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Ghirardelli Chocolate Company · 1 month ago

Senior Reliability Engineer

San Leandro, CA

Full-time

Onsite

Senior Level

$105K/yr - $137K/yr

Ghirardelli Chocolate Company is seeking a Senior Reliability Engineer to lead efforts in improving equipment reliability and optimizing maintenance strategies across production operations. This role involves collaborating with engineering, operations, and maintenance teams to ensure safe and efficient manufacturing performance.

Consumer GoodsFood and BeverageManufacturing

H1B Sponsor Likely

Responsibilities

Develop and implement preventive and predictive maintenance programs using CMMS and reliability modeling tools

Lead multi-site reliability improvement programs and capital planning

Develop long-term asset management strategies aligned with business goals

Serve as SME for reliability engineering during audits, vendor evaluations, and CAPEX projects

Present reliability performance and cost-saving initiatives to senior leadership

Drive adoption of advanced analytics, digital tools, and condition-based monitoring

Partner with OEMs and engineering to improve equipment design to eliminate losses

Own and implement breakdown analysis system (BDA) in the factory

Lead root cause analysis (RCA) and failure mode effects analysis (FMEA) for critical equipment

Define, track, and improve reliability KPIs (MTBF, MTTR, downtime, cost per intervention)

Collaborate with cross-functional teams to drive continuous improvement and equipment upgrades

Manage external service providers and ensure compliance with safety and technical standards

Identify critical parts and their reorder levels

Optimize spare parts inventory and standardization across production lines

Support capital projects and annual shutdown planning with reliability input

Train and mentor junior technicians and engineers in reliability best practices

Prepare preventive maintenance operations and annual shutdowns (preparation of the necessary human and material resources, etc.)

Participate in the selection of new equipment and ensure the integration of maintenance constraints in the design of equipment

Prioritize maintenance actions within the allocated budget to meet production constraints

Update and improve the quality of the technical documentation used within the maintenance department

Serve on the Preventative Maintenance Pillar and support the other TMP pillars in the factory

Work closely with the training department on technician skill gap closure

Other duties as assigned by manager

Qualification

Preventive maintenance programsReliability engineeringRoot cause analysis (RCA)Failure mode effects analysis (FMEA)CMMSAdvanced analyticsCondition-based monitoringTrainingCross-functional collaborationMentoringTechnical documentation

Required