Asset Reliability Leader – Manufacturing Excellence

Perrigouk; Kentucky; On-site; USD 120,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Perrigo is seeking an Asset Reliability Manager to lead maintenance and reliability across our site, driving world-class practices to ensure safe, reliable operations. You will manage a team of ~15 professionals, partner with Operations, Quality, Engineering and EHS, and advance predictive maintenance and continuous improvement initiatives.

The role focuses on building a strong reliability culture, optimizing maintenance processes, and delivering long-term asset care strategies to support

Qualifications

• Minimum 7 years of maintenance, reliability engineering, or asset management in manufacturing.
• Minimum 3–5 years of leadership experience managing maintenance and reliability teams.
• Experience in FDA-regulated pharmaceutical, food, consumer healthcare, or GMP manufacturing.
• Experience managing planning and scheduling functions.
• Experience with capital project implementation and commissioning.
• Experience in Asset Reliability and predictive maintenance methodologies and technologies.
• CMRP certification or similar is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Lead maintenance and reliability initiatives to improve uptime and asset care across the site.
• Develop maintenance leadership and capability across supervisors and technicians.
• Drive data-driven reliability improvements and KPI dashboards.
• Ensure compliance with cGMP, FDA, food safety, environmental and quality requirements.
• Coordinate maintenance activities with operations to maximize production uptime.
• Foster a culture of accountability, ownership, collaboration, and continuous improvement.

Skills

Leadership

Communication

Root cause analysis

Predictive maintenance

Education

Bachelor's degree in engineering

CMRP certification (preferred)

Tools

SAP PM

Microsoft Office

Job description

Perrigo is seeking an Asset Reliability Manager to lead maintenance and reliability across our site, driving world-class practices to ensure safe, reliable operations. You will manage a team of ~15 professionals, partner with Operations, Quality, Engineering and EHS, and advance predictive maintenance and continuous improvement initiatives.

The role focuses on building a strong reliability culture, optimizing maintenance processes, and delivering long-term asset care strategies to support