Director of Corporate Reliability

Director of Corporate Reliability

• Location: Cambria, WI
• Flexible: work onsite full-time, or remote with one week per month at our plants
• Type: Full-time, Direct Hire Salary: $185,000 – $205,00

Build the reliability system for a multi-site food manufacturer

Didion is looking for a Director of Corporate Reliability to lead our reliability strategy across four Wisconsin facilities: two co-located plants in Cambria, one in Johnson Creek, and one in Markesan. You'll set the standard for how we maintain equipment, protect people, and deliver quality product. You'll also build the "Didion System" for reliability and lead the team that puts it into practice.

You'll partner with operations leaders and site maintenance managers to improve equipment efficiency and product quality while lowering costs.

What you'll do

• Develop and deploy a company-wide Reliability Centered Maintenance (RCM) strategy, with standard work management procedures, work instructions, metrics, and KPIs
• Build planned and predictive maintenance programs and standard planning and scheduling processes that improve OEE, extend asset life, and make the best use of labor
• Own corporate MRO materials management strategy and storeroom operations, and grow strategic vendor partnerships
• Manage repair and maintenance spend with site teams to stay on budget
• Review critical asset performance, improve mean time between failures, and build capital renewal plans based on projected asset life
• Lead the cultural shift toward reliability and continuous improvement as our primary change agent
• Create Community of Practice forums and share best practices across all sites
• Partner with Operations, CI, Supply Chain, Engineering, Quality, R&D, Finance, and HR to align maintenance systems with TMOS and Lean efforts
• Champion our safety culture by building safe behaviors, procedures, and systems

What you bring

Required

• BS in Engineering, Reliability, Food Technology, Supply Chain, or a related field (MBA desirable)
• 10+ years of progressive maintenance and reliability experience, including successfully leading teams
• Strong communication, conflict resolution, and people development skills
• Experience in a heavy industrial, continuous manufacturing environment
• Hands-on experience implementing RCM and Total Productive Maintenance (TPM)
• Knowledge of Lean manufacturing, ISO 9001:2015, and OSHA, EPA, and workers' compensation regulations
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office, Microsoft Project, CAD, and CMMS software
• Fluent English
• Ability to be onsite at our Wisconsin plants one week per month

Preferred

• Certified Maintenance & Reliability Professional (CMRP) certification
• Familiarity with the SMRP framework and best practices
• Food and beverage manufacturing experience
• RCA/FMEA experience

How you lead

You're a collaborative leader who can talk with front-line employees and directors of operations with equal ease. You're a patient listener who is comfortable on the shop floor. You know how to pace, sequence, and communicate change so it sticks, and you can turn complex concepts into simple, practical tools your teams will use.

Why Didion

Our mission: To make a difference in the lives of people around the world by providing food and sustainable energy. Our purpose: We feed and fuel the world.

Our core values guide how we make decisions, treat each other, and run our business. We hire for them and measure performance against them, because who you are matters as much as what you know. Our values are Safe. Smart. Humble. Hungry. Team.

Ready to build something that lasts? Apply today and help us build reliability across four plants.

Didion Inc. is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information, or any other protected status.

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