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Reliability Engineering Lead - Hellmann's Mayo FactoryUnilever · Chicago, IL
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Reliability Engineering Lead - Hellmann's Mayo Factory

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🗓️ Posted 2026-08-21 Chicago, IL Hybrid Manufacturing Transport Logistics
💰 Salary Not shared 📊 Market 8,333 GBP–12,500 GBP/mo

About the Company

Unilever has announced an agreement to separate its Foods business, which includes brands such as Hellmann's and Knorr. This Foods business will join forces with McCormick, a global flavour leader with a presence in 150+ countries and territories and a portfolio of trusted brands, to become a global leader in spices, seasonings, condiments, and complementary food categories.

About the Role

As a Reliability Supervisor, you'll play a highly visible role in ensuring our factory operates safely, efficiently, and at peak performance. You will lead critical reliability and maintenance processes, use data to solve recurring equipment issues, and partner closely with Operations, Engineering, Quality, Safety, Procurement, and external vendors to deliver sustainable improvements. You'll also help develop the site's maintenance capabilities by coaching and supporting key reliability team members.

Responsibilities

  • ● Own and drive key reliability processes, including preventive maintenance (PM) compliance, asset criticality reviews, bad actor elimination, KPI tracking, and action plan execution.
  • ● Improve equipment reliability and operational performance by identifying and eliminating recurring failures and chronic losses.
  • ● Use downtime, OEE, and reliability data to prioritize improvements and implement sustainable solutions.
  • ● Support troubleshooting efforts by providing technical guidance, securing resources, and escalating issues when necessary.
  • ● Partner with Maintenance Planners, Reliability Specialists, and Operations teams to improve planning quality, schedule adherence, backlog management, and shutdown readiness.
  • ● Conduct regular audits to ensure work orders contain accurate scope, materials, and execution details.
  • ● Drive continuous improvement in maintenance systems, reliability processes, and defect elimination programs.
  • ● Work closely with Operations, Quality, Safety, Engineering, Procurement, vendors, and OEMs to solve complex technical challenges and improve equipment performance.
  • ● Support safety and quality initiatives by ensuring audits, corrective actions, and compliance activities are completed effectively and on time.
  • ● Engage external partners and equipment manufacturers to leverage technical expertise and drive reliability improvements.
  • ● Coach, support, and develop the Reliability Specialist and Maintenance Planner to strengthen team capability and accountability.
  • ● Promote clear communication and consistent execution across all maintenance shifts.
  • ● Foster a culture of ownership, problem solving, collaboration, and continuous improvement.

Requirements

  • ● Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Industrial Technology, or a related technical field.
  • ● Minimum 4+ years of maintenance, reliability, or maintenance leader