Reliability Engineer

At Perrigo, we are driven by our mission to Makes Lives Better Through Trusted Health and Wellness Solutions, Accessible to All
. We are proud to be a Top 10 player in the European Consumer Self-Care market and the largest U.S. store brand provider of over the counter and infant formula. Dedicated to providing The Best Self-Care for Everyone
, we are the people behind the brands you trust. We are Opill®, Compeed®, Solpadeine®, NiQuitin®, and many more.
We Are Perrigo
. We are committed to enhancing the wellbeing of our colleagues and consumers alike. We pride ourselves on fostering an inclusive, collaborative culture where each person can experience a sense of belonging.

Join us on our One Perrigo journey as we evolve to win in self-care.

The base salary range for this role is $120,000- $140,000

• Lead the site Asset Care Strategy and reliability improvement programs, including RCA, FMEA, RCM, equipment criticality assessments, bad actor analysis, and defect elimination.
• Identify recurring equipment issues, analyze maintenance and performance data, and implement sustainable corrective actions to improve uptime, reliability, maintainability, and asset life.
• Optimize preventive and predictive maintenance programs, including condition monitoring strategies such as vibration analysis, thermography, ultrasound, and oil analysis.
• Establish, monitor, and improve reliability KPIs, dashboards, spare parts strategies, equipment BOMs, asset hierarchies, and maintenance standards.
• Partner with Maintenance, Planning, Operations, and Engineering to improve maintenance execution, equipment performance, and asset care effectiveness.

• Ensure reliability activities support cGMP, FDA, safety, environmental, and quality requirements.
• Support equipment-related investigations, deviations, CAPAs, change controls, audit readiness, and inspection preparedness.
• Ensure reliability programs reduce operational risk and support product quality, process capability, and asset integrity.

• Lead reliability-focused initiatives that reduce downtime, improve OEE, optimize maintenance costs, and extend asset life.
• Develop reliability improvement plans and long-term reliability roadmaps aligned with site objectives.
• Support capital projects through reliability reviews, maintainability assessments, design reviews, installation support, commissioning, startup, and performance verification.
• Collaborate with OEMs, contractors, suppliers, and engineering resources to improve reliability and implement new reliability technologies or digital maintenance tools.

• Serve as the site technical expert for reliability engineering, predictive maintenance, and asset performance improvement.
• Provide technical coaching to maintenance personnel, planners, supervisors, engineers, and operations teams.
• Support troubleshooting of complex equipment failures, critical maintenance events, and major operational disruptions.
• Promote a culture of asset ownership, accountability, reliability, and continuous improvement.

Required:

• Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Reliability Engineering, or a related technical discipline.
• Minimum 7 years of reliability engineering, maintenance engineering, asset management, or related experience in manufacturing.
• Experience with RCA, FMEA, RCM, criticality assessments, defect elimination, preventive maintenance, and predictive maintenance programs.
• Experience supporting maintenance planning, scheduling, maintenance optimization, asset performance improvement, and reliability KPIs.
• Strong troubleshooting, root cause analysis, data analysis, communication, collaboration, and technical leadership skills.
• Working knowledge of manufacturing equipment, utilities, HVAC systems, pumps, motors, conveyors, instrumentation, controls, and facility infrastructure.

Preferred:

• Experience in FDA-regulated pharmaceutical, consumer healthcare, food, infant formula, or other GMP-regulated manufacturing environments.
• Experience with SAP PM,…