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Location: Kansas City, MO

Workplace type: Onsite

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.

What you will bring:

• 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.

Why Join Ingredion?

Discover why Ingredion is the ideal place to advance your career with our exceptional rewards and benefits package designed to help you thrive. Create the future with us and enjoy:

• Total Rewards Package - Competitive salary and performance-based pay recognizing your contributions to our success
• Comprehensive Benefits & Wellness Support - Health, long-term savings, and resources for your physical, mental, and emotional well-being
• Career Growth - Learning, training, and development opportunities, including tuition reimbursement
• Employee Recognition Program - A culture of real-time appreciation, with personalized recognition rewards globally
• Employee Discount Program - Provides exclusive discounts on everyday products, services, and travel

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. Ingredion seeks to provide a work environment that is free from harassment and discrimination. We will not tolerate any form of discrimination based on race, color, religion, age, gender, gender identity, gender expression, national origin, ancestry, handicap or disability-mental or physical-marital status, sexual orientation, veteran status, disability resulting from military service, or any other classification protected by law (“protected classifications”). We are committed to establishing and maintaining a work environment where everyone is treated with dignity and respect.

Ingredion provides accommodations to job applicants with disabilities throughout the hiring process. If a job applicant requires an accommodation during the application process or through the selection process, we will work with the applicant to meet the job applicant's accommodation needs.

Ingredion uses AI-enabled tools to support parts of the recruitment process, including resume screening and interview scheduling. These tools help match candidate skills to job requirements and streamline communication. All AI-assisted decisions are reviewed by our Talent Acquisition team to ensure fairness and compliance with applicable laws. By applying, you acknowledge that AI may be used to support your application journey.

Relocation Available:

Yes, Within Country

Pay Range:

$84,400.00-$112,533.33 Annual

This pay range is not a guarantee of compensation or salary. Final base salary will be determined based on several factors which may include but are not limited to responsibilities of the job, education, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities, as well as internal equity, alignment with market data and applicable bargaining agreement (if any).

Incentive Compensation:

As a part of the total compensation package, this role may be eligible for the Ingredion Annual Incentive Plan or a role-specific commission/bonus.

Benefits:

Full-time roles are eligible for our comprehensive benefits package which includes medical, dental and vision coverage as well as a 401(k) plan with an competitive company match.