Maintenance Reliability Manager

Puratos; Pennsauken Township (NJ); On-site; USD 75,000 - 108,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Bonus plan (10%+)

Medical coverage

401(k) matching

Paid time off

Life coaching

Lifestyle Spending Account

Job summary

Puratos USA in Pennsauken, NJ seeks a Maintenance Reliability Manager to lead maintenance, planning, and reliability programs across the facility. You will drive uptime, oversee spare parts, predictive maintenance, and commissioning-related issue resolution to ensure safe, efficient operation throughout equipment lifecycles.

You will work with Operations, Engineering, OEMs, and contractors to establish a world-class reliability culture, reduce unplanned downtime, and improve maintenance

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering; Mechanical, Electrical, Industrial or Chemical preferred.
• 8+ years of manufacturing maintenance experience, including 2+ years in leadership.
• Experience in Food, Beverage, Dairy, Pharmaceutical, Consumer Goods, or Process Manufacturing.
• CMMS experience.
• New equipment commissioning experience preferred.
• Reliability Engineering background preferred.
• TPM implementation, predictive maintenance, and OEM equipment troubleshooting preferred.

Responsibilities

• Lead maintenance personnel including supervisors, planners, and technicians; set performance expectations.
• Own the overall site reliability strategy and RCFA activities.
• Drive MTBF, MTTR, OEE, and asset availability improvements.
• Lead commissioning and startup support; resolve startup issues with OEMs and engineering teams.
• Develop and optimize preventive and predictive maintenance programs; establish standards.
• Own CMMS plant maintenance processes and improve work-order management.
• Develop critical spare-parts strategy and manage inventory; support procurement.

Skills

Leadership

Maintenance planning

CMMS experience

Reliability engineering

Preventive maintenance

Predictive maintenance

RCFA

Spare parts management

Safety compliance

Education

Bachelor's degree in engineering

Tools

CMMS

Job description

The Maintenance Reliability Manager is responsible forleading all maintenance and reliability activities for the facility. This position will oversee maintenance technicians, maintenance planning, spare parts management, predictive maintenance programs, equipment reliability improvement, and resolution of commissioning and startup-related equipment issues.

The Maintenance Reliability Manager will drive equipment uptime, reduce unplanned downtime, improve maintenance effectiveness, andestablisha world-class reliability culture. The Maintenance & Reliability Manager will work closely with Operations, Engineering, OEMs, and contractors to ensure equipment performs safely, efficiently, and reliably throughout its lifecycle.

Primary Responsibilities:

Leadership & Team Development

• Lead, develop, and manage maintenance personnel, including supervisors, planners, and technicians.
• Establish clear performance expectations and accountability.
• Develop technician capabilities through structured training programs, coaching, and mentoring.
• Create a culture focused on safety, reliability, and continuous improvement.

Reliability & Equipment Performance

• Own the overall site reliability strategy.
• Lead Root Cause Failure Analysis (RCFA) and corrective action implementation.
• Drive improvements in mean time between failures (MTBF), mean time to repair (MTTR), overall equipment effectiveness (OEE), and equipment availability.
• Identify and eliminate chronic equipment failures and underperforming assets.
• Develop and maintain equipment criticality assessments and reliability-centered maintenance practices.

Commissioning & Startup Support

• Lead stabilization efforts for newly installed equipment.
• Partner with OEMs, contractors, and Engineering teams to resolve startup issues and ensure equipment performs to design specifications.
• Manage punch-list closure and warranty-related equipment issues.
• Validate maintenance requirements for new assets.

Preventive & Predictive Maintenance

• Develop and optimize preventive maintenance programs and implement predictive maintenance technologies.
• Improve preventive maintenance effectiveness and compliance.
• Establish lubrication, inspection, and condition-monitoring standards.
• Support Autonomous Maintenance initiatives with Operations teams.

CMMS & Planning

• Own computerized maintenance management system (CMMS) plant maintenance processes and ensure accurate work-order management.
• Drive planning and scheduling effectiveness and improve maintenance backlog management.
• Use maintenance data to identify improvement opportunities.

Spare Parts & Asset Management

• Develop a critical spare-parts strategy and optimize inventory levels while minimizing plant risk.
• Support procurement and supplier management.
• Establish equipment lifecycle cost monitoring.

Safety & Compliance

• Ensure compliance with all safety standards and maintain lockout/tagout (LOTO), confined-space , and contractor safety programs.
• Drive a zero-incident maintenance culture.
• Ensure maintenance activities support food safety and regulatory compliance.

Requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree; Preferably in Mechanical, Electrical, Industrial or Chemical Engineering
• 8+ years of manufacturing maintenance experience, including 2+ years of maintenance leadership experience.
• Experience in Food, Beverage, Dairy, Pharmaceutical, Consumer Goods, or Process Manufacturing.
• CMMS experience.
• New equipment commissioning experience is strongly preferred.
• Reliability Engineering background is strongly preferred.
• TPM implementation, predictive maintenance, and OEM equipment troubleshooting experience are strongly preferred.

Physical Demands:Occasionallyliftupto50lbs;frequentsitting,occasional, walking,constantvisual acuity (near/far)

The following common allergens are processed in our facilities: wheat, eggs, dairy, and soy.

Looking for a Career for Good?

We offer a competitive compensation and benefit package, designed to promote a Happier, Healthier You which includes:

Compensation:

• Annual compensation based on skills and experience ranging from$75,000–$107,813 .
• Additionalcompensation earned through a10% or targeted annual bonus. Amount based on personal and company performance.
• Medical coverage starts the first of the month—no waiting period
• Immediate 401(k) eligibility with fully vested matching contributions
• Over 5 weeks of paid time off in your first year
• Free life coaching, onsite health exams, and 24/7 access to Registered Nurses
• Lifestyle Spending Account

If you are a solution oriented and analytical thinker with a passion for leading and inspiring people, we invite you to experience the magic of being yourself and join us for “a career for good.”
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Grow Your Career At Puratos USA
At Puratos USA, we offer a wide range of career opportunities across our HQ, innovation centers, production facilities, and distribution sites nationwide. Our commitment to safety, health and wellbeing, collaboration, and the latest technology ensures that our employees can innovate and thrive. Headquartered in Pennsauken, NJ, with locations in Boston, Chicago, Kenosha, Los Angeles, Miami, New York, and Seattle, we create pathways for career development and impactful contributions within the company, industry, and the communities we operate in.
We are a People First organization driven by our values and Puratos magic culture. Join us to drive positive change through food innovation for good.

At Puratos, we create innovative food solutions for the health and well-being of people everywhere. As the global leader in bakery, patisserie and chocolate ingredients, we help our customers to be successful with their business, by turning technologies and experiences from food cultures around the world into new opportunities.We are more than 10.000 employees in over 80 countries and a consolidated turnover of 3 billion euros (in 2023). Our passion for innovation, a pioneering spirit and the unique Puratos culture drive our solid growth and vision for the future This, along with our commitment to our local communities, is what makes working at Puratos so magical.