Maintenance Reliability Engineer

Description

At PURIS, we're dedicated to cultivating a better food system and making a positive impact. How do we do it? By transforming high-quality, USA-made ingredients into essential components for a wide range of everyday products. From cereals and snacks to protein beverages and beyond, our ingredients are powering a healthier future. This is more than just a job; it's an opportunity to be part of a growing food industry. You'll work with state-of-the-art engineering and work together with your peers to build a better food future. 

Overview: Dawson, MN - Manufacturing 

At our Dawson, MN facility, you're at the heart of it all. As the largest pea protein plant in North America, this facility is the backbone of our operations. Here, we take raw materials and transform them into the vital ingredients that end up in countless food products, from those in our kitchens to shelves across the country. If you're someone who loves to solve problems on the fly and has a keen eye for detail, you'll thrive here. Most importantly, your commitment to safety ensures that every team member goes home healthy and safe at the end of each day. We're proud to share that PURIS was awarded Manufacturer of the Year in 2024 by Twin Cities Business Journal, a testament to the hard work and dedication of our teams!   

The Reliability Engineer’s (RE) purpose is to drive reliability performance, in compliance with all applicable standards, procedures, and policies. The RE maintains a long-term, strategic focus on opportunities that impact Dawson’s measured asset capability. They use reliability technology and tools to facilitate development of reliability strategy that improves asset reliability and availability. The RE supports site goals by the development, execution, and analysis of maintenance plans for site equipment and facilities. The RE manages the PM program and CMMS output of inspection schedules for PM, PdM and lubrication routes; identifies opportunities to improve process, planning or performance through analysis of work order flow, project demands, and expectations; and reviews utilization and cost data to recommend corrective actions to reduce costs. The RE provides technical support to Production and Maintenance, using knowledge of engineering, equipment design, predictive and preventive maintenance practices, planning, and project execution to drive equipment reliability, maintainability, and availability. The RE manages the lubrication excellence program at Dawson.

Pay Rate/Range: $ 74,497 - 93,121

Bonus Eligible: Yes

Work Location: Dawson, MN

This role requires the ability to commute to our Dawson manufacturing facility on a regular basis. Candidates residing in or near the Dawson, MN geographical area, or are within a reasonable relocation distance, are strongly preferred.

*The salary for this role will be based on qualifications, experience, market data, and internal equity. Actual pay may vary due to factors such as location, skills, education, and performance. Pay is determined transparently, using market benchmarks and ensuring internal equity.

Responsibilities

• Follow all Safety, GMP, PURIS. and other established policies, processes, procedures, standards, and practices while achieving defined key performance indicators (KPIs) and meeting PURIS and plant goals and objectives
• Responsible for development and upkeep of Equipment Hierarchy and identification of Critical Equipment.
• Responsible for FMEA used to create failure-mode-based Equipment Maintenance Plans that identify applicable PMs, PdMs, and routine care activities.
• Ensure appropriate analysis of data and timely corrective action.
• Trend and analyze data to identify and prioritize improvement opportunities.
• Responsible for Bad Actor Program (Defect Elimination).
• Responsible for Root Cause Analysis (RCAs) for significant, complex, and repetitive reliability issues.
• Monitor (remain informed regarding) Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) and metrics for proactive identification and resolution of reliability issues.
• Lead and/or manage multi-disciplined reliability improvement teams.
• Responsible for creating and implementing action plans for improving reliability.
• Responsible for Developing, Documenting, and Training Craftspeople on Standard Jobs as Required.
• Support maintainability analysis and planning for new equipment.
• Support Technical Disciplines, Operations and Maintenance to identify opportunities to improve capacity utilization by revising or