Senior Reliability & Maintenance Leader

Smithfield Packaged Meats Corp; North Carolina; Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 163,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Relocation package

Benefits package

Job summary

Smithfield Foods is seeking a Senior Reliability Manager to lead maintenance and reliability across multiple facilities, driving asset health, uptime, and OEE improvements. You will shape strategies, mentor teams, and partner with operations to deliver safe, reliable production.

The role requires a bachelor’s degree in engineering and 5+ years in maintenance leadership, with RCA/RCM experience and SAP PM/CMMS proficiency. Expect travel up to 50% as needed.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering or related technical discipline.
• 5+ years of leadership in maintenance, reliability, or manufacturing.
• Experience with RCA/RCM and preventive/predictive maintenance.

Responsibilities

• Lead design and execution of maintenance and reliability strategies across facilities.
• Drive asset health, uptime, and OEE improvements using data and metrics.
• Develop and mentor engineering, maintenance and operations teams.
• Serve as technical resource for critical equipment and outages.
• Promote continuous improvement and standardized best practices.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to align safety and costs.

Skills

Reliability leadership

Maintenance management

RCM/RCA

SAP PM/CMMS

Data-driven improvement

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Engineering

Tools

SAP PM

CMMS

RCM/RCA methodologies

Job description

Smithfield Foods is seeking a Senior Reliability Manager to lead maintenance and reliability across multiple facilities, driving asset health, uptime, and OEE improvements. You will shape strategies, mentor teams, and partner with operations to deliver safe, reliable production.

The role requires a bachelor’s degree in engineering and 5+ years in maintenance leadership, with RCA/RCM experience and SAP PM/CMMS proficiency. Expect travel up to 50% as needed.