Ingredion

ReliabilityEngineer

$84–113k North Kansas City, Missouri, United States FULL TIME
The Brief

“Reliability Engineer at Ingredion. Skills: asset reliability, preventive and predictive maintenance strategies, equipment reliability, maintenance effectiveness, root cause analyses (RCA), FMEAs. Develop, optimize, and maintain preventive and predictive maintenance programs to improve equipment reliability and availability. Serve as the site’s reliability subject‑matter expert, providing technical guidance and coaching to maintenance planners and technicians”

Industry & Context.

Problems you'll solve

eliminating chronic equipment issues; improving uptime, safety, and maintenance effectiveness; improving equipment performance and maintenance effectiveness; reduce equipment downtime; eliminate chronic failures; Analytical and structured problem-solving – Applies data, root cause analysis, and critical thinking to identify reliability issues and implement sustainable solutions

Eligibility Requirements

Relocation Available: Yes, Within Country

What They're Looking For.

Must Have

Proven experience in reliability engineering and asset management, including preventive and predictive maintenance methodologies, working knowledge of CMMS systems (SAP preferred) and use of maintenance and reliability data to drive decisions, Demonstrated ability to lead reliability initiatives such as RCA, FMEA, and bad actor programs in a manufacturing or industrial environment, Excellent communication, analytical, and problem‑solving skills with the ability to influence cross‑functional teams

Nice to Have

SAP preferred

What You'll Do.

and maintain preventive and predictive maintenance programs to improve equipment reliability and availability

Serve as the site’s reliability subject‑matter expert

providing technical guidance and coaching to maintenance planners and technicians

Lead reliability improvement initiatives

including bad actor programs

root cause analyses (RCA)

and FMEAs to eliminate chronic equipment issues

Utilize the CMMS (SAP) to manage maintenance data

and key reliability and inspection performance metrics

Partner with production

and storeroom teams to prioritize defects

align operating practices

and ensure timely corrective actions

Support maintenance planning

and quality standards for repairs

Promote plant safety and reliability best practices while staying current on emerging inspection and predictive maintenance technologies

How You'll Work.

Team & Collaboration

Partner closely with plant stakeholders to reduce equipment downtime, eliminate chronic failures, and support safe, efficient, and reliable plant operations; Provide technical guidance and coaching to maintenance planners and technicians; Partner with production, maintenance, and storeroom teams to prioritize defects, align operating practices, and ensure timely corrective actions; Able to clearly communicate technical concepts and priorities and work effectively with maintenance, production, and leadership teams; Build consensus in a cross‑functional environment

Communication Scope

Excellent communication skills; Able to clearly communicate technical concepts and priorities

Process & Methodology

lead reliability improvement initiatives, manage multiple projects and competing priorities

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