Maintenance Reliability Leader

Teamed with our Site Technical Leader, the Maintenance Reliability Engineer has a small team of technologist, each working within the different operations departments inside the plant. This person needs to have very good communication skills to both lead their direct reports as well as leading through influence across departments and management groups. This person needs to have a strong technical background, able to answer the “why won't this happen again” question, have Continuous Improvement as a personal core value, understand asset care strategies, and component failure analysis. They also need to have a strong background with CMMS and budget tools preferable SAP. This role will own our 90-day plan process across the Maintenance department, building strategy to create and sustain reliability and budgetary gains across the plant with a top loss approach. 

Principal Accountabilities
• 30% - Responsible for the execution of the Maintenance departments 90-day plan, reliability data, coaching, and tracking of results. 
• 20% - Develops a competent and efficient Maintenance Department workforce. Assures personnel have the training, tools, supplies, and materials required for performing maintenance services. 
• 20% - Strategic Planning - Develops, recommends, and reviews long-term strategies for expense and capital initiatives relating to the Maintenance Department and the successful operation of the plant. Key to the development of the strategic capital and savings plan for the facility.
• 20% - Driving and owning the failure analysis process across the Maintenance department.
• 10% - Department Budgeting - Monitors expense budgets for the Maintenance Department. Manages use of labor and materials to optimize department effectiveness.

Job Complexity 

At the beginning of each fiscal quarter, we pull the reliability data from the last 90 days. We then separate this data into top losses buckets and build plans around improving and or eliminating these losses over the course of the next 90 days. Through the quarter we have check in meetings to track progress and assign help as needed to meet our goals by the quarters end. Achieving these goals is the primary responsibility of our Reliability Engineer and their team. 

Job Specifications

Minimum education required: BS degree; Engineering degree strongly preferred.

Minimum years of relevant experience: 5 years of experience in a plant-based reliability leadership role 

Preferred qualification: CMRP, Lubrication, PMP, or RCA certifications

Preferred experience: SAP CMMS and budget tool, capital project delivery, 24/7 technical leadership experience

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities Required

• Superior listening skills
• Process minded problem-solving skills
• Experience in a plant production environment, preferably, food processing or pharmaceutical
• Strong people and relationship management skills with the ability to direct and lead others to deliver results
• Experience with preventative and predictive maintenance
• Working knowledge of SAP
• Strong analytical skills
• Experience and passion for introducing new techniques and technology’s 
• Financial budget experience
• Excellent planning and organizational skills and the ability to successfully manage multiple priorities/assignments
• Good communication and presentation skills
• Willingness to work off-shifts, weekends and holidays as needed

Working Conditions

We are a 24/7 operating plant. Individual may work for extended periods on weekends or nightshift.
Some travel is required with this role for network team, benchmarking visits, and self-development.

Disclaimer

The preceding job description has been designed to indicate the general nature and level of work performed by employees within this classification. It is not designed to contain or be interpreted as a comprehensive inventory of all duties, responsibilities and qualifications required of employees assigned to this job.

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