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Dannon - Bridgeton, NJ
posted 2 months ago
About the position
The Reliability Manager at Danone is responsible for overseeing the reliability team at a food manufacturing plant in Bridgeton, NJ. This role focuses on predictive and preventive maintenance, ensuring machine reliability, and leading the PM pillar within a Continuous Improvement (CI) and Lean manufacturing environment. The manager will guide maintenance staff, manage employee relations, and optimize maintenance costs while ensuring compliance with safety and environmental regulations.
Responsibilities
- Manages site reliability team and serves as a positive role model for safety, quality, and productivity.
- Provides guidance, instruction, and mentoring for maintenance staff.
- Gives periodic feedback to employees regarding job knowledge, performance, and development.
- Manages employee overtime and equipment reliability to minimize maintenance costs.
- Resolves maintenance employee relations issues.
- Directs maintenance prioritization, planning, and execution for the site.
- Prepares facility maintenance and maintenance projects with contractors.
- Oversees utilities and controls operations.
- Manages maintenance schedulers in scheduling work and monitoring progress.
- Analyzes problems and trends in plant maintenance to minimize production downtime.
- Evaluates major sources of machine downtime and creates action plans for improvement.
- Communicates with operating departments to identify optimization opportunities.
- Coordinates corporate technology strategies with information systems shared services.
- Optimizes plant energy usage.
- Plans scheduled downtimes, shutdowns, and maintenance projects.
- Manages execution of major construction and maintenance projects.
- Leads safety efforts for the maintenance team and identifies safety issues.
- Maintains compliance with local, state, and federal maintenance equipment rules.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in Engineering or related field preferred.
- 8-10 years of experience in an industrial or manufacturing environment, preferably in food/beverage industry.
- Minimum of five years of people management experience.
- Experience in mechanical and/or systems-related technical training or equivalent experience.
- Functional understanding of predictive and preventive maintenance programs and work order systems.
- Experience using a Computer Maintenance Management System (CMMS) preferred.
- Analytical troubleshooting skills.
- Good verbal and written communication skills.
- Continuous improvement/lean manufacturing experience preferred.
- Proficient in Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, timekeeping software, and PM management software.
Nice-to-haves
- Experience in the food/beverage industry is highly preferred.
- Previous experience in maintenance, engineering, project management, and/or production management.
Benefits
- Working with well-known food and beverage brands.
- Being part of the largest Certified B Corp in the world.
- Opportunities for professional growth and development.
