Asset & Reliability Manager

Americhem is a globally recognized designer and manufacturer of custom color masterbatch, functional additives, engineered compounds and performance technologies. Our business is built around delivering Performance, Solutions and Trust through close collaboration with customers seeking to optimize their polymer products. All of our products are backed by complete technical support that ensures quality, reliability, and value.

The Asset & Reliability Manager is responsible for leading the site's maintenance and asset reliability function with a primary focus on creating and sustaining a safe, compliant, and reliable manufacturing environment. This leader will champion a proactive safety culture by ensuring equipment, facilities, and maintenance practices support Americhem's commitment to protecting employees while maximizing asset reliability, operational efficiency, product quality, and productivity.

Through preventive and predictive maintenance strategies, risk mitigation, and continuous improvement initiatives, this role will help ensure the long-term sustainability and safe operation of critical manufacturing assets.

Reporting to the Plant Manager, this position will lead the maintenance organization, oversee preventive and predictive maintenance programs, drive equipment reliability improvements, manage tactical capital projects, and partner closely with Operations, EHS, Engineering, and Production to eliminate equipment-related risks, improve uptime, and support a manufacturing facility with a diverse mix of assets, many of which are in a sustainment phase. This individual will foster a service-oriented maintenance culture where safety, responsiveness, and operational excellence are embedded in every aspect of maintenance and reliability activities.

The successful candidate will bring a service-oriented leadership style and be energized by building a maintenance organization that is viewed as a trusted business partner at the site. This individual will leverage reliability best practices, data-driven decision making, and continuous improvement to reduce downtime, improve Overall Equipment Effectiveness (OEE), and support the site's long-term strategic objectives.

Responsibilities Develop and execute the site's asset reliability strategy to maximize equipment uptime, operational safety, and manufacturing performance. Lead the maintenance organization in transitioning from reactive maintenance to preventive, predictive, and reliability-centered maintenance practices. Improve Overall Equipment Effectiveness (OEE) through data analysis, root cause investigations, and continuous reliability improvements. Establish and monitor reliability KPIs to drive equipment performance and support data-driven decision-making.

Lead all maintenance operations, including work planning, scheduling, backlog management, and emergency maintenance activities. Optimize maintenance programs and asset performance through effective use of the FiiX CMMS and other maintenance systems. Partner closely with Operations, Engineering, Quality, and EHS to minimize downtime and support safe, efficient manufacturing operations. Lead Root Cause Failure Analysis (RCFA) activities and implement corrective and preventive actions to eliminate recurring equipment failures.

Drive Lean Manufacturing and continuous improvement initiatives that enhance equipment reliability, productivity, and maintenance effectiveness. Develop long-term equipment lifecycle strategies while supporting a manufacturing facility with a combination of legacy and sustaining assets. Identify, prioritize, and manage capital improvement projects that strengthen asset reliability, operational performance, and business continuity. Utilize Oracle ERP and…