Sr Reliability Specialist

Title: Sr Reliability Specialist

Location: Taber, AB

About Lamb Weston

You’ve probably enjoyed our fries without even knowing it! As a leading manufacturer in our industry, and public Fortune 500 company, we inspire and bring people together with foods they love and trust. Our customer base includes international food service providers, restaurants, and households in over 100 countries around the world.

A highly innovative global corporation with a start-up mindset, we empower every individual to make a genuine difference. You’ll gain access to hands-on training to fuel your growth and success, explore opportunities for new solutions, and you’ll join a winning team of 10,000+ people all dedicated to raising the bar – together.

If you have a strong drive for results, a desire to help us bring the world together through our fries, and are ready for a fresh challenge, we want to hear from you.

Job Description Summary

The Reliability Specialist position provides 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, develop and implement strategies to delivery improved equipment reliability. These strategies will include, but are not limited to, development of systems and standards to improve skill level of the department, improve job plans, drive to root cause, and increase department efficiency. Manages all repair and maintenance activities in the assigned area.

Job Description

• Provide coaching to TMs 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 TLMs 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.

Basic & Preferred Qualifications

·Bachelor’s Degree preferred or 7 plus years experience in Manufacturing

·3-5 years Supervisory experience

·3-5 years 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 working with Excel

·Intermediate computer skills

·CMRP (Certified Maintenance and Reliability Professional) certificate

Industry-Competitive Benefits

Coupled with our compensation and bonus incentive programs, our benefits deliver rewards that are market competitive. Some of the most attractive elements of our benefit programs include:

• Health Insurance Benefits - Medical, Dental, Vision

• Matching RRSP program

• Competitive compensation package including off-shift premiums and quarterly performance bonuses

• Opportunities for growth and advancement

• Comprehensive on-the-job training & development

• Employee Assistance Program services – mental health and other concierge-type services

Benefits may vary based on location, job role/level, job status, and/or the terms of any applicable collective bargaining agreements.

Job Requisition ID: Req-257357

Time Type: Full time

Anticipated Close Date: 06/03/2025

Lamb Weston is an Equal Opportunity Employer and considers qualified applicants for employment without regard to race, color, creed, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, age, disability, veteran status or any other protected factor under federal, state or local law