Reliability Leader

Guardian Industries; Kingsburg (CA); On-site; USD 100,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical

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Paid vacation/time off

Educational assistance

Infertility assistance

Paid parental leave

Job summary

Guardian Glass in Kingsburg, CA is seeking a Reliability Leader to oversee all maintenance operations for a 24/7 facility. You will lead engineers, planners, schedulers, and technicians, directing preventive, predictive, and corrective maintenance to ensure safety and production goals are met.

Join a team focused on reliability, continuous improvement, and data-driven decision making, with KPI tracking and collaboration across operations and engineering to optimize uptime and efficiency.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in maintenance management within a 24/7 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.

Responsibilities

• Lead and manage a multi-disciplinary maintenance and reliability team, overseeing engineers, planners, schedulers, supervisors, technicians, and crib personnel.
• Tactically direct all maintenance operations—preventive, predictive, corrective, and breakdown—in a 24/7 manufacturing environment, ensuring compliance with safety regulations and company policies.
• Collaborate with operations and engineering teams to align maintenance with production goals, support equipment installations/upgrades, and minimize downtime.
• Manage crib inventory to optimize costs and ensure timely availability of parts and materials.
• Monitor team performance and equipment reliability using KPIs and CMMS tools, driving best practices and data-driven decision-making.
• Facilitate root cause analysis and troubleshooting of complex equipment failures, sharing knowledge within the global maintenance organization and applying lessons learned for continuous improvement.

Skills

Maintenance management

Leadership

CMMS

Budgeting

Vendor management

Predictive maintenance

Education

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

Tools

CMMS software

Maintenance planning tools

Job description

Your Job

Guardian Glass is looking for a Reliability Leader to join our team in Kingsburg, CA!

As the Reliability Leader, you'll take charge of all maintenance operations for a 24/7 facility, playing a critical role in keeping production running smoothly and safely. This is your opportunity to lead a talented, multi-disciplinary team, shape innovative maintenance strategies, and drive continuous improvement that directly affects both safety and quality. 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 at our facility 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

• Lead and manage a multi-disciplinary maintenance and reliability team, overseeing engineers, planners, schedulers, supervisors, technicians, and crib personnel.
• Tactically direct all maintenance operations-preventive, predictive, corrective, and breakdown-in a 24/7 manufacturing environment, ensuring compliance with safety regulations and company policies.
• Collaborate with operations and engineering teams to align maintenance with production goals, support equipment installations/upgrades, and minimize downtime.
• Manage crib inventory to optimize costs and ensure timely availability of parts and materials.
• Monitor team performance and equipment reliability using KPIs and CMMS tools, driving best practices and data-driven decision-making.
• 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 of experience in maintenance management within a manufacturing or industrial 24/7 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

• Bachelor's degree in Mechanical, Electrical, Industrial Engineering
• Certified Maintenance Manager (CMM) or Certified Maintenance and Reliability Professional (CMRP)
• Familiarity with Lean Manufacturing, Six Sigma, and continuous improvement processes
• Knowledge of Industry 4.0 technologies including predictive maintenance, IoT sensors, and data analytics

Our Location

Nestled in the heart of California's Central Valley, Kingsburg offers an exceptional quality of life with a welcoming small-town community, affordable living, and easy access to some of the state's most iconic destinations. Located just 20 minutes south of Fresno, residents enjoy the convenience of a major metropolitan area while avoiding the congestion and high cost of larger California cities. Weekend adventures are never far away, with Yosemite National Park, Sequoia National Park, the Sierra Nevada Mountains, and California's Central Coast all within driving distance. Whether you're looking for an outdoor lifestyle, a family-friendly community, or the opportunity to grow your career while enjoying a lower cost of living, Kingsburg provides the best of California living with room to thrive.

This role is not open to visa sponsorship

For this role we anticipate paying between $100,000 to $130,000 per year.

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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 philosophyhere.

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 ourbusiness philosophyhelps employees unleash their potential while creating value for themselves and the company.

Our Benefits

• medical
• dental
• vision
• flexible spending and health savings accounts
• life insurance
• ADD
• disability
• retirement
• paid vacation/time off
• educational assistance
• infertility assistance
• paid parental leave
• adoption assistance

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 clickherefor additional information. (For Illinois E-Verify information clickhere,aqui, ortu).

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