Maintenance and Reliability Manager

Maintenance And Reliability Manager

The ideal candidate will bring strong Reliability Leadership experience (beyond traditional maintenance) within a manufacturing environment. This individual must have deep expertise in Reliability Engineering, Asset Management, and Continuous Improvement methodologies and a proven ability to drive a reliability-centered culture across plant operations. We are seeking a Maintenance and Reliability Manager to join the leadership team at our Davenport facility. This role reports directly to the Vice President of Manufacturing and is responsible for driving long-term asset reliability, productivity, and maintenance excellence across a flagship manufacturing operation.

The successful candidate will lead reliability initiatives, implement best-in-class maintenance strategies, and foster a data-driven, continuous improvement culture aligned with organizational values of integrity, inclusion, and performance.

• Establish and lead a Reliability-Centered Maintenance (RCM) culture across the facility
• Develop and implement equipment reliability standards, including:
  • Preventive & Predictive Maintenance programs
  • Equipment Maintenance Plans
  • Criticality Analysis
  • Condition-Based Monitoring
  • CMMS optimization
• Drive a data-driven maintenance strategy using KPIs such as:
  • MTTR (Mean Time to Repair)
  • MTBF (Mean Time Between Failures)
  • Equipment Uptime
  • PM Compliance
• Lead criticality assessments and risk prioritization for plant assets
• Implement reliability-based maintenance strategies across operations
• Conduct RCM / FMEA analyses on critical equipment
• Lead Root Cause Analysis (RCA) for downtime, yield loss, and capacity issues
• Identify and eliminate chronic equipment failures
• Develop systems to optimize asset lifecycle cost management
• Ensure compliance with safety regulations and industry standards
• Collaborate cross-functionally with operations, engineering, and leadership teams

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Maintenance Reliability, or Engineering Technology
• Minimum 10+ years of manufacturing experience
• Minimum 5+ years in Maintenance & Reliability leadership role
• Proven experience in implementing Reliability-Centered Maintenance (RCM)
• Strong experience with FMEA, RCA, CMMS, and predictive maintenance tools

• Master's degree in Engineering or Business Administration (MBA)
• 7+ years of dedicated maintenance reliability experience
• Strong communication and leadership skills across all organizational levels

• Reliability Engineering & Asset Management
• Preventive & Predictive Maintenance
• Data-driven decision making (KPIs, analytics)
• Root Cause Analysis (RCA), FMEA, RCM
• CMMS systems & condition monitoring
• Leadership & team development
• Continuous Improvement (Lean / Six Sigma exposure preferred)

• Leadership-level role within a flagship manufacturing facility
• High visibility with senior leadership
• Opportunity to drive large-scale reliability transformation