About this role
Job Summary
The Reliability Engineer at IFF plays a pivotal role in strengthening asset performance, minimizing downtime, and driving operational excellence across our Global Operations network. Based onsite in South Brunswick, NJ, this position supports a world‑class organization known for innovation in flavors, fragrances, food ingredients, and health & biosciences. You’ll join a strategic, growth‑focused team dedicated to delivering reliability, safety, efficiency, and sustainability throughout the value chain. Your expertise in reliability methodologies, predictive maintenance, and cross‑functional collaboration will directly influence equipment performance and long‑term operational success.Reliability Engineer
About IFF
IFF is committed to attracting, retaining, and engaging high‑performing employees. We believe in developing talent from within and fostering internal mobility across functions. Our goal is to ensure a positive and seamless experience for candidates, employees, and hiring managers throughout the application and transition process.
As a global leader in flavors, fragrances, food ingredients, and health & biosciences, IFF delivers sustainable innovations that enhance everyday products. Within our Global Operations business unit, we focus on excellence in procurement, supply chain, and reliability to ensure quality, safety, efficiency, and sustainability across the value chain.
Position: Reliability Engineer
Location: South Brunswick, NJ (Onsite) Business Unit: Global Operations
Role Overview
The Reliability Engineer is responsible for leading reliability initiatives that improve asset performance, reduce unplanned downtime, and support long‑term operational excellence. You will apply advanced reliability methodologies, collaborate across engineering and operations, and drive continuous improvement to ensure equipment reliability and compliance with industry standards.
Where You’ll Make a Difference
Develop and implement asset reliability strategies using RCM, RBI, and other structured methodologies.
Conduct reliability studies, including RAM analysis and FMEA, to identify improvement opportunities.
Lead root cause investigations and validate corrective actions to prevent recurrence.
Analyze equipment performance trends, historical data, and field insights to recommend improvements that reduce life‑cycle cost.
Collaborate with engineering, operations, and maintenance teams to standardize procedures and optimize equipment performance.
Ensure compliance with PSM, OSHA, and recognized engineering practices.
Advance predictive and preventive maintenance programs using tools such as vibration analysis, thermography, and non‑destructive testing.
What Makes You the Right Fit
Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Mechanical Engineering.
10+ years of experience in manufacturing, reliability, or continuous improvement environments.
Strong knowledge of RCM, RBI, FMEA, and predictive maintenance techniques.
Experience with SAP Plant Maintenance and reliability analysis tools.
Demonstrated ability to lead change and deliver measurable improvements in uptime, cost, and safety.
Excellent communication and leadership skills with the ability to influence at all organizational levels.
Required Technical Skills
Microsoft Project
Power BI
Minitab
SAP
Value Stream Mapping
Autonomous Maintenance Training
ERCA (Enhanced Root Cause Analysis)
Lean Manufacturing
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.
Visit IFF.com/careers/workplace-diversity-and-inclusion to learn more
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About IFF
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.
With ~22,000 employees across 65 countries, more than 110 manufacturing facilities, 100 R&D centers and 33,000 customers worldwide, we turn possibilities into reality by redefining the limits of science and nature to create a more positive, sustainable future for all.
Visit us at www.iff.com to learn how our real-deal experts approach work with an entrepreneurial mindset, working lockstep to defy expectations and create industry-defining solutions that do more good for people and planet
What you'll do
- The Reliability Engineer is responsible for leading reliability initiatives that improve asset performance and reduce unplanned downtime. This role involves applying advanced reliability methodologies and collaborating across engineering and operations to drive continuous improvement.
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