Reliability Engineer in South Holland

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Position Description:

Developing maintenance strategies – collaborate with director of maintenance, maintenance manager, engineers, and other key stakeholders to develop and implement maintenance strategies aimed at enhancing equipment reliability and minimizing unplanned downtime.

Primary Responsibilities:

• Troubleshoot operation and equipment to maximize asset service life, reliability, and efficiency.
• Conduct failure analysis on critical assets and equipment to eliminate root cause(s) of failure and develop improvements to prevent future occurrences through the utilization of CAPA (Corrective Action/Preventative Action).
• Preventative Maintenance – develop and oversee preventative maintenance programs to proactively identify and address potential issues before they lead to equipment failures.
• Predictive Maintenance – Utilize predictive maintenance techniques, to identify equipment abnormalities and initiate corrective actions.
• Root Cause Analysis – Lead root cause analysis investigations to determine the underlying reasons for equipment failures and implement corrective actions to prevent recurrence.
• Participate in the quality assurance of new builds and modifications to assure adherence to functional specifications.
• Monitor any periods of downtime exceeding one hour and spearhead the Corrective and Preventative Actions (CAPA) initiatives.
• Spare Parts Management – Manage spare parts inventory to ensure availability of critical components while minimizing carrying costs and stockouts.
• Team Leadership – Supervise, mentor, fand foster a culture of reliability and accountability the team of maintenance technicians and provide guidance, training, and support to ensure high performance and adherence to safety and quality standards.
• Ensure department staff members and salaried team members have proper understanding and needed training to support and implement the methodology to reliability centered maintenance.
• Performance Monitoring – Monitor key performance indicators related to equipment reliability, maintenance effectiveness, and downtime reduction, and implement continuous improvement initiatives as needed.
• Compliance – Ensure compliance with relevant regulations, standards, and codes governing equipment maintenance and reliability.
• Proven experience in maintenance management, preferably in a manufacturing or industrial environment.
• Strong knowledge of reliability engineering principles, methodologies, and best practices.
• Proficiency in maintenance management software and tools for asset management, predictive maintenance, and performance monitoring.
• Performs other functions as assigned

Supervisory/Management Responsibilities:

• Maintains staff by orienting and training employees on company rules, safety, and job functions
• Coaches, counsels, motivates, and disciplines
• Enforces systems, policies, and procedures consistently and fairly
• Monitors and processes employee attendance records/timecards and PTO in a timely manner
• Oversees employee participation and adherence to food safety and employee safety programs and policies
• Resolves personnel issues in accordance with company guidelines and policies

Requirements:

• Effective communication and training skills
• Familiarity with meat processing equipment
• Detail oriented with strong analytical skills
• Proficient in Microsoft Office
• Usage in ERP and statistical analysis program highly recommended
• Understanding of OSHA and general safety guidelines
• 5- 7 years manufacturing experience in a meat, poultry, or USDA regulated facility
• Excellent leadership, communication, and problem-solving skills
• Ability to work effectively in a fast-paced environment and prioritize tasks to meet deadlines.
• Bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering, electrical engineering, or a related field ().
• Certification in reliability engineering or maintenance management, certified reliability engineer, certified maintenance.

Physical Requirements

• Able to withstand walking and standing 40% of the time
• Ability to lift up to 50 pounds daily, over 50 pounds occasionally

Competencies:

• Communication: The ability to give and gather information and actively manage the communication process by asking questions, conveying complex information in plain , listening and considering others’ views, state own views clearly and concisely, and address conflict in a professional and productive manner.
• Analytical Thinking: The ability to tackle a problem by using a logical, systematic sequential approach.
• Detail Oriented: Thoroughness in accomplishing a task through concern for all the areas involved no matter how small; monitors and checks work or information; and plans and organizes time and resources efficiently.
• Results : The ability to focus on the desired result of one’s own or one’s unit’s work, setting challenging goals, focusing effort on the goals, and meeting or exceeding them.
• Time Management: Able to make the most effective use of one’s own time and that of others; gets the job done without procrastinating or delaying; is constantly aware of what is the best use of time.

Benefits for this role include: Medical, vision, dental, discretionary bonus up to 18% (50% personal performance based & 50% company performance), 401(k) with matching up to a max of 4% and 120 hours PTO in the 1st 12 months.