Engineering and Reliability Manager

Real Pet Food Company (RPF) is passionate about feeding our pets the real food they deserve – filled with nutrients, free from harmful substances and full of flavour. At RPF we believe in staying real and doing the right thing by our pets, our fellow pet parents, and our planet. We strive to lead the industry through thoughtful innovation with real and recognisable ingredients, ethical and sustainable sourcing, and limiting processed food our pets consume. We want pets to live their best lives – helping them to grow up strong, healthy, and happy.

We are a fast-growing, innovative FMCG Manufacturer with strong ethics and a love for keeping it real. Our success comes from having a great team of people behind your pet favourite brands such as Ivory Coat, Farmers Market, Nature's Gift, Trilogy & Fussy Cat

We are excited to be looking for a highly experienced Site Engineering & Reliability Manager (ERM) to join our leadership team based at our Ingleburn Site. In this role you will be responsible for leading the engineering and maintenance function for the site and be a key member of the site leadership team. You will report to the Site Operations Manager and be part of an Operations Leadership Team that values innovation, someone who can roll up their sleeves and who enjoys good banter

In this business-critical role, you will deliver continuous improvement to plant efficiencies, cost of maintenance, energy & water consumption, and compliance to RPFC & legislative standards. This will be achieved through development and delivery of the site's Reliability Maturity Strategy, effective leadership of the Engineering & Reliability team, and maintaining the site's 3-year Site Master Plan including management of project resources to deliver the site's annual capital plan.

Your key responsibilities will include:

• Accountability for the overall lifecycle of all plant and equipment on site post installation through to decommissioning by:
  • Understanding all relevant RPFC and legislative standards, and implementing strategies to deliver compliance in plant & equipment, building & utilities, and execution of work
  • Working with group engineering to continuously develop and deliver the site reliability maturity strategy & leading the engineering team to ensure continuously improved reliability, cost of maintenance, & energy / water consumption
  • Managing planned and breakdown maintenance activities in a 24/7 manufacturing environment to reduce plant downtime through the use of maintenance plans, robust performance measurement tools and ongoing improvement plans
• Accountability for delivery of the R&M budget & spares inventory management to set targets.
• Partnering with the Site Manager and the operations team to ensure high levels of productivity, safety and quality on the site.
• Managing the development & delivery of the site capital plan by:
  • Working with site stakeholders in developing and maintaining the 3-year Site Master Plan
  • Overseeing the approval and implementation of the portfolio of site projects in partnership with the site leadership team
  • Managing & ensuring the right sizing of the capital project delivery team
  • Working with group engineering to ensure all project governance, process, & project control procedures are in use
  • Ensuring RPFC business, quality, EHS, and legislative requirements are considered during the front-end planning of all projects, and adhered to / delivered as agreed throughout execution
  • Accurate forecasting and management of the site capital budget

To be considered for this role, you will ideally have:

• Extensive experience in senior reliability leadership roles within FMCG
• Extensive experience delivering successful projects in both equipment improvement and process improvement within FMCG organisations
• Excellent knowledge of best practice processes and ways of working within FMCG maintenance functions including: planning and scheduling, inventory store management, critical spares assessment, budget management, plant modification / change management, preventative & predictive maintenance program development / execution / optimisation, asset life cycle management, reliability reporting, and reliability improvement
• Experience delivering capital projects utilising effective project management methodologies
• Excellent internal & external stakeholder management, ability to deal with multiple stakeholders and handle competing priorities
• Demonstrated success in implementing and sustaining change management / improvements within the Engineering function of FMCG organisations
• Meat or food processing experience will be held in high regard
• Bachelor's degree in Mechanical or Electrical engineering or equivalent combination of trade / professional experience & tertiary qualifications in Engineering or Maintenance Management
• Role Model Real Pet Food organisational values

What we're about

Welcome to RPF, where we believe in keeping it Real. Since 1994, we have been Australia and New Zealand's pioneers in fresher dog and cat nutrition. Our story is one of passion for a better way to care for pets, a belief in fresher nutrition, and an unwavering commitment to delivering this to pet parents and pets worldwide.

We're dedicated to fostering authentic partnerships, encouraging real ambition, and providing real career opportunities for our employees to make a difference.

Real means fresher ingredients and fresher methods. We'll never stop expanding, innovating, and trying new things. We compete in every pet category and channel, creating favourite brands such as Ivory Coat, Nature's Gift, V.I.P. Petfoods, Love 'Em, & Fussy Cat

Since the establishment of RPF, we have grown to over 900 people across Australia and New Zealand, China, Southeast Asia and Europe. With the pet industry growing rapidly (a $15 billion industry) and pets becoming increasingly important in our lives and homes, this is a unique opportunity to be a part of our remarkable growth story and advance your career.

RPF Benefits:

Working for our Pack provides you unique advantages including:

• Career development that is only as limited as your thinking
• Unlimited Access to our Digital Learning Platforms (UKG Learning, LinkedIn Learning)
• Pet Parents leave for those times when you need to care for your fur-babies
• RPF Me Days - to celebrate each service anniversary you will get one day off all to yourself
• Employee Assistance Program
• Additional Employee Benefits through our valued partner Flare HR, giving you access to perks from brands such as Adore Beauty, Hello Fresh, AIA Vitality and hundreds of discounts at a variety of retailers.

What's next?

If you're ready to unleash your potential and make a real difference in the booming pet industry, then we want to hear from you You will be required to:

• Attend up to 2 interviews on site
• Agree to allowing RPF to contact up to two references.

We are proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. Diversity's not a buzzword here, it's in our DNA. Diverse perspectives shape our culture and make our work better. That's why we're committed to building inclusive teams that represent a variety of backgrounds and skills. If you need any reasonable adjustments, accessibility assistance or would like to note which pronouns you use at any stage of our hiring process, just contact us at: careers@realpetfoodco.com.au