Job description

Sealed Air designs and delivers packaging solutions that protect essential goods transported worldwide, preserve food, enable e-commerce and digital connectivity, and help create a global supply chain that is touchless, safer, less wasteful, and more resilient. We strive to foster a caring, high-performance growth culture that will deliver consistent, sustainable profitable growth and accelerate our performance – a culture where accountability is clear and aligned, and where we reward business outcomes and impact. That culture guides everything we do, including how we partner with our customers and suppliers, how we attract and retain top talent, and how we create and deliver value to our stakeholders. In 2025, Sealed Air generated $5.4 billion in sales and has approximately 16,100 employees who serve customers in 119 countries/territories. To learn more, visit www.sealedair.com . Job Description Position Summary We are seeking a Plant Reliability Engineer to drive equipment reliability, reduce unplanned downtime, and improve the overall performance of our packaging manufacturing operations while maintaining running safely. This role will focus on reducing downtime, improving equipment performance, and preventing recurring failures. You will have the opportunity to work with cross-functional teams including Maintenance, Production, Engineering, Quality, and Operations, to Maintenance, Production, Engineering, Quality, and Operations identify and solve challenging equipment problems, and lead projects that improve safety, productivity, quality, and reliability. The ideal candidate is a hands-on problem solver who can use equipment data and engineering principles to identify the cause of failures and implement sustainable solutions with the ability to work on the production floor when identifying long-term reliability improvements. Comfortability working with maintenance technicians, machine operators, engineers, vendors, and plant leadership to solve problems and deliver measurable results is required. Responsibilities • Improve the reliability and uptime of packaging production equipment. • Analyze equipment breakdowns and identify root causes. • Lead Root Cause Analysis (RCA) for equipment failures. • Develop and improve preventive and predictive maintenance programs Optimize and continuously improve the plant's PM program based on actual equipment failure modes. • Track equipment performance, downtime, MTBF, MTTR, and OEE. • Identify opportunities to reduce unplanned downtime and maintenance costs. • Work with Maintenance and Production teams to resolve equipment issues and improve the effectiveness of the CMMS Program including: • Planned work • PM compliance • PdM work • Corrective maintenance • Backlog management • Failure coding • Labor utilization • Maintenance scheduling • Support reliability improvements for packaging equipment such as: • Labeling and coding machines • Cartoners and case packers • Conveyors and material-handling systems • Wrappers and palletizers • Automated production and packaging lines • Partner with the Maintenance Manager and Planner to improve the effectiveness of the CMMS Program including: • • Ensure maintenance work orders contain sufficient information to support reliability analysis • Work with equipment suppliers and contractors when needed. • Identify critical spare parts and support spare-parts optimization. • Promote a proactive reliability and continuous-improvement culture. • Support equipment installation, commissioning, and upgrades. • Develop equipment standards, maintenance procedures, and reliability improvements. • Work with management team on CapEx, providing reliability input during the selection, design, installation, and commissioning of new equipment. • Lead structured investigations for major, chronic, and repeat failures using appropriate Root Cause Analysis methodologies. • Will ensure that RCA actions are Assigned → Completed → Verified → Standardized rather than simply closing the maintenance work order. • Follow all company safety, quality, and environmental requirements. Qualifications • Bachelor’s degree in mechanical, electrical, industrial, reliability engineering, or a related field. • 5+ years of experience in reliability, maintenance, engineering, or manufacturing. • Experience working with industrial or packaging equipment. • Knowledge of preventive and predictive maintenance practices. • Experience with Root Cause Analysis and equipment failure investigation. • Strong problem-solving and analytical skills. • Experience with CMMS systems and maintenance data, SAP is preferred. • Ability to work directly with operators, technicians, supervisors, and management. • Experience with Lean/Six Sigma, TPM, Lean Manufacturing. • Strong communication and teamwork skills. • Ability to work effectively in a fast-paced manufacturing environment. Highly Desired: • Certified Maintenance & Reliability Professional (CMRP) or other reliability certification. • Experience with plastics, film, extrusion, converting, packaging, or similar continuous-process manufacturing. • Experience with PLCs, automation, robotics, or industrial controls. • Experience developing PM/PdM programs. • FMEA experience. Pay Transparency Salary Range: $81,900-$141,335 The range disclosed complies with applicable state and local pay transparency laws. Offers within this range will be determined by considering relevant factors including education, experience, and internal alignment. This position may also be eligible for annual performance bonuses and other incentive programs. Sealed Air offers a competitive benefits package that includes health, dental, vision, 401(k), paid time off, and other benefits designed to promote well-being. #SAPROF-JVO Requisition id: 56876 Relocation: No Sealed Air is committed to attracting, selecting, and developing talent that reflects the diversity of the communities and customers we serve. We take pride in our selection process to identify, infuse, and grow talent to align with our culture, values, and norms. Sealed Air prioritizes talent development, fostering a culture of continuous growth and career progression. The company is committed to providing equal employment opportunities to all applicants for employment and to all employees, without regard to race, color, religion, gender identity or expression, national origin, age, protected disability, veteran status, or any other protected status in accordance with applicable federal, state and local laws. *Please be cautious of fraudulent recruiting efforts using the Sealed Air name or logo. Sealed Air will never request private information during the application process, such as a Driver's License or Social Security Number. If you have any concerns about information received from SEE during the application process, please reach out to us directly at globalta@sealedair.com. LINK1 MON1

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Must-haves

Improve the reliability and uptime of packaging production equipment.
Analyze equipment breakdowns and identify root causes.
Lead Root Cause Analysis (RCA) for equipment failures.
Develop and improve preventive and predictive maintenance programs Optimize and continuously improve the plant's PM program based on actual equipment failure modes.
Track equipment performance, downtime, MTBF, MTTR, and OEE.
Identify opportunities to reduce unplanned downtime and maintenance costs.
Work with Maintenance and Production teams to resolve equipment issues and improve the effectiveness of the CMMS Program including:
Planned work
PM compliance
Corrective maintenance
Backlog management
Failure coding
Labor utilization
Maintenance scheduling
Support reliability improvements for packaging equipment such as:
Labeling and coding machines
Cartoners and case packers
Conveyors and material-handling systems
Wrappers and palletizers
Automated production and packaging lines
Partner with the Maintenance Manager and Planner to improve the effectiveness of the CMMS Program including:
Ensure maintenance work orders contain sufficient information to support reliability analysis
Work with equipment suppliers and contractors when needed.

Nice-to-haves

Experience with CMMS systems and maintenance data, SAP is preferred.

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Dental

Vision

401(K)

Paid Time Off