What are the responsibilities and job description for the Maintenance Reliability Engineer, Food Manufacturing (Gloucester, MA) position at Pave Talent?
If you've spent years keeping production lines running and you're ready to stop fighting fires and start preventing them, this role was built for you.
A well-established, iconic food manufacturing company north of Boston is adding a Maintenance Reliability Engineer to their plant maintenance team. You'll lead the shift from reactive and preventive maintenance toward a data-driven predictive program, with real authority to drive change on the plant floor.
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Pave Talent is hiring on behalf of our client, one of America's most recognized names in the food industry, headquartered in Gloucester, MA. This is a company with deep roots, a loyal workforce, and a maintenance team that takes real pride in keeping a high-volume production facility running at peak performance. They invest in their people, including mileage reimbursement for candidates who come on-site.
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You'll sit within the plant maintenance team, working closely with production, sanitation, and engineering groups. This is a high-priority role for the maintenance leadership team, sitting alongside the Maintenance Coordinator as one of two key hires this year.
The hiring manager is looking for someone who thinks differently, someone who can see through the noise of daily maintenance demands and identify the systemic improvements that actually move the needle on uptime and efficiency.
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โข Lead a Root Cause Analysis team through problem identification and corrective action execution to reduce downtime
โข Audit existing preventive maintenance practices and establish metrics to measure their effectiveness
โข Drive the transition from reactive and preventive maintenance to a predictive, data-driven program using machine operational data
โข Provide engineering drawings for fabrication of parts related to process improvements and spare parts
โข Re-engineer components for optimization or fabrication
โข Interface with equipment manufacturers to implement engineered process improvements and ensure equipment reliability
โข Identify and manage capital projects tied to plant operational improvements or equipment replacement
โข Support the Project Engineering team on capital projects and new production line implementations
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โข Bachelor's degree in Mechanical, Manufacturing, Industrial, or Electrical Engineering (chemical engineering is not a fit for this role)
โข Minimum 5 years of experience in an industrial manufacturing environment
โข Minimum 2 years of reliability, maintenance, or industrial engineering experience
โข Experience with a Computerized Maintenance Management System (CMMS)
โข Strong critical thinking and mechanical problem-solving skills
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โข Food or consumer packaged goods (CPG) industry background
โข CAD experience (SolidWorks or AutoCAD preferred)
โข Candidates without a bachelor's degree but with 10-15 years of hands-on reliability experience will be considered, experience can outweigh academic credentials
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๐ฆ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฒ๐ฑ๐๐น๐ฒ: Standard business hours, 7:00 AM to 3:30 PM or 8:00 AM to 4:30 PM. Occasional flexibility for project-based needs, not regularly scheduled shift work.
๐๐ผ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป: On-site, Gloucester, MA
๐๐ฒ๐ป๐ฒ๐ณ๐ถ๐๐: Health, Dental, Vision, 401(k) with match, PTO
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