Reliability Engineer

Job Summary

IFF is committed to attracting, retaining, and engaging highperforming employees. We believe in developing talent from within and fostering internal mobility across functions. Our goal is to ensure a positive and seamless experience for candidates, employees, and hiring managers throughout the application and transition process.

As a global leader in flavors, fragrances, food ingredients, and health & biosciences, IFF delivers sustainable innovations that enhance everyday products. Within our Global Operations business unit, we focus on excellence in procurement, supply chain, and reliability to ensure quality, safety, efficiency, and sustainability across the value chain.

Location: South Brunswick, NJ (Onsite) Business Unit: Global Operations

The Reliability Engineer is responsible for leading reliability initiatives that improve asset performance, reduce unplanned downtime, and support longterm operational excellence. You will apply advanced reliability methodologies, collaborate across engineering and operations, and drive continuous improvement to ensure equipment reliability and compliance with industry standards.

• Develop and implement asset reliability strategies using RCM, RBI, and other structured methodologies.

• Conduct reliability studies, including RAM analysis and FMEA, to identify improvement opportunities.

• Lead root cause investigations and validate corrective actions to prevent recurrence.

• Analyze equipment performance trends, historical data, and field insights to recommend improvements that reduce lifecycle cost.

• Collaborate with engineering, operations, and maintenance teams to standardize procedures and optimize equipment performance.

• Ensure compliance with PSM, OSHA, and recognized engineering practices.

• Advance predictive and preventive maintenance programs using tools such as vibration analysis, thermography, and nondestructive testing.

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Mechanical Engineering.

• 10+ years of experience in manufacturing, reliability, or continuous improvement environments.

• Strong knowledge of RCM, RBI, FMEA, and predictive maintenance techniques.

• Experience with SAP Plant Maintenance and reliability analysis tools.

• Demonstrated ability to lead change and deliver measurable improvements in uptime, cost, and safety.

• Excellent communication and leadership skills with the ability to influence at all organizational levels.

• Microsoft Project

• Power BI

• Minitab

• SAP

• Value Stream Mapping

• Autonomous Maintenance Training

• ERCA (Enhanced Root Cause Analysis)

• Lean Manufacturing

We are a global leader in taste, scent, and nutrition, offering our customers a broader range of natural solutions and accelerating our growth strategy. At IFF, we believe that your uniqueness unleashes our potential. We value the diverse mosaic of the ethnicity, national origin, race, age, sex, or veteran status. We strive for an inclusive workplace that allows each of our colleagues to bring their authentic self to work regardless of their religion, gender identity & expression, sexual orientation, or disability.

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