At Elanco (NYSE: ELAN) – it all starts with animals!
As a global leader in animal health, we are dedicated to innovation and delivering products and services to prevent and treat disease in farm animals and pets. At Elanco, we are driven by our vision of Food and Companionship Enriching Life and our purpose – all to Go Beyond for Animals, Customers, Society and Our People.
At Elanco, we pride ourselves on fostering a diverse and inclusive work environment. We believe that diversity is the driving force behind innovation, creativity, and overall business success. Here, you’ll be part of a company that values and champions new ways of thinking, work with dynamic individuals, and acquire new skills and experiences that will propel your career to new heights.
Making animals’ lives better makes life better – join our team today!
Your Role: Manufacturing Reliability Engineer
As a Manufacturing Reliability Engineer, you will contribute to the site's equipment reliability and maintenance programs to support current and future production objectives. Working closely with Maintenance, Operations, Engineering, and Quality, you will help drive reliability improvements, support mechanical integrity programs, and advance maintenance best practices across the site.
Your Responsibilities
Site Reliability Program Support: Support and contribute to the site's reliability program while developing expertise in equipment reliability and maintenance strategies; participate in equipment reliability initiatives including asset criticality assessments, maintenance strategy development, and lifecycle planning.
Reliability Improvements: Perform and lead RCFA, FMEA, and RCM activities while implementing preventive and predictive maintenance strategies to improve asset performance and reduce failures.
Ensure Mechanical Integrity & Compliance: Provide oversight of mechanical integrity programs, including inspections, testing, and monitoring of tanks, vessels, piping, and other critical assets while maintaining compliance with applicable standards.
Partner Across Functions: Collaborate with Operations, Maintenance, Engineering, Quality, and Planning teams to ensure safe, reliable, and compliant equipment performance and effective maintenance execution.
Optimize Systems & Continuous Improvement: Maintain CMMS data integrity, improve maintenance processes and spare parts strategies, monitor equipment performance, and implement corrective actions and emerging technologies to enhance reliability.
What You Need to Succeed (Minimum Qualifications)
Education: Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering (Mechanical Engineering preferred).
Required Experience: Experience in maintenance, reliability engineering, or manufacturing environments with responsibility for equipment reliability and maintenance programs.
Top Skills: Analytical and problem-solving skills with working knowledge of CMMS systems, preventive and predictive maintenance techniques, and cross-functional collaboration.
What Will Give You a Competitive Edge (Preferred Qualifications)
Experience with SAP or other CMMS platforms.
Manufacturing or regulated industry experience (e.g., cGMP / FDA environments).
Experience with reliability methodologies such as RCFA, FMEA, and RCM.
Familiarity with mechanical integrity programs and inspection processes.
Additional Information
Schedule: Monday–Friday, 8-hour shifts (flexibility required for evenings/weekends during outages).
Work Environment: Manufacturing / production site with cross-functional collaboration.
Don’t meet every single requirement? Studies have shown underrepresented groups are less likely to apply to jobs unless they meet every single qualification. At Elanco we are dedicated to building a diverse and inclusive work environment. If you think you might be a good fit for a role but don't necessarily meet every requirement, we encourage you to apply. You may be the right candidate for this role or other roles!
Elanco Benefits and Perks:
We offer a comprehensive benefits package focusing on financial, physical, and mental well-being while encouraging our employees to pursue our purpose! Some highlights include:
Two weeklong shutdowns (mid-summer and year-end) in the US (in addition to PTO)
8-week parental leave
9 Employee Resource Groups
Annual bonus offering Up to 6% 401K matching
Elanco is an EEO/Affirmative Action Employer and does not discriminate on the basis of age, race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, national origin, protected veteran status, disability or any other legally protected status
Elanco may use automated tools, including AI, to support parts of our recruitment process, such as reviewing applications against job‑related criteria and/or transferrable skills. These tools help ensure a consistent, structured evaluation, but they do not make hiring decisions. All decisions involve a human reviewer. For more information on how we handle personal data, please see our Elanco Workforce Privacy Notice.
Skills Required
- Bachelor's Degree in Engineering (Mechanical Engineering preferred)
- Experience in maintenance, reliability engineering, or manufacturing environments with responsibility for equipment reliability and maintenance programs
- Working knowledge of CMMS systems
- Analytical and problem-solving skills; familiarity with preventive and predictive maintenance techniques
- Experience with SAP or other CMMS platforms
- Manufacturing or regulated industry experience (e.g., cGMP / FDA environments)
- Experience with reliability methodologies such as RCFA, FMEA, and RCM
- Familiarity with mechanical integrity programs and inspection processes
Elanco Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Elanco and has not been reviewed or approved by Elanco.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Time off options are broad, including PTO, flexible leave, and the ability to purchase additional vacation. These provisions are highlighted as supportive of work-life balance.
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Healthcare Strength — Health coverage includes medical, dental, and vision alongside company-paid life, disability, and wellness support. Pet insurance and assistance programs reinforce a comprehensive wellbeing offering.
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Retirement Support — Retirement offerings include a U.S. 401(k) and, for some employees, access to a defined benefit pension. These programs add meaningful long-term value to total rewards.
Elanco Insights
What We Do
At Elanco, we work to improve the health of animals through innovative products and services for pets and farm animals around the world. As a global animal health company, we provide solutions that empower our customers to advance a vision of Food and Companionship Enriching Life. Since 1954, Elanco has committed to empowering veterinarians, farmers, and all those who care for animals with the tools they need to help animals live healthy lives. Healthier animals are the key to making our lives better - This is the fundamental belief uniting all global Elanco employees. That’s why we are committed to the idea that our business can be a unique force for good for all in society. Through our Elanco Healthy Purpose™ framework of Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) commitments, we focus on delivering sustainable solutions to advance the well-being of animals, people and the planet. This program also enables our employees around the world to take paid time off to make an impact as a volunteer, offering their time or talent to give back to our customers, causes and communities. #ElancoHealthyPurpose #WeAreElanco
