What are the responsibilities and job description for the Reliability Engineer position at McCain Foods?
Position Title: Reliability Engineer Plover Fry
Position Type: Regular - Full-Time
Grade: Grade 05
Requisition ID: 44141
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.
The Reliability Engineer is responsible for leading and advancing equipment reliability, maintenance excellence, and continuous improvement initiatives across the manufacturing operation. This role partners closely with maintenance teams, project engineers, plant leadership, and operations to implement best-in-class preventive and predictive maintenance strategies while optimizing total cost of ownership. The Reliability Engineer leverages data, reliability methodologies, and technical expertise to improve asset performance, reduce downtime, support capital projects, and drive long-term operational reliability.
What You’ll Be Doing.
Click Here to learn more about McCain and how we provide 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.
AI & Digital Capabilities.
At McCain, AI and digital capabilities are part of how we work and innovate. We value curiosity toward emerging technologies and the thoughtful, responsible use of AI-enabled tools to improve outcomes as part of our future-ready culture.
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.
Compensation Package: $81,600.00 - $108,900.00 . 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. This posting is for an existing vacancy.
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 applicable law 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 this will be handled in accordance with McCain’s Global Privacy Policy and Global Employee Privacy Policy, as applicable. McCain leverages AI in the hiring process, though all final decisions are made by humans. You can understand our approach to AI and how your personal information is being handled here.
Job Family: Manufacturing
Location(s): US - United States of America : Wisconsin : Wisconsin Rapids
Company: McCain Foods USA, Inc.
Position Type: Regular - Full-Time
Grade: Grade 05
Requisition ID: 44141
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.
The Reliability Engineer is responsible for leading and advancing equipment reliability, maintenance excellence, and continuous improvement initiatives across the manufacturing operation. This role partners closely with maintenance teams, project engineers, plant leadership, and operations to implement best-in-class preventive and predictive maintenance strategies while optimizing total cost of ownership. The Reliability Engineer leverages data, reliability methodologies, and technical expertise to improve asset performance, reduce downtime, support capital projects, and drive long-term operational reliability.
What You’ll Be Doing.
- Champion McCain’s safety, environmental, and loss prevention programs while promoting a culture of accountability and continuous improvement.
- Lead and support maintenance planners and maintenance continuous improvement teams to ensure effective execution of maintenance strategies.
- Develop, implement, and optimize preventive maintenance (PM), predictive maintenance (PdM), and reliability improvement programs.
- Analyze equipment failures, downtime trends, and maintenance data to identify opportunities for improved reliability and performance.
- Lead Root Cause Failure Analysis (RCFA) investigations and drive corrective and preventive actions to eliminate recurring failures.
- Develop and maintain equipment maintenance plans, job plans, and maintenance strategies based on failure mode analysis and asset performance data.
- Recommend and implement machinery modifications, operational improvements, and maintenance solutions that improve reliability and reduce costs.
- Support capital projects, equipment installations, commissioning activities, and reliability-focused design reviews.
- Establish and maintain reliability KPIs, maintenance records, and reporting systems aligned with world-class reliability standards.
- Partner with operations, maintenance, engineering, and quality teams to enhance asset performance and support business objectives.
- Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, a scientific discipline, or equivalent combination of education and experience.
- GPA of 3.0 or higher preferred.
- Strong understanding of reliability engineering principles, maintenance management, and asset performance optimization.
- Experience with reliability methodologies such as FMEA, RCFA/RCA, RCM, life cycle cost analysis, and statistical analysis.
- Strong analytical, problem-solving, and technical troubleshooting capabilities.
- Ability to interpret blueprints, technical drawings, schematics, and engineering documentation.
- Experience analyzing maintenance, failure, and operational data to drive decision-making and continuous improvement.
- Effective communication and leadership skills with the ability to collaborate across multiple functions.
- Proficiency with Microsoft Office and other applicable business systems.
- Ability and willingness to work alternative schedules when required.
- Ability and willingness to relocate within the United States for assignments and future growth opportunities.
- Legal authorization to work in the United States.
- Manufacturing, internship, co-op, or industrial maintenance experience preferred.
Click Here to learn more about McCain and how we provide 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.
AI & Digital Capabilities.
At McCain, AI and digital capabilities are part of how we work and innovate. We value curiosity toward emerging technologies and the thoughtful, responsible use of AI-enabled tools to improve outcomes as part of our future-ready culture.
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.
Compensation Package: $81,600.00 - $108,900.00 . 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. This posting is for an existing vacancy.
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 applicable law 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 this will be handled in accordance with McCain’s Global Privacy Policy and Global Employee Privacy Policy, as applicable. McCain leverages AI in the hiring process, though all final decisions are made by humans. You can understand our approach to AI and how your personal information is being handled here.
Job Family: Manufacturing
Location(s): US - United States of America : Wisconsin : Wisconsin Rapids
Company: McCain Foods USA, Inc.
Salary : $81,600 - $108,900