Maintenance Reliability Engineer - San Leandro, CA

WHO WE ARE

At Ghirardelli, we're on a mission to become a one billion dollar brand and beyond. We want to be every consumer's first choice of premium chocolate, and we believe we can do that through our products and the way we do business, which are all inspired by our brand commitment to Making Life A Bite Better. We are a company committed to both personal and professional growth and believe that each employee contributes directly to Ghirardelli's growth and success.

The Maintenance Reliability Engineer ensures that equipment, systems, and processes are designed, maintained, and operated in a way that maximizes reliability, safety and efficiency. Their primary focus is to eliminate failures and serve as a key member of the maintenance department. The Maintenance Department's purpose is to Deliver Great Performance by driving a consistent high level of operational excellence, volume achievement and cost control.

• Ensures a safety culture where no one gets hurt and that all accidents can be prevented.
• Reviews loss data regularly, identifying relevant systems to address the losses, then actions upon gaps
• Coordinates with Production, Maintenance, and Engineering to understand challenges and drive resolution through improvement to processes, work orders, training, and equipment design
• Communicates with Shift Supervisors and manager KPIs and upcoming process improvements or changes
• Owns the Breakdown Analysis (BDA) system to identify root causes of problems. This includes monitoring the health of the system, training and coaching technicians on the proper use, and executing on high priority BDAs.
• Owns advanced reliability tools, such as Failure Mode Effect Analysis (FMEA), Predictive Maintenance, etc.
• Administrator and Subject matter expert for the CMMS system
• Works with Engineering to develop and assist in proper training for skills and on new equipment and/or procedures.
• Ensures critical spares are identified and in inventory
• Reports on project work, PM completion and Work Order completion in full and on time.
• Schedules and conducts inspections and audits as required.
• Partner with any outside vendors or contractors as necessary.
• Evaluates, works with maintenance peers, and gets alignment around improving effectiveness of maintenance processes.
• Holds our employees accountable for the quality of their work; coach and provide performance feedback to employees as necessary.
• Works with supervisors on maintenance processes to make them sustainable, easily followed and properly documented.
• Assesses, identifies, and implements training needs of technicians, team leads, and participates in development of training programs when required.
• Identifies opportunities to optimize maintenance costs
• Helps with recruiting, coaching, assessing, and training crew members (labor) within the department
• Other duties as assigned by manager

• BA Degree and 3-5 years of related experience and/or training; or 8 years of related experience in lieu of degree
• Experience in a food manufacturing environment, preferred
• Should be working toward CMRP or RCM certification
• Knowledge of State and Federal Safety Requirements.
• Strong written and oral communications skills
• Good knowledge of mechanical, electrical, and PLC systems
• Knowledge of food processing and packaging machinery preferred
• Strong computer literacy in MS Office and CMMS
• Experience with high-speed wrapping machines is preferred

Other Job Requirements

• Must be able to work seated or standing for at least 8 hours
• Regular office environment 25%
• Must be able to concentrate for extended periods of time paying close attention to detail
• Occasional travel is required
• In support of the maintenance team, working in the field is required up to 75%
• Conditions in the field include:
  
  
  
  • Ability to climb stairs and ladders; must be able to work from heights
  • Exposure to vibration, moving mechanical parts and loud noise
  • Capable of using protective equipment such as hard hats, safety glasses/goggles, safety shoes, hearing protection, air masks, respirators, etc. in the performance of job duties
  • Ability to work in extreme temperatures and will be exposed to heat, cold, wind, rain, dust, confined spaces, elevated areas, dirt, ash particles and fuel particles
  • May be required to kneel, bend, crouch and climb as needed
  
  
  
  

Salary: $82,157 to $106,794 / year