Asset Reliability Lead

Kerry Group•Byesville, OH

13h•$102,000 - $190,000•Remote

About The Position

Kerry is the world's leading taste and nutrition company for the food, beverage and pharmaceutical industries. Every day we partner with customers to create healthier, tastier and more sustainable products that are consumed by billions of people across the world. Our vision is to be our customers' most valued partner, creating a world of sustainable nutrition. A career with Kerry offers you an opportunity to shape the future of food while providing you opportunities to explore and grow in a truly global environment. About the role • Title Asset Reliability Lead (multiple sites) • Lead Kerry’s Beverage Business Network asset reliability program • Reports to Business Network Director of Engineering • Provides dotted line support of business network maintenance teams. • Supports Kerry North America asset reliability initiatives Location/Travel • Support multi-site Beverage business network currently with sites in Seattle, WA; Byesville, OH; Owatonna, MN, and Ste Claire, Quebec. (could flex with additional sites as needed) • This role is preferred to be based out of one of the United States sites listed above but could be remote with the right candidate. • Candidate must be able to travel internationally between the United States and Canada as needed. • Travel will be approximately 50% or more as needed.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in engineering (Mechanical, Chemical, Electrical, Industrial or similar)
10+ years of progressive experience in a maintenance leadership role and/or a reliability engineering role.
Food, consumer goods, chemical, or pharmaceutical manufacturing experience preferred
Comfortable working on the factory floor and as part of a decentralized regional team.

Nice To Haves

CMRP (Certified Maintenance & Reliability Professional) or equivalent certification.

Responsibilities

Drive maintenance key performance indicators (KPI’s) – equipment downtime, preventive maintenance (PM), urgent work, labor hours recorded, cycle counting, etc.
Provide support to manufacturing sites to develop, optimize and implement industry maintenance standards such as PM programs, spare parts management, stock room management
Collaborate with sites to define asset criticality, critical spares, and reliability maintenance strategies
Develop networking and knowledge sharing opportunities within the business network and also with other Kerry maintenance groups.
Support analysis of equipment and systems failures, using problem solving and continuous improvement tools such as RCA and DMAIC
Support and develop site capability building with assessment and evaluation of site maintenance staff, training and knowledge transfer to site maintenance teams
Support growth of digital automation platforms (i.e. MaintainX, EPM SAC, Power BI)
Perform Reliability Projects and Project reliability engineering assistance? (i.e. Inventory, ALM reviews, PM library growth, WBS, URS, timeline reviews, identify and assist with site capacity needs and resource definition)
Provide interim support for key maintenance site roles (possible)
Learn and train all site roles within Kerry 1KPS playbook standards
Kerry 1KPS implementation of CMMS practices focused on engineering standards