Senior Reliability Excellence Coordinator

We can’t do what we do best – make our great-tasting sausage products – unless our equipment is running well and reliably. This is where you’ll do your part to make Johnsonville great, by keeping our machines, lines and facilities running. You and your maintenance teammates will be responsible for all production and industrial refrigeration equipment, as well as our electrical and controls systems. You’ll also work closely with our engineers and production members to make important upgrades to our production machinery, as innovate and grow our business.

Johnsonville, LLC

Senior Reliability Excellence Coordinator

Position Overview:

Johnsonville has an excellent opportunity for an outstanding individual who shares Johnsonville’s vision for a zero-loss state and life-long learning.  In this position you will get to formally & informally coach the plant manufacturing leaders & other operational members in reliability-based principles and tactics across three facilities. This role is also instrumental in developing the skills of the plant membership to drive closer towards a zero-loss state. The skills, talents, knowledge, and indirect leadership of the successful candidate will be utilized by creating the necessity to learn reliability tools and practices, which will widen the circle of engagement and ownership across Johnsonville. The goal of Reliability Excellence is to improve business results and the quality of life of our production members.

Responsibilities:

• Mentor all facility pillar owners through the Reliability Excellence Journey
• Coach multi-site focused improvement coordinator and assistant reliability coordinator
• Implement the Reliability vision by executing key strategies that engage the membership and deliver results: examples include leading problem solving, coaching CIL’s on the floor, and mentoring members to find abnormalities or defects
• Promote the standard work process, culture, and implementation to enhance Johnsonville’s Operating Model
• Foster the learn-do-teach methodology within the facility
• Work with Operational Leaders to impact and influence to create the necessary behavioral change to achieve breakthrough results
• Demonstrate a commitment to personal learning by using and teaching best practices in Reliability
• Be the deployment champion for Problem Solving methods and techniques
• Identify trends and process variation in conjunction with the Operations Team
• Conduct/facilitate ongoing facility gap assessments around reliability efforts
• Set goals and objectives, both personal and as a plant team member, to achieve superlative performance

Education:

• Bachelor’s Degree in Business or Engineering required; Master’s Degree in Business or Engineering preferred
• Reliability Certification preferred, i.e., CMRP, CRE, CRL

Experience:

• Minimum of 3 years of TPM experience with measurable results preferred
• Strong math skills; proficient with statistical analysis required
• Demonstrated ability to successfully facilitate cross-functional projects in a team-based environment is required
• Project and Portfolio management experience preferred

Skills and Competencies:

• Computer skills (proficient in Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Project, Minitab)
• Demonstrated leadership and facilitation skills with the ability to widen the circle of engagement within the membership
• Strong project management skills with demonstrated success on safety, quality, people or productivity
• Communicates effectively – strong written, verbal and facilitation skills
• Strong critical thinking and problem-solving skills
• Strong collaborator who works toward personal, team, and company goals in a solution focused manner
• Demonstrated learning agility and curiosity
• Demonstrates values that align with the Johnsonville Way
• Strong technical literacy; quickly learns new applications and tools

Other Requirements:

• Flexibility to work across shifts as well as across departments & plants

Date:                                 February 21, 2025

Location:                          Tech Center, Sheboygan Falls, WI

Coach:                              Director of Reliability

Member Status:               Full Time, Salaried

Travel:                               Not a ton, less than 10% of your time

Reason for Posting:        Replacement - Previous member was promoted!

Benefits:                           Members have potential for a monthly bonus, 401k with a company match and profit sharing. Members also have access to terrific benefits including affordable medical, dental and vision coverage; flexible spending accounts; disability and life insurance; and fertility and adoption assistance. Johnsonville also offers competitive paid time off, including paid parental time off, as well as access to the 24/7 onsite fitness center, onsite medical clinic and tuition reimbursement! 

About our Company

Since 1945, our family-owned band of sausage-makers has invented better ways to make, eat and prepare crave-able sausage. Today, we are 3,000 Members strong. We sell our famous sausage in all 50 United States and more than 40 countries. We have a culture built on the idea that if we make developing your talents our top priority, great business results will follow naturally. We call it The Johnsonville Way. It has been our secret sauce for decades, and we hope you get to experience it for yourself!

How to Apply:  

External candidate:  Apply on-line only at: careers.johnsonville.com

Applicants must be authorized to work in the US without requiring sponsorship now or in the future.

We value the diversity of our workforce and we embrace the principles of Equal Opportunity Employment. M/F/Vet/Disability

Johnsonville values the service Veterans and their family members have given to our country.  We support the hiring of returning service members and military spouses.