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• 6-10 years of experience in Maintenance, Engineering, Production or project management
• Bachelor’s degree in an Engineering discipline
• Utilizes leadership and expertise in the principles of Root Cause Analysis and Reliability Centered Maintenance to create an environment of continuous, aggressive defect elimination program that drives asset reliability improvement
• Responsible for working with site contractors to ensure a safe work environment with a basis in behavioral based principles
• Support and lead  reliability centered maintenance analysis
• Lead a formal root cause failure analysis and correction program
• Work with engineering and OEMs to develop equipment and installation standards
• Provide direction and technical support for the maintenance planners
• Demonstrated ability to lead multi-functional teams
• Training and knowledge of predictive maintenance technologies (vibration analysis, tribology, etc.)
• Training and knowledge of management of proactive maintenance model
• Demonstrated ability to solve complex technical problems using formal techniques to evaluate systems, equipment, and failures
• Demonstrated ability to organize and implement projects that improve the operational effectiveness of a processing facility
• Demonstrated ability to identify and implement detailed solutions to complex technical problems involving multiple technologies
• Experience using Reliability Centered Maintenance techniques, Cause Analysis, and Predictive Maintenance technologies to create a proactive work environment that is focused on continuous improvement at best cost
• Working Knowledge of Food Safety, OSHA, and Environmental regulations
• Responsible for the continued implementation and leadership of a progressive and integrated Reliability Centered Maintenance and Equipment Reliability Improvement process in a large multiple product processing organization.
• Leader in the operations management team and is responsible for driving step change improvement of plant reliability-championing the continued move from reactive to proactive maintenance.
• Ensure continuous improvement to optimize the company's physical assets and maintenance and reliability processes and strategies.
• Lead implementation, acceptance and adoption of enterprise asset management system.
• Member of the corporate Maintenance Excellence team: Assists in developing and implementing strategies to identify, prioritize, and implement proactive maintenance and asset reliability improvement processes and projects
• Assist in developing the maintenance and reliability teams 

Christopher Merida

Senior Search Consultant / Global Search Network

Food & Beverage, Tampa FL.  (813.832.8300 x 204Cell: 813.298.5428

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