Director, Shipyard Reliability & Facilities Operations

Saronic Technologies; Brownsville (TX); On-site; USD 150,000 - 210,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical Insurance

Dental and Vision Insurance

Time Off

Parental Leave

401(k) plan with company match

Stock Options

Life and Disability Insurance

Pet Insurance

Job summary

Saronic Technologies is seeking a Director of Shipyard Facilities Operations & Asset Reliability to own uptime and lifecycle performance of critical assets across the shipyard. You will lead maintenance, reliability, and capital programs, ensuring safe, on-time delivery within budget while coordinating with engineering, finance, and regulators.

The role requires a strong technical background, financial discipline, and proven ability to balance near-term reliability with long-term capacity growth

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Facilities Management, Construction Management, or related technical discipline.
• 10+ years in heavy industrial, shipyard, manufacturing, or infrastructure environments.
• 5+ years leading facilities, maintenance, reliability, or capital programs.
• Experience owning uptime of critical industrial assets.
• Proven track record delivering capital projects on time and on budget.
• Strong understanding of preventive, corrective, and predictive maintenance systems.
• Experience interfacing with engineering, finance, contractors, and regulators.
• Ability to balance short-term operational risk with long-term capital strategy.

Responsibilities

• Own reliability and availability of all production-critical assets, including cranes, hoists, docks, and utilities.
• Establish preventive and predictive maintenance strategy to prevent outages.
• Lead end-to-end capital programs, yard expansions, major equipment purchases, and infrastructure upgrades.
• Manage budgets, governance, and cost controls for maintenance and CAPEX.
• Coordinate with engineering, finance, contractors, and regulators to ensure compliant facilities.
• Drive asset lifecycle planning, condition assessments, and replacement strategies.
• Balance near-term reliability with long-term capacity growth.

Skills

Asset reliability

Facilities leadership

Capital programs

Maintenance planning

Data-driven decisions

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Facilities Management, Construction Management, or related technical discipline

Job description

Saronic Technologies is seeking a Director of Shipyard Facilities Operations & Asset Reliability to own uptime and lifecycle performance of critical assets across the shipyard. You will lead maintenance, reliability, and capital programs, ensuring safe, on-time delivery within budget while coordinating with engineering, finance, and regulators.

The role requires a strong technical background, financial discipline, and proven ability to balance near-term reliability with long-term capacity growth