Life Cycle Engineering (LCE)

Life Cycle Engineering is an employee-owned firm headquartered in North Charleston, South Carolina, founded in 1976 by Jim Fei and George Thornley after service in the US Navy nuclear submarine fleet. It provides consulting, engineering, IT and education services focused on reliability, asset management, maintenance program optimization and workforce development. Its Life Cycle Institute runs training and certification programs, and it offers an online reliability toolkit. LCE serves commercial sectors including chemicals, life sciences, consumer packaged goods, power generation, metals and mining, food and beverage and oil and gas, and supports US military and government maintenance and fleet sustainment.