Reliability Technologist

Bel Brands USA

You know our brands, The Laughing Cow, Babybel, Boursin, Kaukauna, Merkts and Price's, which elicit smiles across America. They are daring, responsible and deliver dairy goodness. As you imagine, this mindset is contagious! Bel Brands USA is part of an international family company, which has led an ambitious growth strategy for 150 years and is today the world's third largest branded cheese company. If like our 12,000 employees globally, you want to have an impact in an entrepreneurial and demanding company, and share smiles around the world, dare to live the Bel experience!

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Bel Brands USA has been named Chicago's "101 Best and Brightest Companies to Work For" for 10years in a row. The company is headquartered in Chicago and operates three manufacturing plants in Little Chute, WI, Leitchfield, KY, and Brookings, SD.

Job Summary:

TheReliabilityTechnologistisresponsible forimproving operational performance (OEE)thruimproved technical performance ofthe plant equipment.This rolehasspecific responsibilities related to Preventative Maintenance programs and maintenance training programs.

JobResponsibilities& Tasks:

• Partner with other Technical Services teammembersand Maintenancepersonnelto prescribe, plan and ensure effectiveness of preventive and predictive maintenance processes for the facility.Recommend changes asappropriate.

• Create and updates the maintenance plans (equipment,FMEA ,spare parts, technical documentation)

• Establish and own the adjustment sequences of equipment.

• Own the red point process

• Help to define the indicators of maintenance communication board

• Suggest solutions for the elimination of obsolete equipment

• Collaborate with the Parts Room Specialist, Maintenance Supervisors, and Technical Servicesteam membersto standardize andoptimizethe parts room inventory levels while meeting MTBF and cost requirements.

• Partner with Maintenance Supervisors inmaintainingeffective organization of the maintenance workshop, including organization,5Sadherence, etc.

• Provide technical expertise to the plant maintenance team in troubleshooting activities.

• Assume ownership for development and execution of one or more reliability programs, which may include metrology management, red pointmanagementor training programs.

• Develop,maintainand implement maintenance training programs.

• Facilitate maintenance training and technician qualification/validation in partnership with Maintenanceleadership.

• Collaborate with Reliability Engineers tomaintainand improvethe CMMS software system (CORIM), including maintenance task management practices, technical profile management, etc.

• Design or edit the equipment tree as needed to support proper information input/output

• Train others how to use the CMMS and the desktop tools for monitoring malfunctions

• Create, implement, and audit maintenance indicators and inform of any deviation

• Participate in the development of maintenance budget (for major planned maintenance)

• Suggest and implement the structure changes of CMMS to be more efficient

• Collaborate in the design of engineering proposals to ensure maintainability of equipment.Manage and lead small engineering projects asrequired.

• Participate in the analysis andthe developmentof the project.

• Write the functional FMEA andvalidateit.

• In partnership with suppliers, evaluate and definetechnicalsolutions andvalidatetheir feasibility.

• Consults andparticipatesin theselectionof suppliers.

• Follow the technical side qualifications as needed and complete new PM tasks and PM plans.

• Organize theappropriate technicalfiles for projects as they are completed

• Ensure the transfer to production and maintenance (qualification, documentation, and follow-through)

• Ensure the technical reliability ofFFSandPackagingEquipmentsand help to improve their level of OEE and quality performancemainly throughfacilitatingthe meetings and follow-ups of the OEE Group.

• Participate actively inOEEgroups for each workshop.

• Help to prioritizeactions from the daily results in themaintenance work order meeting.

• Participate in any progress plans with the suppliers.

• Take into accountthe requirements of industrial and food safety in the interventions, procedures, of preventiveandpredictivemaintenance ranges.

• Mentor and provide support/ training/ guidance to others within the plant in areas related to troubleshooting, repairs, root cause analysis, continuous improvement, industrialsafetyand food safety.

• Make basic changes to automatedcontrolsprogrammingas necessary.Collaborate with Reliability Engineers or subject matter experts on more complex programming needs.

• All other duties as assigned

Key Performance Indicator (KPI):

Plant OEE, Maintenance Breakdowns, PM Efficiency

PositionRequirements:

EDUCATION

• Bachelor's Degree ina technical fieldor anAssociate's Degreein a field related to industrial maintenancepreferred, or 10years of experience in leu of a degree.

EXPERIENCE

• Minimum of 5 years of experienceinReliabilityoras aspecializedMaintenanceprofessionalinaProcessmanufacturing environment.

• Experience in food manufacturingwithstrongknowledge ofPackagingEquipments(FFS,Topload,Casepacker, Palletizer, Wrapper, ...)is stronglypreferred.

• Experience applying lean manufacturing and six sigma principles.

• Experience implementing5Sstandards and other Lean practices, including Visual Performance Management.

SKILLS

• Must have strong skills in electrical, mechanical andcontrols.

• Must have basic PLC programming skills.

• Must have strong skills in Excel, CMMSsystemsand data modeling.

• Must have the ability to lead thru influence, work cross-functionally, and provide guidance,feedbackand coaching to plant employees

• Well-developed time management and organizational skills.

• Ability to see the "big picture" and work independently.

• Ability to communicate clearly and concisely with individuals at all levels of the organization.

• Be a champion for safety,qualityand GMP standards, as needed

PHYSICAL& TRAVELREQUIREMENTS

• Able to access all areas of the manufacturing facility including use of stairs, ladders, and the occasional powered lift.

• Must be able to wear PPEand GMP attire.

• Must be able to access tight areas and make adjustments to equipment with their hands.

• Must be able to work 8 hours per day and be on his/her feet for extended periods of time.

• Ability tolift upto 40 lbs.

Bel Brands is an equal employment opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, protected veteran status, disability status or any other basis protected by applicable federal, state, or local laws. Bel Brands also prohibits harassment of applicants or employees based on any of these protected categories. It is also Bel Brand's policy to comply with all applicable federal, state and local laws respecting consideration of unemployment status in making hiring decisions.

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