Reliability & Engineering Manager

IFF is a global leader in flavors fragrances food ingredients and health & biosciences. We deliver sustainable innovations that elevate everyday products.

This role supports our Global Operations organization ensuring excellence in executionfrom reliability and asset performance to safety quality and efficiency across the value chain.

The Reliability Engineering Manager role is based in Memphis TN (onsite).

Be part of a collaborative resultsdriven and solutionoriented team where together we can achieve greatness and make a real impact.

Your potential is our inspiration.

Where Youll Make a Difference

• Lead and coordinate sitelevel reliability engineering activities including asset health monitoring lifecycle management and equipment performance improvement.
• Define implement and sustain site reliability strategies including preventive and predictive maintenance (PM/PdM) programs.
• Identify analyze and resolve recurring equipment failures using reliability engineering tools such as Failure Modes and Effects Analysis (FMEA) and Root Cause Failure Analysis (RCFA).
• Plan and coordinate plant shutdown maintenance activities including direct oversight of contract maintenance crews.
• Establish and maintain equipment criticality rankings and ensure appropriate critical spare parts strategies are in place.
• Develop and revise mechanical and maintenance procedures aligned with precision maintenance and food manufacturing standards.
• Lead and be accountable for the Spare Parts Program and storeroom strategy including budget ownership and organization.
• Support capital planning and longterm reliability initiatives partnering with Engineering and Operations teams.
• Ensure all activities comply with food safety and quality requirements including Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Points (HACCP) Good Manufacturing Practices (GMPs) sanitation and pest control programs.

What Makes You the Right Fit

• Bachelors degree in Engineering or a related technical field (or equivalent progressive experience).
• Minimum 10 years of manufacturing and/or maintenance experience with demonstrated reliability engineering focus.
• Proven understanding and application of reliability engineering principles including FMEA RCFA PM/PdM and asset lifecycle management.
• Demonstrated leadership experience in maintenance planning project management or team supervision.
• Strong analytical capability to collect interpret and use data to assess risk and drive business decisions.
• Ability to influence plant personnel at all levels through effective communication and collaboration.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office tools (Word Excel PowerPoint) and ability to learn site systems and databases.
• Ability to work onsite and engage directly on the manufacturing floor.

How Would You Stand Out

• Experience supporting food manufacturing operations in a regulated environment.
• Exposure to highspeed rotating or continuous process equipment.
• Six Sigma certification Lean manufacturing experience or formal continuous improvement training.

Why Choose Us

• Opportunity to drive measurable reliability and performance improvements in a critical manufacturing site.
• Exposure to complex assets and crossfunctional engineering challenges.
• A culture that values safety accountability and continuous improvement.
• Career development within a global organization.
• Collaborative team environment with strong operational partnerships.
• Access to a comprehensive benefits package including medical dental vision 401(k) with company contribution paid parental leave vacation holidays and an annual bonus.

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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