This role focuses on improving equipment reliability and reducing downtime in a pet food manufacturing environment. You'll be responsible for maintenance planning, reliability engineering, and ensuring effective execution of maintenance tasks.
Professional and focused on reliability and efficiency in operations.
**About the Job** **Reliability Engineer \& Maintenance Planner (Overseas Employment)** **Location: Te Puke, Bay of Plenty, New Zealand** **Job Identification:****Department:** Engineering / Operations **Reports To:** Maintenance \& Engineering Project Manager **Direct Reports:** None **Work Location:** Onsite – Te Puke, Bay of Plenty (with occasional flexibility by agreement) **Work Schedule:** Day shift; flexible support during shutdowns/critical breakdowns as required **Job Purpose** To improve equipment reliability and reduce unplanned downtime by owning **maintenance planning and scheduling** while leading **reliability engineering** activities. This role prepares “ready\-to\-execute” work orders (scope, labor, parts, tools, permits, acceptance criteria), coordinates maintenance windows with Operations, ensures spares readiness, and drives reliability improvements through data\-led problem solving, PM optimization, and failure elimination. The role also enforces CMMS (Limble) discipline and machine handover compliance to strengthen maintenance history, safety, and execution quality. **Key Result Areas (KRAs) \& Responsibilities:****KRA 1: Maintenance Planning \& Scheduling Excellence (45%):*** Build and issue weekly and daily maintenance schedules aligned with production plans, sanitation windows, and shutdown requirements. * Maintain a healthy, prioritized backlog (planned vs unplanned) and ensure high\-priority work is prepared and scheduled appropriately. * Convert requests into high\-quality work orders with clear scope, job steps, estimated duration, skill requirements, tools, parts, permits/LOTO requirements, and acceptance criteria. * Coordinate access windows with Operations to minimize disruption and protect production continuity. * Track and improve schedule attainment, document reasons for missed work, and drive recovery actions (re\-plan, re\-scope, remove blockers). **KRA 2: Reliability Engineering \& Continuous Improvement (35%):*** Own the site reliability cadence: identify top losses, prioritize reliability actions, and drive sustained reduction in repeat failures. * Lead root cause analysis (RCA) for recurring failures and significant downtime events; implement corrective actions and verify effectiveness. * Optimize preventive maintenance strategies (frequency, task content, standards) using failure history, OEM guidance, and practical risk\-based thinking. * Improve asset performance through reliability initiatives such as criticality ranking, defect elimination, condition checks/inspection routes (where applicable), and maintenance standards. * Partner with Operations, QA, and Maintenance to improve “maintainability” and execution quality (access, cleaning, changeover constraints, hygiene controls). * Provide reliability input to shutdown planning (job prioritization, sequencing risks, work pack readiness) and CAPEX/upgrade discussions (risk, ROI, reliability impact). **KRA 3: CMMS Work Management Discipline \& Data...
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