Reliability Engineer

Posted 18 Days Ago
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Othello, WA
90K-95K Annually
3-5 Years Experience
Food • Retail • Agriculture • Manufacturing
At McCain Foods we know the importance that food plays in people's lives.
The Role
The Reliability Engineer will oversee capital projects, assist in reliability analysis of new designs, and lead KPI development. Responsibilities include maintaining record-keeping systems, performing statistical analysis on machinery data, and conducting root cause failure analysis for equipment issues. The role requires strong technical expertise and problem-solving skills.
Summary Generated by Built In

Position Title: Reliability Engineer
Position Type: Regular - Full-Time
Position Location: Othello
Requisition ID: 32620
We are seeking an experienced Reliability Engineer to join us in Othello, WA. This position will report directly to the Engineering and Maintenance Systems Manager. McCain Foods is seeking someone who has a strong technical background, a desire to grow as a leader in the engineering department. The ideal candidate needs excellent interpersonal skills as they will deal with everyone from general laborers and mechanics to plant management on a day-to-day basis. An ability to work in a team-based environment is crucial.
Key Responsibilities:

  • Follow the McCain safety, loss prevention and environmental programs by holding themselves and all team members accountable to its tenets
  • Manage or assist with multi-million-dollar capital projects
  • Assists Engineering Manager with reliability analysis of new designs to determine system, asset and component reliability
  • Makes specific recommendations to the Engineering Management Team to improve machinery performance and reliability based on analysis of process and failure data
  • Direct and lead those maintaining and developing reliability KPI's (% worker utilization, % schedule adherence, etc.) in conformance with McCain standards
  • Direct and lead the maintenance of a record keeping system consistent with a world class reliability program
  • Responsible to perform statistical analysis on machinery failure data and work order data to determine whether adjustments to the Engineered Maintenance Strategy are warranted and perform cost/benefit analysis to set correct frequency of task(s)
  • Leads the Root Cause Failure Analysis effort for sporadic equipment failures and ensure failure modes addressed are appropriate
  • Perform additional duties as assigned


Qualifications:

  • Education: minimum Undergraduate degree in Engineering required.
  • Can communicate clearly and concisely, both orally and in written work
  • Strong technical expertise and problem-solving skills
  • Strong analytical skills (e.g., root cause analysis and statistical analysis)
  • Ability to read and interpret blueprints, technical drawings, schematics, and computer-generated reports
  • Certification preferred in equipment lubrication, ultrasound, vibration, and reliability.
  • Displays vision and demonstrates both personal and organizational sensitivity


Salary Range: $90,000 - $95,000 USD annually + Benefits (+ Bonus)
The salary range reflects the minimum and maximum target for the position at the time of posting. Within the range, exact compensation will be determined based on education/training, skill set, experience, and other organizational needs.
Why You Should Join Our Team:
McCain offers full benefits including health, vision, and dental insurance. In addition, we offer other benefits including:

  • 401k Retirement Plan
  • Health Spending Account/ HRA & Flexible Spending Accounts
  • Adoption & Infertility Assistance, Paid Maternity and Paternity Leave
  • Education Reimbursement Assistance
  • Apprenticeship, Internship, & Coop support and opportunities
  • Employee Family Assistance program
  • Paid Time Off
  • Holidays
  • Life Insurance
  • Accidental Death & Dismemberment
  • Short & Long Term Disability


About McCain:
McCain Foods is proud to be a family and values-driven company. Our values are integral to our culture, helping to shape how we operate, how we work together and the choices we make. They are a big part of what makes us unique. McCain Foods opened their first production facility in their hometown of Florenceville, New Brunswick, Canada. McCain Foods quickly established itself within the Canadian marketplace and then began a journey to become the world's largest manufacturer of frozen French fries and potato specialties.
McCain products can be found in thousands of restaurants and supermarket freezers around the world. In addition to fries, McCain also produces other foods, including appetizers, oven meals, vegetables and juice for both the retail and foodservice industries.
Sustainability and Plant Friendly Practices are at the Heart of McCain:
We've embarked upon a journey to create planet-friendly food. Food that will use fewer natural resources in factories and farms, answer the need of increasingly health and planet-conscious consumers, and contribute to positive change in the rural communities where we grow our ingredients.

  • We are moving to 100% renewable energy by 2030.
  • Donating 200 million meals to food banks and NGO worldwide by 2025.
  • Implementing regenerative agricultural practices across 100% of our potato acreage by 2030.


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McCain Foods is an equal opportunity employer. We see value in ensuring we have a diverse, antiracist, inclusive, merit-based, and equitable workplace. As a global family-owned company we are proud to reflect the diverse communities around the world in which we live and work. We recognize that diversity drives our creativity, resilience, and success and makes our business stronger.
McCain is an accessible employer. If you require an accommodation throughout the recruitment process (including alternate formats of materials or accessible meeting rooms), please let us know and we will work with you to meet your needs.
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Job Family: Engineering & Technical
Division: NA Potato Manufacturing
Department: Othello Maintenance
Location(s): US - United States of America : Washington : Othello || US - United States of America : Washington : Seattle
Company: McCain Foods USA, Inc.

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The power it has to uplift and bring people, Guided by our purpose - Celebrating real connections through delicious, planet-friendly food - we believe that working together with our teams, business and community partners will bring sustainable growth and positive change - today, tomorrow and for generations to come.

As a privately owned family company with over 60 years of experience, a presence in over 160 countries and a global team of 22,000 people, our values and culture are at the heart of everything we do. Our product quality, people and customer dedication help us achieve global sales in excess of CDN $10 billion. Through our investment and innovation, we continue to be a global leader in prepared potato products, including our famous French Fries and appetizers.

We are passionate about supporting and developing our people-providing opportunities to grow and learn in their roles, as well as building careers for the long term.

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We are working to bring digital tools and data into our processes to drive efficiency, automation and data-driven insights. From connecting our business, enabling our supply chain, supporting our customers, to reinventing agriculture. So if you are a tech expert looking to join a company transforming technology, think of McCain.

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