Reliability Engineering Manager

Guardian Industries; Corsicana (TX); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Guardian Glass in Corsicana, TX, is seeking a Reliability Engineering Manager to lead a new advanced manufacturing line. You will shape reliability strategies, drive maintenance excellence, and partner with site leaders to improve asset performance and reduce losses.

You will manage a diverse team across shifts, implement data-driven improvements, and ensure safety and quality while aligning with production goals and plant strategies.

Qualifications

• 5+ years leading maintenance/reliability in manufacturing or industrial ops.
• Experience with preventive, predictive, and corrective maintenance.
• Experience managing multi-shift teams.
• Proficient with CMMS and maintenance planning/kitting.
• Experience managing budgets and vendor relationships.

Responsibilities

• Build and lead a multi-disciplinary maintenance and reliability team.
• Direct all maintenance operations in a 24/7 environment, ensuring safety.
• Drive continuous improvement to reduce losses and improve performance.
• Collaborate with operations and engineering to align reliability with production goals.
• Integrate reliability into management of change processes and plant strategies.
• Support equipment installations/upgrades prior to startup.
• Monitor KPIs and CMMS data to drive best practices and decisions.
• Lead development and execution of reliability strategies for key assets.
• Ensure adherence to work processes and prioritize value-driven activities.
• Facilitate root cause analysis and share learnings across the org.

Skills

Maintenance leadership

Predictive maintenance

Multi-shift leadership

CMMS proficiency

Maintenance budgeting

Education

Degree in Mechanical, Electrical or Industrial Engineering

CMM/CMRP certification

Tools

CMMS systems

Job description

Your Job

Guardian Glass is looking for a Reliability Engineering Manager to join our Advanced Manufacturing Team in Corsicana, TX.

We are preparing to launch an advanced glass fabrication operation in Corsicana, Texas, supporting the continued growth of domestic manufacturing. As the Reliability Engineering Manager, you will lead the development and execution of reliability strategies to improve asset performance, reduce manufacturing losses, optimize maintenance effectiveness, and drive operational excellence. This role partners closely with site, engineering, and operations leaders to implement best-in-class maintenance and reliability programs that support safety, quality, productivity, and cost objectives. You'll set clear goals, mentor and empower your team, and champion a culture where efficiency and reliability are always improving. If you're passionate about leadership, technical excellence, and making a difference every day, this role is the perfect opportunity for you!

Our Team

At Guardian Glass, you'll join a collaborative team of dedicated professionals committed to safety, innovation, and operational excellence. This is an exciting time to become part of our organization. Come be part of the transformation taking place and help shape the future of manufacturing. To learn more about who we are and what we do, visit Guardian Glass.

What You Will Do

• Be part of the construction and start up phases of a new production line /asset.
• Build, lead and manage a multi-disciplinary maintenance and reliability team, overseeing both salary and hourly personnel.
• Tactically direct all maintenance operations-preventive, predictive, corrective, and breakdown-in a 24/7/365 advanced manufacturing environment, ensuring compliance with safety regulations and company policies.
• Drive continuous improvement initiatives that reduce manufacturing losses and strengthen operational performance.
• Collaborate with operations and engineering teams to align reliability with production goals.
• Integrate reliability initiatives into management of change processes and ensure alignment with plant goals / strategies.
• Support equipment installations/upgrades, ensuring asset strategies are in place prior to startup
• Monitor team performance and equipment reliability using KPIs and CMMS tools, driving best practices and data-driven decision-making.
• Lead the development, prioritization and execution of reliability strategies for advantage assets.
• Ensure adherence to established work processes and use cost information to focus on priorities to drive value.
• Facilitate root cause analysis and troubleshooting of complex equipment failures, sharing knowledge within the global maintenance organization and applying lessons learned for continuous improvement.

Who You Are (Basic Qualifications)

• 5 or more years' experience leading maintenance, reliability, or engineering initiatives within a manufacturing or industrial operation
• Experience using preventive, predictive, and corrective maintenance methodologies
• Experience leading and managing multi-shift teams.
• Proficiency with CMMS tools, maintenance planning and kitting
• Experience managing maintenance budgets and vendor relationships

What Will Put You Ahead

• Experience leading Process Engineering, Project Engineering or Quality Engineering teams.
• 2+ year degree in Mechanical, Electrical, Industrial Engineering
• Certified Maintenance Manager (CMM) or Certified Maintenance and Reliability Professional (CMRP)
• Familiarity with (RCM) Reliability Centered Maintenance, Lean Manufacturing, Six Sigma, and continuous improvement processes
• Knowledge of Industry 4.0 technologies including predictive maintenance, IoT sensors, and data analytics
• Experience with robotic / automation equipment

If you are a manufacturing leader who enjoys complex challenges, values disciplined execution, and wants to make a lasting impact in renewable energy manufacturing, we'd like to hear from you.

At Koch companies, we are entrepreneurs. This means we openly challenge the status quo, find new ways to create value and get rewarded for our individual contributions. Any compensation range provided for a role is an estimate determined by available market data. The actual amount may be higher or lower than the range provided considering each candidate's knowledge, skills, abilities, and geographic location. If you have questions, please speak to your recruiter about the flexibility and detail of our compensation philosophy.

Hiring Philosophy

All Koch companies value diversity of thought, perspectives, aptitudes, experiences, and backgrounds. We are Military Ready and Second Chance employers. Learn more about our hiring philosophy here.

Who We Are

As a Koch company, Guardian Glass is one of the world's largest manufacturers of float, value-added and fabricated glass products and solutions. We produce high-performance glass for architectural, residential, interior, transportation and technical glass applications. You'll find our glass in homes, offices and cars and in some of the world's most iconic projects.

At Koch, employees are empowered to do what they do best to make life better. Learn how our business philosophy helps employees unleash their potential while creating value for themselves and the company.

Our Benefits

Our goal is for each employee, and their families, to live fulfilling and healthy lives. We provide essential resources and support to build and maintain physical, financial, and emotional strength - focusing on overall wellbeing so you can focus on what matters most. Our benefits plan includes - medical, dental, vision, flexible spending and health savings accounts, life insurance, ADD, disability, retirement, paid vacation/time off, educational assistance, and may also include infertility assistance, paid parental leave and adoption assistance. Specific eligibility criteria is set by the applicable Summary Plan Description, policy or guideline and benefits may vary by geographic region. If you have questions on what benefits apply to you, please speak to your recruiter.

Additionally, everyone has individual work and personal needs. We seek to enable the best work environment that helps you and the business work together to produce superior results.

Equal Opportunities

Equal Opportunity Employer, including disability and protected veteran status. Except where prohibited by state law, some offers of employment are conditioned upon successfully passing a drug test. This employer uses E-Verify. Please click here for additional information. (For Illinois E-Verify information click here, aqui, or tu).