Reliability Engineering Lead

About Kerry

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

This Reliability Engineering Lead - Food role can be remote based; however, strong preference will be given to candidates who are based out of or close to one of Kerry plant locations located in Wisconsin, Illinois or Minnesota OR willing to relocate to one of the locations. This role reports to the Director of Engineering. Travel (within USA 48 states) is expected to be 50% plus, to the various plants.

The role will lead improvements in asset reliability across a network of plants supporting Food businesses.

Key responsibilities

The role will lead NA strategies and improvements in asset reliability across a network of plants supporting the Food businesses. Specifically,

• Drive maintenance key performance indicators (KPI’s) – equipment downtime, preventive maintenance (PM), urgent work, 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 and reliability maintenance strategies

• Lead and support analysis of equipment and systems failures, using problem solving and continuous improvement tools such as RCA and DMAIC

• Support site capability building with assessment and evaluation of site maintenance staff, training and knowledge base.

Qualifications and skills

• Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering (Mechanical, Chemical, Electrical, Industrial or similar) is preferred but not mandatory

• 10+ years of progressive experience in maintenance and/or reliability engineering 

• Food, consumer goods, chemical, or pharmaceutical manufacturing experience preferred

• Comfortable working on the factory floor and as part of a decentralized regional team

Competencies

• Demonstrated experience and capability in maintenance, reliability engineering, data analysis and continuous improvement tools

• Solid fundamentals in total productive maintenance (TPM)

• Knowledge and practical experience in computerized maintenance management systems (CMMS)

• Proficiency in Microsoft Office (Excel, PowerPoint, Word)

• Strong planning skills, and the ability to follow-up and successfully execute plans

• Excellent interpersonal and communications skills, ability to influence, coach and develop colleagues not in a reporting relationship

• Results oriented and ability to deliver successful outcomes

• Ability to work autonomously across multiple sites and stakeholders

The typical base salary hiring range for this role is $102,400 to $168,250 annually and is based on several factors including but not limited to education, work experience, certifications, location, etc. In addition to your pay, Kerry offers benefits such as a comprehensive benefits package, incentive and recognition programs, equity stock purchase and retirement contribution (all benefits and incentives are subject to eligibility requirements).

Kerry is an equal opportunity employer. Employment decisions are made without regard to race, color, religion, national or ethnic origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age disability, protected veteran status or other characteristics protected by law. Kerry will only employ those who are legally authorized to work in the United States for this opening. Any offer of employment is conditional upon the successful completion of a background investigation and drug screen. Additional information can be found at Know Your Rights Workplace Discrimination is Illegal (dol.gov).

We may use artificial intelligence tools to support the review and assessment of applications and assist with scheduling interviews. We do not use AI to make decisions during the interview process. All candidate assessments and hiring decisions are made by our recruitment and leadership teams

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