Sr. Reliability Engineer

Job Description

Role Impact:

As a Senior Reliability Engineer at an aseptic extended-shelf-life beverage manufacturer, you will champion the reliability of our equipment, systems, and processes, driving operational excellence and directly shaping the company’s future success.

In this role, the Senior Reliability Engineer partners with cross-functional teams, elevating system reliability by identifying, recommending, and implementing targeted improvements while ensuring full compliance with safety and quality standards.

Role Responsibilities:

Develop and maintain a comprehensive reliability plan for all production assets.

Define, monitor, and report on reliability metrics (e.g., Mean Time Between Failures, Mean Time to Repair, Overall Equipment Effectiveness) to drive measurable gains.

Proper communication through multiple departments to set expectations on project timelines and line time to implement solutions and/or determine the root cause of failures.

Lead reliability-centered maintenance, failure modes and effects analysis to prioritize maintenance and capital projects.

Design, implement, and optimize preventive and predictive maintenance programs within the Computerized Maintenance Management System.

Conduct structured failure investigations (Five-Whys, fault-tree analysis) and verified closure of corrective actions.

Serve as the in-house reliability authority, coaching junior engineers and rolling out best practices.

Leverage CMMS, ERP, and data analytics tools to build actionable dashboards and deliver monthly and quarterly reports.

Vet vendor proposals and enforce compliance with safety, quality, and aseptic-processing standards.

Maintain up-to-date reliability procedures, work instructions, and training materials.

Partner with Process and Controls Engineering to co-define failure modes and align maintenance tasks with critical process parameters, ensure condition-monitoring hardware and control logic capture the right data for predictive insights and alarms and validate control-strategy impacts on product quality and process stability during scale-up or recipe changes

Adhere to all applicable food-safety requirements and standards.

Supervisory Responsibilities

Lead, mentor, and train new process engineers

Education

A bachelor’s degree in process, control, chemical, or mechanical engineering is required.

MBA preferred

Experience & Skills

5 to 7 years of engineering experience in aseptic processing or equivalent in GMP, FDA, ISO, OSHA, USDA or PMO regulated environment.

Low-acid aseptic and ESL manufacturing and packaging experience preferred.

Dairy Manufacturing experience preferred.

Proficient on problem-solving methodologies; root cause analysis, fishbone, 8D.

Proficient on data analysis and loss deployment.

Proficient skills in troubleshooting mechanical, process, and automation-related issues

Strong teamwork skills and the ability to direct others

Proficient in AutoCAD and SolidWorks

Proficient in reading mechanical and electrical drawings

Proficient in reading P&IDs and understanding process flow

Excellent project management skills and tracking using Microsoft Project

Extensive knowledge of engineering principles and procedures.

Excellent analytical and management skills.

Excellent verbal and written communication skills.

Excellent organizational skills and attention to detail.

Excellent interpersonal skills.

Proficient with Microsoft Office Suite or related software.

Physical Requirements:

Prolonged periods sitting at a desk and working on a computer.

Must be able to lift up to 50 pounds at times.

Must be able to work with equipment that contains electric magnetic components.

Full-time