About this role
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 www.eastman.com . 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.
Responsibilities
- The position is located at Eastman’s Longview, TX manufacturing site.
- As a Reliability & Maintenance Engineer at Eastman, you will support efforts in our manufacturing plants to improve process and equipment reliability.
- You will be assigned to a specific area of the plant and work directly with Maintenance, Engineering and Operations to identify, prioritize, and execute improvement opportunities and to achieve reliability, failure elimination, and cost reduction goals.
- Job duties include, but are not limited to: -Partner closely with area operations and maintenance 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 and maintainability issues, reduce cost, and improve productivity -Provide support for plant outages and shutdowns as requested -Understand and utilize Lean Six Sigma tools for problem solving and risk elimination -Support initiatives in assigned area -Identify and prioritize opportunities for reliability improvements by mining information from SAP, reliability systems, and production logs -Lead and manage Root Cause Failure Analysis (RCFA) investigations -Manage FMEA analyses on critical production assets -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 of Science degree in Engineering required.
- Mechanical or Electrical Engineering highly preferred. -Must have at least 2 years of reliability engineering or related experience, including experience in a chemical, petrochemical, or other manufacturing environment is required.
- 4+ years preferred. -Experience with rotating equipment (pumps, turbines or compressor) and/or turbomachinery preferred -Strong basic engineering and reliability engineering skills, with the desire to learn advanced reliability engineering principles -Excellent verbal and written communication skills -Experience with root cause analysis (RCA) methodologies -Experience managing equipment preventive and predictive maintenance plan with asset management software (SAP preferred) -Knowledge of common process equipment (pumps, fans, agitators, motors, valves, instrumentation etc.) -Basic knowledge of electrical power distribution systems -Understanding of common predictive and diagnostic technologies for rotating and fixed equipment -Highly-motivated, self-directed and able to manage own project portfolio -Desire and ability to work in the field with mechanics and operators as necessary in response to urgent critical equipment troubleshooting -Proficient in Microsoft Office applications (especially Excel and PowerPoint) -Effective group facilitation and interpersonal skills, and the ability to work with and lead cross-functional working teams -Service-oriented, customer-focused and strong analytical capabilities -Unwavering commitment to personnel and process safety Eastman is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to creating a highly engaged workforce, where everyone can contribute to their fullest potential each day.