The Reliability Engineering Manager will lead a team of reliability engineers in the development and implementation of reliability improvement initiatives to drive equipment uptime and reduce maintenance costs. This role is responsible for improving Overall Equipment Effectiveness of the company's machines, processes, and facilities through the application of proven reliability methodologies and data analytics.

The Reliability Engineering Manager leads both plant and company-wide continuous improvement efforts through collaboration with plant and department leadership, plant floor personnel, and the Maintenance and Engineering departments. This role will develop and maintain a data-driven continuous improvement methodology, prioritizing projects based on their expected impact on plant processes.

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Key Responsibilities

• Lead reliability engineering team in designing and implementing continuous improvement and reliability programs
• Develop reliability strategies to increase uptime and reduce maintenance costs
• Conduct root cause analysis and failure mode investigations
• Partner with maintenance teams on preventive maintenance procedures and schedules
• Manage reliability improvement projects end-to-end, from scope through sustainability
• Develop training and progression strategies for maintenance/engineering staff
• Drive plant-wide continuous improvement initiatives

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Mechanical, Electrical, Industrial, or Reliability Engineering
• 10+ years in reliability engineering, industrial maintenance, and project engineering, with strong Six Sigma/Lean/TPM experience
• 5+ years managing reliability engineers, maintenance professionals, or technicians
• 5+ years in industrial controls programming Knowledge  (Allen Bradley/Rockwell preferred)
• CMRP and/or CRE certification preferred; LSSBB/LSSGB preferred
• Strong background in FMEA, DoE, RCM, and PdM methodologies