
Reliability Engineer
Richmond, VAFull-time$87–120K/yrSeen todaySeen in employer's feed today
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The Reliability Engineer supports equipment reliability, performance, and efficiency by identifying asset risks, reducing downtime and maintenance costs, and extending equipment lifecycle. The role leads failure analysis and continuous improvement, develops maintenance strategies, tracks performance indicators, and supports asset lifecycle management and spare-parts optimization. The candidate should bring reliability engineering experience, strong analytical and problem-solving skills, and a BS in an engineering discipline.
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Richmond, Virginia, United States
Full time
R-180293
Job Description
Are You Ready to Make It Happen at Mondelēz International?
Join our Mission to Lead the Future of Snacking. Make It With Pride.
The Reliability Engineer is a key role that ensures the reliability, performance, and efficiency of extending the lifecycle of our equipment. This position focuses on identifying risks associated with the assets to minimize downtime drives improvements to enhance performance and operational excellence while working on reducing maintenance costs. The ideal candidate is a self-starter with demonstrated problem solving skills, strong analytical skills, and a polished communicator. This individual will be committed to fostering a culture of continuous improvement.
Responsibilities
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Failure Mode Analysis and Risk Management – Lead and perform failure analysis including Root Cause Analysis (RCA), Breakdown Eradication Analysis (BDE) and Failure Mode and Effects Analysis to investigate equipment failures and provide a permanent solution to prevent reoccurrence of the issues.
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Preventative, Predictive, and Condition Based Maintenance – Develop, optimize and guide the implementation and execution of the maintenance strategies.
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Key Performance Data Tracking - Monitor, track and analyze key performance indicators such as MTBF, MTTR, OEE, Scrap and waste and provide recommendations to systems and equipment improvements.
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Life Cycle Asset Management – Being involved in the design, installation and startup of new equipment to ensure AM and PM are integrated in the equipment design.
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Continuous Improvement – Lead a culture of loss elimination, maintenance planning, problem solving, and continuous improvement across multi functions by providing leadership, technical support, training and making recommendations for new and upgrades.
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MRO Optimization – Oversee spare parts purchasing and management to ensure parts are on hand for uninterrupted operation.
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Standard Work – Develop SOPs for maintenance and reliability activities and proper work instructions.
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Operational Excellence – Work with plant maintenance leadership to ensure planned downtime is executed effectively by designing a robust plan.
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What extra ingredients you will bring:
Education / Certifications:
- Education – BS in an engineering discipline (Mechanical, Electrical, Industrial, or Chemical)
Job specific requirements:
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Experience – Demonstrated experience in reliability engineering, food manufacturing or similar.
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Ability to read and interpret blueprints, electrical drawings, and other engineering documentation.
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Execution with excellence and prioritizing results.
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Minimum of 2 years in Reliability Engineering
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Technical Skills:
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Strong background with statistical analysis.
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Experience with Problem Solving Methods (RCA, BDE, FMECA, Fault Tree).
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Proficient in Reliability methodologies and tools.
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Strong experience in asset criticality.
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Strong SAP knowledge and reporting.
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Maintenance, manufacturing, and financial acumen.
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Experience with TPM development and implementation.
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Experience in determining asset criticality.
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Extensive experience with predictive maintenance strategies and implementation.
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Salary and Benefits:
The base salary range for this position is $86,900 to $119,515; the exact salary depends on several factors such as experience, skills, education and location. In addition to base salary, this position is eligible for participation in a highly competitive bonus program with possibility for overachievement based on performance and company results.
In addition, Mondelez International offers the following benefits: health insurance, wellness and family support programs, life and disability insurance, retirement savings plans, paid leave programs, education related programs, paid holidays and vacation time. Some of these benefits have eligibility requirements. Many of these benefits are subsidized or fully paid for by the company.
No Relocation support available
Business Unit Summary
The United States is the largest market in the Mondelēz International family with a significant employee and manufacturing footprint. Here, we produce our well-loved household favorites to provide our consumers with the right snack, at the right moment, made the right way. We have corporate offices, sales, manufacturing and distribution locations throughout the U.S. to ensure our iconic brands—including Oreo and Chips Ahoy! cookies, Ritz, Wheat Thins and Triscuit crackers, and Swedish Fish and Sour Patch Kids confectionery products —are close at hand for our consumers across the country.
Mondelēz Global LLC is an Equal Opportunity Employer/Protected Veterans/Persons with Disabilities. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, protected Veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by law. Applicants who require accommodation to participate in the job application process may contact 847-943-5460 for assistance.
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Job Type
Regular
Manufacturing support
Manufacturing
At Mondelēz International, our purpose is to empower people to snack right through offering the right snack, for the right moment, made the right way. That means delivering a broader range of delicious, high-quality snacks that nourish life's moments, made with sustainable ingredients and packaging that consumers can feel good about.
We have a rich portfolio of strong brands – both global and local. Including many household names such as Oreo, belVita and LU biscuits; Cadbury Dairy Milk, Milka and Toblerone chocolate; Sour Patch Kids candy and Trident gum. We are proud to hold the number 1 position globally in biscuits, chocolate and candy as well as the No. 2 position in gum
Our 80,000 Makers and Bakers are located in our operations in more than 80 countries and are working to sell our products in over 150 countries around the world. They are energized for growth and critical to us living our purpose and values. We are a diverse community that can make things happen, and happen fast.
Join us and Make It An Opportunity!
Mondelez Global LLC is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, protected Veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by law. Applicants who require accommodation to participate in the job application process may contact 847-943-5460 for assistance.
How this job compares
Set against the 1,116 open Reliability Engineer jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 14, 2026.
- Pay
- This posting$87–120K/yr
- Virginia median$117–162K/yr42 salary ranges
- US median$120–180K/yr759 salary ranges
This range's midpoint, $103K, is 27% below the Virginia median midpoint ($141K) — in the lowest quarter of Reliability Engineer salary ranges in Virginia.
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 45 open Reliability Engineer jobs in Virginia and 1,116 across the US. 2% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- Hiring the most in Virginia
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- Experience
- This posting asks for at least 2 years of experience — less than three in four Reliability Engineer postings that state a minimum ask for (median 5 years, across 865 postings).
- Education
- This posting asks for a bachelor's degree; 535 of the 1,116 open Reliability Engineer jobs (48%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.
Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 14, 2026. Figures based on too few postings are left out.
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