Mechanical Reliability Engineer

About the Company

Canada Royal Milk is Canada’s sole manufacturer of infant formula, operating a state-of-the-art facility in Kingston, Ontario. We produce high-quality infant and toddler nutrition using milk sourced from Canadian dairy farms and advanced manufacturing technology that meets rigorous national and international standards. Our mission is clear: to strengthen Canada’s infant nutrition supply and deliver safe, reliable formula families can trust.

We are proud to build a diverse, multicultural team driven by collaboration, accountability, and continuous improvement. Backed by global expertise through our parent company, Feihe International, we combine Canadian manufacturing strength with international scale and experience.

Reporting to the Engineering Manager, and under the technical supervision of the lead reliability engineer, the Mechanical Reliability Engineer is a core member of Canada Royal Milk’s technical team. The Mechanical Reliability Engineer works collaboratively with plant production, maintenance, engineering team and quality assurance to continuously improve equipment and plant performance.

The Mechanical Reliability Engineer is responsible for equipment reliability, equipment modifications, and installation of new equipment. They will spearhead and manage improvement of the plant maintenance program, machine reliability. The engineer will also lead root cause analysis, provide guidance to operators on equipment operation and maintenance procedures and develop new procedures and practices to support the overall TPM program. They will also lead capital projects and new machine installations.

The Engineer demonstrates independent judgment in the planning, prioritization, and execution of projects, assignments and communications.

The opportunity to build and grow a progressive company, competitive wages, and extended health benefits.

Curiosity, commitment to learning, and a winning mindset.

• Education:
  
  A bachelor’s degree in mechanical or mechatronics engineering from an accredited university.
• Experience:
  
  5+ years in a manufacturing environment, with hands-on experience in processing, and packaging equipment
• License: P. Eng is considered an Asset

• Excellent understanding of manufacturing principles, methods, planning, materials and equipment design
• Proven experience with pneumatic systems, liquid and dry processing equipment, steam, and packaging equipment
• Proven experience working with equipment reliability and maintenance programs (Preventive or Predictive)
• Strong troubleshooting skills to resolve issues and ability to contact experts as needed
• Experience in sizing, maintaining and upgrading pumps, conveyors, valves, blowers
• Strong foundation in technical writing, preparing RFPs and RFQ and other vendor communications
• Excellent Computer skills – MS Office Applications and CAD software
• Experience with CMMS software is considered an asset
• Experience in Pharmaceutical or Food and Beverage facilities are considered an asset
• Experience with TSSA regarding boilers, pressure piping is considered an asset
• High level of initiative
• Superb interpersonal skills, a professional, collaborative attitude and sound judgment. Able to work with unionized employees.
• Fast learning ability, able to learn things and pick it up quickly.
• Able to make data driven and informed decisions and articulate them to the management team
• Strong time management and organization skills, able to manage concurrent projects, priorities and manage stakeholder expectations