Maintenance Reliability Engineer

About the Company

Post Consumer Brands, a business unit of Post Holdings, Inc., is headquartered in Lakeville, Minn. and dedicated to providing people and their pets with delicious food choices for every taste and budget. The company's portfolio includes beloved brands such as Honey Bunches of Oats™, PEBBLES™, Grape-Nuts™, Malt-O-Meal™ cereal, Peter Pan™ peanut butter, Rachael Ray® Nutrish™, Kibbles 'n Bits™, and 9Lives™ dog and cat food. Post also provides private label solutions in pet food, cereal, nut butters, and granola. The Bloomsburg, Pennsylvania facility produces iconic pet food brands like 9Lives®, Gravy Train®, and Kibbles 'n Bits® and features an on-site Distribution Center.

Bloomsburg is home to Bloomsburg University, a municipal airport, and Town Park with acres of recreational activities. The town hosts one of the largest and longest-running fairs in the country, offering a great place to live, work, and play.

Responsibilities

• Develop engineering solutions to repetitive failures and other problems affecting plant operations, including capacity, quality, cost, or regulatory compliance issues, using data analysis techniques such as:
  • Statistical process control
  • Reliability modeling and prediction
  • Root cause analysis (RCA) and root cause failure analysis (RCFA)
  • Failure reporting, analysis, and corrective action system (FRACAS)
  • Failure Modes and Effects Analysis (FMEA)
• Work with project engineering to ensure the reliability and maintainability of new and modified installations.
• Design and implement Maintenance Reliability projects, including:
  • Selecting, hiring, and managing engineering consultants and contractors.
  • Managing multiple engineering or technical service projects, including manpower, budgets, scheduling, equipment, and materials.
  • Controlling project schedule, costs, and quality via project management skills.
• Define, design, develop, monitor, and refine an asset maintenance plan that includes:
  • Value-added preventive maintenance tasks.
  • Effective utilization of predictive and non-destructive testing methodologies.
• Provide input to a risk management plan to anticipate reliability-related and non-reliability-related risks.
• Train personnel on data analysis tools and techniques.
• Perform analyses of assets with Production, Maintenance, and Engineering teams, including:
  • Asset utilization
  • Equipment effectiveness
  • Remaining useful life
  • Other parameters defining operating condition, reliability, and costs.
• Provide technical support to production, maintenance, and technical personnel.
• Apply value analysis to repair/replace, repair/design, and make/buy decisions.
• Participate in plant and enterprise-driven continuous improvement projects and initiatives.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree (or equivalent work experience) in Engineering, Maintenance, Manufacturing, or related fields.
• Training and knowledge in basic reliability engineering processes and tools.
• SMRP or similar certifications are desirable.
• 2+ years of experience as a reliability engineer.
• 5+ years of experience in production management, plant engineering, manufacturing engineering, process engineering, control engineering, maintenance, or other plant technical roles.
• Advanced computer skills.
• Experience using continuous improvement methodologies to lead RCA and RCFA events.
• Ability to develop and manage good working relationships with internal departments (operations, engineering, maintenance, EHS, Quality, Food Safety, and finance), external partners (contractors and suppliers), and PCB Corporate teams (Engineering, Manufacturing, CI, Reliability, Procurement, Finance, etc.).
• Strong mechanical and electrical knowledge and aptitude.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Knowledge of preventive and predictive maintenance programs, processes, tools, and software.
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills.
• Ability to work closely with peers and internal customers to share responsibility and solve problems.
• Understanding of mechanical and electrical operation of production equipment and use of maintenance and diagnostic tools.
• Must be able to read, write, and communicate in English.