Senior Reliability Engineer - Food Production & Data-Driven

Lactalis USA; Murfreesboro (TN); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Lactalis USA, the world leader in dairy, is hiring a Senior Reliability Engineer for the Murfreesboro, TN site. The role oversees strategies for quality, compliance, and operations systems to drive continuous improvement across multiple production lines.

Qualified applicants bring 5+ years in manufacturing, a BS in Engineering, and strong leadership, communication, and data-analysis skills to reduce risk and costs while maintaining top safety standards.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience within a manufacturing environment (preferably food processing) with front-line leadership.
• Bachelor of Science degree in Engineering or related field or extensive relevant work experience.
• Proven ability to lead and motivate a team in a positive, productive environment.
• Strong understanding of advanced data and statistical analysis, GMPs and quality control regulations.
• General Engineering Principles and Continuous Improvement knowledge.
• Excellent communication, organizational and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to flex work schedule for 24/7 manufacturing operations, including weekends and irregular hours.
• Demonstrated ability to manage multiple priorities and meet deadlines.

Responsibilities

• Cultivate Food Safety Culture across the site, compliant with policy and regulatory requirements.
• Communicate with Maintenance, Production, Quality and Safety teams effectively.
• Engage with corporate engineering, R&D and business teams on system state.
• Partner with site leadership to advocate for system investments (Capex and Opex).
• Execute loss elimination tasks to improve system and equipment reliability.
• Build learnings into training materials and coach operating teams.
• Identify and execute cost savings opportunities.
• Improve system data, metrics, and information for modeling and decision making.
• Ensure material balance and unit operation expertise for optimal production.
• Articulate financial impact to plant leadership for planning purposes.
• Oversee data integrity controls and documentation for audits and investigations.
• Champion a culture of quality, food safety, and compliance.

Skills

Leadership

Communication

Problem solving

Data analysis

GMPs

Quality control

Education

B.S. in Engineering or related field

Job description

Lactalis USA, the world leader in dairy, is hiring a Senior Reliability Engineer for the Murfreesboro, TN site. The role oversees strategies for quality, compliance, and operations systems to drive continuous improvement across multiple production lines.

Qualified applicants bring 5+ years in manufacturing, a BS in Engineering, and strong leadership, communication, and data-analysis skills to reduce risk and costs while maintaining top safety standards.