Reliability Manager

Dreaming big is in our DNA. It's who we are as a company. It's our culture. It's our heritage. And more than ever, it's our future. A future where we're always looking forward. Always serving up new ways to meet life's moments. A future where we keep dreaming bigger. We look for people with passion, talent, and curiosity, and provide them with the teammates, resources and opportunities to unleash their full potential.

The power we create together - when we combine your strengths with ours - is unstoppable. Are you ready to join a team that dreams as big as you do?

SALARY: $106,400 - $126,350

We are home to the nation's most iconic beer and beyond beer brands, including Michelob ULTRA - America's #1 top-selling beer - as well as Busch Light, Budweiser, Bud Light, Stella Artois, Cutwater Spirits, and industry-leading craft brands. From our longstanding efforts to support American farmers, military, veterans, and first responders, to emergency drinking water donations and responsible drinking programs, we are guided by our commitment to the communities we call home and the 65,000 hardworking Americans who bring our beer to life.

We are powered by a team that shares our passion to create a future with more cheers. Are you ready to join a team that dreams as big as you do?

As the Packaging Reliability Manager at our Baldwinsville Brewery, you will be responsible for the reliability, maintenance strategy, and continuous improvement of all packaging line equipment and associated systems. This position partners closely with Packaging, Maintenance, Engineering, and Operations teams to develop and sustain reliability programs that maximise equipment uptime, improve line performance, and optimise maintenance costs across the packaging operation.

• Support the packaging operation in achieving Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) related to equipment reliability, line efficiency, maintenance performance, and continuous improvement.
• Lead the implementation and standardisation of maintenance best practices and reliability-centred maintenance processes across packaging assets.
• Serve as the site subject matter expert for equipment reliability, root cause failure analysis, and Six Sigma problem-solving methodologies.
• Develop and execute reliability strategies for high-speed packaging equipment, including fillers, packers, palletisers, depalletisers, conveyors, labelers, and associated automation systems.
• Support the coordination, prioritisation, and delivery of technical training programmes for maintenance trades and operations personnel.
• Actively coach and mentor maintenance and operations teams to build reliability-focused capabilities and technical expertise.
• Ensure preventive, predictive, and condition-based maintenance programmes are understood, executed, and continuously improved.
• Partner with Engineering and Operations on capital projects, equipment upgrades, and lifecycle planning, including development of business cases and return-on-investment analyses.
• Maintain and enhance the Computerised Maintenance Management System (CMMS), ensuring accurate asset data, reporting, and user training.
• Monitor equipment performance trends, analyse reliability data, and drive corrective actions to eliminate chronic losses and failures.
• Drive improvements in Overall Equipment Effectiveness (OEE), asset utilisation, and maintenance cost management.
• Own and manage departmental Maintenance ZBB and VIC budgets.

• Bachelor's Degree in Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Industrial Engineering, or a related technical discipline preferred.
• 5+ years of experience leading maintenance and reliability programmes within a high-speed manufacturing, packaging, food and beverage, consumer products, or similar production environment.
• Demonstrated experience implementing maintenance best practices, reliability-centred maintenance (RCM), and continuous improvement methodologies.
• Experience supporting packaging equipment and production systems, including automation, controls, and industrial electrical systems.
• Experience coaching, developing, and training skilled trades in a unionised…