Maintenance and Reliability Manager

Frey Consulting Group; Baton Rouge (LA); On-site; USD 100,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

Frey Consulting Group is seeking a Maintenance and Reliability Manager in Baton Rouge to define and drive the strategy for all production equipment, facilities, and utilities. You will lead cross-functional teams to maximize equipment availability and plant performance.

The role requires 7+ years in maintenance and reliability and 3+ years of leadership, with expertise in RCA, FMEA, RCM, and PM programs, plus CMMS and KPI reporting.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Mechanical, Electrical, Industrial Engineering, or related field.
• 7+ years in maintenance and reliability in manufacturing.
• 3+ years in leadership of supervisors, planners, and trades.

Responsibilities

• Develop and execute maintenance and reliability strategy for equipment, facilities, and utilities.
• Lead maintenance, planning, reliability, facilities, and utility functions to maximize availability.
• Drive RCA, FMEA, and corrective actions for chronic losses.
• Manage budgets for maintenance, labor, parts, and contractors.
• Partner with Operations, Quality, Engineering, Safety, and Supply Chain to improve plant performance.
• Oversee CMMS, backlog, scheduling, and maintenance reporting.

Skills

Leadership

RCA & FMEA

RCM & Reliability

PM Programs Development

OEE Improvement

KPI Reporting

Data-Driven Decisions

Cross-Functional Collaboration

Off-Shift Support

Education

Bachelor's degree in Mechanical, Electrical or Industrial Engineering or related field

Tools

CMMS

Microsoft Office

Asset Lifecycle Management

Job description

Title: Maintenance and Reliability Manager

Job Description

• Develop and execute the overall maintenance and reliability strategy for all production equipment, facilities, and utility systems to ensure safe, reliable, and efficient operations.
• Lead maintenance, planning/scheduling, reliability, facilities, and utility functions to maximize equipment availability and plant performance.
• Develop and execute preventive, predictive, condition-based, and corrective maintenance programs to maximize equipment uptime, asset life, and OEE.
• Establish and manage a reliability-centered maintenance (RCM) approach including failure analysis, equipment criticality assessments, and preventive maintenance optimization.
• Develop and execute spare parts management and storeroom strategies to ensure equipment reliability while optimizing inventory investment.
• Drive root cause analysis (RCA), failure mode and effects analysis (FMEA), and corrective action programs for chronic equipment losses.
• Lead maintenance personnel, supervisors, and skilled trades contractors through hiring, training, performance management, succession planning, and workforce development.
• Establish maintenance and reliability budgets while effectively managing labor, parts, contractor, and capital expenditures.
• Partner cross-functionally with Operations, Quality, Engineering, Safety, and Supply Chain to improve plant performance and achieve business objectives.
• Lead continuous improvement initiatives focused on reliability, maintenance productivity, asset utilization, and cost reduction.
• Oversee CMMS utilization, maintenance planning and scheduling, backlog management, work execution, and maintenance performance reporting.
• Ensure compliance with all safety, environmental, food safety, and regulatory requirements.
• Lead capital projects, equipment installations, commissioning, startup support, and lifecycle asset management activities.
• Foster a culture of accountability, proactive maintenance, reliability excellence, and continuous improvement.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Industrial Engineering, or a related technical field.
• 7+ years of progressive maintenance and reliability experience in a manufacturing environment.
• 3+ years of leadership experience managing maintenance supervisors, planners, reliability personnel, and skilled trades employees.
• Demonstrated success improving equipment reliability, asset utilization, uptime, and OEE
• Experience leading root cause analysis (RCA), FMEA, Reliability-Centered Maintenance (RCM), and reliability improvement initiatives.
• Experience with CMMS systems, maintenance planning and scheduling, work management, and asset lifecycle management.
• Proven ability to develop PM programs, optimize maintenance strategies, and improve maintenance workforce productivity.
• Experience managing maintenance budgets, capital projects, spare parts inventories, and contractor relationships.
• Strong understanding of OSHA, environmental, food safety, and regulatory compliance requirements.
• Demonstrated leadership skills with the ability to build high-performing teams and drive accountability.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office, maintenance analytics, KPI reporting, and data-driven decision making.
• Willingness to support off-shift operations and respond to critical plant issues as required.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in food, beverage, packaging, or consumer packaged goods manufacturing.
• Experience implementing or utilizing Theory of Constraints, TPM, Lean Manufacturing, Six Sigma, Reliability Excellence, or World Class Manufacturing programs.
• Experience with automated packaging systems, PLCs, controls, VFDs, robotics, vision systems, and industrial utility systems.