Maintenance & Reliability Engineer

About Kerry

Kerry is the world's leading taste and nutrition company for the food, beverage and pharmaceutical industries. Every day we partner with customers to create healthier, tastier and more sustainable products that are consumed by billions of people across the world. Our vision is to be our customers' most valued partner, creating a world of sustainable nutrition. A career with Kerry offers you an opportunity to shape the future of food while providing you opportunities to explore and grow in a truly global environment.

Where will you work?

Our Harrisonburg*, VA, location is part of our Taste division and creates a variety of stock broth, soups, and bases. We work in a fast paced and ever changing environment, where we work hard but also enjoy taking part in the community thanks to Kerry’s employee engagement program. If you’re looking to build a career in manufacturing with a team you can have some fun with, we might be the place for you!

*Relocation assistance provided.

What will you do?

Main Objective:

Optimize maintenance, make it more predictable and manageable. Continue to improve and guarantee the maintenance of production installations and process equipment together with your colleagues.

 

Main Activities:

• Identify and manage asset reliability risks that could adversely affect facility manufacturing processes.
• Complete criticality analysis (FMEA) of plant assets, to ensure correct PM and spare part holding.
• Develop maintenance tech capability (knowledge transfer through training).
• Work with regional reliability engineers/asset management lifecycle team to understand leading maintenance practices to be implemented at the plant.
• Drive embedding predictive maintenance practices within the site maintenance agenda.
• Develop, present and implement improvement proposals and advise the Site Leadership Team.
• Translate maintenance concepts into maintenance tasks and work assignments.
• Monitor performance indicators, benchmarkings, procedures and work instructions.
• Collect and organize relevant and reliable production and maintenance data. Upload this data in ERP (SAP PM) system.
• Analyze data, identify deviations, problems and improvement possibilities.
• Analyze problems, finding (core) causes, both in technology, in human behaviour, and in the organization. 
• Prevent risks through preventive measures and anticipate unforeseen measures.
• Anticipate creating added value and eliminating waste.

What will you need to be successful?

• Bachelor’s Degree (B.S) in Engineering.
• 5+ plus years of progressive experience in reliability engineering.
• Food industry experience preferred but open to other industries within a manufacturing setting.
• Experience in continuous improvement working with lean tools and methodologies (six sigma).
• Certified Maintenance & Reliability Professional (CMRP) is a nice to have.
• SAP and Microsoft Office knowledge.
• Ability to use the principles of calculus and trigonometry for analysis, design, and troubleshooting.
• Ability to review and interpret equipment manuals, P&IDs and electrical drawings.

Compensation Data

The typical hiring range for this role is $73,758 to $108,755 annually and is based on several factors including but not limited to education, work experience, certifications, location, etc.  In addition to your pay, Kerry offers benefits such as a comprehensive benefits package, incentive and recognition programs, equity stock purchase and retirement contribution (all benefits and incentives are subject to eligibility requirements).