Maintenance Reliability Engineer, Careers At Gehl Foods

Gehl Foods, LLC is one of America’s fastest growing food and beverage manufacturing companies. Since our founding in the late 1800s, we have enjoyed a reputation of quality, safety and innovation. We stand by and lead through our core values of safety, quality, communication, respect, teamwork and continuous improvement. Today, we develop ready-to-serve aseptic products (like nacho cheese and nutritional shakes), locking in freshness, without refrigeration or compromising taste. As an industry leader, we pride ourselves in offering custom, creative aseptic solutions to some of the world’s biggest companies and divisions including foodservice, retail private brands and contract manufactured brands.

With our continued success and rapid growth, Gehl Food & Beverage is looking for qualified individuals to join us on our journey to becoming a global leader in the aseptic food and beverage industry. If you are looking for a chance to take your skills and experience to the next level, and the opportunity to impact our business, then feed your future as part of the Gehl Foods Team. To learn more about us visit, https://www.gehlfoodandbeverage.com/

Why is Gehl Food & Beverage the place for you?

Competitive wages, including participation in bonus programs for all team members
Shift premiums on 2nd & 3rd shifts
Great benefits from health, dental and vision to 401(k) with match, tuition assistance and so much more!
Company paid STD/LTD/life insurance
Generous PTO plan and paid holidays (up to 13 days PTO and 9 holidays your first year!)
Uniforms provided and annual safety shoe & glasses programs
Opportunities to grow with and in the company
127 years of history!

Maintenance Reliability Engineer

Department:	Engineering
Office:	Main Street
Location:	Germantown, WI
Shift:	1st Shift

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Position Overview

Reporting to the Engineering Manager- Reliability & Maintenance Planning, the Maintenance Reliability Engineer is responsible for improving the day to day performance of process and packaging operational reliability as measured by overall equipment effectiveness, through analysis of maintenance planning effectiveness, application of problem solving techniques, machine operational analysis, technical training, and application of predictive maintenance principles.

Job Responsibilities

Works with process engineering, training, and operations to ensure the reliability and maintainability of new and modified installations.
Develops technical training plans for Operator Based Maintenance including skills matrix and competency assessments.
Participates in the development of design and installation specifications along with commissioning plans to insure maintainability and reliability of the equipment.
Participates in the development of criteria for and evaluation of equipment and technical MRO suppliers and technical maintenance service providers.
Participates in the final check-out of new installations. This includes factory and site acceptance testing that will assure adherence to functional specifications.
Guides efforts to ensure reliability and maintainability of equipment, processes, utilities, facilities, and controls systems
Professionally and systematically defines, designs, develops, monitors and refines an asset maintenance plan that includes:
- Value-added preventive maintenance tasks
- Effective utilization of predictive and other non-destructive testing methodologies designed to identify and isolate inherent reliability problems
Develops engineering solutions to repetitive failures and all other problems that adversely affect plant operations. These problems include capacity, quality, cost or regulatory compliance issues. To fulfill this responsibility, the reliability engineer applies data analysis techniques that can include:
- Statistical process control
- Reliability modeling and prediction (Weibull Alalysis)
- Fault tree analysis & Cause Mapping
- Root cause analysis (RCA) and root cause failure analysis (RCFA)
- Reliability Centered Maintenance (RCM) & Failure Modes and Effects Analysis (FMEA)

Provides technical support to production, maintenance management and technical personnel

Minimum Qualifications

Bachelor�s Degree in Mechanical, Electrical or Chemical Engineering or related field
2-3 years previous maintenance reliability engineering experience in a fast-paced manufacturing environment
Strong working knowledge of mechanical and electrical systems
Proven ability to work with process improvement, problem resolution, project management and employee development
Proficiency using a PC and Microsoft Office Tools (Excel, Word, Outlook)
Experience using a Computerized Maintenance Management System (CMMS)
Excellent mathematical, verbal and analytical skills
Excellent communications skills with the ability to speak to a diverse audience spanning from staff to executive levels
Demonstrated ability to train, motivate and communicate with all levels of the production organization

Preferred Qualifications

Certified CMRP or CMRT
3-5 years of experience in CPG and/or FDA-regulated manufacturing industry
Proficiency in SQL, or a background in the foundations of database architecture
Proficiency using Auto-Cad
Lean Manufacturing and Six Sigma training and experience

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