Reliability Technologist

About Bel

At Bel, 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 serve as a force for good. Our U.S. Mission is 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, ID.

Responsibilities

• Improve operational performance and technical reliability of plant equipment.
• Facilitate and participate in OEE improvement initiatives and task forces.
• 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 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, and guidance to others within the plant in areas related to troubleshooting, repairs, root cause analysis, continuous improvement, industrial safety, and food safety.
• Provide 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 define indicators on maintenance communications boards.
• Develop the preventive maintenance (PM) and predictive maintenance (PdM) strategy for new and existing equipment.
• Evaluate PM and PdM effectiveness and propose updates, edits, or deletions (reverse RCM).
• Assume ownership of one or more predictive maintenance reliability programs.
• Develop and maintain technical process expertise.
• 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.
• Define projects that are “to be assessed” based on developed processes and internal proposals.
• Define definite scopes for 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 development of projects.
• In partnership with suppliers, evaluate and define technical solutions and validate their feasibility.
• Consult and participate in the selection of suppliers.
• Follow technical side qualifications as needed and complete new PM tasks and PM plans.
• Organize 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.

Key Performance Indicators (KPIs)

• Plant OEE
• Maintenance Breakdowns
• PM Efficiency

Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering or equivalent industry experience.
• Minimum of 3-5 years of experience in Reliability or as a specialized Maintenance professional in a manufacturing environment.
• Experience in food manufacturing with knowledge of packaging processes is strongly preferred.
• Experience applying lean manufacturing and six sigma principles.

Skills

• Proficient in MS Office Suite.
• CMMS experience required.
• Ability to lead through influence, work cross-functionally, and provide guidance, feedback, and coaching to plant employees.
• Well-developed time management and organizational skills.
• Ability to see the “big picture” and work independently.
• Strong communication skills with individuals at all levels of the organization.
• Champion for safety, quality, and GMP standards.
• Strong skills in electrical, mechanical, and controls.

Physical & Travel Requirements

• Able to access all areas of the manufacturing facility, including use of stairs, ladders, and the occasional powered lift.
• Must be able to wear PPE and GMP attire.
• Must be able to work 8 hours per day and be on his/her feet for extended periods of time.
• Ability to lift up to 40 lbs.