Senior Reliability Engineer — PM Optimization & RCA Leader

Chobani; Twin Falls (ID); On-site; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Chobani is seeking a Sr. Maintenance & Reliability Engineer in Twin Falls, ID to serve as the facility's PM expert. You will design, optimize, and validate PM programs, ensuring tasks are efficient, compliant, and driving reliability gains.

Lead RCA efforts with maintenance, operations, and engineering teams to deliver measurable improvements in uptime and maintenance effectiveness. Responsibilities include PM validation, field audits, data-driven PM updates, and CMMS optimization with SAP.

Qualifications

• Engineering degree preferred (Mechanical, Manufacturing, Industrial, or related).
• 5+ years of experience in reliability, maintenance, or manufacturing engineering.
• Strong experience building and improving preventive maintenance (PM) programs.
• Proficiency with CMMS systems (SAP preferred), including work orders, maintenance plans, scheduling, and reporting.
• Experience leading Root Cause Analysis (RCA) and driving equipment reliability improvements.
• Familiarity with reliability tools such as FMEA, PM optimization, MTBF/MTTR, and failure analysis.
• Experience managing PM compliance, maintenance schedules, and backlog reduction.

Responsibilities

• Evaluate PM task frequency, scope, and quality for optimization based on risk, cost, and criticality.
• Establish and lead PM validation to verify tasks deliver reliability outcomes.
• Conduct field audits of PM execution and provide structured feedback.
• Use failure data, MTBF trends, and RCA findings to modify PM tasks toward data-driven strategy.
• Develop PM task standards with labor estimates, parts, procedures, and acceptance criteria.
• Lead PM rationalization to remove redundant or over-specified tasks.
• Support transition from time-based to condition-based and predictive PM tasks.
• Advise on CMMS task lists, maintenance plans, and scheduling parameters.

Skills

CMMS maintenance

RCA leadership

PM optimization

MTBF analysis

Vibration analysis

Oil analysis

FMEA

Predictive maintenance

Data-driven decisions

Education

Engineering degree

Tools

SAP CMMS

Job description

Chobani is seeking a Sr. Maintenance & Reliability Engineer in Twin Falls, ID to serve as the facility's PM expert. You will design, optimize, and validate PM programs, ensuring tasks are efficient, compliant, and driving reliability gains.

Lead RCA efforts with maintenance, operations, and engineering teams to deliver measurable improvements in uptime and maintenance effectiveness. Responsibilities include PM validation, field audits, data-driven PM updates, and CMMS optimization with SAP.