About this role
Chomps is the fastest-growing meat snack brand in the U.S., dedicated to reimagining snacking with high-quality, real ingredients. The Reliability Engineer will focus on equipment reliability, uptime, and tracking of OEE to ensure effective asset utilization while driving predictive and preventative maintenance to minimize downtime.
Responsibilities:
- Benchmark equipment reliability and maintenance performance across multiple sites to identify gaps, systemic losses, and improvement opportunities
- Analyze breakdown data, maintenance history, and runtime trends to pinpoint failure patterns and drive corrective and preventative actions
- Develop and implement preventive maintenance programs for thermoforming packaging machines, inspection equipment, and automation equipment leveraging TPM concepts, including AM and PM pillars
- Provide technical support and guidance to third-party facility staff on the operation, maintenance, and troubleshooting of packaging equipment
- Develop and implement spare spart strategy informed by downtime drivers and site insights
- Support the development of maintenance budgets and track adherence to plan
- Monitor the performance metrics of packaging equipment to identify opportunities for optimization and improvement
- Implement measures to enhance efficiency, reduce waste, and increase productivity in packaging operations
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams to address any operational challenges and drive continuous improvement initiatives
- Ensure compliance with relevant regulatory standards, safety protocols, and industry best practices in packaging operations
- Support equipment FATs, SATs, and startup
- Coordinate equipment testing for new product development and component changes to ensure uninterrupted production
- Lead structured root cause analysis on potential equipment-, process-, or packaging-related failures
- Support cross-functional RCA investigations by analyzing equipment performance, maintenance records, and production data to identify contributing factors and implement corrective actions
Requirements:
- Bachelor's in Mechanical Engineering, Reliability Engineering, or related field
- Proven experience 3+ years in establishing and implementing maintenance programs in CPG environment
- Experience with thermoforming packaging machines and secondary packaging automation
- Knowledgeable of TPM concepts, including PM and AM pillars
- Strong technical expertise in the operation, maintenance, and troubleshooting of packaging machinery and automation systems
- Excellent interpersonal skills and the ability to establish and maintain effective relationships with comanufacturing partners and equipment vendors
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with keen attention to detail
- Ability to travel up to 40%
- Knowledge of regulatory requirements and safety standards applicable to packaging operations
- Experience with comanufacturing relationships is preferred