Reliability Manager

Specialized Career Search; Bath; On-site; Full time

Job description

This role will lead reliability engineering, predictive maintenance, asset health monitoring, and long-term maintenance optimization efforts with the objective of improving plant uptime, reducing unplanned downtime, lowering maintenance costs, and extending equipment life. The Reliability Manager will work closely with Maintenance, Production, Engineering, Procurement, and Corporate Technical Services to drive continuous improvement and operational excellence across the facility.

The Reliability Manager will lead a team of Reliability Engineers and be responsible for building technical capability, strengthening reliability processes, and creating a proactive maintenance culture across the operation.

The position requires a highly visible field presence within a 24/7 manufacturing environment. Candidates must be comfortable supporting critical operational needs across shifts, weekends, shutdowns, and emergency maintenance situations as required.

Key Responsibilities

• Develop and lead the plant’s reliability and asset management strategy across all operational areas, including quarry, raw mill, kiln, finish mills, and material handling systems.
• Lead, mentor, and develop a team of Reliability Engineers focused on predictive maintenance, troubleshooting, and continuous improvement.
• Drive continuous improvement initiatives focused on equipment uptime, reliability performance, and maintenance cost reduction.
• Lead Root Cause Failure Analysis (RCFA) investigations and implements corrective actions to prevent repeat failures.
• Establish and optimize predictive and preventive maintenance programs utilizing vibration analysis, thermography, oil analysis, ultrasound, and other condition monitoring technologies.
• Analyze maintenance and operational data to identify trends, recurring failures, and improvement opportunities.
• Partner closely with maintenance and operations leadership to improve maintenance planning, scheduling, and execution effectiveness.
• Lead development of equipment criticality rankings and spare parts optimization strategies.
• Support major shutdown planning and execution activities, including scope development and contractor coordination.
• Collaborate with OEMs, contractors, and internal teams on capital projects, equipment upgrades, and modernization initiatives.
• Ensure maintenance and reliability programs comply with all safety, environmental, and regulatory requirements.
• Utilize CMMS systems and KPI reporting tools to monitor maintenance effectiveness and asset performance.
• Support implementation of reliability-centered maintenance (RCM) principles and best practices across the site.
• Foster a culture of accountability, safety, operational discipline, and continuous improvement.
• Understand and comply with all safety regulations, able to identify and correct safety hazards, participate in safety training, safety topic meetings and task training, and cooperate with external inspectors.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering, electrical engineering, or related technical discipline.
• Minimum of seven years of progressive experience in reliability, maintenance, or heavy industrial operations.
• Demonstrated experience leading reliability improvement initiatives within a large industrial operation.
• Strong technical knowledge of rotating equipment, crushers, mills, conveyors, hydraulics, pneumatics, kilns, and heavy processing equipment.
• Experience with predictive maintenance technologies and reliability methodologies.
• Working knowledge of CMMS systems such as SAP, Maximo, or equivalent platforms.
• Strong analytical, troubleshooting, and root cause analysis skills.
• Proven leadership capability with experience managing technical and maintenance teams.
• Strong communication and cross-functional collaboration skills.
• Ability to thrive in a fast-paced, highly operational manufacturing environment.
• Physically able to traverse plant properties climbing steps, ladders, physical exertion, wearing MSHA personal protective equipment required in dusty, noisy environment in all weather conditions.

Preferred Qualifications

• Prior experience in cement, mining, aggregates, steel, power generation, pulp & paper, or similarly complex industrial manufacturing environments strongly preferred.
• Certified Maintenance & Reliability Professional (CMRP) certification.
• Experience leading major plant outages and shutdowns.
• Experience with reliability-centered maintenance (RCM) implementation.
• Lean manufacturing or continuous improvement experience.
• Experience within unionized manufacturing environments.