Reliability Engineer

Schreiber Foods Inc.; Carthage (MO); On-site; USD 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Two retirement benefits

Incentive pay opportunities

Childcare cost assistance

Wellness Incentive

Tuition reimbursement

Comprehensive medical benefits

Job summary

Schreiber Foods Inc. is seeking a Reliability Engineer in Carthage, MO to enhance equipment reliability, availability, and performance. The role involves optimizing manufacturing processes and collaborating with teams to ensure safety and compliance with food quality standards.

The ideal candidate will have a Bachelor's degree in engineering and relevant experience, with knowledge in data analytics, maintenance strategies, and regulatory compliance. The position also offers extensive benefits, including a generous 401(k) and relocation bonus.

Qualifications

• Entry Level: 0-3 years experience in Reliability Engineering or related fields.
• Intermediate Level: 3-10 years experience in relevant areas.
• Advanced Level: 10+ years experience with proven record of asset performance improvement.

Responsibilities

• Optimize performance of manufacturing equipment for reliability and efficiency.
• Evaluate data for trends indicating potential reliability issues.
• Develop proactive maintenance strategies to prevent equipment failures.

Skills

Data Analytics

Vibration Monitoring

Reliability Engineering

Regulatory Compliance

Project Management

Education

Bachelor’s degree in mechanical, electrical, or chemical engineering

Master’s degree

Tools

PLCs

Robotics

Boilers

Refrigeration equipment

Job description

## Reliability EngineerApplylocations: Carthage, MOtime type: Full timeposted on: Posted Todayjob requisition id: R0036285# **Job Category:**Engineering# **Job Family:**Maintenance & Reliability Engineering# **Job Description:**The Reliability Engineer's main goal is to boost the reliability, availability, and performance of manufacturing equipment and facilities, ensuring smooth operations, cutting downtime, and boosting efficiency and profits. They proactively pinpoint potential failures or weaknesses and create strategies to prevent or lessen these issues. The reliability engineer assures safety standards and regulatory compliance, including adherence to SQF (Safe Quality Food) requirements. **What you’ll do:**• Asset Optimization: Optimizes the performance of manufacturing equipment and facilities by identifying opportunities for improvement in reliability, efficiency, and cost-effectiveness. • Data Analysis: Evaluates data from equipment sensors, maintenance records, and other sources to identify trends and patterns that may indicate potential reliability issues or opportunities for improvement. Uses advanced statistics and engineering mathematics for analysis. • Failure & Root Cause: Investigates the root causes of failures to understand why they happened and how they can be prevented in the future. • Asset Care Strategy: Develops and improves proactive, predictive, and preventive maintenance and tool strategy to ensure that equipment is properly maintained and serviced to prevent unplanned downtime and equipment failures. • Risk Assessment: Assesses potential risks associated with equipment failures and develop strategies to mitigate these risks, such as implementing redundancy measures or upgrading critical equipment. • Collaboration: Collaborates with and works closely with cross-functional teams, including maintenance, operations, engineering, Environmental Health Safety, and quality assurance, to ensure alignment on reliability goals and initiatives. • Lifecycle Management: Develops strategies for managing the lifecycle of manufacturing assets, including asset replacement, upgrades, and decommissioning, to ensure optimal performance and cost-effectiveness over time. • 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.**What you need to succeed:**• Bachelor’s degree in mechanical, electrical, chemical engineering or related field. Master’s degree preferred. • Licenses/Certifications in Maintenance, Reliability, Tribology, Lubrication, and other specialized areas are a plus. • Entry Level: 0-3 years experience in Reliability Engineering, Design Engineering, Maintenance Leadership, Manufacturing or Project (Cap-EX included) Engineering, Operational Excellence (Lean Six Sigma) • Intermediate Level: 3-10 years experience in Reliability Engineering, Design Engineering, Maintenance Leadership, Manufacturing or Project (Cap-EX included) Engineering, Operational Excellence (Lean Six Sigma) • Advanced Level: 10+ years experience in Reliability Engineering, Design Engineering, Maintenance Leadership, Manufacturing or Project (Cap-EX included) Engineering, Operational Excellence (Lean Six Sigma) • Experience in Data Analytics, Vibration Monitoring, Tribology, 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 up to 10-15% quarterly to other Schreiber locations, suppliers/vendors# **Eligible partners will receive:*** **Get not one, but TWO retirement benefits.** When you join our employee-owned company, you’ll be part of our Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP) from day one. In addition to an 8% 401(k) match into the ESOP, Schreiber will contribute an extra amount – about 8% of your earnings – toward your retirement every year. That’s a company contribution of around 16% in retirement savings annually. That’s hard to beat!* **Earn bonus pay.** You’ll have an opportunity to earn incentive pay twice a year when we meet our company goals.* **Ready to make a move?** Receive a $10,000 relocation bonus PLUS a generous relocation package if relocating more than 50 miles for a U.S. Salaried position.* **Childcare costs**. Get up to $5,000 annually to help you with the cost of childcare. Monthly contributions toward childcare expenses, including independent babysitters.* **Earn extra money for taking care of yourself.** Eligible partners can earn a Wellness Incentive and receive an employer‐funded Lifestyle Spending Account (LSA) to use on fitness, mental health, and other lifestyle expenses.* **Pursue development that’s relevant to your role, career goals and the company.** Plus, we offer tuition reimbursement if you want to further your education to grow in your role at Schreiber.* **Get access to medical, prescription drug, dental and vision benefits** starting day one. This includes an onsite nurse and mental health counselor.* **Experience caring like you’ve never experienced it before.** We have a program that’s completely organized by and for other partners who need extra help. It’s called Partners Helping Partners. We have hundreds of examples of partners organizing fundraisers to help out others going through a hard time.* **Benefits that support your whole life.** Visit Schreiber – Care for you to see everything Schreiber offers to support your health, wellbeing, and financial future.Sound like a company you’d like to be a part of? Click **Apply**.Need extra assistance with the application process? Contact [e-mail] or call 920-437-7601.For positions that require any amount of travel: Valid driver's license, auto insurance (at least state minimum- more might be required), acceptable driving record per Schreiber Foods discretion, and vehicle that will ensure applicant can meet the travel necessities of the position are required.Schreiber requires that an employee have authorization to work in the country in which the role is based. In the event, an applicant does not have current work authorization, Schreiber will determine, in its sole discretion, whether to sponsor an individual for work authorization. However, based on immigration requirements, not all roles are suitable for sponsorship.An Equal Opportunity Employer, all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, or protected veteran status and will not be discriminated against on the basis of disability.