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Mars

Reliability Analyst

Location:  USA-Kansas-Topeka | United States of America
Location flexibility:  1 office day / week, 2 office days / week, 3 office days / week, 4 office days / week
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Job Description

Job Description:

Job Title: Reliability Analyst

Shift: Days (7am - 3:30pm M-F)

Location: Mars – Topeka

Mars is looking to hire a Reliability Analyst for our state-of-the-art manufacturing plant in Topeka, Kansas! Being a Mars Associate is all about opportunity. The opportunity to do challenging, exciting work that shapes the world’s best-loved brands. To work with real purpose, supported by talented, friendly people from different backgrounds. Access the tools, training, and experience you need to positively impact our business, the planet, and, most importantly, your career. Being a Mars associate is more than a job. It’s the opportunity to start your day tomorrow.

As part of our overall total compensation package, Mars offers a competitive benefits package to all associates: Medical, Dental, Vision & Life Insurance, Short- & Long-Term Disability, and 401k match. Associates are also immediately eligible (based on hire date) for up to three weeks of vacation, 12 Paid Holidays per year, Sick Pay, Maternity & Parental Leave, and annual bonus earning potential, plus many other ancillary benefits not listed here.

This position primarily focuses on supporting the technical team's overarching objectives/visions by ensuring effective maintenance information flow. This role is responsible for developing and enhancing metrics and reports to deliver timely, quality data. This role will assist the reliability engineer in key functions such as problem-solving and preventive maintenance optimization.

The position is intended to relieve technical leadership of routine processing. This role must be able to provide data to key stakeholders both inside and outside the technical team, including but not limited to Site S&F Manager, Value Stream Managers, Site Director, and MAKE Team.

Responsibilities

  • Provide the technical leadership group with routine metrics including but not limited to PM03 Compliance, PM05 Compliance, Schedule Compliance, Backlog Hours, OT %, Ratio of Planned to Unplanned Work, PM Calendars, BDA Completion, and EAR Report.
  • Compiles and tracks metrics provided by other technical team members. Collaboration may be required to ensure successful and accurate measurements. These metrics include but are not limited to stock-out events, MRO Value, Cycle Count Accuracy, % of Technical Associates with Skills Assessed, and Training Hours per Technician.
  • Maintains technical metric dashboard and provides periodic communication presentations for the site technical leadership group, network technical managers, and the MAKE team.
  • Participates in community of practice calls with Reliability Analysts from other sites to share ideas and benchmark best practices.
  • Act as site point of contact for SAP and NetWeaver. This includes conducting new hire NetWeaver training and managing role requests for the site.
  • Supports site ISO and Calibration Program by managing and retaining critical documentation and assisting with calibration software initiatives and needs.
  • Provides support in problem-solving activities by providing historical data trends for equipment, managing the problem-solving database for the Topeka site, and aiding in facilitating problem-solving meetings and events.
  • Provide support during preventive maintenance optimization activities by gathering and providing historical data on assets and facilitating failure modes effect analysis activities with cross-functional teams.
  • Provides requested reports, equipment analysis, and history reports to technical leadership and other sites as needed.

Education & Professional Qualification

2-year technical degree or equivalent

Demonstrated propensity for learning quickly.

Microsoft Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Mars Web, CMMS, Databases

Knowledge/Experience

3 years’ experience in a factory setting.

Strong computer and administrative skills

Ability to interpret data.

Physical/Environmental Requirements:

  • Standing on a concrete floor.
  • Wearing proper personal protective equipment (hair net, bump cap, ear plugs, safety shoes, and uniform).
  • Bending, stooping, twisting, turning, standing for extended time periods, reaching, climbing stairs, and lifting up to 50 lbs.

About Mars, Incorporated

Mars is a family-owned business with more than a century of history making diverse products and offering services for people and the pets people love. With almost $35 billion in sales, the company is a global business that produces some of the world’s best-loved brands: M&M’s®, SNICKERS®, TWIX®, MILKY WAY®, DOVE®, PEDIGREE®, ROYAL CANIN®, WHISKAS®, EXTRA®, ORBIT®, 5™, SKITTLES®, UNCLE BEN’S®, MARS DRINKS and COCOAVIA®. Mars also provides veterinary health services that include BANFIELD® Pet Hospitals, Blue Pearl®, VCA® and Pet Partners™. Headquartered in McLean, VA, Mars operates in more than 80 countries. The Mars Five Principles – Quality, Responsibility, Mutuality, Efficiency and Freedom – inspire its more than 100,000 Associates to create value for all its partners and deliver growth they are proud of every day.

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