Reliability Project Engineer – Food Manufacturing

Maker's Pride; Grand Rapids (MI); On-site; USD 86,000 - 129,000; Full time

Job summary

Maker's Pride in Grand Rapids, MI, is seeking a MET Project Engineer to drive maintenance and reliability programs across multiple facilities. You will partner with plant teams to deploy strategies, reduce downtime, and standardize practices that improve asset performance and uptime.

This role requires 3–5 years in manufacturing reliability, CMMS experience, and strong analytical, root-cause, and cross-functional collaboration skills.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering or equivalent technical degree is required.
• 3–5 years of relevant engineering or reliability experience in a manufacturing environment, preferably food/cGMP.
• Working knowledge of CMMS and maintenance management principles; proficiency with MS Office and familiarity with SharePoint; exposure to AutoCAD is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Program Execution & Site Support across facilities
• CMMS implementation, data integrity & standardization
• Reliability analysis to identify trends and improvement opportunities
• Root cause analysis and corrective/preventive action implementation
• Training plant teams on reliability tools and best practices
• Coordinate cross-functional projects; track timelines and milestones
• Develop dashboards and site-level reliability metrics and reports

Skills

Analytical skills

Root cause analysis

Data interpretation

Cross-functional teamwork

Communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering

Tools

CMMS

MS Office

SharePoint

AutoCAD

Job description

Maker's Pride in Grand Rapids, MI, is seeking a MET Project Engineer to drive maintenance and reliability programs across multiple facilities. You will partner with plant teams to deploy strategies, reduce downtime, and standardize practices that improve asset performance and uptime.

This role requires 3–5 years in manufacturing reliability, CMMS experience, and strong analytical, root-cause, and cross-functional collaboration skills.