Site Reliability & Engineering Manager

JOB DESCRIPTION SUMMARY

The Site Reliability & Engineering Manager is the senior technical leader for the Minong facility responsible for maintenance reliability facilities utilities and site engineering support. This role provides strategic leadership to ensure safe dependable compliant and cost-effective operations while supporting long-term plant performance and growth.

A key focus of this position is building a strong reliability culture through Reliability-Centered Maintenance (RCM) predictive maintenance asset lifecycle management disciplined CMMS execution and development of a high-performing technical team across a multi-shift operation.

This role also serves as the primary site partner to Corporate Engineering supporting capital planning project execution commissioning startup readiness maintenance integration documentation training spare parts planning and long-term asset ownership.

Annual Salary: $135k - $138K

 DIRECT REPORTS: Yes

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES (Essential Job Functions)

Leadership & Culture

• Lead coach and develop a high-performing maintenance reliability and engineering organization.
• Build a culture focused on safety food safety reliability accountability and continuous improvement.
• Develop supervisors planners coordinators technicians and technical specialists through coaching and performance management.
• Partner with Operations Quality Safety Supply Chain HR and Corporate Engineering as a member of the Plant Leadership Team.

Reliability Strategy & Asset Management

• Develop and execute the sites reliability strategy to improve uptime asset performance and total cost of ownership.
• Lead RCM equipment criticality assessments FMEA RCFA corrective actions and asset lifecycle planning.
• Expand predictive and condition-based maintenance programs including vibration thermography ultrasound lubrication and related technologies.
• Reduce reactive maintenance while increasing planned preventive and predictive work.

Maintenance Operations & CMMS Leadership

• Lead maintenance operations supporting packaging processing smokehouses utilities facilities and related plant assets.
• Own and continuously improve the Somax CMMS system including work order execution planning scheduling closure and documentation.
• Drive schedule compliance backlog management PM completion maintenance productivity and standardization of task lists job plans BOMs and asset records.

Engineering Leadership & Technical Support

• Serve as the facilitys primary engineering and technical resource.
• Evaluate equipment performance process constraints utility systems and manufacturing opportunities to improve safety quality reliability and throughput.
• Lead technical problem-solving for complex equipment failures chronic reliability issues equipment selection system modifications and facility upgrades.
• Support implementation of new technologies automation solutions productivity initiatives and plant optimization efforts.

Capital Projects & Corporate Engineering Partnership

• Function as the primary site partner for Corporate Engineering initiatives capital planning and project prioritization.
• Coordinate site resources for equipment installations facility upgrades utility improvements and capital projects.
• Ensure project designs address food safety operator safety reliability maintainability sanitation and operational requirements.
• Lead site commissioning startup equipment acceptance operational readiness and transition to sustainable ownership.
• Develop maintenance strategies spare parts plans PM programs training and technical documentation for new assets.

Facilities Utilities & Infrastructure

• Lead reliability and maintenance of facility infrastructure buildings grounds and utility systems.
• Ensure reliable operation of compressed air boilers refrigeration wastewater HVAC electrical distribution and other critical services.
• Develop long-term facility and infrastructure improvement plans and coordinate supporting vendor and contractor activities.

Food Safety Regulatory & Environmental Compliance

• Ensure maintenance and engineering activities comply with USDA HACCP GMP SSOP OSHA LOTO machine guarding environmental and company food safety requirements.
• Promote sanitary maintenance practices hygienic equipment design and elimination of maintenance-related food safety risks.
• Support audits regulatory inspections and corrective action programs in partnership with Food Safety & Quality.

Budget Management & Cost Control

• Develop and manage annual maintenance reliability facility and utility-related budgets.
• Monitor labor parts contractor utility and facility expenditures while identifying cost-saving opportunities.
• Support capital budget development project justification and effective use of maintenance resources.

Vendor Contractor & Materials Management

• Manage contractor selection performance safety compliance service quality and site requirement adherence.
• Oversee spare parts strategy storeroom optimization supplier partnerships and vendor agreements that support reliability safety and cost objectives.

Performance Management & Continuous Improvement

• Establish and manage maintenance and reliability KPIs including uptime schedule compliance PM completion backlog health MTBF MTTR repeat failures predictive maintenance compliance cost performance and contractor performance.
• Use data analytics and reliability metrics to identify opportunities and lead cross-functional improvement initiatives.

Qualifications :

REQUIRED EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE

Bachelors degree in engineering Maintenance Management Operations Management or related technical field preferred; equivalent technical training and progressive leadership experience will be considered.

Experience

• 8 years of progressive maintenance reliability engineering or manufacturing leadership experience.
• 5 years managing maintenance engineering reliability or technical teams in a multi-shift manufacturing environment.
• Food manufacturing or other highly regulated manufacturing experience preferred.
• Demonstrated success with RCM predictive maintenance TPM CMMS asset management capital projects and cross-functional leadership.

REQUIRED SKILLS KNOWLEDGE AND ABILITIES

Technical

• Strong knowledge of mechanical electrical pneumatic hydraulic automation utility and industrial control systems.
• Ability to interpret schematics drawings P&IDs OEM documentation and technical data.
• Strong understanding of asset management reliability engineering RCA FMEA and failure elimination methods.

Leadership

• Proven ability to lead coach develop and hold technical teams accountable.
• Strong conflict resolution decision-making and reliability culture-building skills.

Business & Project Management

• Strong budgeting financial management contractor/vendor management and project execution capabilities.
• Ability to manage competing priorities lead cross-functional teams and influence without direct authority.

Communication & Strategic Thinking

• Excellent communication skills with the ability to translate technical information for technical and non-technical audiences.
• Strategic analytical and problem-solving mindset with the ability to align reliability initiatives to business objectives.

Additional Information :

PHYSICAL DEMANDS:
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to be successfully perform the essential functions 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 regularly required to stand walk use hands to finger handle or feel lift and/or move up to 25 pounds and talk or hear.  The employee is occasionally required to sit and reach with hands and arms.  The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds.  Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision.

WORK ENVIRONMENT:
The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. The work environment is a plant / office setting with varying degrees of temperatures and noise levels. Exposure to manufacturing equipment movement and wet / slippery floors. Travel may be required.

Equal Employment Opportunity Employer
Jack Links is an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race color religion sex sexual orientation and gender identity national origin disability status protected veteran status or any other characteristic protected by law.

E-Verify
Jack Links provides the Social Security Administration (SSA) and if necessary the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) with information from each new Team Members Form I-9 to confirm work authorization. IMPORTANT: If the Government cannot confirm that you are authorized to work we are required to provide you written instructions and an opportunity to contact SSA and/or DHS before taking adverse action against you including terminating your employment. We do not use E-Verify to pre-screen job applicants or to re-verify current employees and may not limit or influence the choice of documents presented for use on the Form order to determine whether Form I-9 documentation is valid we use E-Verifys photo screening tool to match the photograph appearing on some permanent resident and employment authorization cards with the official U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) photograph. If you believe that Jack Links has violated our responsibilities under this program or has discriminated against you during the verification process based upon your national origin or citizenship status please call the Office of Special Counsel at 1- (TDD: 1-).

Remote Work :

No

Employment Type :

Full-time