Maintenance and Reliability Manager

Field

Maintenance and facilities

Location

Ambler, PA

Work model

Onsite

Level

Manager

Pay

$145k to $165k

What you would own

• Asset Reliability & Equipment Performance Develop and implement the site's reliability strategy to improve OEE, reduce unplanned downtime, and increase asset availability.
• Establish, manage, and continuously improve preventive, predictive, and condition-based maintenance programs.
• Lead Root Cause Failure Analysis (RCFA) investigations and implement sustainable corrective actions.
• Analyze equipment performance, downtime trends, maintenance costs, and operational data to identify improvement opportunities.
• Develop long-term asset management, lifecycle cost, refurbishment, and replacement strategies.
• Drive data-based decision making for equipment upgrades, modernization initiatives, and capital investments.
• Establish asset criticality rankings and reliability improvement roadmaps.
• Continuously improve MTBF, MTTR, maintenance schedule compliance, and asset utilization.
• Mechanical, Electrical, Instrumentation & Controls Systems Ensure reliability and performance of mechanical, electrical, pneumatic, hydraulic, and utility systems.
• Provide oversight of electrical distribution systems, motor control centers (MCCs), VFDs, power systems, and facility electrical infrastructure.
• Maintain reliability of instrumentation, sensors, transmitters, control valves, safety systems, and process monitoring equipment.
• Support the maintenance and lifecycle management of PLCs, HMIs, SCADA systems, industrial networks, and automation platforms.
• Lead troubleshooting of complex mechanical, electrical, controls, and automation failures.
• Develop equipment standards and maintenance strategies for critical electrical and control assets.
• Identify automation opportunities that improve safety, reliability, efficiency, and operational performance.
• Mechanical Integrity & Regulatory Compliance Own the site's Mechanical Integrity Program and ensure compliance with applicable company standards and regulatory requirements.
• Ensure inspection, testing, maintenance, and certification of critical equipment, pressure systems, piping, utilities, process equipment, and fire protection systems.
• Support Process Safety Management (PSM), environmental compliance, and risk reduction initiatives.
• Ensure adherence to OSHA, EPA, NFPA, local codes, insurance requirements, and recognized engineering standards.
• Manage statutory inspections, audits, permits, corrective actions, and compliance documentation.
• Ensure process safety critical equipment maintains required levels of integrity and reliability.
• Maintenance Planning, Scheduling & Execution Own and continuously improve maintenance planning, scheduling, and work management processes.
• Ensure effective use of CMMS, work order systems, preventive maintenance schedules, and maintenance reporting tools.
• Develop and maintain maintenance procedures, SOPs, job plans, and equipment care standards.

What they are looking for

• Minimum of 10+ years as a maintenance manager/reliability leader.
• Demonstrated experience with asset reliability, root cause analysis, preventive and predictive maintenance programs.
• Experience managing maintenance budgets, contractors, capital projects, and technical resources.
• Strong knowledge of CMMS platforms, ERP systems, maintenance planning systems, and reliability analytics.
• Bachelor's Degree in Mechanical (preferred), Electrical or Chemical Engineering required Skills: Strong mechanical engineering and equipment reliability expertise with demonstrated experience improving asset reliability, reducing downtime, and increasing OEE.
• Advanced troubleshooting and root cause analysis skills using structured methodologies such as RCA, 5-Why, Fishbone, FMEA, Fault Tree Analysis, and Reliability Centered Maintenance (RCM).
• Proven ability to analyze equipment performance data, failure trends, maintenance costs, and operational metrics to drive data-based decisions and capital recommendations.
• Experience developing and optimizing preventive, predictive, and condition-based maintenance programs.
• Strong understanding of rotating equipment, pumps, conveyors, filling systems, packaging equipment, pneumatic systems, hydraulic systems, compressors, and utility systems.
• Experience utilizing reliability tools and technologies including vibration analysis, thermography, oil analysis, ultrasonic inspection, and condition monitoring systems.
• Ability to identify chronic equipment losses and develop sustainable solutions that improve reliability, throughput, quality, and safety.
• Demonstrated project management skills, including capital project justification, budgeting, equipment installation, commissioning, FAT/SAT participation, and startup support.
• Strong understanding of maintenance planning, scheduling, spare parts optimization, CMMS systems, and work order management.
• Experience applying Lean Manufacturing, Six Sigma, TPM, and Continuous Improvement methodologies to improve operational performance.
• Knowledge of OSHA regulations, PSM requirements, NFPA standards, machine safety, LOTO, and engineering standards applicable to manufacturing operations.
• Strong analytical skills with proficiency in Excel, ERP systems, CMMS platforms, Power BI, and data visualization tools.
• Ability to collaborate effectively with Operations, Maintenance, Engineering, EHS, Quality, Procurement, and external contractors.
• Excellent communication and influencing skills with the ability to lead cross-functional teams without direct authority.
• Ability to operate effectively in a fast-paced manufacturing environment while managing multiple projects and competing priorities.
• Demonstrated ownership mindset with a passion for driving reliability, eliminating losses, and improving overall equipment performance.

Everything above is the hiring company’s own words, with the company name taken out. The name, the team, and the interview steps come with the first conversation.