Director of Reliablilty

RecruitAbility Ltd; Saint Paul (MN); On-site; USD 140,000 - 210,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Annual bonus

Job summary

Our client, a premier American agribusiness and dairy foods cooperative, seeks a Director of Manufacturing Reliability to lead reliability across multiple sites. You will establish a multi-year strategy, govern asset management, and drive TPM/Lean/Six Sigma initiatives while mentoring engineers and guiding capital decisions.

Required: engineering degree and significant multi-site leadership with RCM and CMMS expertise. Competitive compensation and benefits.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Mechanical, Electrical, Chemical, Industrial, or a related engineering discipline.
• Progressive experience in manufacturing engineering, reliability, maintenance, process improvement, operations, or capital-project execution with multi-site leadership.
• Expertise in asset management, RCM, preventive/predictive maintenance, condition monitoring, root-cause analysis, CMMS processes, and asset lifecycle planning.
• Experience leading business-unit or site engineering teams and developing multi-year roadmaps for capital, infrastructure, automation, and reliability.
• Strong knowledge of TPM, Lean, Six Sigma, DMAIC, statistical analysis, capacity modeling, and standard work.
• Ability to translate asset risks into business cases and capital recommendations with measurable financial benefits.
• Experience developing technical talent and communities of practice within a matrixed organization.
• Preferred experience in food, dairy, agriculture, or regulated continuous/batch manufacturing environments.

Responsibilities

• Establish and execute a multi-year reliability strategy across a multi-site manufacturing network.
• Govern standards for asset criticality, maintenance, CMMS processes, and spares management.
• Provide strategic direction for engineering teams and site operations.
• Lead Process Improvement using 4DX, TPM, Lean, Kaizen, Six Sigma, DMAIC.
• Embed Reliability by Design in capital projects and asset lifecycle reviews.
• Partner with IT/OT, Operations, and Controls Engineering to advance connected assets and data integration.
• Develop and lead reliability, engineering, and process-improvement professionals across locations.
• Influence asset risk, capital allocation, and plant capability across all sites.

Skills

Reliability engineering

Asset management

RCM

Maintenance strategy

Condition monitoring

CMMS

Lean

Six Sigma

DMAIC

Process improvement

Multi-site leadership

Capital-project planning

Root-cause analysis

Education

Bachelor's degree in Mechanical, Electrical, Chemical, Industrial, or related engineering

Tools

CMMS

Job description

Our client is one of America's premier agribusiness and dairy food companies and is a member-owned cooperative with industry-leading operations that span the spectrum from agricultural production to consumer foods. With annual sales of over $19B, they are one of the nation's largest cooperatives. Building on a legacy of more than 100 years of operation, they today operate some of the most respected brands in agribusiness and food production, including Dairy Foods, Animal Nutrition, and others.

The Director of Manufacturing Reliability

provides strategic and operational leadership for manufacturing reliability, the Omnium business-unit engineering organization and sites, enterprise asset management, and process improvement function across a multi-site agribusiness manufacturing network.

What You Get to Do

• Establish and execute a multi-year reliability strategy aligned with safety, quality, service, cost, growth, and overall manufacturing performance objectives.
• Govern standards for asset criticality, asset-care strategies, preventive and predictive maintenance, condition monitoring, root-cause analysis, CMMS work processes, and critical-spares management.
• Provide strategic direction, resource planning, and technical leadership for business-unit engineering teams and site operations.
• Lead the Process Improvement team using structured methodologies (4DX, TPM, Lean, Kaizen, Six Sigma, DMAIC) to drive throughput, labor productivity, material yield, and cost optimization.
• Embed Reliability by Design into capital project definitions, equipment selection, design reviews, installation, commissioning, startup, and turnover.
• Partner with Digital, IT/OT, Operations, and Controls Engineering to advance connected assets, condition monitoring, CMMS platforms, and data integration.
• Build, lead, and develop reliability, engineering, and process-improvement professionals while establishing enterprise Communities of Practice.
• Directly influence operational continuity, plant capability, capital allocation, and long-term asset risk across all manufacturing locations.

What You NEED to SUCCEED in This Challenging Role

• Bachelor's degree in Mechanical, Electrical, Chemical, Industrial, or a related engineering discipline (advanced technical or business degree preferred).
• Progressive experience in manufacturing engineering, reliability, maintenance, process improvement, operations, or capital-project execution, including significant multi-site leadership.
• Demonstrated expertise in asset management, Reliability-Centered Maintenance (RCM), preventive/predictive maintenance, condition monitoring, root-cause analysis, CMMS work processes, and equipment lifecycle planning.
• Experience leading business-unit or site engineering teams and developing multi-year capital, infrastructure, automation, and reliability roadmaps.
• Strong command of operational-excellence methods such as TPM, Lean, Six Sigma, DMAIC, statistical analysis, capacity modeling, and standard work.
• Proven ability to translate asset risks and technical opportunities into compelling business cases, capital recommendations, and measurable financial benefits.
• Experience developing technical talent, defining career paths, and leading communities of practice within a matrixed organization.
• Preferred experience in food, dairy, feed, agriculture, ingredients, or other regulated continuous/batch manufacturing environments.

What Is in It for YOU at This "Best Places to Work" Company?

• Excellent compensation package includes competitive salary and annual bonus plan.
• Comprehensive benefits plan that starts on day 1.
• Opportunities for career growth and advancement within the organization.
• Financial well-being through retirement plans, income protection, HSA, and more.
• Focus on health and wellness with a comprehensive benefits package and counseling programs.