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Reliability Vibration Technician | Rahway, NJ
Full-Time | On-Site | Predictive Maintenance / Reliability Engineering
Advanced Vibration Analysis | Condition Monitoring | Life Sciences Campus
Elizabeth Banzhaf, LPN
Co-Founder & COO | Heartline Staffing
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Heartline Staffing, in partnership with Purple Cow Recruiting, is seeking an experienced Reliability Vibration Technician for a highly technical, full-time opportunity supporting a large life-sciences campus in Rahway, New Jersey.
This position serves as a technical expert in predictive maintenance, condition monitoring, vibration analysis, rotating-equipment diagnostics, and reliability engineering. The successful candidate will combine deep hands-on vibration-analysis expertise with program ownership, failure analysis, technical leadership, and the ability to advance a developing predictive-maintenance program.
POSITION OVERVIEW
The Reliability Vibration Technician performs advanced condition monitoring and equipment diagnostics while helping establish and improve long-term asset-reliability strategies. The position works closely with Maintenance, Engineering, and Operations to identify developing equipment failures before breakdown, improve asset uptime, reduce lifecycle costs, and eliminate recurring reliability problems.
This role requires substantial hands-on experience diagnosing rotating equipment using vibration data and other predictive-maintenance technologies. The technician will also help organize predictive-maintenance activities, establish best practices, mentor less-experienced technicians, and support continuous-improvement initiatives across a large multi-building campus.
VIBRATION ANALYSIS & EQUIPMENT DIAGNOSTICS
Perform advanced vibration analysis on rotating equipment
Analyze motors, pumps, fans, compressors, gearboxes, and related mechanical assets
Interpret FFT / spectral data
Interpret time-waveform data
Perform phase analysis
Evaluate resonance and critical-speed conditions
Analyze vibration trends and condition-monitoring data
Diagnose bearing failures
Diagnose misalignment
Diagnose imbalance
Identify looseness, resonance, and other mechanical failure modes
Identify electrical anomalies affecting rotating equipment where applicable
Determine root causes of abnormal equipment conditions
Recommend corrective maintenance actions
Document findings and communicate technical recommendations to Maintenance, Engineering, and Operations
PREDICTIVE MAINTENANCE & CONDITION MONITORING
Support and lead predictive-maintenance activities
Develop and refine condition-based monitoring programs
Support Reliability-Centered Maintenance strategies
Establish equipment-monitoring priorities
Analyze equipment-condition trends
Help define inspection frequencies and monitoring strategies
Improve predictive-maintenance workflows and best practices
Use data to identify developing failures before functional breakdown
Help prioritize corrective actions based on equipment condition and business risk
Support long-term reliability strategy and continuous improvement
ROOT CAUSE FAILURE ANALYSIS
Lead and support Root Cause Failure Analysis (RCFA)
Investigate recurring equipment failures
Identify underlying mechanical or operational causes
Recommend permanent corrective actions
Support failure-elimination strategies
Track reliability improvements following corrective action
Help reduce repeat failures and unplanned downtime
Support improved asset lifecycle performance
INFRARED THERMOGRAPHY
The role also supports infrared thermographic inspections across electrical, mechanical, and process systems. Relevant responsibilities may include:
Conducting thermal inspections
Identifying abnormal thermal patterns
Evaluating electrical and mechanical hot spots
Interpreting IR findings alongside vibration data
Documenting thermography findings
Recommending follow-up maintenance actions
Infrared Thermography certification or practical thermography experience is preferred but is not required.
PROGRAM LEADERSHIP
This position offers a high degree of ownership within a developing predictive-maintenance program. The successful candidate will help establish standards, prioritize work, improve processes, and strengthen the technical capabilities of the reliability team.
Responsibilities may include:
Lead or help lead predictive-maintenance program activities
Establish technical standards and best practices
Organize predictive-maintenance workloads
Mentor vibration and reliability technicians
Develop team vibration-analysis capabilities
Support technical training initiatives
Serve as a technical escalation resource
Help build a proactive reliability culture
CROSS-FUNCTIONAL COLLABORATION
Partner with Maintenance teams
Partner with Engineering teams
Partner with Operations teams
Support capital projects and equipment upgrades
Provide equipment-condition input during reliability decisions
Communicate technical findings to both technical and operational stakeholders
Support corrective-action planning
Coordinate reliability initiatives across multiple buildings and departments
REGULATED ENVIRONMENT
This position supports a large life-sciences campus where accurate documentation, structured work processes, and strong technical discipline are important. Experience in pharmaceutical, life sciences, chemical, food and beverage, energy, healthcare, or another regulated environment is highly valuable.
LARGE CAMPUS ENVIRONMENT
The position supports a large campus with more than 65 buildings, providing significant exposure to complex facility systems, rotating assets, reliability initiatives, and long-term program development.
CAREER OPPORTUNITY
Opportunity to help lead and build a relatively new predictive-maintenance program
High degree of autonomy and ownership
Ability to establish processes and technical best practices
Large multi-building campus environment
Cross-functional exposure to Maintenance, Engineering, Operations, and Facilities
Long-term career growth and internal mobility opportunities
BENEFITS
A comprehensive benefits package is available and will be reviewed with qualified candidates during the interview process.

Requirements

10+ Years of Predictive Maintenance Experience REQUIRED
Extensive Hands-On Machine Vibration Analysis Experience REQUIRED
Formal Vibration Analyst Certification REQUIRED
ISO Category I, II, III, or IV Vibration Analysis Certification REQUIRED
Advanced Vibration Data Interpretation and Failure-Diagnostic Skills REQUIRED
FFT / Spectral Analysis Experience REQUIRED
Time-Waveform Analysis Experience REQUIRED
Phase Analysis Experience REQUIRED
Resonance / Critical-Speed Diagnostic Experience REQUIRED
Rotating Equipment Analysis Experience REQUIRED
Experience Diagnosing Motors, Pumps, Fans, Compressors, and/or Gearboxes REQUIRED
Root Cause Failure Analysis Experience REQUIRED
Predictive Maintenance Program Ownership or Leadership Experience REQUIRED
Experience Developing or Improving PdM / CBM / RCM Programs REQUIRED
Experience Leading or Mentoring Reliability / Maintenance Technicians REQUIRED
Ability to Recommend and Drive Corrective Actions REQUIRED
Experience with Vibration / Predictive Maintenance Analysis Software REQUIRED
CMMS / Work-Order System Experience REQUIRED
Strong Technical Documentation Skills REQUIRED
Ability to Work Fully On-Site in Rahway, NJ REQUIRED
Bachelor's or Associate Degree in Engineering OR Equivalent Practical Reliability / Predictive Maintenance Experience REQUIRED
Category III or IV Vibration Analyst Certification Preferred
Infrared Thermography Certification or Practical IR Thermography Experience Preferred
Pharmaceutical / Life Sciences / Regulated-Environment Experience Preferred
Large Campus / Multi-Building Reliability Experience Preferred
Integrated Facilities Management Experience Preferred
VIBRATION CERTIFICATION NOTE: Some level of formal vibration-analysis certification is required. ISO Category III or IV is preferred. Candidates holding Category I or II may still qualify when they bring approximately 10-15 years of strong predictive-maintenance and vibration-analysis experience.
EXPERIENCE NOTE: The search-specific guidance requires 10+ years of predictive-maintenance experience. Candidates should demonstrate substantial hands-on vibration-analysis responsibility rather than general maintenance or reliability exposure alone.
LEADERSHIP NOTE: This role requires meaningful predictive-maintenance program leadership. Strong candidates should have experience organizing PdM work, establishing standards, mentoring technicians, developing team capability, and taking ownership of program outcomes.
EDUCATION NOTE: A bachelor's or associate degree in Engineering is relevant, but the employer explicitly allows equivalent practical experience. Highly experienced vibration/reliability professionals should not be automatically excluded solely because they lack a bachelor's degree when they otherwise satisfy the experience, certification, and technical requirements.
INFRARED THERMOGRAPHY: Infrared Thermography certification is preferred but not required. Strong practical thermography experience may also satisfy the preference.
Not ready to apply? If you have extensive predictive-maintenance experience, formal vibration-analysis certification, and deep hands-on rotating-equipment diagnostic expertise, call or text Elizabeth directly at 272-230-3157.