Corporate Reliability Engineering Manager

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POSITION SUMMARY
This role is responsible for continuous and sustainable elimination of maintenance and engineering losses in the factory that significantly impact the performance and total cost of production. The position's main responsibility is to build capabilities and lead problem solving as a corporate support in the Technical Competency Center. This position also needs to be able to lead the improvements in all areas of the Maintenance Department without direct authority, especially with technicians and production team members, through influence, leadership, factual analysis and presentation of best practices and results from other areas. This role provides strategic and tactical direction to less senior engineers within the market.

The Reliability Manager is responsible for supporting the factories to enable and deliver asset Maintenance according to the Nestlé Strategy with a goal of sustainable and long-term low cost of production and high reliability, and not the immediate correction of daily losses. The Reliability Manager is also responsible for partnering with the factories to establish a “Continuous Improvement and Zero Loss” culture in Maintenance, consistent with the principles of NCE. The position provides support and coaching within the factories in loss elimination, risk management and life cycle asset management (LCAM). This position also assists in Master plan & Skill development to transition to and sustain a proactive - planned maintenance program.

JOB DUTIES/RESPONSIBILITIES

• Leads the activities of defining, proposing, and monitoring the Maintenance and Reliability plans and objectives in accordance with Engineering Policy, Key Principles, and the M&I Activity as outlined in the Nestlé Engineering Excellence (NEE) master document. Validates results achieved in the program.
• Leads the monitoring of plant/equipment trends to ensure best possible operation and reduction of planned/unplanned downtime.
• Propose and monitor key performance indicators in accordance with the Best Maintenance Practices.
• Lead the factory to reduce technical stoppages in equipment or areas of common occurrence (priority given to areas of highest incidence or impact). Ensure the systematic review of all line, processes, and utilities that are critical to the business and those where failure can have an unacceptable impact on safety, personnel safety, food safety, environment, or compliance with the law.
• Ensures close teamwork between all functions (Engineering, Productions, Quality Management, etc.).
• Coaches on and guides the use on the floor of Maintenance Continuous Improvement Tools such as BDA, X-Matrix, AMM, DMO, Tags, Power BI reports, etc.
• Oversees the implementation of all repairs/modifications resulting from Gap assessments, plant audits, and notifications and loss improvement activities.
• Leverages AMM to manage the technical stores, scheduled Work Orders, labor hour allocation, equipment Bill of Material (BOM), system reporting and data analysis, including coaching of users and development of capability.
• Responsible for ensuring that the job planning, material and services planning process is appropriate, accurate, and effective.
• Responsible for ensuring that the equipment history, damage code, and root cause analysis are completed correctly and analyzed regularly for trends.
• Oversee the update/optimization of Reliability Engineering tools and guidelines, to minimize unplanned and planned downtime, ensure a common approach, administration, and training.
• Ensures external suppliers, experts, other factories and corporate teams are leveraged to ensure proper technical solutions are defined and implemented to eliminate root causes.
• Lead the evolution/refinement of Maintenance activities to minimize planned and unplanned downtime (PM’s, changeovers, etc.).
• Lead the implementation and sustainability of TPM-PM Pillar in the factory.
• Responsible for leading the analysis of the factory M&R budget, driving value-added and sustainable improvements with the assistance of the Maintenance Engineer and Factory Engineer, as well as Corporate Engineering.
• Update/Optimize Reliability Engineering tools and guidelines, to minimize unplanned and Planned Downtime, ensure a common approach, administration, and training.
• Facilitate the evolution/refinement of Reliability/Predictive activities to minimize planned and unplanned downtime (PM’s, Vibration, Infrared, Condition Monitoring, etc.).

EXPERIENCE AND EDUCATION REQUIREMENTS

• Degree (BA/BS) in Engineering (Maintenance & Reliability, Mechanical, Electrical, Process, Chemical or equivalent) strongly preferred or equivalent experience and minimum 7 years of related work experience.
• Certified Level 3 Vibration analyst.
• Recognized skills in Engineering and Maintenance.
• Knowledge, understanding, and passion for continuous improvement methodologies.
• Knowledge and understanding of the cost drivers of Maintenance in manufacturing operations.
• Good working knowledge of CMMS systems (SAP preferred) with the ability to mine and analyze data for trends/reports.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• The ability to interact professionally with a diverse group, including managers, technicians, operators, and subject matter experts.
• Able to organize, coordinate, and direct users and teams.
• Strong oral and written communications abilities.
• Solid analytical and technical skills.
• Excellent presentation skills.
• Project Engineering/Management.

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