Sr Reliability Specialist

at  Lamb Weston

Title: Sr Reliability Specialist
About Lamb Weston
We love making fries almost as much as you like eating them! Since the 1950’s, Lamb Weston has inspired customers with food they love, trust, and share with families and friends. As a leading global manufacturer of quality frozen potato products with over 9,000+ team members around the world, it’s our business to see the possibilities in potatoes and people.
We are looking for team members with an appetite for a challenge! People who are hungry to join a winning team and help us make a difference in the world. When you join Lamb Weston, you join a community with a strong support network and training programs designed to nurture, inspire, and help you grow.
We are driven by a relentless pursuit of results and by people who think creatively and embrace our values of: Integrity, Teamwork, Inclusion, Drive for Results, and Empowerment. Exactly what you’d expect from the most inventive potato company in the world!
Join Lamb Weston! We bring the world together with our fries.
Job Description Summary
As the Sr. Reliability Specialist, you will provide leadership, expertise, and direction to facilitate a culture of continuous improvement in the maintenance department. The primary purpose of this role is to evaluate work processes, identify losses, and develop and implement strategies to deliver improved equipment reliability. These strategies will include but are not limited to, the development of systems and standards to improve the skill level of the department, improve job plans, drive to root cause, and increase department efficiency. You will manage all repair and maintenance activities in the assigned area.

Job Description

• Location: Taber, Alberta
• Full-time, Salary
• Schedule: Monday-Friday 8:00 am – 5:00 pm. Must be available to work additional hours, including weekends.
• Reports to: Engineering Manager

As the Sr. Reliability Specialist, you’ll…

• Provide coaching to team members and ensure compliance with all Company safety programs, initiatives, and procedures.
• Develop and maintain preventive and predictive maintenance programs.
• Maintain equipment hierarchy to facilitate the gathering of equipment repair history and equipment cost.
• Analyze and evaluate maintenance downtime trends.
• Provide recommendations and data for equipment reliability improvements, including equipment improvement, improved preventative maintenance plans, and improved predictive maintenance plans.
• Provide support for efficient troubleshooting/problem-solving activities and maintenance repairs to maximize efficiency and minimize downtime
• Support Engineering and Maintenance Manager to create and execute a maintenance and capital budget
• Assist in managing maintenance department costs within budgetary targets
• Identify critical spares and work with procurement to ensure inventory levels are appropriate
• Provide coaching to maintenance team leaders on area reliability improvements
• Perform and assist BDEs (Breakdown Elimination) and technical analysis to identify equipment failures and execute permanent countermeasures to prevent future losses
• Participating in VSU (Vertical Start Up) and EM (Early Management) pillar activities
• Ensure new equipment is captured in CMMS (Computer Maintenance Management System), maintenance specifications, warranty, and recommended spare parts are entered.

About You

You’ll thrive as our Sr. Reliability Specialist if you:

• Ground your work in best practices for safety & quality
• Possess knowledge and experience with food safety programs & food manufacturing standards
• Enjoy partnering with team members across an organization to collaborate toward a common goal
• Possess excellent, inclusive communication skills across diverse types of people and needs
• You maintain a people-centric and “roll up your sleeves” and solutions-oriented mindset and work style
• Have experience working in the manufacturing industry, supporting both customer and business-focused needs
• Take a positive and humble approach to building relationships with your team members
• Have a passion for learning, and are determined to give every task your best effort
• Are self-motivated and open to overcoming complex situations with minimal direction.

Why Lamb Weston is for You

Lamb Weston has revolutionized how fries are made and how they bring the world together. The Taber, Alberta facility hosts an award-winning, top-performing team that has been in the community for over 25 years. Our culture and unique perks empower you with:

• A caring culture. We offer programs for financial hardship relief, incentives for volunteerism, and annual scholarships for children of employees.
• A healthier you. Access to local gym, pool, and golf facilities. Access to extensive life balance solutions, and wellness resources. We also provide excellent health care benefits.
• Community and fun. We are potluck meal enthusiasts, avid ‘French Fry Day’ consumers, holiday dinner partygoers, and Safety Week celebrators.
• Enviable compensation benefits. We offer annual & quarterly bonus programs, evening shift differential pay, and weekend shift differential pay.
• Freedom to grow. We offer opportunities to cross-train in other job areas, an avenue for professional development through a broad micro-learning platform, and a plethora of in-house training programs to build your skills and leadership capabilities.

Our Core Behaviors

• A healthy obsession over safety. We deeply understand the products we make and are committed to delivering high-quality goods for our customers in a safe working environment. Regardless of the circumstances or pressures we face, we do right by our people, our communities, and our customers, and act with integrity.
• Putting our heads together. Great teamwork happens when we encourage perspectives from all corners of our community. We see the bigger picture to become stronger and smarter together.
• Act with confidence. We make smart, informed decisions as we work towards our goals. Each of us is encouraged and empowered to think like a leader, be a self-starter, and ask for help when it’s needed.
• Raise the bar. We constantly challenge ourselves and each other to seek out new ideas and better ways of doing things to define the leading edge of what’s possible in our industry. We learn from our mistakes, celebrate our successes, and drive for results.
• Be you, with us. In an atmosphere of inclusion, we embrace each other’s differences. We make it safe to be ourselves and speak our minds. Through thick and thin, each of us is committed to one another’s well-being and personal growth.

Basic & Preferred Qualifications

EDUCATION & EXPERIENCE

• Bachelor’s Degree preferred or 7 plus years experience in Manufacturing
• 3-5 years of Supervisory experience
• 3-5 years of experience in statistical data analysis and lean manufacturing principles
• Leadership skills to work as a mentor to peers and subordinates
• Excellent communication and presentation skills
• High level of proficiency in working with Microsoft Excel
• Intermediate computer skills
• Preference will be given to candidates with a CMRP (Certified Maintenance and Reliability Professional) certificate

LANGUAGE SKILLS

Ability to read, analyze, and interpret common scientific and technical journals, financial reports, and legal documents. Ability to respond to common inquiries or complaints from customers, regulatory agencies, or members of the business community. Ability to write speeches and articles for publication that conform to prescribed style and format. Ability to effectively present information to top management, public groups, and/or boards of directors.

MATHEMATICAL SKILLS

Ability to work with mathematical concepts such as probability and statistical inference, and fundamentals of plane and solid geometry and trigonometry. Ability to apply concepts such as fractions, percentages, ratios, and proportions to practical situations.

Please refer the Job description for details