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The Maintenance Reliability Manager is responsible for ensuring compliance with health, safety, and environmental regulations across the enterprise. Will lead the developing and maintaining of standard operating procedures across the maintenance and engineering functions.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES: This list is not intended to be all-inclusive and other duties may be assigned.

• Own and lead the site-wide asset reliability strategy, including predictive, preventive, and condition-based maintenance programs.
• Oversee Maintenance Planning function including the generation and distribution of maintenance, production, and other PM's to responsible parties.
• Tracking PM and work order data.
• Lead root cause failure analysis (RCFA) for chronic or catastrophic equipment failures and ensure corrective actions are implemented and sustained.
• Collaborate with Engineering on equipment design, installation, commissioning, and acceptance testing to ensure long-term reliability.
• Support capital project justification through reliability modeling, risk assessments, and total cost of ownership analysis
• Partner with Maintenance Planning and Reliability Support roles to ensure PM optimization, spare parts strategies, and work execution quality.
• Analyzes and tracks key performance metrics for the maintenance and engineering departments
• Responsible for developing and updating standard operating procedures for all facets of maintenance and engineering departments.
• Establish andmaintaincritical asset rankings for all production, packaging, refrigeration, rendering, wastewater, and utility systems.Coordinating contractor work along with unscheduled work.
• Participate as a key stakeholder in selection, on-boarding, training, and development of employees engaged in all levels of maintenance activity.
• Responsible for obtaining MOCs, writing appropriation requests and completing capital projects in an efficient and cost-effective manner.

• Analyze asset lifecycle data, downtime trends, and failure history to drive reliability improvements and capital planning.
• Be familiar with OSHA and Food Safety Quality Assurance (FSQA) regulations and work with FSQA to receive, evaluate and report work needed to keep the plant running in accordance with government and organization requirements.
• Create and foster a culture that promotes safety as a top priority, ensure employees are trained on an on-going basis and in compliance with company regulations to ensure work is completed in a safe manner and to avoid work related accidents; ensure high levels of engagement from all levels of employees within the facility through positive and effective employee relations.
• Responsible for collaborating with the Safety and Maintenance Training teams to ensure all procedures are updated and audited on a regular basis per required timeline.
• Build and maintain collaborative, team-oriented relationships with other functional leaders such as Quality Assurance, Environmental Health and Safety, and Operations to optimize production capabilities.
• Interview, hire, promote, give recognition, and hold employees accountable.
• Foster and environment of continuous process improvement to drive efficiencies, increased accuracy, and stronger decision making.
• Collaborate with the leadership team, providing input for strategic direction and business planning.
• Design maintenance strategies, procedures and methods; assist in developing a safety awareness program. Provide timely written feedback on root causes of injuries and lost time accidents and recommendations for eliminating recurrence.
• Diagnose downtime causes and reasons for equipment failure and develop strategies to eliminate through the improvement of reliability and safety of the plant, personnel and production processes.
• Consult with operations to maximize efficiencies of equipment to improve processing and quality of products.
• Establishing and implementing short and long-range organizational goals, objectives, policies and operating procedures

QUALIFICATION REQUIREMENTS: To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the work environment, knowledge, skill, and/or ability required or preferred. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

EDUCATION and/or EXPERIENCE: A bachelor's degree in Engineering and eight or more years of progressively responsible positions in manufacturing, including supervisory experience. Experience in food manufacturing desired. Start-up experience a plus. Must have sufficient experience to be comfortable making decisions and recommendations during facility construction. Well-developed management skills utilizing sound management principles in leading a large team of employees.

COMMUNICATION SKILLS: Must have excellent written and verbal communication skills. Ability to read, analyze, and interpret general business periodicals, professional journals, technical procedures, and/or governmental regulations. Ability to write reports and business correspondence. Ability to effectively present information and respond to questions from management, and employees. Must have the ability to influence and persuade others.

LANGUAGE SKILLS: Ability to read and interpret documents in the English language such as safety files, operating and maintenance instructions, and procedure manuals. Must be able to effectively communicate with the USDA, customers, sales, production and management personnel. Bilingual skills a plus.

MATHEMATICAL SKILLS: Ability to apply mathematical applications to practical situations.

REASONING ABILITY: Ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions. Ability to interpret an extensive variety of technical instructions in mathematical, diagram, written and/or verbal form and deal with several abstract and concrete variables.

OTHER SKILLS AND ABILITIES: Strong personal computer skills and understanding of operational metrics and reports required; MP2 CMMS desired; CAD experience a plus. MPS/SFK equipment understanding, both mechanically and electrically strongly desired. SQF/HACCP certification preferred. Must hold a valid driver's license due to regular business travel.

MISSION, VISION, & VALUES: Must believe and lead STF's MISSION of producing quality port products, igniting the passion and growth of our team members, helping our community thrive, and making our business prosperous. Remembering that together we will achieve more by working safely and cultivating an inclusive and empowering environment. Must believe and fully engage in STF's VISION of being a place where we all belong, working as one, to build out future. Must live STF's VALUES in all decisions, behaviors, and interactions, which include-

SAFETY- Be committed to the safety and welfare of all employees through prevention, education, and awareness, with the ultimate goal of eliminating workplace accidents.

QUALITY- Our customers and families depend on us to provide a safe, quality product, by maintaining the highest food safety standards and desired customer specifications. Must take pride in the products we produce and serve.

DIVERSITY- We embrace diversity of identity, experience, and thought, and actively strive for inclusive behaviors across our company and our work. By promoting these values, we aim to create a positive work experience that encourage a sense of belonging.

COMMUNITY- Be a positive representative of STF in our community while supporting the organizations who work for the betterment of Siouxland.

SUSTAINABILITY- Be a steward of the earth by managing our environmental footprint.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS: While performing the duties of this job, the employee will be required to move about the facility. The employee is required to sit; use hands to finger; handle; or feel/hold objects; reach with hands and arms; climb or balance; speak; hear taste and smell. The employee must regularly lift and/or move up to 25 pounds, frequently lift and/or move up to 40 pounds, and occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, color vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus. Individual must be able to effectively work in a normal production environment where temperatures and noise levels may vary, including climate extremes and a loud work environment. Generally the incumbent may stand and walk for extended periods of time and also must be able to sit and use a computer for extended periods of time.

JOB DESCRIPTION REVIEW: I have reviewed this job description in its entirety, and I confirm that I am able to perform the functions and requirements of this position as described herein and explained to me. Additionally, I am committed to treating everyone with dignity and respect. I fully understand and am committed to the company's Mission, Vision, and Values.