Director of Reliability and Maintenance

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 Director of Reliability and Maintenance is responsible for all aspects of engineering activities across all City Brewing sites including management of process maintenance, electrical maintenance, facilities maintenance, operation and maintenance of power plants, refrigeration systems and waste water pre-treatment facility. Additionally, this role plans and manages projects, initiatives, and processes in accordance with Company policies and objectives.

The Director of Reliability and Maintenance will travel regularly to City’s locations to work with site leaders, department managers, and operators to coordinate and prioritize engineering projects.

Duties And Responsibilities

• Responsible for overall execution of all engineering and maintenance activities across the sites including: engineering, refrigeration, process maintenance, waste water treatment plant operation, power plant operation and facilities maintenance areas
• Leads the implementation and continuous operations related to the Preventative Maintenance (PM) Pillar of Integrated Work Systems (IWS) across all locations
• Manages the development and implementation of projects to ensure compliance with local, state, and federal regulatory requirements
• Effectively troubleshoots causes for deviations from specifications from the regulatory agenda and effectively communicate with the appropriate regulatory agencies
• Overall responsibility for Process Safety Management program across all locations
• Prepares, implements, and monitors Engineering department capital projects, and assists other Departments in the preparation, implementation, and monitoring of their departmental capital projects
• Manages the preparation, implementation, and monitoring of departmental Continuous Improvement projects
• Communicates directly with customers regarding capital projects as needed, and ensure that customer expectations are met
• Completes vendor evaluation, selection, negotiation and coordination related to projects
• Oversees on-site contractors on projects within scope of responsibilities
• Develops and recommends annual budget for department and capital projects
• Communicates effectively with other Department Heads regarding Engineering department issues
• Ensures departmental practices meet Occupational Health and Safety requirements
• Effectively manages, mentors, and coaches department staff
  
  

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelors degree in Engineering
• 5+ years experience in a managerial capacity
• Knowledge of Process Safety Management
• Working knowledge of brewing systems
• Experience working with IWS (Integrated Work Systems), TPM (Total Productive Maintenance), or other similar manufacturing excellence system
• Knowledge of ammonia systems management, a plus
• Strong verbal and written communication skills
• Working knowledge of the principles of Good Manufacturing Practice (GMPs)
• Working knowledge of enterprise asset management systems
• Comfortable traveling domestically to City locations 75% of the year
  
  

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.