Asset Reliability Lead

Kerry•Byesville, OH

12d•$102,000 - $168,250•Onsite

About The Position

The Asset Reliability Lead leads Kerry’s Beverage Business Asset Reliability program in North America, supports North American asset reliability initiatives, and provides dotted-line support to business network maintenance teams. The role supports a multi-site Beverage network currently including Seattle, Washington; Byesville, Ohio; Owatonna, Minnesota; and Ste Claire, Quebec, with possible additional sites. The position must be based at one of the listed U.S. sites, with Byesville preferred, and requires international travel between the United States and Canada as needed. Travel is approximately 50% or more as needed. The role reports to the Beverage Director of Engineering.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in engineering, such as Mechanical, Chemical, Electrical, Industrial, or a similar discipline.
At least 7 years of progressive experience in a maintenance leadership role and/or a reliability engineering role.
Comfort working on the factory floor and as part of a decentralized regional team.
Must be able to travel internationally between the United States and Canada as needed.
Must be based at one of the listed U.S. sites: Seattle, WA; Byesville, OH; or Owatonna, MN.

Nice To Haves

CMRP (Certified Maintenance & Reliability Professional) or equivalent certification.
Experience in food, consumer goods, chemical, or pharmaceutical manufacturing.

Responsibilities

Drive maintenance key performance indicators, including equipment downtime, preventive maintenance, urgent work, recorded labor hours, and cycle counting.
Support manufacturing sites in developing, optimizing, and implementing maintenance standards, including preventive maintenance programs, spare parts management, and 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 with other Kerry maintenance groups.
Support analysis of equipment and systems failures using problem-solving and continuous-improvement tools such as root cause analysis (RCA) and DMAIC.
Support site capability building through assessment and evaluation of site maintenance staff, training, and knowledge transfer to site maintenance teams.
Support the growth of digital automation platforms, including MaintainX, EPM SAC, and Power BI.
Perform reliability projects and provide project reliability engineering assistance, including inventory, ALM reviews, preventive maintenance library growth, WBS, URS, timeline reviews, and identifying and assisting with site capacity needs and resource definition.
Provide interim support for key maintenance site roles, as needed.
Learn and train all site roles within Kerry 1KPS playbook standards.
Support Kerry 1KPS implementation of CMMS practices focused on engineering standards.