Job Description
Role - Reliability Manager
Site - Kraft-HeinzKitt Green, Wigan, UK
Who are we?
Kraft Heinz Kitt Green is the proud home of our world-famous Heinz Baked Beans, nourishing the nation since 1959. Join one of the world's most beloved food and beverage brands and be a part of one of the UK's most iconic FMCG factories.
ROLE PURPOSE
We are looking for a Reliability Manager to lead our efforts to improve the site's Safety, Quality, and Performance standards. The ideal candidate will be a highly motivated and experienced engineer with a passion for innovation. They will have a consistent track record of developing and implementing new methods for maintenance routines, standard methodologies, reliability tools, and techniques.
Key responsibilities
- Lead a team of reliability engineers to drive the improvement of the site's performance by introducing new ways of working for maintenance routines, standard methodologies, reliability tools and techniques.
- Own the Maintenance Planning and Stores team, driving a continuous improvement mentality to ensure efficient use of engineering resources.
- Lead the implementation of Reliability Centered Maintenance, Total Productive Maintenance, Quantitative Preventive Maintenance and Condition Based Maintenance methodology and other reliability focused tools and techniques.
- Lead the overhaul programme, ensuring governance process is adhered to, using robust data analysis for scope definition so that projects are delivered to plan, cost and timing.
- Define and coordinate training plans for engineering functions, including engineer multiskilling programme.
- Lead the implementation of Early Equipment Management (EEM), working with the Capital Projects team and OEMs.
- Ensure overhaul governance is adhered to.
- Create and implement effective analysis report across assets. Using systems such as the CMMS, MII, OEE toolkit and on-line Condition Monitoring systems, the role will continually look to identify areas for improvement in performance and cost.
- Lead the implementation of the Maintenance, Reliability and Engineering pillar of the Kraft Heinz Management System (KHMS).
- Develop a strong relationship with the Operations team. All team members at Kraft Heinz dedicate time to be on the shop floor. Being familiar with the factory's teams, routines and issues is a key element our work.
- Work closely with the Safety and Quality functions to drive effective safety and quality improvements across the site.
- Main point of contact for OEMs, engineering service providers and external reliability specialists.
Knowledge/experience/competencies
- Experience operating in a manufacturing environment with experience of driving equipment reliability improvements and asset care optimisation strategy.
- Experience in applying continuous improvement tools such as PDCA (Plan, Do, Check, Act) and problem-solving skills including techniques such as Ishikawa & 5W1H
- Experienced in RCM, FMECA and CBM are a plus
- Experience of CMMS. SAP is a plus
- Resilient and able to work in fast-paced, high pressure environments
- Strong analytical skills and problem solving skills with a can-do attitude
- Computer literate with a good understanding of Microsoft office application, and specifically Excel
- Financial skill to support optimised budget development and improvement implementation.
About Us
Kraft Heinz is a global food company with a delicious heritage. With iconic and emerging food and beverage brands around the world, we deliver the best taste, fun and quality to every meal table we touch. We're on a mission to disrupt not only our own business, but the global food industry. A consumer obsession and unexpected partnerships fuel our progress as we drive innovation across every part of our company.
Around the world, our people are connected by a culture of ownership, agility and endless curiosity. We also believe in being good humans, who are working to improve our company, communities, and planet. We're proud of where we've been - and even more thrilled about where we're headed - as we nourish the world and lead the future of food.
Why Us
We grow our people to grow our business. We champion great people who bring ambition, curiosity, and high performance to the table as the guardians of our beloved and nostalgic brands. Good isn't good enough. We choose greatness every day by challenging the ordinary and making bold decisions. All while celebrating our wins - and our failures - as we work together to lead the future of food.
Challenging the status quo takes talent. We invest in your purpose and potential by developing skills and nurturing strengths that leave a legacy on our business and a lasting impact on your career. Because great people make great companies, and we're growing something great here at Kraft Heinz.
Kraft Heinz is an Equal Opportunity Employer - Underrepresented Ethnic Minority Groups/Women/Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities/Sexual Orientation/Gender Identity and other protected classes.
Location(s)
Kitt Green
Kraft Heinz is an Equal Opportunity Employer - Underrepresented Ethnic Minority Groups/Women/Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities/Sexual Orientation/Gender Identity and other protected classes.
What the Team is Saying
What We Do
At the heart of this journey is our ambition to create an enterprise where powerful AI solutions augment humans and where small mission-based teams are in relentless pursuit to solve tangible problems for our consumers, customers, and the enterprise. That ambition requires us to create a modern cloud and data ecosystem - a one of its kind that becomes the neural network of our company. We want you to bring your tech-self to us. We use Python, R, Spark, React, Tableau, Snowflake, Azure, and others to solve the problem on hand. In-turn, you can look forward to high-impact challenges, no bureaucracy, entrepreneurial small teams, and a unique opportunity to create and build something bold, awesome, and impactful – all while honoring our 150-year heritage and a portfolio of 200 iconic and emerging brands!
Why Work With Us
Our ambition is to become a best-in-class Digital leader by making data-driven investments that drive smarter business decisions. You’ll invent the next wave of augmented intelligence products where software & humans work side-by-side to rethink every aspect of our company. You’ll make an imprint & leave your legacy on every part of our business.
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