The Reliability Engineer manages asset reliability, leads failure analysis, enhances maintenance programs, and collaborates on capital projects to improve machinery performance.
Position Title: Reliability Engineer
Position Type: Regular - Full-Time
Requisition ID: 40378
Reliability Engineer
Portage la Prairie, MB
In every role, McCainers are ambitious, curious, and passionate about creating exceptional work experiences - together. With a customer-first mindset, we make doing business with McCain easy.
About the role .
McCain Foods is seeking someone who has a strong technical background and a desire to grow as a leader in the engineering department in the role of Reliability Engineer. The ideal candidate needs excellent interpersonal skills as they will deal with everyone from general laborers and mechanics to plant management on a day-to-day basis. An ability to work in a fast paced, fun and team-based environment is crucial.
What you'll be doing.
What you'll need to be successful.
About McCain .
Click Here to learn more about McCain and how we provide you with opportunities to make an impact that matters.
Leadership principles .
At McCain, our leadership principles guide how we engage with customers, collaborate as a team, and achieve success. We focus on understanding customer needs, driving innovation, empowering people, and taking ownership to clear obstacles and deliver results.
The McCain experience .
We are McCain. This statement is a testament to our collective strength and our individual value. Your contributions play a vital role in our success. Our winning culture is rooted in authenticity and trust, empowering us to bring out the best in one another. Here, you'll find opportunities to learn, grow, and thrive. Join us and experience why we're better together.
Our purpose is grounded in building meaningful relationships. We're big believers in the power of working together in person-it helps us stay connected, collaborate more effectively, and grow as a team. At the same time, we recognize the importance of flexibility. Most office-based roles follow a hybrid model, with the option to work remotely two days a week. There may be exceptions depending on the role and location, so we encourage you to speak with your recruiter for more details.
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Compensation Package : $69,700.00 - $93,000.00 . CAD annually + Bonus Eligibility
The above reflects the target compensation range for the position at the time of posting. Hiring compensation will be determined based on experience, skill set, education and training, and other organizational needs.
Benefits: At McCain, we're on a mission to create a winning culture that puts employee safety and well-being at the heart of what we do, every day. We understand and appreciate that each person's needs are unique and ensure our benefits & well-being programs reflect that. Employees are eligible for the following benefits: health coverage (medical, dental, vision, prescription drug), retirement savings benefits, and leave support including medical, family and bereavement. Well-being programs include vacation and holidays, company-supported volunteering time, and mental health resources. Coverages are aligned with country, provincial and state governing plans and can vary by work level, location and nature of the role. Additional benefit detail available during the application process.
Your well-being matters to us, and we're here to provide you with the necessary resources to support you in being your best self at work - and at home.
McCain Foods is an equal opportunity employer. As a global family-owned company, we strive to be the employer of choice in the diverse communities around the world in which we live and work. We recognize that inclusion drives our creativity, resilience, and success and makes our business stronger. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, sex, age, veteran status, disability, or any other protected characteristic under applicable law.
McCain is an accessible employer. If you require an accommodation throughout the recruitment process (including alternate formats of materials or accessible meeting rooms), please let us know , and we will work with you to find appropriate solutions.
Your privacy is important to us. By submitting personal data or information to us, you agree that this will be handled in accordance with McCain's Global Privacy Policy and Global Employee Privacy Policy , as applicable. You can understand how your personal information is being handled here .
Job Family: Engineering & Technical
Location(s): CA - Canada : Manitoba : Portage la Prairie
Company: McCain Foods (Canada)
Position Type: Regular - Full-Time
Requisition ID: 40378
Reliability Engineer
Portage la Prairie, MB
In every role, McCainers are ambitious, curious, and passionate about creating exceptional work experiences - together. With a customer-first mindset, we make doing business with McCain easy.
About the role .
McCain Foods is seeking someone who has a strong technical background and a desire to grow as a leader in the engineering department in the role of Reliability Engineer. The ideal candidate needs excellent interpersonal skills as they will deal with everyone from general laborers and mechanics to plant management on a day-to-day basis. An ability to work in a fast paced, fun and team-based environment is crucial.
What you'll be doing.
- Identify and manage asset reliability that could adversely affect plant or business operations.
- Leads the Root Cause Failure Analysis effort for sporadic equipment failures and ensure failure modes are addressed
- Maintain criticality list and determine maintenance strategies for assets based on ranking
- Manage the plant's predictive and preventative maintenance programs
- Research and implement new condition monitoring and predictive maintenance technologies
- Create and maintain maintenance and reliability KPI's in conformance with a world class reliability program
- Monitor asset availability, analyze data for trends, and use findings to recommend improvements or predict future failures
- Work with Regional Reliability Managers to advance the plant's reliability
- Make specific recommendations to the Engineering Management Team to improve machinery performance and reliability based on analysis of process and failure data
- Identity Sustainable Cost Advantage opportunities through reducing maintenance costs or increasing equipment capability.
- Support and identify training opportunities and activities for the Maintenance Department
- Manage of Capital projects from creation of the REA to the execution of the project
- Assist Capital project process with reliability analysis of new designs to determine system, asset and component reliability
- Supports plant safety programs and departmental safety requests
- Perform additional duties as assigned
What you'll need to be successful.
- Education: minimum Undergraduate degree in Engineering required.
- Can communicate clearly and concisely, both orally and in written work
- Strong technical expertise and problem-solving skills
- Strong analytical skills (e.g., root cause analysis and statistical analysis)
- Displays vision and demonstrate both personal and organizational sensitivity
- Ability to read and interpret blueprints, technical drawings, schematics, and computer-generated reports
About McCain .
Click Here to learn more about McCain and how we provide you with opportunities to make an impact that matters.
Leadership principles .
At McCain, our leadership principles guide how we engage with customers, collaborate as a team, and achieve success. We focus on understanding customer needs, driving innovation, empowering people, and taking ownership to clear obstacles and deliver results.
The McCain experience .
We are McCain. This statement is a testament to our collective strength and our individual value. Your contributions play a vital role in our success. Our winning culture is rooted in authenticity and trust, empowering us to bring out the best in one another. Here, you'll find opportunities to learn, grow, and thrive. Join us and experience why we're better together.
Our purpose is grounded in building meaningful relationships. We're big believers in the power of working together in person-it helps us stay connected, collaborate more effectively, and grow as a team. At the same time, we recognize the importance of flexibility. Most office-based roles follow a hybrid model, with the option to work remotely two days a week. There may be exceptions depending on the role and location, so we encourage you to speak with your recruiter for more details.
#LI-KM1
Compensation Package : $69,700.00 - $93,000.00 . CAD annually + Bonus Eligibility
The above reflects the target compensation range for the position at the time of posting. Hiring compensation will be determined based on experience, skill set, education and training, and other organizational needs.
Benefits: At McCain, we're on a mission to create a winning culture that puts employee safety and well-being at the heart of what we do, every day. We understand and appreciate that each person's needs are unique and ensure our benefits & well-being programs reflect that. Employees are eligible for the following benefits: health coverage (medical, dental, vision, prescription drug), retirement savings benefits, and leave support including medical, family and bereavement. Well-being programs include vacation and holidays, company-supported volunteering time, and mental health resources. Coverages are aligned with country, provincial and state governing plans and can vary by work level, location and nature of the role. Additional benefit detail available during the application process.
Your well-being matters to us, and we're here to provide you with the necessary resources to support you in being your best self at work - and at home.
McCain Foods is an equal opportunity employer. As a global family-owned company, we strive to be the employer of choice in the diverse communities around the world in which we live and work. We recognize that inclusion drives our creativity, resilience, and success and makes our business stronger. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, sex, age, veteran status, disability, or any other protected characteristic under applicable law.
McCain is an accessible employer. If you require an accommodation throughout the recruitment process (including alternate formats of materials or accessible meeting rooms), please let us know , and we will work with you to find appropriate solutions.
Your privacy is important to us. By submitting personal data or information to us, you agree that this will be handled in accordance with McCain's Global Privacy Policy and Global Employee Privacy Policy , as applicable. You can understand how your personal information is being handled here .
Job Family: Engineering & Technical
Location(s): CA - Canada : Manitoba : Portage la Prairie
Company: McCain Foods (Canada)
Top Skills
Predictive Maintenance Technologies
Root Cause Failure Analysis
Statistical Analysis
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