Senior Reliability Engineering Manager

Sharp and Carter; Parramatta; On-site; AUD 180,000 - 230,000; Full time

Job summary

Sharp and Carter seeks a Senior Reliability Engineering Manager to lead the maintenance and reliability function at a new Western Sydney site. You will be the most senior reliability and maintenance leader on site, reporting to the Director of Operations.

The role focuses on moving from reactive to planned maintenance, stabilising assets, and driving safety and compliance across plant and utilities. You will lead a team, manage the budget, and shape the site’s reliability culture.

Qualifications

• 5+ years in a senior reliability/maintenance leadership role.
• Experience leading maintenance and reliability on asset-intensive sites.
• Comfort working in highly automated manufacturing environments.

Responsibilities

• Lead the maintenance and reliability function on site with 4 direct reports.
• Shift maintenance from reactive to planned/preventative work and improve PM compliance.
• Stabilise newer assets while managing legacy equipment performance.
• Identify critical failure points and build resilience through analysis and spares strategy.
• Own maintenance budget, contractor spend and spares strategy.
• Drive compliance with safety, environmental, and food safety standards.

Skills

Reliability leadership

Asset-intensive operations

Continuous improvement

Automation experience

Job description

The Opportunity

A leading FMCG manufacturer is seeking a Senior Reliability Engineering Manager to lead the maintenance and reliability function at their food manufacturing site in Western Sydney.

You will be the most senior reliability, maintenance and engineering leader on site. You will be reporting to the Director of Operations.

The Business

The site is a brand-new, highly automated manufacturing operation with a significant amount of robotics and automation across its production lines. It is still ramping up its newer equipment to full capacity, while ageing legacy equipment brought it from other sites continue to run alongside it. The business is committed to lifting its operating standard across the board, and reliability sits at the centre of that ambition.

The Role

• Lead the maintenance and reliability function on site, including 4x direct reports and a wider team of trades under them.
• Shift maintenance from reactive to planned and preventative work, lifting PM and schedule compliance and reducing breakdowns and repeat failures.
• Stabilise newer assets still working through commissioning issues, while managing the performance of legacy equipment.
• Identify critical points of failure and build resilience through criticality analysis, critical spares and root cause analysis.
• Own the maintenance budget, contractor spend and spares strategy.
• Drive statutory, safety, environmental and food safety compliance across plant and utilities.
• Govern CMMS use, planning and scheduling and shutdown delivery.
• Build the capability, engagement and accountability of your leadership team and the wider trades workforce.

About You

• Full Australian work rights, you must be based in Sydney for this role.
• You are a senior maintenance and reliability leader with experence on a complex, asset-intensive site.
• Open to any industry with a heavy asset base (food, packaging, pharmaceutical, oil and gas, mining, industrial, building materials). Experience with a high level of automation will be highly regarded.
• You bring 5+ years in a senior reliability maintenance leadersihp role.
• Good energy and culture champion - ability to shape and form the culture of your direct reports and the other internal teams around you.
• You have operated within a continuous improvement framework previously.