Reliability Engineer

Reliability Engineer

Location:

Nemours

At Sibelco, we advance life through materials.

For over 150 years, we've been a trusted leader in sourcing, transforming, and distributing specialty industrial minerals. Our work powers progress across industries as diverse as glass, ceramics, construction, coatings, polymers, and water purification. Beyond our materials, we're proud of our commitment to sustainability, innovation, and empowering people from all walks of life to thrive and make a meaningful impact.

Are We the Perfect Match?

At Sibelco, we believe building a successful career is a two-way journey. We're looking for individuals who share our values and vision, just as much as you're seeking a company that aligns with your aspirations. Together, we can shape the future.

Reliability / Maintenance Engineer

Location: Nemours, France

At Sibelco, we advance life through materials.

For over 150 years, we've been a trusted leader in sourcing, transforming, and distributing specialty industrial minerals. Our work powers progress across industries as diverse as glass, ceramics, construction, coatings, polymers, and water purification. Beyond our materials, we're proud of our commitment to sustainability, innovation, and empowering people from all walks of life to thrive and make a meaningful impact.

Are We the Perfect Match?

At Sibelco, we believe building a successful career is a two-way journey. We're looking for individuals who share our values and vision, just as much as you're seeking a company that aligns with your aspirations. Together, we can shape the future.

Are you passionate about improving reliability, automation, and operational excellence in industrial environments? Do you thrive in roles where you can combine technical expertise, data-driven analysis, and continuous improvement to ensure efficiency, safety, and long-term competitiveness?

As a Reliability / Maintenance Engineer at our Nemours site, you will play a pivotal role in shaping the reliability strategy across the cluster. You will lead modernization and automation initiatives, support multiple plants, and be a key driver of optimization and growth projects. With several major Capex projects planned over the next five years, this is a highly impactful role at the center of Sibelco's operational transformation.

Your Impact in This Role

As a Reliability / Maintenance Engineer, your responsibilities will include but are not limited to:

• Designing and implementing maintenance and reliability strategies across machinery and infrastructure.
• Overseeing activities across Nemours cluster sites (including subsidiary plants in Compiègne, Bourron-Marlotte, Crépy-en-Valois, Montgru St Hilaire).
• Harmonizing processes and standards in CMMS, TPM, and RCM.
• Establishing and supervising preventive & predictive maintenance policies.
• Analyzing failure data (OEE, MTBF, MBDT, Yield, Energy Consumption, Labor Productivity) and implementing improvement measures.
• Driving automation and digitalization projects, with a strong emphasis on PLC systems and industrial process automation.
• Assessing modernization needs in machinery and infrastructure, and generating optimization solutions including cost proposals for Capex.
• Supporting the implementation of multi-year Capex projects together with Site Leaders and the Director of Operations.
• Developing technical competence within the group by mentoring, training, and auditing plant teams.
• Optimizing spare parts management and overall maintenance costs.
• Planning and monitoring plant maintenance budgets.
• Preparing performance reports and advising management on technical improvements.
• Collaborating closely with Production, Engineering, Quality, Finance, and site leaders.

What You Bring to the Table

• Higher technical education in Engineering, Mechanics, Mechatronics, Automation, or a related field.
• Minimum of 5 years in maintenance management or reliability engineering within industrial manufacturing (e.g. automotive, aeronautics, hardware manufacturing, food & agro).
• Strong understanding of reliability systems such as TPM and RCM, with proven experience in preventive & predictive maintenance.
• Expertise in automation and PLCs, with a track record of implementing automation or digitalization projects.
• Analytical capability using KPIs such as OEE, MTBF, MBDT, Yield, Energy Consumption, and Labor Productivity.
• Solid project management background for modernization and optimization initiatives.
• Pragmatic, hands-on, and improvement-driven approach.
• Ability to collaborate with diverse plant teams and communicate effectively with both operators and management.
• Structured and process-driven but adaptable to evolving challenges.
• English at a communicative level (European training is conducted in English).
• Proficiency in French.

Benefits

• Competitive benefits package.
• Company car.
• Exposure to large-scale Capex and modernization projects over the next five years.
• Opportunities for professional development within a global engineering community.
• A collaborative, international culture that values empowerment and accountability.

Why Join Us?

Sibelco is more than a workplace—it's a community that encourages growth, innovation, and collaboration. Here's what you can look forward to when you join our team:

• Opportunity to shape the reliability and automation strategy of a growing cluster.
• High visibility role with direct impact on performance and competitiveness.
• Key involvement in multi-year Capex investments and modernization projects.
• Exposure to diverse technical areas: reliability, automation, continuous improvement, and cost optimization.
• Career development potential into senior engineering or leadership roles within Sibelco.
• A global environment with cross-border collaboration and sustainability-focused initiatives.

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Sibelco is an equal opportunity employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by applicable laws.

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Please note: We do not require agency services as we have a dedicated Global Talent Acquisition Team.