Reliability Engineer - Montes Claros / MG

Are you passionate about engineering excellence and ensuring the reliability of cutting-edge technology? Do you want to play a pivotal role in a global initiative that shapes the future of Reliability and Asset Management?

Then you might be our new Reliability Engineer to join a truly Reliability and Maintenance global team. Read more and apply today for a life-changing career!

The Position

The focus of this role is act as reliability engineer expert in the implementation and management of advanced maintenance and reliability strategies in alignment with industry standards, ensuring the performance and reliability of our assets.

The position gives a chance to provide incredible stakeholder management within the sites globally (Brazil, USA, Denmark, France and China), by fostering a reliability and maintenance culture, leading RCM analysis, revising maintenance plans and supporting on Knowledge Sharing among the technical networks.

This role offers an opportunity for engaging in travel activities to visit sites (up to 20% of the time) and offer remote support to the global team.

The main tasks will be to:

• Technical Leadership: Serve as the SME to provide technical support to the site and stakeholders. Review and develop maintenance and reliability plans, specifications, and SOPs.
• Maintenance and Reliability Plan Development: Support the development, implementation, and improvement of equipment and system maintenance and reliability plans.
• Continuous Improvement: Innovate and champion continuous improvement initiatives, including verifying process equipment and design requirements.
• Knowledge Sharing: Share knowledge with local and international facilities and develop knowledge of risk assessment documents.
• Project Management: Manage maintenance and reliability projects to ensure quality and schedule adherence within the area of responsibility.
• Team Development: Coach and mentor members of the maintenance and reliability team.
• Data Analysis and Optimization: Analyse data to predict equipment failures and optimize maintenance and reliability strategies.

Qualifications

To succeed in this role, you have:

• A min. bachelor’s degree in mechanical, aerospace, electrical engineering or automation.
• Several years with hands-on experience in asset management in a related field, particularly in reliability of complex assets and systems (performing FMEA, RCA, RCM, RBM and maintenance program development, etc).
• Practical expertise and ample experience in project management methodologies, stakeholder management, and leading international teams.
• Certifications in reliability and/or maintenance (e.g., CMRP, CMRT, etc) and knowledge of LEAN, Reliability post-graduation, which is considered a plus.
• Full professional proficiency in written and spoken English.

As a person, you have excellent communication skills, with strong stakeholder management skills and experience. With strong experience in working with diverse teams and stakeholders, you can easily communicate with colleagues globally.

Being a good listener, with a degree of leadership skills, while also being a team player who works well independently is crucial in this role.

We will welcome a colleague who has a global mindset, understanding and respect for different cultures and has excellent problem-solving skills.

About the Department

The Aseptic Manufacturing Engineering (AME) department is a global unit working internationally to improve performance across Novo Nordisk’s network of factories. We support systems and equipment reliability, maintenance, and engineering excellence to ensure world-class operational performance. Within AME, the Reliability & Maintenance organization is responsible for ensuring our systems and equipment are always available, well-maintained, and fully operational, delivering world-class, reliable performance. This is achieved through maximizing equipment uptime, eliminating technical challenges, and elevating maintenance discipline to a strategic partner. We focus on improving asset performance through industry-recognized Asset Management programs, adopting advanced technologies, and continually monitoring and optimizing performance to enhance capacity and reliability.

Working at Novo Nordisk

We are a proud life-science company, and life is our reason to exist. We’re inspired by life in all its forms and shapes, ups and downs, opportunities and challenges. For employees at Novo Nordisk, life means many things – from the building blocks of life that form the basis of ground-breaking scientific research, to our rich personal lives that motivate and energise us to perform our best at work. Ultimately, life is why we’re all here - to ensure that people can lead a life independent of chronic disease.
 

Deadline 

Applications open until April 21, 2025.

We commit to an inclusive recruitment process and equality of opportunity for all our job applicants.  

At Novo Nordisk we recognize that it is no longer good enough to aspire to be the best company in the world. We need to aspire to be the best company for the world and we know that this is only possible with talented employees with diverse perspectives, backgrounds and cultures. We are therefore committed to creating an inclusive culture that celebrates the diversity of our employees, the patients we serve and communities we operate in. Together, we’re life changing.