Asset Management – Reliability Manager

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in Connecticut, +4 more states.

📋 Description

• Provide national-level leadership in the design, implementation, and oversight of asset management and reliability programs across a portfolio of facilities.

• Establish and uphold reliability-focused asset management practices across managed facilities.

• Mentor and coach employees on the use of CMMS, asset assessment methods, and reliability improvement practices.

• Direct and execute standardized condition assessments on mechanical, electrical, structural, and process assets.

• Document deterioration patterns, safety hazards, and compliance risks affecting lifecycle planning.

• Apply RCM principles during inspections and recommend optimized maintenance strategies.

• Validate asset tag numbers, ensure hierarchy accuracy, and confirm CMMS data completeness.

• Lead criticality assessments and prioritize assets for investment, maintenance, and monitoring.

• Analyze asset history and performance data to pinpoint lifecycle risks and opportunities.

• Translate assessment findings into portfolio-wide capital planning, optimization, and replacement strategies.

• Oversee structured RCA investigations for asset failures, compliance incidents, safety events, and recurring operational issues.

• Facilitate cross-site workshops and align corrective and preventive measures.

• Track and verify RCA outcomes and improvement initiatives in the CMMS.

• Produce trend reports that communicate lessons learned, systemic risks, and improvement initiatives.

• Standardize asset hierarchies, PM libraries, and coding structures for portfolio-wide reporting.

• Train and certify users at various levels on accurate CMMS data entry.

• Prepare comprehensive reports for leadership and clients on asset conditions, risk profiles, and portfolio reliability.

• Convert technical findings into actionable business recommendations.

• Lead portfolio-level review sessions with operations, capital planning, and clients.

• Coordinate reliability initiatives across facilities while partnering with facility managers, operations, engineering, and project management.

• Act as a liaison between site-level staff and corporate leadership.

• Support procurement and investment decisions with lifecycle-cost and risk-based insights.

• Report to the Director of Asset Management & Reliability.

⛳️ Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Asset Management, Reliability, or a related discipline (preferred).

• Minimum of 5 years of progressive experience in asset management, maintenance, or portfolio reliability management.

• Demonstrated leadership experience in multi-site or national operations.

• Strong expertise in asset criticality, RCA, and RCM methodologies.

• Advanced knowledge of enterprise-level CMMS systems, including governance and reporting.

• Proven skills in technical reporting, data analysis, and presentations for executive-level audiences.

• Excellent training, facilitation, and mentoring abilities.

• Willingness to travel 50-75% nationally.

• Familiarity with ISO 55000 asset management frameworks.

• Experience in utilities, water/wastewater, or other regulated industrial environments.

• Proficiency in analytics/reporting platforms such as Power BI and advanced Excel.

• Strong facilitation and communication skills for RCA workshops, leadership sessions, and staff training.

• CMRP, CRL, or IAM Certificate/Diploma in Asset Management is preferred.

🏝️ Benefits

• Travel of approximately 50-75% is required to provide oversight, training, and alignment across the portfolio.

• Flexible location within the U.S.

• Exempt employment status.