Senior Manager, Asset Reliability & Maintenance

Nutrien; Calgary; On-site; CAD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

Nutrien, a leading crop inputs and services provider, seeks a Sr. Manager, Maintenance & Reliability to propel continuous improvement across our manufacturing network.

You will lead enterprise standards, drive predictive maintenance, and partner with site leadership to optimize asset strategies and performance. You will coach teams in RCA/RCA, lead cross-functional reliability initiatives, and influence broad organizational change while traveling up to 30% to Nutrien sites.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Mechanical, Reliability, Chemical, Industrial Engineering, or a related technical discipline.
• Professional Engineer (P.Eng.), CMRP, CRL, or related reliability certification is considered an asset.
• 15+ years of progressive experience leading and supporting reliability programs and teams within operating oil and gas or chemical processing plants.
• Experience delivering measurable improvements in asset performance, maintenance effectiveness, and business results.

Responsibilities

• Lead the development, implementation, and continuous improvement of enterprise maintenance and reliability standards, best practices, and governance processes.
• Drive reliability improvement initiatives focused on failure elimination, asset health, predictive maintenance, asset performance monitoring, risk reduction, equipment criticality, and lifecycle optimization.
• Partner with site leadership teams to develop asset strategies, performance targets, and improvement plans that enhance reliability, maintainability, and operational performance.
• Develop and lead cross-functional reliability programs and initiatives involving Operations, Maintenance, Engineering, Supply Chain, Digital, and IT teams across manufacturing sites.
• Identify systemic reliability issues across the network and develop scalable solutions that improve asset performance and business outcomes.
• Provide RCA, failure investigations, and training to site teams; mentor and coach on reliability methodologies.

Skills

Reliability leadership

Cross-functional leadership

Lean Six Sigma

RCM / RCA

Education

Bachelor's degree in Mechanical/Industrial Engineering or related

P.Eng. / reliability certification (asset)

Tools

SAP

Oracle

Job description

Nutrien, a leading crop inputs and services provider, seeks a Sr. Manager, Maintenance & Reliability to propel continuous improvement across our manufacturing network.

You will lead enterprise standards, drive predictive maintenance, and partner with site leadership to optimize asset strategies and performance. You will coach teams in RCA/RCA, lead cross-functional reliability initiatives, and influence broad organizational change while traveling up to 30% to Nutrien sites.