Reliability Engineer

City Brewing Company – Who We Are

With our roots in La Crosse, WI, we are proud to be North America’s largest co-packager of alcoholic beverages with four locations across the United States. Through our focuses on Safety throughout our facilities, Quality of products produced for our customers, Communication at all levels, Growth of not just our locations but also of our employees in their careers, and Performance with our ability to meet deadlines and goals for ourselves and our customers, we pride ourselves on the brand we have created and continue to grow.

Job Summary

General responsibility for auditing, rebuilds, and training of packaging equipment to maintain base conditions, ensuring correct parts are ordered for the needed equipment, utilizes team of maintenance technicians/apprentices to perform rebuild work and use knowledge through the rebuild process to train said employees. This position will work closely with the Production Scheduler, Maintenance Planner, Packaging Maintenance Manager, Maintenance Leads, Packaging Manager and Plant Manager to plan for scheduled maintenance, rebuild work, and technical training.

Duties and Responsibilities

• Train and coach maintenance technicians in maintaining packaging equipment to base condition.
• Perform equipment audits for wear parts and ensure appropriate parts are ordered.
• Identification of critical spare parts to be stocked in the storeroom.
• Work with Maintenance Planner, Production Scheduler, Pkg Maintenance Manager, Packaging Manager and Plant Manager to plan for and schedule needed equipment maintenance downtime.
• Work with Maintenance Planner to ensure appropriate parts are ordered and delivered prior to scheduled work.
• Lead the rebuilds/maintenance windows work with maintenance technicians/apprentices and establish appropriate training to increase current skill levels.
• Develop the standard asset care strategy for packaging equipment including centerlines, clean inspect lubricate, PMs, predictive technologies, and critical spare parts.
• Work alongside Packaging Maintenance Manager in evaluation of and tracking progress of each maintenance technician to measure development and update training plans to increase current skill levels.
• Identify capital needs focused on equipment performance.
• Budget expenses according to rebuild plans.
• Ensure compliance with regulatory agencies including OSHA, FDA, FSMA and GMP guidelines.

ADDITIONAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• Demonstrate leadership and ability to get results.
• Demonstrate a coaching mindset.
• Develop and improve manufacturing and process improvements.
• Must be available for “on call” as needed.
• Any and all other duties as assigned by direct supervisor.

This position description is intended to guide the activities of the Reliability Engineer. It is not intended to limit the thinking and creativity of the person to the work of this function, nor is it intended to describe all the work that may be required of the person in this position.

Minimum Qualifications

• Three to five years maintenance experience, preferably in Packaging Maintenance.
• College graduate in related field or minimum of ten years’ experience in packaging maintenance field.
• Ability to react effectively to changing priorities.
• Knowledge of 5S and Lean Manufacturing principles a plus
• Strong written and verbal communication skills
• Strong computer skills, including computerized maintenance management system.
• Ability to work effectively in a team-centered environment.

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential function of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is occasionally required to stand; walk; sit; use hands to finger, handle, or feel objects, tools or controls; reach with hands and arms; climb stairs; balance; stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl; talk or hear. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds. Specific vision requirements in close vision and the ability to adjust focus.

City Brewery is an Equal Opportunity Employer, and all applicants will be considered without attention to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran, or disability status.