Regional Reliability Manager

Job Description

Reliability Manager - Southeast

Location: Southeast

At our client, we advance life through materials.

For over 150 years, we’ve been a trusted leader in sourcing, transforming, and distributing specialty industrial minerals. Our work powers progress across industries as diverse as glass, ceramics, construction, coatings, polymers, and water purification. Beyond our materials, we’re proud of our commitment to sustainability, innovation, and empowering people from all walks of life to thrive and make a meaningful impact.

Are We the Perfect Match?

At our client, we believe building a successful career is a two-way journey. We’re looking for individuals who share our values and vision, just as much as you’re seeking a company that aligns with your aspirations. Together, we can shape the future.

As an integral part of the Division for our client, the Reliability Engineer will work closely with our client's plant maintenance, production and leadership teams to develop and utilize effective tools and systems for measuring reliability of our production process. This position is responsible for providing engineering support for maintenance planning/supervision, operation and maintenance of our client's North America Processing plants, developing and implementing programmatic methods to ensure safe operation and high equipment reliability/availability, cost effective maintenance, and continuous improvement culture.

Your Impact in This Role

• The Reliability Engineer will work closely with our client's plant maintenance, production and leadership teams to develop and utilize effective tools and systems for measuring reliability of our production process.
• This position is responsible for providing engineering support for maintenance planning/supervision, operation and maintenance of our client's North America Processing plants, developing and implementing programmatic methods to ensure safe operation and high equipment reliability/availability, cost effective maintenance, and continuous improvement culture.
• This role includes applying lean maintenance strategies and predictive technologies while optimizing a system’s operational performance, life cycle cost, and payback. This role will act as primary liaison for capital projects with the Capital implementation team for all cluster plants.
• Maintain and promote a safe working environment for all employees.
• Achieve safety and health objectives.
• Leads and is responsible for the execution of reliability excellence/maintenance program. Writes and maintains reliability maintenance strategy documents.
• Work with Maintenance Planners/Supervisors to implement Lean manufacturing tools to empower employees and facilitate growth to improve financial performance.
• Responsible for ranking the criticality of the assets under their care, typically using Reliability Centered Maintenance approaches, and for defining the proactive maintenance approaches that are cost-beneficial to the business.
• Identifies and implements predictive maintenance technologies. Manages predictive maintenance equipment.
• Performs/supports operational event and equipment failure investigations to ensure that the root cause/causal factors have been identified, corrective actions prescribed, and follow-up monitoring conducted as applicable, to determine effectiveness.
• Conducts program and system/equipment audits on a periodic and as needed basis. Audits will generally be focused on safety, risk analysis, regulatory compliance, maintenance effectiveness, cost savings, and energy conservation.
• Participates in the planning, design review, value management and construction document development of new facilities and renovations. Supports utility distribution, master planning, and business continuity planning.
• Supports commissioning activities for all upgrade, renovation, and construction projects which may include, but is not limited to, PM job plans, reviews for maintainability, critical spares, documentation, etc.
• Develop and maintain new “Key Performance Indicators" of equipment reliability.
• Lead in maintenance improvement tools (PM Optimization, RCM, RCA, RCFA, FMEA, etc.) and knowledgeable in predictive maintenance tools
• Maintain a high level of technical competency in advanced maintenance technology.
• Maintain equipment repair history and evaluate repair costs & trends.
• Analyse equipment failure data patterns and interpret ERP PM maintenance data to generate priorities and action lists for improving reliability of site.
• Track the performance of reliability improvements to determine their effectiveness and make additional modifications if required.
• By working closely with the local Maintenance Teams, use intervals for potential failures to appropriately prioritize, plan, and schedule to minimize downtime.
• Develop solutions to repetitive, chronic, or costly failures and other maintenance problems, and apply value analysis to repair/replace, repair/redesign, and make/buy decisions.
• Assist in troubleshooting techniques for major/repetitive equipment.
• Advise the Maintenance Supervisors/Managers of any problems or potential problems which affect the ability of the operation to produce in a safe and efficient manner.
• Monitor and report on all relevant maintenance activity KPI’s including wrench time analysis.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

What You Bring to the Table

• 10 + years of work experience focused on reliability, mechanical, maintenance and engineering for large industrial, recycling or manufacturing industries / sectors
• Industry knowledge
• Comprehensive understanding of glass processing equipment and processes
• Practical knowledge of engineering principles applied to design, operation and maintenance of building structures and mechanical and electrical equipment for buildings.
• Has an excellent working knowledge of the facilities maintenance subject area, knowledge of the workforce and supplier capabilities as well as an awareness of progressive developments within the industry.
• Experience w/ predictive maintenance technologies including, but not limited to, vibration analysis, oil analysis, infrared Thermography, ultra sound and motor current analysis.
• Experience w/ Root Cause Failure Analysis, Equipment Criticality Ranking, Preventive Maintenance (PM) and Condition Based Maintenance (CBM).
• Ability to work independently and demonstrate initiative in meeting sales and revenue goals.
• Ability to negotiate and manage contractual arrangements.
• Ability to analyze and solve problems.
• Proficient in MS Office, specifically including word processing, data entry, excel spreadsheets, and reports.
• Ability to travel up to 60- 75%

Salary

Competitive regional salary with eligibility for annual bonus and equity. Salary is to be determined based on job-related factors including, but not limited to, skills, experience, qualifications, alignment with market data and internal equity.

Benefits

Our client provides a premium employee benefits package that is designed to enhance the well-being of our employees and family members: medical insurance, prescription drug benefits, dental insurance, vision insurance, life insurance, disability insurance, critical illness insurance, 401(k) retirement savings plan.

Why Join Us?

Our client is more than a workplace—it’s a community that encourages growth, innovation, and collaboration.

We also welcome applications from all backgrounds and are committed to providing reasonable adjustments to support you through the selection process.

How to Apply

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Please note: We do not require agency services as we have a dedicated Global Talent Acquisition Team.

Our client is an equal opportunity employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.