Continuous Improvement Reliability Engineer

Description

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About West Liberty Foods

West Liberty Foods manufactures hundreds of meat and poultry products that can be found in well-known grocery stores and top restaurant chains nationwide. We are The Surprisingly Big Company, and we're right in your backyard.

Build your career with West Liberty Foods and be a part of an exciting, collaborative team environment!

We are currently hiring for :

Job Title : Continuous Improvement Reliability Engineer

Job Summary : This position plays a crucial role in enhancing the performance, efficiency, and dependability of products, systems and processes within an organization. In essence, a Continuous Improvement Reliability Engineer is a proactive problem-solver focused on optimizing the performance and lifespan of assets and processes, while fostering a culture of continuous improvement within the organization.

Compensation Details : Starting at $104,000 up to $140,000 depending on experience.

P rimary Responsibilities :

• Loss Elimination : Identifying and addressing production losses or high maintenance cost assets to reduce their impact.
• Risk Management : Managing risks to environmental health and safety, asset capability, quality, and production. This involves utilizing tools like FMEA (Failure Modes and Effects Analysis) and RCA (Root Cause Analysis).
• Life Cycle Asset Management : Ensuring reliability and maintainability of new and modified installations throughout their lifecycle. This includes participation in design reviews, development of installation specifications and commissioning plans.
• Proactive Maintenance Strategies : Developing and implementing proactive maintenance strategies, including predictive and preventive maintenance, to minimize downtime and prevent failures.
• Data Analysis & Problem Solving : Analyzing performance data, identifying trends, and conducting root cause analyses to determine the underlying cause of problems and develop solutions.
• Continuous Improvement Initiatives : Leading or supporting continuous improvement initiatives, potentially using methodologies like Lean Six Sigma, Kaizen, or Value Stream Mapping.
• Collaboration & Training : Collaborating with various teams (design, maintenance, production) to implement reliability principles and train staff on new procedures or systems.
• Specific duties include :

Analyzing equipment failure data and conducting root cause analysis.

Requirements :

West Liberty Foods is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, or protected veteran status and will not be discriminated against on the basis of disability.

West Liberty Foods is committed to providing all team members with predictable work schedules that accommodate the universal need to spend time away from work to rest, relax, and spend time with family and friends. However, as a food manufacturer, West Liberty Foods is responsible for producing perishable products. To help ensure that our food products meet the quality and safety standards our customers expect, team members may, at times, be asked or expected to work overtime, weekends, or holidays. West Liberty Foods remains committed to its overtime, weekend, and holiday pay policies, and will schedule team members for those hours on a volunteer-first basis, whenever possible.

To be considered an applicant for this position, you must apply online on our career site at

The following benefits are available :

Disclosures : Pursuant to the Illinois Equal Pay Act, this posting includes the good faith, budgeted pay scale and general description of benefits that the employer reasonably expects to offer a successful, qualified applicant for this position as of the date of this posting with future pay and benefits subject to change based on employment conditions including, but not limited to, knowledge, skills, and experience; performance; shift(s) worked; hours worked; department or business line; geographic location; and other market conditions in accordance with company policies and the at-will nature of this employment opportunity.

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