Reliability COE Leader: Maintenance & Asset Performance

AFL Telecommunications, LLC; Northern (KY); Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 165,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid in-office schedule for eligible

401K Company match (up to 4%)

Professional development and tuitionre

Medical, dental, vision, and life ins.

Career advancement opportunities

Job summary

AFL Telecommunications, LLC is seeking a Maintenance & Reliability COE Leader to drive enterprise strategies across cable manufacturing. This role targets high-impact reliability improvements, governance, and data-driven decision making across sites.

The candidate will lead a cross-functional team to standardize maintenance practices, optimize asset performance, and enable cost-conscious reliability transformations in a fast-paced environment.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering (Mechanical, Electrical, Industrial) or related field.
• 10+ years in maintenance, reliability, or manufacturing operations.
• Proven experience leading multi-site reliability or maintenance transformation initiatives.
• Deep expertise in reliability engineering principles and CMMS systems.
• Experience in Lean Manufacturing / Operational Excellence environments.

Responsibilities

• Define and deploy the enterprise maintenance and reliability strategy.
• Establish standards and frameworks for PM, PdM, RCM, and Asset Lifecycle.
• Lead governance cadence to ensure adoption.
• Develop and maintain a Maintenance & Reliability roadmap across facilities.
• Champion reliability methodologies and drive defect elimination.
• Lead cross-functional Kaizen and problem-solving events.
• Standardize best practices across sites.
• Define and track metrics: MTBF, MTTR, OEE.
• Drive asset data analytics and CMMS optimization.

Skills

Leadership

Cross-functional leadership

Analytical thinking

Problem solving

Detail oriented

Adaptability

Communication

Independent work

Education

Bachelor’s in Engineering

Master’s degree / certifications

Tools

CMMS

EAM systems

Lean / Six Sigma

Job description

AFL Telecommunications, LLC is seeking a Maintenance & Reliability COE Leader to drive enterprise strategies across cable manufacturing. This role targets high-impact reliability improvements, governance, and data-driven decision making across sites.

The candidate will lead a cross-functional team to standardize maintenance practices, optimize asset performance, and enable cost-conscious reliability transformations in a fast-paced environment.