Reliability Technologist

At Bel, we are not just a company—we are a company on a Mission, built on 160 years of bold innovation, family values, and a commitment to social purpose. With beloved brands like Babybel®, GoGo squeeZ®, The Laughing Cow®, and Boursin®, our snacking solutions bring more than joy; they want to serve as a force for good. Our U.S. Mission? To help close the critical 80% nutrition gap by making it easier for Americans to eat more fruits, veggies, and dairy as part of their daily lives.

The company has headquarters in Chicago and New York City and operates 4 manufacturing plants in Little Chute, WI;
Brookings, SD;
Traverse City, MI; and Nampa, .

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The Reliability Technologist is responsible for improving operational performance (OEE) through improved technical performance of the plant equipment. This role has specific responsibilities related to predictive maintenance programs, maintenance training programs, improving machine designs, as well as electrical and controls troubleshooting.

• Improve operational performance and technical reliability
• Facilitate and participate in OEE improvement initiatives and taskforces
• Lead and maintain continuous improvement project plans both capital and operational
• Learn, implement, and teach methodological tools necessary for problem solving
• Suggest improvement plans for some day-to-day production and maintenance needs, driven from daily plant production meetings
• Analyze daily reporting to determine where to plan daily actions to support performance.
• Mentor and provide support/ training/ guidance to others within the plant in areas related to troubleshooting, repairs, root cause analysis, continuous improvement, industrial safety and food safety.
• Some ‘after hours – on call’ plant support for controls, automation, or advanced electrical troubleshooting.
• Make basic changes to automated controls programming as necessary. Collaborate with Controls Engineers or subject matter experts on more complex programming needs
• Assist in optimizing the maintenance structure and support tools
• Participate in creating and updating maintenance procedures
• Help to define the indicators on the maintenance communications boards
• Develop the PM ad PdM strategy for new and existing equipment
• Evaluate PM and PdM effectiveness and propose updates/edits/deletions (reverse RCM)
• Assume the ownership of one or more predictive maintenance reliability programs
• Develop and maintain technical process expertise
• Responsible to create and keep up to date maintenance procedures for industrial equipment
• Guarantee relevance of process and technical modifications
• Participate in qualifying new processes on technical and process aspects
• Overcome technical issues resulting from industrial trials and/or commercialization
• Help to define projects that are “to be assessed” based on developed process and internal proposals
• Define definite scopes for the projects
• Collaborate in the design of engineering proposals to ensure maintainability of equipment. Manage and lead small engineering projects as required.
• Participate in the analysis and the development of the project.
• In partnership with suppliers, evaluate and define technical solutions and validate their feasibility.
• Consults and participates in the selection of suppliers.
• Follow the technical side qualifications as needed and complete new PM tasks and PM plans.
• Organize the appropriate technical files for projects as they are completed
• Ensure the transfer to production and maintenance (qualification, documentation, and follow-through)
• Carry out contractor safety and GMP training for people brought on-site as needed
• All other duties as assigned

Plant OEE, Maintenance Breakdowns, PM…