Remote Senior Reliability Leader for Manufacturing

Balchem; Montvale (NJ); Remote; USD 150,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

Balchem is seeking a Senior Reliability Manager to lead reliability improvements across its manufacturing network. The role focuses on CIL fundamentals, asset criticality, spare parts, and KPI development to reduce downtime and lifecycle costs.

Ideal candidates have 10+ years in reliability and maintenance leadership, experience across multiple sites, and proficiency with CMMS/EAM and data tools. Travel up to 50% is required.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering or related technical field.
• 10+ years in reliability engineering, maintenance leadership, asset management, or manufacturing operations.
• Experience across multiple manufacturing sites or leading corporate reliability initiatives.
• Strong knowledge of reliability-centered maintenance, preventive/predictive maintenance, condition-based monitoring, RCA, and maintenance strategy development.
• Experience with CIL, Autonomous Maintenance, TPM, and precision maintenance.
• Familiarity with CMMS/EAM systems; Fiix or SAP PM experience preferred.
• Excellent written and verbal communication; ability to travel up to 50%.

Responsibilities

• Provide strategic leadership for reliability and maintenance excellence across Balchem’s manufacturing network.
• Develop, implement, and standardize core maintenance fundamentals (CIL) and asset criticality-based plans.
• Oversee asset criticality assessments and maintenance strategies; align spare parts with risk.
• Partner with site maintenance, operations, engineering, EHS, quality, and supply chain teams to identify reliability gaps and fix them.
• Define and monitor reliability KPIs; drive continuous improvement and cost reductions.
• Lead long-term reliability initiatives: TPM, autonomous maintenance, predictive maintenance.
• Support capital projects with maintainability reviews and lifecycle cost evaluations.
• Develop and maintain reliability standards, templates, and training materials.

Skills

Reliability Engineering

Maintenance Leadership

Asset Management

Plant Engineering

Manufacturing Operations

RCM/PM/CBM

Root Cause Analysis

Spare Parts Management

CIL (Clean Inspect Lubricate)

Autonomous Maintenance

Total Productive Maintenance (TPM)

Power BI

Data Analysis

CMMS/EAM Knowledge

MS Office

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Engineering or related field

Advanced degree preferred

Tools

Fiix

SAP PM

Power BI

Job description

Balchem is seeking a Senior Reliability Manager to lead reliability improvements across its manufacturing network. The role focuses on CIL fundamentals, asset criticality, spare parts, and KPI development to reduce downtime and lifecycle costs.

Ideal candidates have 10+ years in reliability and maintenance leadership, experience across multiple sites, and proficiency with CMMS/EAM and data tools. Travel up to 50% is required.