Maintenance and Reliability Systems Lead

fairlife LLC is a Chicago-based nutrition company that creates great-tasting nutrition-rich and dairy products to nourish consumers.

With over $3B in annual retail sales fairlifes portfolio of delicious lactose-free real dairy products includes: fairlife ultra-filtered milk; Core Power High Protein Shakes a sports nutrition drink to support post-workout recovery; fairlife nutrition plan a nutrition shake to support the journey to better health.

A wholly owned subsidiary of The Coca-Cola company fairlife LLC has been recognized by both Fast Company and Nielsen for its industry leading innovation.

To learn more about fairlife and its complete line of products please visit .

job purpose

The Maintenance & Reliability Systems Lead leads the development deployment and standardization of reliability and Computerized Maintenance Management Systems (CMMS) across fairlifes manufacturing network. The roles first priority is leading the CMMS implementation for a major capital project so that asset data equipment hierarchies BOMs spare parts preventive maintenance programs reporting and user training are fully in place before startup. Working with Maintenance Engineering Reliability Operations and Supply Chain this role will establish a standardized maintenance management framework and data governance processes that drive consistent asset management work management and system use across all sites. Aligned with ISO 55000 principles the position will build scalable standards that support asset lifecycle management maintenance excellence and future CMMS deployments.

responsibilities

• Serve as the CMMS SME and lead system development and deployment including asset hierarchy equipment master data BOMs Item Master PM programs and maintenance workflows.

• Partner with OEMs engineering firms contractors and project teams to collect validate and organize equipment specifications drawings and maintenance requirements.

• Establish data governance processes and guide the teams responsible for collecting cleansing validating and loading equipment spare parts and maintenance data.

• Standardize asset structures criticality rankings maintenance plans spare parts strategies reliability practices and PM/PdM programs utilizing best practices from across the network. Build scalable processes that can be repeated for future implementations expansions and upgrades.

• Work with Maintenance Operations Reliability Engineering and Supply Chain to develop site maintenance strategies aligned with corporate maintenance excellence standards.

• Monitor and improve planning scheduling execution backlog management and PM optimization. Partner with maintenance leadership on the CMMS KPIs dashboards and reports that drive performance.

• Develop training SOPs and work instructions and coach planners mechanics supervisors and site leadership so CMMS processes are adopted consistently.

• Ensure maintenance activities procedures and system configurations comply with safety regulatory and environmental requirements including LOTO.

skills/qualifications required:

• Bachelors degree in engineering or related discipline

• 5 years of experience in Maintenance & CMMS master data and deploying the platform on large greenfield or brownfield projects in manufacturing (food and dairy preferred).

• Strong knowledge of ISO 55000 and related asset management standards.

• Project management and work management skills including planning scheduling and backlog management leading meetings and reporting results to stakeholders.

• Strong communication skills with the ability to work effectively with project managers OEMs contractors mechanics and leadership and to assess training needs for mechanics and operators.

• Experience & knowledge on CMMS Systems such as MVPOne D365 Dynoway SAP - Preferred

• Strong mechanical and electrical aptitude.

• Working knowledge of core reliability strategies including asset criticality preventive predictive and condition-based maintenance RCM/FMEA and PM optimization.

• Experience with failure analysis and spares strategy including failure coding bad actor analysis root cause analysis and critical spares planning.

• Ability to work with databases and build digital reports on reliability KPIs (MTBF MTTR PM compliance) parts usage and spare parts inventories.

• Adaptable in a fast-changing environment balancing shifting priorities by business impact.

position location: Coopersville MIor Webster NY

reports to: Sr Director of Plant Capital Engineering

travel requirements:25-30%

exempt/nonexempt:Exempt

fairlife LLC is an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate on the basis ofrace color religion age sex national origin disability status genetics protected veteran status sexual orientation gender identity or expression or any other characteristic protected by federal state or local laws. All qualified applicants and employees will be given equal opportunity. Selection decisions are based on job-related factors.

In addition to its nondiscrimination commitment the Company will also provide reasonable accommodation of qualified individuals with known disabilities unless doing so would impose an undue hardship on the Company. If you have a disability and would like to request accommodation in order to apply for a position with us please email.

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At fairlife we manage the majority of our hiring internally through our dedicated Talent Acquisition team which is actively engaged in direct candidate sourcing. Most of our roles are filled through applications submitted via our careers site or through direct outreach by our team.