What are the responsibilities and job description for the Reliability Engineer position at McCain Foods?
Position Title: Reliability Engineer
Position Type: Regular - Full-Time
Position Location: [[cust_locationName]]
Grade: [[cust_payGrade]]
Requisition ID: 34209
About McCain
At McCain, we’re feeding the world: from French fries to cakes, 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!
Leadership Principles.
Our principles, each with related practices, guide our actions across the organization. Together, they address how McCain interacts with our customers and employees, and how we work as individuals and collectively to find success. While each role adheres to the Leadership Principles, individual roles may focus more on a specific principle or principles.
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.
About The Role.
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.
The Reliability Engineer is responsible for overall leadership to mechanics, project engineers, and managers in determining and carrying out the best maintenance practices for equipment reliability and total cost of ownership. The Reliability Engineer works independently or as a team members to assess, design, train and implement preventive maintenance (PM), Predictive Maintenance (PdM), and reliability continuous improvement programs. The Reliability Engineer should have diverse experience in organizational management, maintenance, and reliability, as well as practical experience in plant reliability and/or maintenance management. The RE should have exceptional skills and knowledge in particular areas such as workflow management, PM optimization, maintenance technology, and/or reliability continuous improvement through FMEA, RCA, RCM, Life Cycle Cost Analysis, and other statistical methods. The Reliability Engineer should have expertise in process measurement as it relates to assessing current performance, trending, and documenting improvement results.
Accountabilities
We are McCain: this statement is about our power collectively and our importance individually—your impact is a significant part of the business. Our winning culture focuses on authenticity and trust so we can always bring out the best in our people. Here, you have the opportunity to learn, grow, and thrive while being yourself. Join our team to see why we’re better together.
Compensation Package: $70,000 -$95,000. USD hourly bonus eligibility
The above reflects the target compensation range for the position at the time of posting. Hiring compensation will be determined based on experience, skill set, education/training, and other organizational needs.
Benefits: At McCain, we’re on a mission to create a winning culture that puts employee safety and well-being at the heart of what we do, every day. We understand and appreciate that each person’s needs are unique and ensure our benefits & well-being programs reflect that. Employees are eligible for the following benefits: health coverage (medical, dental, vision, prescription drug), retirement savings benefits, and leave support including medical, family, and bereavement. Wellbeing programs include vacation and holidays, company-supported volunteering time, and mental health resources. Coverages are aligned to country, provincial, and state governing plans and can vary by work level, location, and nature of the role. Additional benefit details are available during the application process.
Your well-being matters to us, and we’re here to provide you with the necessary resources to support you in being your best self at work — and at home.
McCain Foods is an equal-opportunity employer. We see value in ensuring we have a diverse, antiracist, inclusive, merit-based, and equitable workplace. As a global family-owned company we are proud to reflect the diverse communities around the world in which we live and work. We recognize that diversity drives our creativity, resilience, and success and makes our business stronger.
McCain is an accessible employer. If you require accommodation throughout the recruitment process (including alternate formats of materials or accessible meeting rooms), please let us know and we will work with you to meet your needs.
Your privacy is important to us. By submitting personal data or information to us, you agree this will be handled in accordance with the Global Employee Privacy Policy
Job Family: Manufacturing
Division: [[division_obj]]
Department: [[department_obj]]
Location(s): US - United States of America : Nebraska : Grand Island || US - United States of America : Nebraska : Lincoln || US - United States of America : Nebraska : Omaha
Company: McCain Foods USA, Inc.
Position Type: Regular - Full-Time
Position Location: [[cust_locationName]]
Grade: [[cust_payGrade]]
Requisition ID: 34209
About McCain
At McCain, we’re feeding the world: from French fries to cakes, 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!
Leadership Principles.
Our principles, each with related practices, guide our actions across the organization. Together, they address how McCain interacts with our customers and employees, and how we work as individuals and collectively to find success. While each role adheres to the Leadership Principles, individual roles may focus more on a specific principle or principles.
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.
About The Role.
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.
The Reliability Engineer is responsible for overall leadership to mechanics, project engineers, and managers in determining and carrying out the best maintenance practices for equipment reliability and total cost of ownership. The Reliability Engineer works independently or as a team members to assess, design, train and implement preventive maintenance (PM), Predictive Maintenance (PdM), and reliability continuous improvement programs. The Reliability Engineer should have diverse experience in organizational management, maintenance, and reliability, as well as practical experience in plant reliability and/or maintenance management. The RE should have exceptional skills and knowledge in particular areas such as workflow management, PM optimization, maintenance technology, and/or reliability continuous improvement through FMEA, RCA, RCM, Life Cycle Cost Analysis, and other statistical methods. The Reliability Engineer should have expertise in process measurement as it relates to assessing current performance, trending, and documenting improvement results.
Accountabilities
- Follow the McCain safety, loss prevention, and environmental programs by holding themselves and all team members accountable to its tenets
- Communicate to inform, engage and inspire. Emphasizes communications as a tool to build collaboration and ensure organizational alignment
- Lead the BE breakdown elimination process to ensure root cause and corrective actions to prevent future failures.
- Ensures failure modes addressed are appropriate
- Performs cost/benefit analysis to set the correct frequency of task(s)
- Ensures that all failure modes have a job plan on file (both proactive and reactive)
- Responsible for changes to the Equipment Maintenance Plan based on analysis of asset failure data
- Assists Maintenance Manager and Plant Engineer with reliability analysis of proposed equipment modifications
- Makes specific recommendations to improve machinery performance and reliability based on analysis of process and failure data
- Responsible for performing statistical analysis on machinery failure data and work order data to determine whether adjustments to the Engineered Maintenance Strategy are warranted
- Catalogues and databases of the RCA/RCFA results and subsequent action items
- Analyzes plant-wide failure data and downtime scenarios to calculate relevant trigger points for RCFA
- Applies reliability analysis methods to new designs to determine system, asset, and component reliability
- Determines single-point failures
- Develops commissioning procedures for a new system, asset, and component design
- Develops strategies for OEM warranty issues and claims
- Develop machinery modification plans to deal with single-point failure scenarios
- Develop specific maintenance and operational start-up procedures for new installations
- Responsible for developing new equipment purchase specifications for reliability and maintainability
- Uses reliability analysis tools to determine the operational reliability of systems, assets, and components
- Aides in the development of alarms designed to determine and verify acceptable operations
- Direct and lead those maintaining and developing reliability KPIs (% worker utilization, % schedule adherence, etc.) in conformance with McCain standards
- Direct and lead the maintenance of a record-keeping system consistent with a world-class reliability program
- Understand and utilize the continuum of maintenance philosophy as it relates to change management
- A leader for CI- Condition Inspections for operators and mechanics
- Work with the maintenance team and process to ensure quality preventive programs; vibration, oil analysis, ultrasound – online real-time data from the equipment and CI inspections.
- Assist in capital project management
- Perform additional duties as assigned
- Bachelor’s degree or advanced degree in engineering or a relevant scientific discipline or equivalent experience, and continuing self-development.
- Competent Computer Skills (e.g. MS Office)
- Must be fluent in English; second language is a plus but not required
- Strong technical expertise and problem-solving skills
- Strong analytical skills (e.g. root cause analysis and statistic analysis)
- Displays vision and demonstrates both personal and organizational sensitivity
- Ability to read and interpret blueprints, technical drawings, schematics, and computer-generated reports
- Can communicate clearly and concisely, both orally and in written work
- Must be willing to work alternative shift schedules when applicable for assignments
We are McCain: this statement is about our power collectively and our importance individually—your impact is a significant part of the business. Our winning culture focuses on authenticity and trust so we can always bring out the best in our people. Here, you have the opportunity to learn, grow, and thrive while being yourself. Join our team to see why we’re better together.
Compensation Package: $70,000 -$95,000. USD hourly bonus eligibility
The above reflects the target compensation range for the position at the time of posting. Hiring compensation will be determined based on experience, skill set, education/training, and other organizational needs.
Benefits: At McCain, we’re on a mission to create a winning culture that puts employee safety and well-being at the heart of what we do, every day. We understand and appreciate that each person’s needs are unique and ensure our benefits & well-being programs reflect that. Employees are eligible for the following benefits: health coverage (medical, dental, vision, prescription drug), retirement savings benefits, and leave support including medical, family, and bereavement. Wellbeing programs include vacation and holidays, company-supported volunteering time, and mental health resources. Coverages are aligned to country, provincial, and state governing plans and can vary by work level, location, and nature of the role. Additional benefit details are available during the application process.
Your well-being matters to us, and we’re here to provide you with the necessary resources to support you in being your best self at work — and at home.
McCain Foods is an equal-opportunity employer. We see value in ensuring we have a diverse, antiracist, inclusive, merit-based, and equitable workplace. As a global family-owned company we are proud to reflect the diverse communities around the world in which we live and work. We recognize that diversity drives our creativity, resilience, and success and makes our business stronger.
McCain is an accessible employer. If you require accommodation throughout the recruitment process (including alternate formats of materials or accessible meeting rooms), please let us know and we will work with you to meet your needs.
Your privacy is important to us. By submitting personal data or information to us, you agree this will be handled in accordance with the Global Employee Privacy Policy
Job Family: Manufacturing
Division: [[division_obj]]
Department: [[department_obj]]
Location(s): US - United States of America : Nebraska : Grand Island || US - United States of America : Nebraska : Lincoln || US - United States of America : Nebraska : Omaha
Company: McCain Foods USA, Inc.
Salary : $70,000 - $95,000
