Reliability Specialist

Major Talent is partnered with a global cooperative who have facilities throughout North America, Asia, and Europe. We are looking to speak with candidates for a Reliability Specialist opening based in South Dakota

As a Reliability Specialist
, you will be responsible for advancing the site's maturity in terms of maintenance and reliability. This role focuses on improving equipment reliability by analysing failed equipment and site practices. This position is responsible for assessing the quality, robustness and capacity of asset reliability processes.

• Responsible for the Equipment-related Problem-Solving program.
• Leads and manages, in collaboration with all colleagues in his sector, the failure analysis program for equipment problems.
• Collaborates to control and improve MTBF and production equipment.
• Ensures the progression of the asset health management program and appropriate asset maintenance strategies.
• Helps define the PdM & CBM technologies that are deployed on critical equipment to detect failures at an early stage and provide training related to this.
• Responsible for changes to the equipment maintenance plan based on the analysis of asset failure data.
• Develop and approve preventive maintenance (PM) Optimization mitigation strategies working with Planners and Maintenance Specialist.
• Facilitate collaboration with Maintenance Specialist to support TPM in Equipment Design.
• Works with others to monitor and improve MTBF, analysis, and recommendations.
• Facilitates collaboration with engineers to support Reliability in equipment design.
• Informs the Storeroom and Procurement Supervisor when inventory changes are warranted based on analysis of usage, failures, or changes in job frequency.
• Initiates and leads risk‑based methodologies such as Equipment/System Criticality Analysis (CA), Failure Modes, Effects, and Criticality Analysis (FMECA), and Reliability-Centered Maintenance (RCM).
• Supports Cap Ex decisions evaluating total cost of ownership of assets (LCAA-Lifestyle Cost Analysis).

• Experience in reliability, preferably in the food industry.
• Technical and practical knowledge of manufacturing production equipment.
• Knowledge of change management concepts required.
• Knowledge of best practices in maintenance reliability required.
• Knowledge of Computerised Maintenance Management System (CMMS) software. IT Guide preferred.
• Certified Maintenance and Reliability Professional, CRL, MMP, AM or equivalent certification preferred.
• A Vibration Analysis Level 2 as a minimum

• Schedule:
  
  Monday-Friday 8am-5pm flexibility needed
• Medical, Dental, Vision, Life, Short and Long-term Disability Insurance
• 401(k) with 7% company contributions
• Paid holidays and 2 floating holidays
• Paid parental leave