Plant Reliability Manager

Company Description

Who we are:

Remember the last time you opened a bottle of champagne? A cold beer after a hard day’s work or a bottle of sparkling mineral water to quench your thirst? Well, it was probably made by us. We are O-I and we love that we make more glass containers than anyone in the world.

O-I has more than a century of experience crafting pure, sustainable, brand-building glass packaging for many of the world’s best-known food and beverage brands. We are proud to provide high quality glass packaging for beer, wine, spirits, food, non-alcoholic beverages, cosmetics and pharmaceuticals.

Why do you want to apply?  The Tracy Plant is one of O-I’s largest facilities. Providing a great team environment and offering plenty of opportunity for growth and advancement.  The plant is located in southern California, yet affords a moderate cost of living.  As an added bonus, it is close to both beaches and mountains.

Job Description

The Plant Reliability Manager is accountable for managing the maintenance of the plant’s production equipment, furnace, electrical systems, building and grounds. Ensures plant is in compliance with environmental and safety regulations.

The Plant Reliability Manager will:

• Conduct periodic inspection and provide guidance concerning all plant systems, furnaces, equipment, facilities and grounds.
• Oversee all changes or upgrades.
• Ensures preventive maintenance is followed on production equipment by scheduling repairs and upgrades while simultaneously working to maximize plant uptime.
• Supervise training of personnel to ensure all crafts (electrical, hydraulic and mechanical) have the required level of expertise. Ensures efficiency and high standards are maintained.
• Support job change initiatives to improve performance
• Remain consistent with lean six sigma principles, ensure the development of a continuous improvement culture within the Plant by involving relevant salary and hourly workforce in the on going identification, development and implementation of improvements to the manufacturing process / performance, ie: implementation of lean six sigma principles.
• Champion energy savings initiations
• Oversee plant apprenticeship program

The Plant Reliability Manager should have:

• Experience communicating and directing the application of safety and environmental regulations.
• Experience Investigating all accidents and safety incidents within the Plant, ensuring proper “root cause analysis” to provide remedial action to prevent reoccurrence implementation of safety corrective actions.
• The ability to prepare estimates and specifications of plant projects, determining crew size, trades involved and materials required to complete projects.
• Experience coordinating and directing outside contracting work associated with plant system, furnace and facility.
• The ability to effectively manage department budgets.

Qualifications

• Glass industry experience required
• Bachelor’s Degree in engineering or related field required OR equivalent years of experience in an Engineering role.
• Minimum of 8 years of experience in maintenance or engineering management position.
• Leadership abilities and strong interpersonal skills.
• Strong PC skills with an emphasis on MS Office suite and SAP PM  

Additional Information

What we offer at O-I:

Salary Range:  The expected salary range for this position is between $150,000 and $170,000 and includes a possible 18% quarterly incentive bonus.   Actual pay will be adjusted based upon candidate experience and other job-related factors permitted by law.

O-I offers a very generous benefit package – some of the highlights are:

• Vacation time and paid holidays
• Health, dental, prescription and vision care coverage
• Generous insurance discounts with participation in Company wellness program
• Wellness incentive where you can earn money for your HSA or HRA
• Group life insurance
• Accidental death & dismemberment insurance
• Voluntary employee and dependent life insurance
• Weekly disability insurance
• Paid sick time
• Parental leave benefits
• 401(k) retirement saving plans with defined contributions

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.

O-I is an Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action Employer committed to building a diverse, equitable and inclusive culture. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender iden