Plant Engineer & Reliability Manager

Job Description

City Brewing Company – Who We Are

With our roots in La Crosse, WI, we are proud to be North America’s largest co-packager of alcoholic beverages with four locations across the United States. Through our focuses on Safety throughout our facilities, Quality of products produced for our customers, Communication at all levels, Growth of not just our locations but also of our employees in their careers, and Performance with our ability to meet deadlines and goals for ourselves and our customers, we pride ourselves on the brand we have created and continue to grow.

Job Summary

The Plant Engineer & Reliability Manager is responsible for the overall maintenance and engineering at the brewery. This role provides critical technical leadership for equipment, reliability, capital projects, and continuous improvement. The Plant Engineer & Reliability Manager is an integral part of the plant leadership team and helps set strategic direction to the brewery. This role requires the ability to manage multiple priorities and balance between short term plant operational activities along with long term organizational needs. The Plant Engineer & Reliability Manager works with all departments to support internal and external customers ensuring that all needs are met in a timely and cost-effective manner.

Duties and Responsibilities

Coach, develop, and mentor plant leadership and technical staff

Provide leadership to fully optimize asset utilization

Oversee, develop, maintain, and continuously improve the preventative maintenance program

Create and execute strategic plans for engineering and maintenance

Provide technical leadership to come up with solutions for operational problems, system optimization, and troubleshooting

Provide technical leadership and site compliance with EPA and OSHA

Drive results by creating a clear sense of urgency, creativity, and innovation

Responsible for the site capital plan, budgets, project management, and execution

Put together complete financial project justifications

Prioritize and re-prioritize open projects as needed to support the business

Continuously optimize the utilization of the site CMMS

Lead root cause analysis efforts and ensure equipment reliability

Develop, improve, and implement Utility improvements and efficiencies

Must be able to provide a hands-on approach to own problem solving

Build and maintain high quality relationships with contractors, equipment suppliers, and engineering firms

Ensure work areas are maintained to be neat and safe work areas

Be a positive role model and demonstrate the ability to lead people and get results through others

Cooperatively work with others Managers/ Supervisors by not placing his/her own department above the needs of the company as a whole

Collaborate with operations and maintenance teams to prioritize and schedule maintenance activities

Manage the plant’s budget for engineering and reliability activities, including cost control and spending approvals

Foster a culture of safety, teamwork, and continuous improvement within the engineering and maintenance departments

Minimum Qualifications

College graduate with four-year engineering degree, required

Manufacturing experiencing totaling 5 years or more preferred, including management responsibilities

Strong leadership skills for managing people and projects

Beverage or Food industry experience preferred

Strong knowledge and use of analytical tools

Strong knowledge is predictive and preventative maintenance tools and world class asset care

City Brewery is an Equal Opportunity Employer and all applicants will be considered without attention to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran, or disability status.

Full-time