Reliability Engineer
New Yesterday
This role is responsible for driving the application and development of advanced reliability engineering practices across global operations, with a focus on technical depth, analytics, and standard methodologies. While the Global Reliability & Maintenance Leader defines overall strategy, this position ensures the effective deployment of reliability engineering tools, systems, and capabilities that align with that strategy.
Key Responsibilities
Corporate Program Ownership - OEE
- Serve as the program owner for the corporate OEE strategy and governance model
- Define standard OEE calculation logic, loss categorization (availability, performance, quality), and data granularity
- Partner with the Global Systems Leader and Process Automation to ensure consistent and automated data collection across all plants
- Provide guidance and methodology for downtime tracking, root cause attribution, and bad actor identification
- Develop OEE playbooks, training content, and reporting tools that support plant-level adoption and continuous improvement
- Analyze global OEE trends to identify systemic constraints and inform capital investment or reliability focus areas
- Work closely with other GSOS and Operations teams to embed OEE within broader performance management systems
Technical Leadership & Capability Building
- Serve as the enterprise subject matter expert (SME) for reliability tools and best practices
- Lead a community of regional and site reliability resources to ensure technical consistency
- Build and deploy global reliability training programs, including certification for reliability roles
- Mentor regional reliability resources and develop talent pipelines for technical leadership roles
Program Management & Standardization
- Develop and maintain global standards, templates, and workflows for failure analysis, asset criticality ranking, and maintenance strategy optimization
- Support the implementation of predictive and condition-based maintenance technologies
- Coordinate alignment between reliability programs and digital systems (CMMS, PdM platforms, analytics tools)
Collaboration & Integration
- Collaborate with Engineering, EHS, Quality, Manufacturing, and Capital Project teams to embed reliability principles across the asset lifecycle
- Support Regional R&M Leaders in deploying and sustaining reliability initiatives at the site level
- Act as a global integrator of asset knowledge, OEE insights, and failure data across the organization
Qualifications:
- Bachelor's or master's degree in Mechanical, Electrical, Reliability, or Industrial Engineering
- +7 years of experience in reliability engineering, maintenance, or asset performance in a manufacturing or industrial environment
- Proven leadership of reliability programs at scale, including hands-on experience with OEE implementation and process improvement
- Deep understanding of reliability tools (RCM, RCA, FMEA), maintenance optimization, and production loss analysis
- Experience with OEE tools and production performance dashboards; Power BI, CMMS, and downtime tracking systems
- Strong collaboration, communication, and coaching capabilities
- CMRP, CRE, or similar certifications preferred
- Global or multi-site experience strongly preferred
Key Performance Indicators (KPIs)
- Global trends in MTBF, MTTR, equipment availability, and downtime reduction
- % of sites adopting and sustaining global reliability standards
- Reduction in chronic equipment failures and top-tier bad actors
- Capability maturity across global reliability teams
- ROI from reliability-led capital avoidance or cost-saving initiatives
Location: Johnston, IA
Travel Requirement: Up to 25% (domestic and international)
Benefits - How We'll Support You:
- Numerous development opportunities offered to build your skills
- Be part of a company with a higher purpose and contribute to making the world a better place
- Health benefits for you and your family on your first day of employment
- Four weeks of paid time off and two weeks of well-being pay per year, plus paid holidays
- Excellent parental leave which includes a minimum of 16 weeks for mother and father
- Future planning with our competitive retirement savings plan and tuition reimbursement program
- Learn more about our total rewards package here - Corteva Benefits
- Check out life at Corteva! www.linkedin.com/company/corteva/life
Are you a good match? Apply today! We seek applicants from all backgrounds to ensure we get the best, most creative talent on our team.
Corteva Agriscience is an equal opportunity employer. We are committed to embracing our differences to enrich lives, advance innovation, and boost company performance. Qualified applicants will be considered without regard to race, color, religion, creed, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, national origin, age, military or veteran status, pregnancy related conditions (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), disability or any other protected status in accordance with federal, state, or local laws.
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