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OFI

Reliability Engineer

Bayonne, NJ

$103K - $130K/yr

No We are a global leader in food & beverage ingredients. Pioneers at heart, we operate at the ... This role will plan for Packaging efficiency improvement, maintenance cost improvement, process ...

KDS Strategic Search Group

Plant Engineer

Secaucus, NJ · On-site

$110K - $120K/yr

Ensure adherence to all food safety, OSHA, regulatory, and company standards. * Support audits, documentation reviews, and engineering change management processes. * Promote and maintain a safe ...

Hampton Golf Inc.

Food Runner

Bridgewater, NJ · On-site

$16 - $18/hr

Members enjoy exceptional dining, vibrant social events, and year-round programming in an ... Keeps orders in sequence to ease service process. * Keeps workstations well stocked of items and ...

Adecco

Plant Engineer

Secaucus, NJ

$120K/yr

  • Medical

  • Dental

  • Vision

  • Retirement

Due to growth, seeking a Plant Engineer to join the Engineering/Maintenance staff at the plant in ... in a food production or high-volume processing plant * Understanding of OSHA standards and GMP ...

HP Hood

Controls Engineer

New York, NY · On-site

$131K - $145K/yr

  • Medical

  • Dental

  • Vision

  • Retirement

Food/ beverage processing and packaging experience is preferred. * Experience in Siemens Step 7 PLC Programming, TIA Portal, WinCC, Simatic ET 200S I/O * Experience in programming HMI projects using ...

HP Hood

Controls Engineer

New York, NY · On-site

$91K - $118K/yr

Food/ beverage processing and packaging experience is preferred. * Experience in Siemens Step 7 PLC Programming, TIA Portal, WinCC, Simatic ET 200S I/O * Experience in programming HMI projects using ...

Actalent

Packaging Engineer

East Hanover, NJ

  • Medical

  • Dental

  • Vision

  • Life

  • Retirement

  • PTO

Develop and optimize food packaging materials with a focus on sustainability, mechanical strength ... Manage graphics approval processes using appropriate software tools, ensuring accuracy of artwork ...

Solina

R&D Food Technologist

Somerset, NJ · On-site

... Engineering, Quality, Process Control etc.) on projects providing product development support ... Continuously improves and updates food/meat science and product development skills and understands ...

The Farmer's Dog

Senior Food Scientist

New York, NY

  • Medical

  • Dental

  • Vision

  • Retirement

  • PTO

... processed pellets with a personalized subscription service that sends complete and balanced ... We don't think of ourselves as "Acquisition Marketers", "Engineers", "Data Analysts", or "Product ...

The Farmer's Dog

Senior Food Scientist

New York, NY · On-site

  • Medical

  • Dental

  • Vision

  • Retirement

  • PTO

... process information. This role will also require travel of up to 40%. One Team ... We don't think of ourselves as "Acquisition Marketers", "Engineers", "Data Analysts", or "Product ...

GRIT STAFFING

Manufacturing Engineer

Passaic, NJ

$75K - $97K/yr

... manufacturing processes to increase productivity, reduce costs, improve product quality, and ... Background in food manufacturing , packaging , or consumer products preferred. * Strong knowledge ...

Chobani

Lead Analytics Engineer

Manhattan, NY

$112K - $148K/yr

  • Medical

  • Dental

  • Vision

  • Retirement

  • PTO

Contributing to the analytics engineering roadmap by identifying opportunities for process ... About Us Chobani is a food maker with a mission of making high-quality and nutritious food ...

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Cross Resource Group

Plant Controls Engineer

Secaucus, NJ · On-site

$100K - $120K/yr

Full benefits package Job Overview A well-established food manufacturing company is seeking a hands ... Maintain accurate engineering documentation and support change management processes. * Use SQL to ...

The Farmer's Dog

Senior Software Engineer 2

Manhattan, NY · On-site

$134K - $177K/yr

The Farmer's Dog is on a mission to revolutionize pet health with personalized dog food ... refining processes, tools, on-call rotations, and practices that raise the bar for everyone. • ...

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How much do food process engineer jobs pay per year?

As of Aug 12, 2026, the average yearly pay for food process engineer in Edison, NJ is $95,261.00, according to ZipRecruiter salary data. Most workers in this role earn between $77,100.00 and $106,600.00 per year, depending on experience, location, and employer.

What are the key skills and qualifications needed to thrive as a food process engineer?

To thrive as a Food Process Engineer, you need a solid background in chemical or food engineering, strong problem-solving abilities, and experience with food safety regulations, typically supported by an engineering degree. Familiarity with software tools such as AutoCAD, process simulation programs, and knowledge of relevant certifications like HACCP or Six Sigma is often required. Attention to detail, effective teamwork, and strong communication skills help you succeed in cross-functional environments. These abilities ensure the safe, efficient, and innovative development of food processing systems that meet quality and regulatory standards.

What is a food process engineer?

A Food Process Engineer designs, develops, and optimizes food manufacturing processes to ensure efficiency, quality, and safety. They work with equipment, ingredients, and technologies to improve food production methods. Their role may involve research, troubleshooting, and implementing automation to enhance productivity. Food Process Engineers collaborate with food scientists, quality assurance teams, and production staff to meet industry regulations and consumer demands.

What are the typical daily responsibilities of a food process engineer?

A Food Process Engineer’s daily responsibilities often include designing and optimizing production processes, troubleshooting equipment or product issues, and ensuring compliance with food safety and quality standards. You may also coordinate closely with production staff, quality assurance teams, and R&D departments to implement new technologies or process improvements. Documentation and analysis of process data, as well as participation in meetings to discuss ongoing projects, are common parts of the day-to-day routine. This dynamic role offers variety and the opportunity to continuously make impactful improvements to food production.

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Reliability Engineer

OFI

Bayonne, NJ

$103K - $130K/yr

Full-time

Re-posted 17 days ago

Job description

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                                                                                                                                                                                                      Job Description 
Job Title: Reliability Engineer  
Location: Bayonne, NJ                                                                          
Department: Engineering Bayonne
Experience: 5-7 years
FLSA Status: Exempt
Safety Sensitive: No
 
We are a global leader in food & beverage ingredients. Pioneers at heart, we operate at the forefront of consumer trends to provide food & beverage manufacturers with products and ingredients that will delight their consumers. Making a positive impact on people and planet is all part of the delight. With a deep-rooted presence in the countries where our ingredients are grown, we are closer to farmers, enabling better quality, and more reliable, traceable and transparent supply. Supplying products and ingredients at scale is just the start. We add value through our unique, complementary portfolio of natural, delicious and nutritious products. With our fresh thinking, we help our customers unleash the sensory and functional attributes of cocoa, coffee, dairy, nuts and spices so they can create naturally good food & beverage products that meet consumer expectations. And whoever we’re with, whatever we’re doing, we always make it real.
Position Summary 
Reporting to the Plant Manager, The Reliability Engineer will lead and collaborate with cross-functional, multidisciplinary teams ensure systems, equipment, and processes operate consistently, efficiently and safely by identifying risks, analyzing failures, and implementing preventive strategies. This role will plan for Packaging efficiency improvement, maintenance cost improvement, process reengineering, and adaptation technology. In addition, the ideal candidate will have effectively demonstrated an ability to continuously deliver cost savings opportunities by efficiency and downtime reduction, build strategic approach and methodologies, establish better services, and demonstrate leadership. Will have exceptional communication skills with all internal and external stakeholders
Position Responsibilities 
  • Help Plant Manager to implement policies and programs to maximize yield, throughput, capacity and ensure high quality and low costs.
  • Responsible for deploying reliability strategy leading to world-class value chain processes.
  • Utilize KPIs to benchmark and drive continuous improvement strategies.
  • Reliability Engineer is responsible for maintaining the reliability and maintainability of equipment, systems, and processes. Key duties include:
    • Failure Analysis and Root Cause Investigation: Conduct Failure Mode and Effect Analysis (FMEA) and Root Cause Analysis (RCA) to identify potential or recurring failures and implement corrective actions to prevent future issues.
    • Maintenance Strategy Development: Support Maintenance Manager in Designing and executing preventive, predictive and reliability centered maintenance plans to optimize system uptime and software to predict failures, monitor performance and prioritize improvement efforts.
    • Collaboration and cross-functional support: working with engineering and maintenance team to ensure new and existing systems/processes are reliable and optimized.
    • Establish reliability standards, procedures and metrics to guide operations and ensure compliance with regulations.
  • Set up, execute and enforce departmental goals and procedures as per Plant Manager.
  • Conduct insightful ad hoc analyses to investigate ongoing or one-time operational issues.
  • Coach, prepare and provide daily, weekly, and monthly reviews and analysis of current processes using operational metrics and reports 
  • Provide support & Prepare data for weekly meetings and Monthly Operational Review Meetings.
  • Work with plant manager and other managers to deliver operational Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) and cost performance
  • Act as back up for production manager or Maintenance Manager
  • Perform other duties as assigned.
  
Position Requirements 
  • Bachelor’s degree in engineering (mechanical, Electrical or Reliability Engineering. Candidate may substitute five (5) years of relevant managerial experience in lieu of degree.
  • Technical expertise: knowledge of reliability engineering principles, maintenance management, statistical analysis and reliability prediction software.
  • Industry certifications: Certifications such as Certifies Reliability Engineer (CRE) will be a plus.
  • Five (5) years of plant experience in food, Agri-service, pharmaceutical or chemical industry is required. Candidate substituting experience in lieu of degree must have a total of ten (10) years of relevant experience.
  • Strong analytical and problem-solving skills are required.
  • Experience with LEAN, TPM and Six Sigma is highly preferred.
  • Experience in roles with downtime improvement, increase packaging efficiency, cost-conscious focus, leading improvement projects is required
  • Ability to build relationships with stakeholders to achieve a closer working relationship and openness is required.
  • Strong communication skills with the ability to communicate effectively with technical and non-technical disciplines to Production, Engineering and maintenance personnel and executives, both internal and external, is required.
  • Advanced knowledge of Microsoft Office including Excel/Word/Power Point is required.
  • Ability to function and multi-task in a manufacturing environment is required.
The pay for this role in the state of  New Jersey ranges from $99,000-132,000 and is based on the position responsibilities and geographic location. Actual pay within this range may be determined based on a candidate’s experience, qualifications and/or other determining factors.
Note: This job description is not intended to be all-inclusive. Employees may perform other related duties as negotiated to meet the ongoing needs of the organization.
ofi provides equality of opportunity for all persons with respect to hiring without discrimination on the grounds of race, color, religion, national origin, sex, pregnancy, age, disability, veteran status, or sexual orientation. All employment will be decided on the basis of qualifications, merit and business need. If you need assistance or an accommodation due to a disability, you may contact us for support at: US-Talent.Acquisition@ofi.com 
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