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Perdue Farms · 4 days ago

Senior Maintenance Reliability Engineer

Lewiston, NC

Full-time

Onsite

Senior Level

5+ years exp

Perdue Farms is a fourth-generation, family-owned food and agricultural business committed to creating premium protein products. The Senior Maintenance Reliability Engineer will lead the implementation and continuous improvement of reliability systems and processes at the manufacturing site, focusing on maximizing the availability of key assets and supporting the company's goals.

Food and Beverage

H1B Sponsor Likely

Responsibilities

Responsible for the implementation of reliability concepts including development of Root Cause Analysis, Reliability Centered Maintenance, Predictive Maintenance technologies and Preventive Maintenance development/optimization to achieve high levels of availability of plants assets

Driving increased production and uptime using reliability tools and processes, including Root Cause Failure Analysis (RCFA), and Failure Mode Effects Analysis (FMEA)

Provide technical and engineering support and troubleshooting advice to maintenance and various operational areas

Subject Matter Expert in the design and operation of rotating equipment, development of equipment strategies (including lubrications, conditions monitoring, and preventive maintenance), and management of mechanical integrity (including tanks, pressure vessels, and piping)

Develop and implement plans for continuous improvement of production equipment, processes, and process controls

Work closely with both operations and maintenance in the development of long-term equipment maintenance strategies and operator basic care (OBC) as well as support troubleshooting efforts through formal Root Cause Analysis (RCA)

Provide technical expertise to the site with field application of precision maintenance techniques. Provide training, field coaching and mentoring of maintenance supervisors and craftsmen

Deliver a strategic reliability-centered maintenance approach to optimizing asset life and productivity through documented asset strategies

Develop and implement best practices for assets to improve the mean time between failures (MTBF)

Utilize Root Cause Analysis processes to review significant failures, identify corrective action to prevent re-occurrence and refine asset strategy to sustain improvement

Mine data to identify reliability improvement opportunities and develop corrective actions focused on delivering Net Hours improvement and cost reduction

Develop engineering solutions to repetitive failures and all other problems that adversely affect plant operations. These problems include capacity, quality, cost or regulatory compliance issues

Qualification

Reliability EngineeringRoot Cause AnalysisPredictive MaintenanceReliability Centered MaintenancePrecision MaintenanceComputer Maintenance Management SystemsMechanical Integrity ManagementMicrosoft ApplicationsLean Six SigmaCMRP CertificationFood Industry ExperienceCommunication SkillsTeam Leadership

Required

Bachelor's Degree in Reliability, Mechanical or Electrical in Engineering; Advanced degree in this or related field is highly desirable

Five (5) or more years of reliability experience within an industrial manufacturing environment preferably in mid-sized manufacturing companies in similar industries

Exposure to operations, process control, project engineering, plant maintenance, construction and new installations

Experience developing asset strategies (time-based inspection/replace, and condition-based tasks)

Experience with Reliability Centered Maintenance (RCM) and facilitating Root Cause Analysis (RCA)

Strong technical expertise in applying Precision Maintenance techniques in industrial manufacturing processes. Strong knowledge of Precision Maintenance procedures

Knowledge of equipment design and failure modes. Experience with interpreting forensic evidence to identify failure modes

Strong communication (written, oral and interpersonal) skills

Ability to lead and be part of cross functional teams

Experience with computer maintenance management systems (CMMS) preferably IBM Maximo

Advanced skills in basic personal computer software (Microsoft applications); Experience using Microsoft Word, Excel and Outlook

Preferred

Experience working in food industry

Supervisory experience

Experience with/Certifications in Predictive maintenance technologies (Vib, IR, UL, MCA/MCSA, Oil Analysis, NDT)

CMRP or CRL Certifications

Certification in Lean Six Sigma ideal

Benefits

Relocation is available for eligible candidates.

Company

Perdue Farms

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Perdue Farms is dedicated to enhancing the quality of life for everyone we touch through innovative food and agricultural products

Founded in 1920

Salisbury, Maryland, USA

10001+ employees

http://www.perduefarms.com/

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