What are the responsibilities and job description for the Reliability Engineer position at McCain Foods?
Position Title: Engineer Reliability Othello
Position Type: Regular - Full-Time
Position Location: Othello
Grade: Grade 04
Requisition ID: 38669
We are seeking an experienced Reliability Engineer to join us in Othello, WA. This position will report directly to the Engineering and Maintenance Systems Manager. McCain Foods is seeking someone who has a strong technical background, a desire to grow as a leader in the engineering department. 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 team-based environment is crucial.
Key Responsibilities
McCain offers full benefits including health, vision, and dental insurance. In addition, we offer other benefits including:
McCain Foods is proud to be a family and values-driven company. Our values are integral to our culture, helping to shape how we operate, how we work together and the choices we make. They are a big part of what makes us unique. McCain Foods opened their first production facility in their hometown of Florenceville, New Brunswick, Canada. McCain Foods quickly established itself within the Canadian marketplace and then began a journey to become the world's largest manufacturer of frozen French fries and potato specialties.
McCain products can be found in thousands of restaurants and supermarket freezers around the world. In addition to fries, McCain also produces other foods, including appetizers, oven meals, vegetables and juice for both the retail and foodservice industries.
Sustainability and Plant Friendly Practices are at the Heart of McCain:
We’ve embarked upon a journey to create planet-friendly food. Food that will use fewer natural resources in factories and farms, answer the need of increasingly health and planet-conscious consumers, and contribute to positive change in the rural communities where we grow our ingredients.
Compensation Package: $85,000 - $95,000 . USD 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: Manufacturing
Location(s): US - United States of America : Washington : Othello || US - United States of America : Washington : Seattle
Company: McCain Foods USA, Inc.
Position Type: Regular - Full-Time
Position Location: Othello
Grade: Grade 04
Requisition ID: 38669
We are seeking an experienced Reliability Engineer to join us in Othello, WA. This position will report directly to the Engineering and Maintenance Systems Manager. McCain Foods is seeking someone who has a strong technical background, a desire to grow as a leader in the engineering department. 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 team-based environment is crucial.
Key Responsibilities
- Follow the McCain safety, loss prevention and environmental programs by holding themselves and all team members accountable to its tenets
- Manage or assist with multi-million-dollar capital projects
- Assists Engineering Manager with reliability analysis of new designs to determine system, asset and component reliability
- Makes specific recommendations to the Engineering Management Team to improve machinery performance and reliability based on analysis of process and failure data
- Direct and lead those maintaining and developing reliability KPI’s (% worker utilization, % schedule adherence, etc.) in conformance with McCain standards
- Direct and lead the maintenance of a record keeping system consistent with a world class reliability program
- Responsible to perform statistical analysis on machinery failure data and work order data to determine whether adjustments to the Engineered Maintenance Strategy are warranted and perform cost/benefit analysis to set correct frequency of task(s)
- Leads the Root Cause Failure Analysis effort for sporadic equipment failures and ensure failure modes addressed are appropriate
- Perform additional duties as assigned
- 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)
- Ability to read and interpret blueprints, technical drawings, schematics, and computer-generated reports
- Certification preferred in equipment lubrication, ultrasound, vibration, and reliability.
- Displays vision and demonstrates both personal and organizational sensitivity
McCain offers full benefits including health, vision, and dental insurance. In addition, we offer other benefits including:
- 401k Retirement Plan
- Health Spending Account/ HRA & Flexible Spending Accounts
- Adoption & Infertility Assistance, Paid Maternity and Paternity Leave
- Education Reimbursement Assistance
- Apprenticeship, Internship, & Coop support and opportunities
- Employee Family Assistance program
- Paid Time Off
- Holidays
- Life Insurance
- Accidental Death & Dismemberment
- Short & Long Term Disability
McCain Foods is proud to be a family and values-driven company. Our values are integral to our culture, helping to shape how we operate, how we work together and the choices we make. They are a big part of what makes us unique. McCain Foods opened their first production facility in their hometown of Florenceville, New Brunswick, Canada. McCain Foods quickly established itself within the Canadian marketplace and then began a journey to become the world's largest manufacturer of frozen French fries and potato specialties.
McCain products can be found in thousands of restaurants and supermarket freezers around the world. In addition to fries, McCain also produces other foods, including appetizers, oven meals, vegetables and juice for both the retail and foodservice industries.
Sustainability and Plant Friendly Practices are at the Heart of McCain:
We’ve embarked upon a journey to create planet-friendly food. Food that will use fewer natural resources in factories and farms, answer the need of increasingly health and planet-conscious consumers, and contribute to positive change in the rural communities where we grow our ingredients.
- We are moving to 100% renewable energy by 2030.
- Donating 200 million meals to food banks and NGO worldwide by 2025.
- Implementing regenerative agricultural practices across 100% of our potato acreage by 2030.
Compensation Package: $85,000 - $95,000 . USD 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: Manufacturing
Location(s): US - United States of America : Washington : Othello || US - United States of America : Washington : Seattle
Company: McCain Foods USA, Inc.
Salary : $85,000 - $95,000