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Senior Reliability Engineer
An opportunity has now arisen for a Senior Reliability Engineer within the EMEA Reliability Technical Center. This role provides technical leadership to improve asset reliability, eliminate chronic equipment losses, standardize reliability engineering practices, and support Maintenance Excellence across multiple manufacturing sites within EMEA Region. Working closely with Plant Operations, Maintenance, and Capital Project teams, it ensures reliability principles are embedded throughout the entire asset lifecycle—from equipment selection and design through commissioning, operation, and continuous improvement. The role also develops regional standards, coaches site teams, and drives continuous improvement initiatives that improve safety, reliability, availability, and maintenance cost performance.
Your Responsibilities
- Champion ADM Health, Safety, Food Safety, Quality, and Environmental standards while promoting a proactive reliability culture across the region.
- Act as the regional Subject Matter Expert (SME) for Reliability Engineering, providing technical leadership and guidance to manufacturing sites.
- Identify, prioritize, and eliminate chronic equipment failures ("Bad Actors") using CMMS data, reliability analytics, and asset performance indicators.
- Lead and facilitate Root Cause Failure Analysis (RCFA) investigations and ensure effective implementation of sustainable corrective actions.
- Drive Defect Elimination initiatives to improve equipment reliability and reduce lifecycle costs.
- Develop, optimize, and standardize preventive, predictive, and condition-based maintenance strategies across the region.
- Support Equipment Criticality Assessments and maintenance strategy optimization.
- Support Asset Health programs through data analysis, condition monitoring, and reliability performance reviews.
- Support the optimization of Critical Spare Parts strategies for critical assets.
- Develop technical standards, engineering guidelines, and reliability best practices for regional deployment.
- Provide technical support for complex equipment failures and long-term reliability improvement initiatives.
- Participate in design reviews, FAT, SAT, commissioning, and start-up activities to ensure reliability requirements are incorporated into new assets.
- Coach and mentor Plant Operations, Maintenance, and Reliability teams on reliability methodologies, RCFA, Asset Health, maintenance strategies, and best practices.
- Support digitalization initiatives related to CMMS, predictive maintenance, condition monitoring, and reliability analytics.
- Monitor regional reliability KPIs and recommend initiatives to improve equipment availability, Overall Equipment Effectiveness (OEE), maintenance cost, and asset lifecycle performance.
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Your Profile
- Bachelor's degree in Mechanical/Electrical Engineering or related Engineering discipline.
- Good experience in Reliability Engineering, Maintenance Engineering, or Industrial Maintenance within continuous process industries.
- Strong experience with rotating equipment and mechanical systems in industrial manufacturing.
- Experience in food processing, oilseed crushing, grain handling, chemical, or similar process industries is highly preferred.
- Demonstrated experience leading reliability improvement initiatives across multiple manufacturing sites.
- Professional certification such as CMRP is considered an advantage.
- Recognized technical expertise in Reliability Engineering.
- Strong analytical and structured problem-solving capabilities.
- Ability to influence and lead technical initiatives without direct authority.
- Excellent communication, coaching, and facilitation skills.
- Strong stakeholder management across multiple countries and cultures.
- Ability to translate technical improvements into measurable business value.
- Self-driven, collaborative, and results-oriented.
- Strong project management and prioritization skills.
- Continuous Improvement mindset with a passion for developing people and sharing.
The position can be based in Hamburg, Rotterdam (Europoort), or London (Erith / Purfleet).
Your Future Perspective
- Challenging tasks, short decision-making processes, and a high level of personal responsibility in a modern work environment with flexible work-time models.
- Room for innovative thinking and growth with the possibility to manage your own career path.
- A company culture which promotes continuous learning and diversity. To assist with this, all colleagues are able to join our Women’s and Multicultural Employee Resource Groups, and the ADM Pride Employee Network and the Young Professionals Network. As well as the company-wide mentorship program as mentor or mentee.
- Excellent career opportunities in a world-leading nutrition company.
- An attractive remuneration including a variety of social benefits like subsidized health & fitness offers.
- ADM is a company where managers and colleagues are encouraged to discuss and enable the flexibility needed to meet the demands of work and life.
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Diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging are cornerstones of ADM’s efforts to continue innovating, driving growth, and delivering outstanding performance. We are committed to attracting and retaining a diverse workforce and create welcoming, truly inclusive work environments—environments that enable every ADM colleague to feel comfortable on the job, make meaningful contributions to our success, and grow their career. We respect and value the unique backgrounds and experiences that each person can bring to ADM because we know that diversity of perspectives makes us better, together.
For more information regarding our efforts to advance Diversity, Equity, Inclusion & Belonging, please visit our website here: Culture, Engagement & Inclusion | ADM.
About ADM
At ADM, we unlock the power of nature to provide access to nutrition worldwide. With industry-advancing innovations, a complete portfolio of ingredients and solutions to meet any taste, and a commitment to sustainability, we give customers an edge in solving the nutritional challenges of today and tomorrow. We’re a global leader in human and animal nutrition and the world’s premier agricultural origination and processing company. Our breadth, depth, insights, facilities, and logistical expertise give us unparalleled capabilities to meet needs for food, beverages, health, and wellness, and more. From the seed of the idea to the outcome of the solution, we enrich the quality of life the world over. Learn more at www.adm.com.
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