Team Lead Reliability Lead

Hershey Company; Johor; On-site; MYR 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health & Wellbeing

Competitive pay

Paid time off

Career development

Job summary

The Hershey Company seeks a Reliability Lead to drive maintenance excellence and asset reliability across production lines. You will lead reliability strategies, preventive/predictive maintenance, and continuous improvement initiatives in collaboration with Maintenance, Production, Engineering, Safety, and Quality teams.

You will develop and monitor PM programs, root cause analyses, and KPI dashboards to maximize equipment performance and uptime in a regulated, food-manufacturing environment.

Qualifications

• 5+ years in maintenance, reliability, or engineering roles with leadership.
• Hands-on preventive and predictive maintenance and improvement programs.
• Experience using CMMS and SAP PM for planning and asset management.
• Strong root-cause analysis and condition monitoring knowledge.
• Experience developing maintenance strategies and shutdown plans.

Responsibilities

• Lead reliability and maintenance strategies to improve equipment effectiveness and lifecycle performance.
• Drive deployment and continuous improvement of maintenance processes, standards, and reliability tools.
• Provide coaching and technical leadership to maintenance planners, supervisors, technicians, and operations teams.
• Own breakdown elimination efforts by analyzing maintenance history and implementing permanent corrective actions.
• Lead root cause analysis investigations and reliability improvement initiatives.
• Establish and monitor condition monitoring, predictive/preventive maintenance, and overhaul programs.
• Collaborate with Engineering to standardize equipment and optimize maintenance costs.

Skills

Leadership

Coaching

Stakeholder management

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Engineering

Tools

CMMS

SAP PM

Job description

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Team Lead Reliability Lead

Posted Date: Oct 8, 2026

Requisition Number: 130664

About The Hershey Company

The Hershey Company (NYSE: HSY) is an industry-leading snacks company known for making more moments of goodness through its iconic brands. With a strong portfolio across chocolate, confectionery, and salty snacks, Hershey delights consumers every day. Our beloved brands include Hershey’s, Reese’s, KitKat®, Dots Pretzels, Lesser Evil, Jolly Rancher, Twizzlers, Ice Breakers, and more.

At Hershey, we are committed to making a meaningful difference in the communities where we live, work, and do business. This commitment originated with our founder, Milton Hershey, and continues to shape who we are today.

Guided by our employee value proposition, Lead Today. Create Tomorrow, we empower our people to drive impact now while shaping what comes next. Our One Hershey mindset brings teams together across functions, geographies, and businesses, enabling us to operate with speed, collaboration, and shared purpose.

The Hershey Company is proud to be recognized as a top employer in the United States, reflecting our commitment to our people, culture, and purpose.

How will you fit in the big picture?

As a Reliability Lead, you will be responsible for driving maintenance excellence and asset reliability across assigned production lines or process areas. You will lead reliability strategies, breakdown elimination efforts, preventive and predictive maintenance programs, and continuous improvement initiatives to maximize equipment performance and operational efficiency. By partnering with Maintenance, Production, Engineering, Safety, Quality, Planning, and Utilities teams, you will help create a culture of reliability that improves equipment availability, reduces downtime, and enhances long‑term asset performance.

What will you do?

• Lead reliability and maintenance strategies to improve equipment effectiveness, reliability, and lifecycle performance.
• Drive deployment and continuous improvement of maintenance processes, standards, and reliability tools.
• Provide coaching and technical leadership to maintenance planners, supervisors, technicians, and operations teams.
• Own breakdown elimination efforts by analyzing maintenance history, identifying recurring losses, and implementing permanent corrective actions.
• Lead root cause analysis investigations and reliability improvement initiatives.
• Establish and monitor condition monitoring, predictive maintenance, preventive maintenance, planned overhaul, and equipment rebuild programs.
• Partner with Maintenance Planning teams to improve PM schedules, job plans, standards, and shutdown work execution.
• Audit maintenance processes and programs to ensure quality, effectiveness, and compliance with standards.
• Collaborate with Engineering teams to standardize equipment, optimize maintenance costs, and improve overall reliability.
• Maintain technical master data and support maintenance planning activities within SAP PM and CMMS systems.
• Develop and monitor maintenance KPIs, reliability metrics, and performance improvement plans.
• Utilize reliability methodologies including PdM, MTTF, MTBF, MTTR, SMED, FMEA, and OEE to drive sustainable improvements.

Experience:

• Minimum 5 years of experience in maintenance, reliability, or engineering roles within a manufacturing environment, including leadership responsibilities.
• Hands‑on experience with preventive maintenance, predictive maintenance, breakdown analysis, and maintenance improvement programs.
• Experience using CMMS and SAP PM systems for maintenance planning, scheduling, and asset management.
• Strong knowledge of root cause analysis, failure analysis, condition monitoring, and reliability‑centered maintenance practices.
• Experience developing maintenance strategies, PM programs, shutdown plans, and equipment reliability initiatives.
• Knowledge of reliability methodologies such as PdM, MTTF, MTBF, MTTR, SMED, FMEA, and OEE.
• Strong leadership, coaching, stakeholder management, and cross‑functional collaboration skills.
• Experience in food manufacturing or other regulated manufacturing environments is preferred.

Education:

• Bachelor's Degree in Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Mechatronics Engineering, Manufacturing Engineering, Industrial Engineering, or a related technical discipline.

Benefits and Perks

At Hershey, we offer competitive pay and a comprehensive total rewards package designed to support your wellbeing, financial security, and life outside of work.

• Health & Wellbeing: Medical, plus wellness programs that support your physical and mental health
• Financial Security: Competitive pay, annual incentive opportunities
• Time Off & Flexibility: Paid time off, company holidays, and flexible ways of working where applicable
• Growth & Development: Career development programs, learning opportunities, and internal mobility

Benefits may vary based on role, location, and eligibility