North America Reliability Manager
Quick Summary
Develop and execute reliability and asset management strategies for manufacturing, production, or industrial facilities. Lead reliability-centered maintenance (RCM), preventive maintenance (PM),
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The Reliability Manager is responsible for developing, implementing, and continuously improving asset reliability strategies to maximize equipment uptime, safety, quality, and operational performance. This role leads reliability engineering initiatives, predictive and preventive maintenance programs, root cause analysis, and continuous improvement efforts to reduce equipment failures and maintenance costs while supporting business objectives.
Key Responsibilities:
- Develop and execute reliability and asset management strategies for manufacturing, production, or industrial facilities.
- Lead reliability-centered maintenance (RCM), preventive maintenance (PM), and predictive maintenance (PdM) programs.
- Analyze equipment performance data and reliability metrics to identify improvement opportunities.
- Drive root cause failure analysis (RCFA) and corrective action implementation for recurring and major equipment issues.
- Collaborate with Operations, Maintenance, Engineering, and Supply Chain teams to improve asset performance.
- Manage condition monitoring technologies such as vibration analysis, thermography, oil analysis, ultrasonic testing, lubrication programs, and equipment health assessments.
- Establish and track key performance indicators (KPIs) including Overall Equipment Effectiveness (OEE), Mean Time Between Failures (MTBF), Mean Time to Repair (MTTR), downtime, maintenance cost per unit produced, maintenance cost per ton, and equipment availability and reliability.
- Support capital projects, equipment upgrades, and lifecycle asset management planning to improve reliability and maintainability.
- Ensure compliance with safety, environmental, and regulatory requirements.
- Lead and mentor reliability engineers, planners, and technical personnel.
- Develop maintenance standards, best practices, and training programs.
- Analyze manufacturing processes to identify opportunities for productivity, quality, and cost improvements.
- Lead Lean Manufacturing and Continuous Improvement projects.
- Optimize production parameters and operating standards.
- Develop process controls and standard operating procedures.
- Support scrap reduction, yield improvement, and material utilization initiatives.
- Utilize data analysis tools to identify trends and implement corrective actions.
- Lead plant diagnostics and performance improvement programs.
- Facilitate cross-functional problem-solving teams.
- Support startup and commissioning of new equipment and process changes.
- Drive standardization of best practices across facilities.
- Support annual strategic plans and operational improvement roadmaps.
Bachelor’s degree or a related technical discipline required.
Typically 4–8 years of progressive experience in manufacturing, process engineering, reliability engineering, controls engineering, or a related industrial environment.
Experience supporting automated manufacturing equipment and industrial control systems preferred.
Experience within steel, metal packaging, industrial manufacturing, or other process-driven production environments preferred.
What We Offer
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Listing Details
- Posted
- September 18, 2026
- First seen
- September 29, 2026
- Last seen
- September 29, 2026
Posting Health
- Days active
- 0
- Repost count
- 0
- Trust Level
- 24%
- Scored at
- September 29, 2026
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