirements, and reliability tools.
• Strong communication, problem‑solving, and organizational skills.
• Excellent communication, organizational, and relationship‑building skills.
• Practical understanding of PdM technologies (vibration, oil analysis, IR, ultrasound, MCE).
• Experience with SAP PM and reliability methodologies (RCFA, FMEA, RCM).
• Working proficiency in English.

What We Offer We aim to lead the way. Not just for our customers, but for our employees too. That is why we strive to create a collaborative environment in which we can all succeed, and a culture through which we can all share ideas, develop our expertise and advance our careers. We engage in building an inclusive work culture that offers equal opportunities for all employees irrespective of their diverse backgrounds. As you would expect from a world-leading organisation, we will also reward your contribution with a competitive salary and benefits. With all this and more, imagine what you could do?