Reliability Engineering Lead: Food Manufacturing (Remote)

Kerry; Beloit (WI); On-site; USD 102,400 - 168,250; Full time

Job summary

Kerry is seeking a Reliability Engineering Lead - Food, with remote flexibility but preference for near Wisconsin, Illinois, or Minnesota plants, to lead asset reliability improvements across a plant network. Travel ~50% within the USA 48 states is expected.

The role reports to the Director of Engineering and requires strong maintenance expertise, TPM knowledge, and ability to collaborate cross-site while driving KPI improvements and long-term reliability strategies.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering (Mechanical, Chemical, Electrical, Industrial or similar) is preferred but not mandatory.
• 10+ years of progressive experience in maintenance and/or reliability engineering.
• Food, consumer goods, chemical, or pharmaceutical manufacturing experience preferred.
• Comfortable working on the factory floor and as part of a decentralized regional team.

Responsibilities

• Drive maintenance KPI’s – equipment downtime, preventive maintenance (PM), urgent work, etc.
• Provide support to manufacturing sites to develop, optimize and implement industry maintenance standards such as PM programs, spare parts management, stock room management
• Collaborate with sites to define asset criticality and reliability maintenance strategies
• Lead and support analysis of equipment and systems failures, using problem solving and continuous improvement tools such as RCA and DMAIC
• Support site capability building with assessment and evaluation of site maintenance staff, training and knowledge base.

Skills

Maintenance

Reliability engineering

Data analysis

TPM

Microsoft Office

Education

Bachelor's degree in engineering

Tools

CMMS

Microsoft Office

Job description

Kerry is seeking a Reliability Engineering Lead - Food, with remote flexibility but preference for near Wisconsin, Illinois, or Minnesota plants, to lead asset reliability improvements across a plant network. Travel ~50% within the USA 48 states is expected.

The role reports to the Director of Engineering and requires strong maintenance expertise, TPM knowledge, and ability to collaborate cross-site while driving KPI improvements and long-term reliability strategies.