Senior Maintenance Reliability Engineer

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Perdue Foods has a goal of becoming the most trusted name in premium proteins by creating products for consumers and for retail and food service customers around the globe while changing the way animals are raised for food. It is part of Perdue Farms, a fourth-generation, family-owned food and agricultural business deeply rooted in tradition yet with a forward-thinking mindset. We believe that success starts with our people, and our culture is built on a foundation of teamwork, integrity, and respect, where every voice matters and everyone is encouraged to contribute to our shared goals.

We are dedicated to creating a supportive, inclusive environment where associates feel valued and inspired to make an impact, both within the company and in the communities we serve. From promoting growth and development to prioritizing work-life balance, we’re committed to helping our team members thrive.

We are recruiting for a Senior Maintenance Reliability Engineer for our site in Washington, IN. This role will lead the implementation, continuous improvement, and sustainability of reliability systems and processes within the manufacturing site. This position is responsible for developing, managing and coordinating the reliability programs and activities of the location key assets, utilities and support equipment through the use of personal knowledge, engineering resources, OEM and maintenance employees, to ensure maximum availability of these key assets, utilities and support equipment, while supporting the policies, goals and objectives of the company.

The Senior Maintenance Reliability Engineer is to identify and manage asset reliability risks that could adversely affect plant or business operations. This position selects engineering techniques to solve problems and makes recommendations including the coordination of projects for process improvements. Relocation is available for eligible candidates.

• Responsible for the implementation of reliability concepts including development of Root Cause Analysis, Reliability Centered Maintenance, Predictive Maintenance technologies and Preventive Maintenance development/optimization to achieve high levels of availability of plants assets Driving increased production and uptime using reliability tools and processes, including Root Cause Failure Analysis (RCFA), and Failure Mode Effects Analysis (FMEA).
• Provide technical and engineering support and troubleshooting advice to maintenance and various operational areas. Subject Matter Expert in the design and operation of rotating equipment, development of equipment strategies (including lubrications, conditions monitoring, and preventive maintenance), and management of mechanical integrity (including tanks, pressure vessels, and piping).
• Develop and implement plans for continuous improvement of production equipment, processes, and process controls. Work closely with both operations and maintenance in the development of long-term equipment maintenance strategies and operator basic care (OBC) as well as support troubleshooting efforts through formal Root Cause Analysis (RCA).
• Provide technical expertise to the site with field application of precision maintenance techniques. Provide training, field coaching and mentoring of maintenance supervisors and craftsmen. Deliver a strategic reliability-centered maintenance approach to optimizing asset life and productivity through documented asset strategies.
• Develop and implement best practices for assets to improve the mean time between failures (MTBF). Utilize Root Cause Analysis processes to review significant failures, identify corrective action to prevent reoccurrence and refine asset strategy to sustain improvement.
• Mine data to identify reliability improvement opportunities and develop corrective actions focused on delivering Net Hours improvement and cost reduction.
• Develop engineering solutions to repetitive failures and all other problems that adversely affect plant operations. These problems include capacity, quality, cost or regulatory compliance issues.

• Bachelor’s Degree in Reliability, Mechanical or Electrical in Engineering;
  Advanced degree in this or related field is highly desirable.

• Five (5) or more years of reliability experience within an industrial manufacturing environment preferably in mid sized manufacturing companies in similar industries.
• Exposure to operations, process control, project engineering, plant maintenance, construction and new installations.
• Experience developing asset strategies (time-based inspection/replace, and condition-based tasks).
• Experience with Reliability Centered Maintenance (RCM) and facilitating Root Cause Analysis (RCA).
• Strong technical expertise in applying Precision Maintenance techniques in industrial manufacturing processes.
• Strong knowledge of Precision Maintenance…