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Reliability Engineer

Aspire Bakeries
Cayce, SC Full Time
POSTED ON 1/2/2026
AVAILABLE BEFORE 2/17/2026
Aspire Bakeries is a North American baking company with a leadership position in specialty frozen baked goods. Formed from leading bakery companies, its innovative food portfolio includes breads, artisan breads, buns, cookies, donuts, muffins and pastries from beloved brands like La Brea Bakery®, Otis Spunkmeyer®, and Oakrun Farm Bakery®. With 13 bakeries in North America, we are committed to driving innovation, predicting upcoming consumer trends and flavors, and exceeding our customers’ expectations. Aspire Bakeries champions the values of Integrity, Ownership, Customer Focus, Creativity and Care to help us deliver on People Safety, Food Safety, Quality and Collaboration.

The Reliability Engineer ensures that proven Reliability Engineering and Continuous Improvement methods and techniques are used to maximize asset and system availability, throughput, quality, safety, and environmental performance.

Responsibilities

  • Ensure sound Reliability Engineering principles are applied to maximize asset availability, throughput, quality, safety, and environmental performance
  • Provide technical oversight for equipment hierarchy development and maintenance planning/scheduling/execution functions
  • Manage maintenance storeroom operations and Asset Criticality Database development
  • Develop failure modes driven Equipment Maintenance Plans (EMPs) and facilitate continuous improvement initiatives
  • Analyze asset failure data using statistical methods to optimize MRO inventory, preventive maintenance frequencies, and equipment design
  • Determine optimized maintenance strategies through reliability modeling based on downtime costs, maintenance costs, and EHSS impact
  • Oversee condition-based monitoring activities and manage the site's Failure Reporting, Analysis, and Corrective Action System (FRACAS)
  • Lead Root Cause Analysis efforts and maintain databases of RCA/RCFA/PDCA results
  • Apply reliability analysis methods to new equipment designs and develop Design for Reliability Standards
  • Leverage Lean concepts (5S, Kaizen, PDCA, Value Stream Mapping) to support asset reliability processes
  • Manage capital engineering projects and ensure proper equipment design, installation, and commissioning

Qualifications

  • Education: BS Degree in Engineering, Statistics, Mathematics, Reliability, or equivalent
  • Experience: 3-10 years as a Reliability/Maintenance Engineer in manufacturing with strong focus on Continuous Improvement and Lean concepts

Skills

  • Advanced understanding of predictive and preventative maintenance processes
  • Demonstrated leadership and project management capabilities
  • Strong written, verbal, communication, and presentation skills
  • Proficiency in MS Office Suite, CMMS (SAP preferred), statistical analysis software, and availability simulation/modeling tools
  • Familiarity with Lean/Six Sigma methodologies
  • Certified Maintenance and Reliability Professional (CMRP) preferred

Travel Required: 5-10%

Shift: 1st

Pay: $130,000-145,000

Aspire Bakeries LLC values the contribution each Team Member brings to our organization. The final determination of a successful candidate’s starting pay will vary based on a number of factors, including, but not limited to location, shift, education, skill, and experience within the job or the industry. The pay scale listed for this position is generally for candidates that meet the specified qualifications and requirements listed In this specific job description. Additional pay may be determined for those candidates that exceed these specified qualifications and requirements. We provide a competitive compensation package that recognizes your experience, credentials, and education alongside a robust benefits program to meet your needs. For union-represented postings, wage rates and ranges are governed by applicable collective bargaining agreements.

Aspire Bakeries is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or veteran status.

Salary : $130,000 - $145,000

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