Reliability Engineer

Reliability Engineer

Location: Thacker Pass
Posted: 4 Days Ago
Job Requisition ID: JR100017

Company Overview

Lithium Americas is a North American resource and materials company focused on developing, building and operating lithium deposits and chemical processing facilities. The company’s flagship asset, Thacker Pass, is located in Humboldt County in northern Nevada and is the world’s largest known measured lithium source and reserve. We are focused on safely and responsibly developing Thacker Pass to production to help strengthen national security and enable cleaner energy sources. We are committed to minimizing environmental impact, creating family‑supporting jobs and maximizing sustainable value for our stakeholders. Lithium Americas is headquartered in Vancouver, British Columbia and operates in the U.S., with offices in Reno, NV and Winnemucca, NV. The Company’s shares are listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange (TSX) and New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the symbol LAC.

Our Purpose, Vision and Values

Our Purpose is to safely and sustainably produce lithium from Thacker Pass to enable North America to reduce dependence on foreign critical minerals and drive value for our stakeholders.

Our Vision is to be North America’s leading lithium producer to enable cleaner energy sources.

Our Values include:

• Act with Integrity
• Be Responsible and Act with Care
• Commit to Excellence and Drive Innovation
• Be a Collaborative Partner

Role

We are seeking a Reliability Engineer to join our Maintenance Team. In this role, you will be responsible for ensuring the robustness and longevity of systems, assets, and processes by conducting in‑depth reliability analyses and applying methodologies such as Failure Modes and Effects Analysis (FMEA) and Root Cause Analysis (RCA) to identify potential failure modes and their root causes. You will collaborate closely with design and engineering teams to integrate reliability considerations throughout the asset life cycle, while implementing proactive maintenance strategies, continuous improvement initiatives, and risk assessments to enhance Overall Equipment Effectiveness (OEE) and minimize downtime. This is a unique opportunity to contribute to a mission‑driven organization committed to innovation, sustainability, and leadership in the clean energy sector.

The role is based at our Winnemucca office and reports to the Maintenance Manager. Occasional travel to other LAC offices, project sites, or vendor locations may be required.

Key Responsibilities

• Ensure the reliability, availability, and safe operation of equipment, processes, utilities, and safety/security systems across the facility.
• Develop, implement, and continuously improve preventive and predictive maintenance strategies to minimize downtime and optimize asset performance.
• Conduct failure analyses, including Root Cause Analysis (RCA/RCFA), Weibull analysis, and fault tree analysis, and present findings and recommendations to management.
• Identify risks to business operations and develop corrective and preventive actions to mitigate reliability and operational impacts.
• Drive continuous improvement initiatives focused on capacity, efficiency, quality, cost, and regulatory compliance.
• Analyze plant downtime and reliability data using established engineering principles to prioritize improvement opportunities and corrective actions.
• Develop, track, and communicate maintenance, reliability, availability, utilization, and Overall Equipment Effectiveness (OEE) key performance indicators (KPIs) throughout the organization.
• Utilize and champion the Management of Change (MOC) process, ensuring accurate updates to equipment files and engineering documentation, including P&IDs, PFDs, electrical one‑lines, equipment data sheets, PSV/PRD and relief system documentation, and engineering standards.
• Participate in Pre‑Startup Safety Reviews (PSSRs) as required.
• Collaborate closely with Operations, Maintenance, and Engineering teams to design, dev