Reliability Engineer

**Are you ready to shape maintenance excellence on a global scale?**   **JBT Marel** is looking for a **Reliability Engineer** to join our organization in **Sint-Niklaas, Belgium**. This is a key role focused on developing and maintaining the foundations of our maintenance strategy — ensuring our customers’ equipment operates reliably, safely, and efficiently throughout its lifecycle. This more specifically for productlines engineered and built in St-Niklaas.   Working closely with engineering, customer service, logistics, and our customers, you’ll turn technical insight and data into clear maintenance plans and parts kits. **What you’ll be doing** * Own and continuously improve the Master Maintenance Documentation and Maintenance Plans for JBT Marel equipment * Define maintenance criteria for parts using supplier data, FMEA input, customer feedback and feedback from field service engineers * Create and maintain structured maintenance kits aligned with machine configurations and customer needs * Collaborate with customers and internal teams to review maintenance strategies, gather feedback, and improve effectiveness and efficiency * Prepare training materials and deliver training sessions on maintenance strategy, machine efficiency and preventive maintenance scopes * Prepare input for quotes or service contracts, on scope (like parts and kits to be replaced and hours) related to preventive maintenance. **About you** You’re technically curious, structured, and comfortable working with incomplete data to build practical solutions. You enjoy connecting with other departments to engineer in detail the customer need. **You’ll bring:** * Strong affinity with engineering and technical disciplines, with the ability to think both conceptually and practically * Advanced Excel skills and confidence working with data analytics and large datasets * High attention to detail, accuracy, and the ability to identify gaps or inconsistencies * Strong command of English & Dutch (spoken and written) and confidence working with engineers, service teams, and customers * A customer-oriented mindset, understanding how maintenance impacts uptime, cost, and operations * Comfort working independently and making informed, educated assumptions when required * Willingness to occasionally participate in field activities to validate and refine maintenance strategies **Experience & education** * Engineering or technical education (mechanical, electrical, mechatronic, or similar) * Experience in maintenance engineering, service engineering, reliability engineering, or a similar technical role * Familiarity with preventive maintenance concepts, spare parts structures, and service documentation * Experience collaborating with cross-functional teams in a technical or industrial environment * Exposure to data-driven maintenance, reliability analysis, or FMEA is an advantage **What’s in it for you** * A high-impact role shaping global maintenance strategy and service excellence * Close collaboration with engineering, service, logistics, and customer-facing teams * Opportunity to influence machine uptime, customer satisfaction, and lifecycle cost * A culture focused on innovation, continuous improvement, and knowledge sharing * Career development opportunities within a global, technology-driven organization **Who we are** JBT Marel is a global leader in food processing solutions. Together with our customers, we transform the way food is processed — making it safer, more sustainable, and more efficient. Our people are driven by **Unity, Innovation, and Excellence**, working together across borders and disciplines to deliver lasting impact. **Interested?** If you’re motivated by building smart maintenance strategies, improving equipment uptime, and creating real value for customers and service teams, we’d love to hear from you. 📧 Apply by clicking the apply button and share your CV with us 🌐 Learn more about us at: [**JBTMarel.com**](https://jbtmarel.com/en/) 🔗 Follow us on LinkedIn: [**https://www.linkedin.com/company/jbtmarel/**](https://www.linkedin.com/company/jbtmarel/) **Join us - and help shape the future of maintenance excellence at JBT Marel.** **_Use of Technology in Our Hiring Process_** _JBT Marel uses technology-assisted tools, including artificial intelligence (AI), to support the review of applications._   _These tools help our recruiting teams identify skills and experience relevant to the role based on job-related criteria. ​_ _All applications are reviewed by people, and AI is not used to make hiring decisions independently. We are committed to fair, consistent and inclusive hiring practices globally._   ​#LI-JV1