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About the Role

IFF is a global leader in flavors, fragrances, food ingredients, and health & biosciences, delivering sustainable innovations that elevate everyday products. The Reliability Engineer role is based in Rochester, New York, and focuses on improving equipment reliability and driving operational excellence within a world-class manufacturing operation.

Responsibilities

• Lead and support site reliability initiatives focused on improving Total Effective Equipment Performance (TEEP) and Overall Equipment Effectiveness (OEE).
• Analyze equipment performance and reliability data to identify recurring equipment issues, eliminate failures, and improve asset reliability.
• Conduct Root Cause Failure Analysis (RCFA) investigations and implement corrective actions to drive defect elimination.
• Manage and optimize preventive maintenance programs, including Preventive Maintenance Optimization (PMO) assessments and maintenance strategy improvements.
• Serve as owner of the site's Mechanical Integrity and Quality Assurance (MIQA) Program, ensuring compliance with regional, local, and company requirements.
• Manage equipment testing, inspection, and mechanical integrity activities to support safe and reliable operations.
• Partner with Maintenance, Engineering, Operations, and Capital Project teams to design for reliability and maintainability using established reliability principles and methodologies.
• Lead critical spare parts assessments and inventory optimization efforts to improve equipment uptime and maintenance effectiveness.
• Serve as an engineering resource to Maintenance and Operations teams while actively supporting Process Safety Management (PSM) activities.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering, Chemical Engineering, Industrial Engineering, or a related engineering discipline.
• Minimum of 2 years of experience in reliability engineering, maintenance engineering, manufacturing technology, or industrial operations.
• Experience applying reliability methodologies including Root Cause Failure Analysis, Preventive Maintenance Optimization, Failure Modes and Effects Analysis (FMEA), or predictive maintenance techniques.
• Knowledge of equipment failure modes, reliability analysis, and asset performance improvement strategies.
• Experience working with Computerized Maintenance Management Systems (CMMS), preferably Systems Applications and Products (SAP) Plant Maintenance.
• Understanding of Mechanical Integrity programs, inspection practices, and reliability-centered maintenance principles.
• Ability to analyze operational and maintenance data and translate findings into actionable reliability improvements.
• Strong communication, collaboration, and problem-solving skills with the ability to influence stakeholders across multiple functions.
• Commitment to safety, quality, food safety, environmental compliance, Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP), and Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Points (HACCP) programs.

Skills

• Root Cause Failure Analysis
• Preventive Maintenance Optimization
• Failure Modes and Effects Analysis (FMEA)
• Predictive maintenance techniques
• Computerized Maintenance Management Systems (CMMS)
• Systems Applications and Products (SAP) Plant Maintenance
• Mechanical Integrity programs
• Inspection practices
• Reliability-centered maintenance principles
• Vibration analysis
• Thermography
• Oil analysis
• Condition-monitoring systems

Location

• Rochester, New York

Work Type

• Onsite
• Full-time

Experience Level

• Minimum of 2 years of experience

Education Level

• Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering, Chemical Engineering, Industrial Engineering, or a related engineering discipline

Salary/Compensations

• 61,558.00 - 87,940.00 USD

Benefits

• Medical
• Dental
• Vision
• 401(k)
• Paid parental leave
• Vacation
• Holidays
• Participation in an annual incentive bonus program

About the Company

• IFF is 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 make joy through science, creativity and heart.
• As the global leader in flavors, fragrances, food ingredients, health and biosciences, we deliver groundbreaking, sustainable innovations that elevate everyday products – advancing wellness, delighting the senses and enhancing the human experience.

Equal Opportunity

• We value a diverse mosaic of 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.
• We consider all qualified candidates equally and based on merit, without regard to religion, ethnicity, national origin, race, age, veteran status, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation or disability.