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Agent guide: [/agents.md](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/agents.md). --- # Reliability Engineer - **Company:** Ingredion - **Location:** North Kansas City, MO, United States - **Salary:** $84,400.0 - $112,533.0 - **Contract:** Permanent contract - **Skills:** Computerized Maintenance Management Systems, Failure Mode Effects Analysis, Uptime, Reliability Engineering, SAP (Applications) - **Published:** June 12, 2026 - **Apply:** https://www.indeed.com/viewjob?jk=3f8547081bcade61 ## About the Role Do you have experience in Task prioritization?, * Bachelor's degree in Engineering or a related technical discipline, or equivalent combination of education and experience. * Proven experience in reliability engineering and asset management, including preventive and predictive maintenance methodologies. * Strong 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. Who you are: * Strong communication and collaboration skills - Able to clearly communicate technical concepts and priorities and work effectively with maintenance, production, and leadership teams. * Influence without authority - Demonstrates the ability to lead initiatives, drive change, and build consensus in a cross-functional environment without direct reports. * Analytical and structured problem-solving - Applies data, root cause analysis, and critical thinking to identify reliability issues and implement sustainable solutions. * Organizational and prioritization skills - Effectively manages multiple projects and competing priorities while focusing on risk, equipment criticality, and operational impact. * Continuous improvement mindset - Proactively challenges existing practices, stays current on reliability and predictive maintenance technologies, and looks for opportunities to improve safety, performance, and cost. ## Description The Reliability Engineer will be the site's technical authority on asset reliability, driving preventive and predictive maintenance strategies, eliminating chronic equipment issues, and improving uptime, safety, and maintenance effectiveness across the plant. As a Reliability Engineer, you will be responsible for improving equipment performance and maintenance effectiveness by developing and optimizing preventive and predictive maintenance strategies, leading reliability improvement initiatives, and providing technical expertise to maintenance and operations teams. This role partners closely with plant stakeholders to reduce equipment downtime, eliminate chronic failures, and support safe, efficient, and reliable plant operations. This role reports to the Planning and Control Manager. What you will do: * 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. * 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, equipment files, BOMs, and key reliability and inspection performance metrics. * Partner with production, maintenance, and storeroom teams to prioritize defects, align operating practices, and ensure timely corrective actions. * Support maintenance planning, spare parts strategy, and quality standards for repairs, rebuilds, and contracted work. * Promote plant safety and reliability best practices while staying current on emerging inspection and predictive maintenance technologies. ## Related Videos - [Leading with Reliability: Applying SRE Principles to Build Stronger Engineering Organizations](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/100185-leading-with-reliability-applying-sre-principles-to-build-stronger-engineering-organizations) - [Staying Safe in the AI Future](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/521-staying-safe-in-the-ai-future) - [Independently together: how micro-applications improve developer experience + app performance](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/452-independently-together-how-micro-applications-improve-developer-experience-app-performance) - [DevOps at Netflix](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/270-devops-at-netflix) - [Designing UX for SRE Agents in High-Stakes Incidents](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/100003-designing-ux-for-sre-agents-in-high-stakes-incidents) - [From Space to Software: Reliability Lessons 40 Years After Challenger](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/100283-from-space-to-software-reliability-lessons-40-years-after-challenger) ## Related Articles - [From developer to manager – what does it take to become an engineering manager?](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/42-from-developer-to-manager-what-does-it-take-to-become-an-engineering-manager) - [What is Software Engineering?](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/289-what-is-software-engineering) - [Top Characteristics of a Software Engineer](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/166-top-characteristics-of-a-software-engineer) - [Now is the time for industrialized software development](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/601-now-is-the-time-for-industrialized-software-development) - [Is Software Engineering Over-Saturated?](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/418-is-software-engineering-over-saturated) - [Résumé-Driven Development: How IT trends affect the job market for software developers](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/59-resume-driven-development-how-it-trends-affect-the-job-market-for-software-developers)