Reliability Engineer

Reliability Engineer

Location: Tampa, Florida

Join our team as a Reliability Engineer supporting a regulated pharmaceutical oral solid dose (OSD) manufacturing site. In this role, you will drive equipment reliability, reduce unplanned downtime, and strengthen a proactive maintenance culture that keeps critical production assets running safely, compliantly, and efficiently.

What you will get

A competitive compensation package. In addition, below is a comprehensive summary of the benefits we offer:

• Performance‑related bonus
• Medical, dental, and vision insurance
• 401(k) matching plan
• Life insurance, plus short‑term and long‑term disability insurance
• Employee assistance programs
• Paid time off (PTO)

Compensation will be determined based on qualifications, skills, experience, and relevant knowledge.

What you will do

• Develop and execute a site reliability strategy to reduce failures, improve uptime, and drive defect elimination.

• Analyze equipment performance data, downtime trends, and CMMS records to identify chronic issues and reliability gaps.

• Lead structured root cause investigations and implement sustainable corrective and preventive actions.

• Optimize preventive and predictive maintenance tasks to ensure they are risk‑based, effective, and aligned with equipment criticality.

• Support asset lifecycle planning, including criticality assessments, obsolescence mitigation, and reliability input into capital projects.

• Partner cross‑functionally with Maintenance, Engineering, Operations, Quality, Validation, and OT teams to ensure equipment remains compliant, qualified, and inspection‑ready.

• Drive continuous improvement initiatives and support training of technicians and operators on reliability fundamentals.

What we are looking for

• High school diploma required; a bachelor’s degree in engineering or related discipline is preferred.

• Extensive experience in reliability engineering, maintenance, or a related technical role, ideally within a pharmaceutical cGMP environment.

• Strong understanding of reliability principles including failure modes, MTBF/MTTR, defect elimination, FMEA, and maintenance strategy development.

• Hands‑on technical expertise with OSD production and packaging equipment (tablet presses, coaters, capsule fillers, blenders, conveyors, etc.) and supporting mechanical, electrical, pneumatic, and automation systems strongly preferred.

• Proficiency analyzing CMMS data, troubleshooting chronic failures, documenting root cause investigations, and authoring clear, compliant technical reports.

• Working knowledge of GMP requirements, data integrity principles (ALCOA+), equipment lifecycle management, and regulatory expectations for pharmaceutical manufacturing.

About Lonza

At Lonza, our people are our greatest strength. With 30+ sites across five continents, our globally connected teams work together every day to manufacture the medicines of tomorrow. Our core values of Collaboration, Accountability, Excellence, Passion and Integrity reflect who we are and how we work together. Everyone’s ideas, big or small, have the potential to improve millions of lives, and that’s the kind of work we want you to be part of.

Innovation thrives when people from all backgrounds bring their unique perspectives to the table. At Lonza, we offer equal employment opportunities to all qualified applicants regardless of race, religion, color, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, disability, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. If you’re ready to help turn our customers’ breakthrough ideas into viable therapies, we look forward to welcoming you on board.

Ready to shape the future of life sciences? Apply now.