Reliability Engineer

Aspire Bakeries is a North American baking company with a leadership position in specialty frozen baked goods. Formed from leading bakery companies, its innovative food portfolio includes breads, artisan breads, buns, cookies, donuts, muffins and pastries from beloved brands like ®, ®, and ®. With 13 bakeries in North America, we are committed to driving innovation, predicting upcoming consumer trends and flavors, and exceeding our customers’ expectations. Aspire Bakeries champions the values of Integrity, Ownership, Customer Focus, Creativity and Care to help us deliver on People Safety, Food Safety, Quality and Collaboration.

This position is responsible for ensuring that the bakery runs effectively and efficiently through effective PM and maintenance/equipment overhauls.  The position of Reliability Engineer is accountable for improved equipment performance & technical downtime reduction through proper PM and equipment maintenance. Leads efforts to ensure the Reliability and Maintainability of equipment, processes, utilities, facilities, controls, and safety systems.

Responsibilities:

• Participate in weekly/daily maintenance and operation meetings to review PM and daily/weekly equipment maintenance needs
• Continued improvement and execution of PM program across bakery based on ABC equipment risk assessment, complying with all weekly/monthly and annual FSQA and H&S required work
• Responsible for all annual overhauls including equipment assessment, spare part ordering, and contractor and/or vendor engagement, leading to overall equipment performance improvement
• Analyse daily reports through collected data history and apply to predictive maintenance through CMMS
• Ensure a seamless process between PM, spare part availability, ordering, and inventory
• Ensure the SAP PM system is fully functional, with accurate equipment I.D., tasks and frequency
• Ensure the PM team fully utilizes the SAP system to ensure data and history are tracked and utilized for future reference
• Assist with the training, coaching, and development of new maintenance employees, accelerating the learning and overall competency of the maintenance team
• Develops Engineering solutions to repetitive failures and all other problems that adversely affect Plant operations.
• Oversee breakdown management system, including troubleshooting, reporting/analysis, and recurrence prevention.
• Establishing benchmark KPIs for PM completion, overhaul activities, and overall equipment performance, including PM auditing for completion and quality
• Coordinate vendor PM’s where necessary and perform random checks of vendor PMs to ensure reliability and quality of work
• Develop and coordinate plans for reconstruction or installation of new equipment, machinery, or buildings.
• Establish strong relationships with all work groups and work with a collaborative style
• Led the team through the process of troubleshooting breakdowns, downtime reports, and Root Cause Fault Analyses
• Provide off-hour technical support to the maintenance team if required
• Create a positive work environment
• Report any concerns and/or problems to the supervisor through daily written and verbal reporting
• Adhere to all applicable job procedures as outlined in the SOP manual
• Adhere to GMPs and Health and safety rules as outlined in the employee handbook
• Ensure GMPs and safe food handling practices are being followed

Qualifications:

• Must hold a valid license or more than 10 years of experience in the trade is required
• Certificate of Qualifications, Ontario Industrial Mechanic Millwright
• Comfortable with Solid Works and Design Engineering
• Team builder who is self-managed and able to set priorities among conflicting priorities
• Excellent mechanical aptitude
• Able to set priorities and lead others
• Excellent troubleshooting skills able to document findings and prepare Root Cause Analyses

We thank each applicant for taking the time and effort to submit your resume, however, only candidates to be interviewed will be contacted. Our organization is committed to promoting the independence, dignity, integration, and equality of opportunity of persons with disabilities by ensuring the accessibility of our facilities and services. Accommodations are available for all parts of the recruitment and selection process. Applicants need to make their required accommodations known in advance.