Reliability Engineer
Cargill is a family company committed to providing food and agricultural solutions to nourish the world in a safe, responsible, and sustainable way. We sit at the heart of the supply chain, partnering with producers and customers to source, make and deliver products that are vital for living. By providing customers with life’s essentials, we enable businesses to grow, communities to prosper, and consumers to live well.
This position is in our Food Enterprise where we are committed to serving food manufacturers, food service customers, and retailers with a complete range of innovative ingredients and branded products. Our portfolio includes poultry, beef, egg, alternative protein, salt, oils, starches, sweeteners, cocoa and chocolate.
Job Purpose and Impact
The Reliability Engineer is primarily focused on mechanical systems and components, with responsibility for identifying and implementing preventive and predictive maintenance strategies to improve equipment reliability, reduce functional failures, and optimize costs. This role collaborates with cross-functional teams to ensure mechanical and electrical integrity of assets, while promoting a culture of Reliability Excellence in compliance with EHS and Food Safety standards.
Key Accountabilities
- Define and update the equipment criticality matrix.
- Implement and monitor Equipment Reliability Strategies.
- Coordinate predictive maintenance and failure analysis (RCFA, RCM).
- Support investment projects and equipment replacement initiatives.
- Collaborate with suppliers and internal teams for technical improvements.
- Monitor reliability KPIs and Asset Health data.
- Promote continuous improvement tools and methodologies.
- Apply and support the use of reliability tools such as Root Cause Analysis (RCA), 5 Whys, 5S, and eMOC
- Provide on-call availability for maintenance emergencies.
- Other duties as assigned.
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Minimum Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical or Mechatronic Engineering
- Proficiency in both English and Italian (spoken and written)
Our Offer
We provide a fast paced stimulating international environment, which will stretch your abilities and channel your talents. We also offer competitive salary and benefits combined with outstanding career development opportunities in one of the largest and most solid private companies in the world.
We welcome applications from people with disabilities and are committed to providing an inclusive, accessible recruitment process and workplace. We encourage candidates to let us know if they require any accommodations during the recruitment or interview process so we can support them appropriately.
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