Regional Reliability Manager

Schreiber Foods • Richland Center, WI

295d

About The Position

The regional reliability manager's main goal is to boost the reliability, availability, and performance of manufacturing equipment and facilities, ensuring smooth operations, increasing uptime, and boosting efficiency and profits in more than one plant within a region. They support maintenance and operations by proactively pinpointing potential failures or weaknesses and creating strategies to prevent or lessen these issues. The regional reliability engineer assures safety standards and regulatory compliance, including adherence to SQF (Safe Quality Food) requirements. Responsibilities will include supporting locations outside of home plant.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in mechanical, electrical, chemical engineering or related field.
• Masters degree a plus.
• Licenses/Certifications in Maintenance, Reliability, Tribology, Lubrication, Vibration Analysis, Ultrasonic, Metallurgy, and other specialized areas are a plus.
• 8+ years experience in Reliability Engineering, Design Engineering, Maintenance Leadership, Manufacturing or Project (Cap-EX included) Engineering, Operational Excellence (Lean Six Sigma).
• Data Analytics, Vibration Monitoring, Tribology, Six Sigma, Lean, Manufacturing/Operations, Risk Management, Regulatory Compliance, proven record of asset performance improvement.
• Understanding of World-class Reliability and Maintenance concepts, metrics, Statistics, Project Management, Data Analytics, Engineering Principles, ISO Standards, Manufacturing, Risk Management, Regulatory Compliance, Planning & Scheduling, Proactive and Predictive Maintenance.
• Skills regarding failure detection and care of electronics, PLCs, robotics, boilers & refrigeration equipment, and infrastructure.
• Ability to travel 10-20% monthly to other regional Schreiber locations and 5-15% annually to non region Schreiber locations and suppliers/vendors.

Responsibilities

• Implement companywide strategies for managing the lifecycle of manufacturing assets.
• Drive component standard adherence to drive reliability.
• Improve assets and facilities by finding ways to enhance reliability, efficiency, and cost-effectiveness.
• Facilitates best practice sharing to drive companywide reliability.
• Provide training and support to regional partners on reliability best practices, and reliability metrics to raise awareness and drive companywide culture.
• Use measures to drive performance and evaluate progress.
• Analyze data from equipment sensors and maintenance records to spot potential reliability issues to prioritize for improvement.
• Use advanced statistics and engineering mathematics for analysis.
• Drive continuous improvement initiatives to enhance equipment and process reliability.
• Use reliability tools and methodologies (e.g., FMEA, RCA, RCM, PdM technologies, etc.).
• Investigates the root causes of failures to understand why they happened and how they can be prevented in the future.
• Assess potential risks associated with equipment failures.
• Develop strategies to mitigate risks, such as implementing redundancy measures or upgrading critical equipment.
• Improves proactive maintenance by driving precision assembly and lubrication excellence.
• Develop, implement, and improve predictive & preventive maintenance strategies to drive reliability.
• Implement tool strategies to ensure that equipment is properly maintained and serviced to prevent unplanned downtime and equipment failures.
• Collaborate with and works closely with cross-functional teams, including maintenance, operations, engineering, Environmental Health Safety (EHS), and quality assurance, to ensure alignment on reliability goals and initiatives.
• Implement and govern use of engineering standards.
• Ensure compliance with industry standards and regulations.
• Together with the leadership team, ensures compliance with Food Safety and Food Quality Plans, in addition to customer requirements.
• Interprets and communicates customer requirements to plant production and/or support groups.
• Establishes and Audits PCPs, CCPs and Standard Operating Procedures to define and monitor processes, to ensure customer requirements are met.
• Reviews incidents during which the procedures are not met and determines appropriate corrective action for partners failing to follow standard procedures.

Benefits

• Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP) from day one.
• 8% 401(k) match into the ESOP.
• Company contribution of around 16% in retirement savings annually.
• Opportunity to earn incentive pay twice a year.
• $10,000 relocation bonus PLUS a generous relocation package if relocating more than 50 miles.
• Up to $5,000 annually to help with childcare costs.
• Earn $1,200 in HSA or as a cash payout for prevention activities.
• $600 lifestyle spending account for health, fitness, weight management, mental health and social wellness.
• Tuition reimbursement for further education.
• Access to medical, prescription drug, dental and vision benefits starting day one.
• Onsite nurse and mental health counselor.
• Partners Helping Partners program for support during hardships.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: Bachelor's degree