Maintenance Reliability Engineer

Post Holdings, Inc.; Bloomsburg (PA); On-site; USD 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Post Holdings, Inc. seeks a Reliability Engineer in Bloomsburg, PA. The role involves improving asset performance through engineering solutions, data analysis, and establishing preventive maintenance practices. Candidates should have a Bachelor's degree in Engineering and 2+ years in a reliability engineering role. The ideal applicant will possess a solid understanding of mechanical and electrical systems and have strong interpersonal skills for collaboration across departments. Experience with predictive maintenance programs is crucial.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree (or equivalent work experience) in Engineering, Maintenance, Manufacturing or related fields.
• 2+ years of experience as a reliability engineer.
• 5+ years of experience in various plant technical roles.

Responsibilities

• Develop engineering solutions to improve asset performance.
• Work with project engineering to ensure reliability of new installations.
• Train personnel on data analysis tools and techniques.

Skills

Root cause analysis

Data analysis techniques

Reliability modeling

Preventive maintenance

Statistical process control

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering or related fields

Tools

Predictive maintenance programs

FRACAS

FMEA

Job description

Location Description

The Bloomsburg, Pennsylvania facility proudly produces iconic pet food brands like 9Lives®, Gravy Train®, and Kibbles 'n Bits®. This location also features an on‑site Distribution Center, ensuring efficient delivery of products to customers.

Bloomsburg is home to Bloomsburg University, a municipal airport, and a landmark Town Park offering acres of recreational activities. The town also hosts one of the largest and longest‑running fairs in the country. With so much to do and see, Bloomsburg is a great place to live, work, and play!

Responsibilities

• OVERVIEW: The Reliability Engineer partners with operations, engineering and maintenance teams to drive continuous improvement in asset performance across the site. The ideal candidate will have experience in using problem‑solving tools to identify root cause, trends and failure modes and implement strategies and projects to reduce or eliminate failures, reducing plant risk and increasing overall plant performance.
• RESPONSIBILITIES AND ACCOUNTABILITIES:
  • 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. To fulfill this responsibility, the reliability engineer applies data analysis techniques that can include:
    • Statistical process control
    • Reliability modeling and prediction
    • Root cause analysis (RCA) and root cause failure analysis (RCFA)
    • Failure reporting, analysis and corrective action system (FRACAS)
    • Failure Modes and Effects Analysis (FMEA)
  • Works with project engineering to ensure the reliability and maintainability of new and modified installations.
  • Ability to design and implement Maintenance Reliability projects through the following competencies:
    • Select, hire and manage engineering consultants and contractors.
    • Manage multiple assigned engineering and/or technical service projects establishing manpower, budgets, scheduling, equipment, and materials.
    • Control project schedule, costs and quality via project management skills.
  • Professionally and systematically defines, designs, develops, monitors and refines an asset maintenance plan that includes:
    • Value‑added preventive maintenance tasks.
    • Effective utilization of predictive and other non‑destructive testing methodologies designed to identify and isolate inherent reliability problems.
    • Provides input to a risk management plan that will anticipate reliability‑related and non‑reliability‑related risks that could adversely impact plant operations.
  • Ability to train other personnel on data analysis tools and techniques.
  • Works with Production, Maintenance, and Engineering to perform analyses of assets including:
    • Asset utilization
    • Equipment effectiveness
    • Remaining useful life
    • Other parameters that define operating condition, reliability, and costs of assets.
  • Provides technical support to production maintenance and technical personnel.
  • Applies value analysis to repair/replace, repair/design and make/buy decisions.
  • Participate in plant and enterprise driven continuous improvement projects and initiatives.

Qualifications

• Education: Bachelor's degree (or the equivalent work experience) in Engineering, Maintenance, Manufacturing or related fields.
• Training and knowledge in basic reliability engineering process and tools.
• SMRP or similar certifications are desirable.
• Experience: 2+ years of experience as reliability engineer.
• 5+ years’ experience in a production management, plant engineering, manufacturing engineering, process engineering, control engineering, maintenance or other plant technical roles.
• Advanced computer skills.
• Experience using continuous improvement methodologies to lead RCA and RFCA events.
• Ability to develop and manage good working relationships with internal departments (operations, engineering, maintenance, EHS, Quality, Food Safety and finance), external (contractors and suppliers and PCB Corporate (Engineering, Manufacturing, CI, Reliability, Procurement, Finance, etc.).
• Strong mechanical and electrical knowledge and aptitude.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Knowledge of preventive and predictive maintenance programs, processes, tools and software.
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills.
• Ability to work closely with peers and internal customers to share responsibility and solve problems.
• Understanding of mechanical and electrical operation of production equipment and use of maintenance and diagnostic tools.
• Must be able to read, write, and communicate in the English language.