Reliability Lead

Position Title: Reliability Lead

Position Type: Regular - Full-Time

Requisition : 39400

At McCain, we’re feeding the world: from French fries to Smiles, we contribute to the important role food plays in people's lives. That’s why we’re dedicated to ensuring our core values—Family, Authentic, Trusted, and Quality—shine through every day. As a privately owned family company with over 60 years of experience, a presence in more than 160 countries, and a global team of 22,000 people, our values and culture are at the heart of everything we do.

We believe that we can work together, along with our business and community partners, to bring sustainable growth and positive change today, tomorrow, and for generations to come. Join us and see how you can MAKE IT at McCain!

• Your Life – we’re here to help you fulfil your potential, flourish, and thrive in work and life.
• Your Success – work alongside passionate individuals who are committed to supporting your career ambitions, drive, and success.
• Your Impact – we want you to make a meaningful, lasting impact for you, for your colleagues, and for the business.

In every role, McCainers are ambitious, curious, and interested in helping each other create good work experiences. We think about the customer and make doing business with McCain easy.

As Reliability Lead, you’ll be at the heart of driving unstoppable plant performance—maximizing uptime, slashing maintenance costs, and elevating our food safety standards to new heights. Your proactive mindset will keep McCain’s manufacturing assets running at full throttle, powering our commitment to exceptional quality and operational excellence.

By owning routine condition monitoring, you’ll catch potential equipment issues before they strike, enabling swift, targeted action that prevents unplanned downtime and boosts asset longevity. Your reliability engineering expertise will fuel our evolution from reactive fixes to predictive, data-driven maintenance—strengthening McCain’s focus on safety, efficiency, and smart cost management.

You’ll also play a key role in championing our GB Reliability Vision: “By 2030, while fostering a strong network and inclusive culture, we will achieve zero engineering contamination.” Your leadership will shape a culture of reliability, innovation, and continuous improvement across all our sites.

We are customer obsessed. Customers are our starting point. By understanding their needs and leveraging data and consumer insights, we drive mutual success.

We think big and plan ahead. Through ambition, curiosity, and smart risks, we can accomplish goals, refine processes, and innovate to scale success.

We bring out the best in our people. We create safe spaces for our people so that trust and empowerment come naturally. Inclusion is about listening first, showing humility, and working together.

We act like owners. Together, we clear obstacles and do the work that makes us all successful and proud to be part of McCain.

Data Analysis & Problem-Solving

• Dive into equipment performance data, uncover trends, and lead powerful root cause analyses.
• Turn insights from Power BI and SAP into impactful reliability improvements, smart decision-making, and forward-thinking strategies.>

Condition Monitoring

• Champion our condition monitoring programs, ensuring proactive use of cutting-edge predictive tools—vibration analysis, thermography, oil analysis, ultrasound, and more.
• Keep oil sampling on track and swiftly action recommendations to safeguard equipment health.
• Seek out and recommend innovative technologies that push our reliability performance even further.

Maintenance Optimisation

• Elevate maintenance procedures to boost equipment uptime and minimize unexpected breakdowns.
• Continually refine schedules based on real asset performance.
• Introduce next-generation reliability technologies that enhance efficiency and long-term asset resilience.

Continuous Improvement & Training

• Spot opportunities for optimization and lead targeted improvement projects.
• Deliver engaging training that strengthens reliability expertise across the site.
• Embed a…