Maintenance Engineer

At Barilla, we believe that every great journey begins with passion and a bold vision. From our humble beginnings in 1877 in a small shop in Parma, Italy, we’ve blossomed into a global leader in the food industry, guided by our commitment to progress and excellence.

Are you ready to add your unique flavor to our journey?

Barilla G. e R. Fratelli is looking for a Maintenance Engineer for its Rubbiano Sauces Plant. The position will report to the Plant Engineer.

The purpose of the role is to support the organization in the implementation, management and optimization of preventive and corrective maintenance plans, ensuring equipment efficiency and the achievement of plant KPIs, while complying with quality and safety standards.

• Maintenance Plan Management:
  Collects, organizes, and updates technical area maintenance plans, entering them into the maintenance management system (SAP PM, Excel, or other dedicated software).
• Failure and Criticality Analysis:
  Works with maintenance and technical professionals to analyse failure modes identifying critical machines and components through production and maintenance data analysis.
• Maintenance Scheduling:
  Defines maintenance activity dates in coordination with production planning, ensuring the availability of required resources (internal/external labour, spare parts).
• Spare Parts and BOM Management:
  Interfaces with the maintenance warehouse to align plans with stock levels; prepares and updates equipment BOMs to track links between parts and machinery, optimizing stock code management and ABC classification.
• Plan Compliance Verification:
  Ensures, together with area managers, that maintenance plans are properly executed according to timing and standards, including verification of work orders within the management system.
• Data Collection and Analysis:
  Gathers post-intervention information to update and improve plans; develops technical KPIs (downtime due to failures, failure frequency, number of maintenance orders, compliance with frequencies) and economic KPIs (monthly costs vs budget).
• Continuous Improvement Support:
  Proposes continuous improvement activities on equipment and supports corrective maintenance operations by integrating and optimising preventive maintenance plans.
• Procedure Sharing:
  Prepares, shares and disseminates maintenance procedures to mitigate the risk of losing strategic information in the event of staff turnover.

• Master's Degree in Mechanical, Industrial, or Management Engineering, or equivalent.
• At least 6 months of experience in a similar role within a structured company environment.
• Fluent English proficiency.
• Excellent knowledge of Microsoft Office tools.
• Strong continuous improvement mindset.
• Solid analytical skills in technical and management data.

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Our commitment to equal employment stems from our unwavering belief that it is not only the right thing to do, but it is also a fundamental driver of innovation and business success.