Job Summary
Are you ready to lead reliability and mechanical integrity initiatives that improve asset performance, reduce downtime, and drive operational excellence in a world-class food ingredients manufacturing facility?
IFF is a global leader in flavors, fragrances, food ingredients and health & biosciences. We deliver sustainable innovations that elevate everyday products.
Food Ingredients: Innovating improved nutritional profiles, better taste and texture, and greater cost efficiency to meet the needs of global food and beverage manufacturers.
The role is based in Tecomán, Colima (on-site role) . Be part of a technical, data-driven, and continuous improvement-focused team where together we can achieve greatness and make a real impact. Your potential is our inspiration.
Where You’ll Make a Difference
- Develop and implement reliability improvement strategies for critical plant assets to increase equipment availability and reduce unplanned downtime
- Analyze equipment performance data and identify opportunities to improve reliability, maintenance effectiveness, and operational performance
- Lead Root Cause Failure Analysis (RCFA) investigations and implement corrective actions to eliminate recurring failures
- Monitor reliability Key Performance Indicators (KPIs), including Mean Time Between Failures (MTBF), Mean Time To Repair (MTTR), asset availability, and maintenance costs
- Manage the site's Mechanical Integrity program, ensuring compliance with corporate standards and regulatory requirements
- Develop inspection, testing, and preventive maintenance plans for pressure vessels, piping systems, tanks, heat exchangers, pumps, agitators, and rotating equipment
- Implement and optimize predictive maintenance technologies such as vibration analysis, thermography, oil analysis, ultrasound, and condition monitoring
- Support capital projects, shutdowns, commissioning activities, and major maintenance events while incorporating reliability and maintainability principles
- Promote best practices in reliability engineering, asset management, process safety, and continuous improvement across the facility
What Makes You the Right Fit
- Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering, Mechatronics Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Industrial Engineering, or a related technical discipline
- Minimum 5 years of experience in reliability engineering, maintenance, mechanical integrity, asset management, or related functions within manufacturing or process industries
- Experience working with rotating equipment, utility systems, pressure systems, and industrial maintenance practices
- Experience leading failure analysis investigations and reliability improvement projects
- Knowledge of Reliability-Centered Maintenance (RCM), Root Cause Failure Analysis (RCFA), and Mechanical Integrity programs
- Experience with predictive maintenance technologies including vibration analysis, thermography, oil analysis, ultrasound, and condition monitoring
- Experience working with Computerized Maintenance Management Systems (CMMS); SAP Plant Maintenance (SAP PM) experience is preferred
- Knowledge of Process Safety Management (PSM), Risk-Based Inspection (RBI), Management of Change (MOC), and Process Hazard Analysis (PHA) methodologies
- Strong analytical, problem-solving, communication, and cross-functional collaboration skills
How Would You Stand Out?
- Professional certifications such as Certified Reliability Engineer (CRE), Certified Maintenance & Reliability Professional (CMRP), Vibration Analysis Certification, or API certifications (510, 570, or 653)
- Experience leading reliability-centered maintenance and asset performance optimization programs
- Proven success delivering projects that improve equipment availability, reduce maintenance costs, and enhance plant reliability
Why Choose Us?
- Opportunity to lead reliability and mechanical integrity strategies within a global manufacturing organization
- Exposure to advanced maintenance technologies, predictive maintenance tools, and asset management programs
- Collaborative environment with cross-functional interaction across Operations, Maintenance, Engineering, Quality, and EHS teams
- Participation in strategic projects focused on operational excellence, reliability, and process safety
- Professional growth and development opportunities within a multinational company
- Opportunity to contribute to products enjoyed by consumers around the world
For your awareness, IFF has announced its intention to sell its Food Ingredients Business to CVC Capital Partners. The sale is presently expected to close in the first half of 2027, pending regulatory approvals and other closing conditions. The Food Ingredients business unit will remain a part of IFF until close and, at such time, it will transition to CVC Capital Partners. In applying for this position, you acknowledge your awareness that the position is a part of the Food Ingredients business unit and has been identified to transition to CVC Capital Partners.
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