Asset Management – Reliability Manager

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in Connecticut, +3 more states.

📋 Description

• Provide strategic guidance to implement and uphold asset management practices centered on reliability across all managed facilities.

• Mentor and coach team members at various levels regarding CMMS utilization, asset evaluation techniques, and practices for enhancing reliability.

• Foster a culture of accountability, data-informed decision-making, and ongoing improvement.

• Represent the Asset Management & Reliability function in corporate, client, and executive discussions, ensuring that reliability programs align with business goals.

• Oversee and carry out standardized condition assessments across the portfolio for mechanical, electrical, structural, and process assets, utilizing standardized rating systems.

• Record deterioration trends, safety concerns, and compliance risks that impact lifecycle planning.

• Utilize RCM principles during inspections to identify potential functional failures and propose optimized maintenance strategies.

• Guarantee data integrity by verifying asset tag numbers, ensuring the accuracy of hierarchies, and completeness within the CMMS.

• Conduct criticality assessments to assign risk rankings to the business and prioritize assets for investment, maintenance, and monitoring.

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

• Convert assessment results into portfolio-wide strategies that facilitate capital planning, optimization, and asset replacement.

• Lead structured root cause analysis investigations for asset failures, compliance incidents, safety events, or recurring operational challenges.

• Organize cross-site workshops to identify systemic issues and coordinate corrective/preventive measures.

• Ensure that all RCA results and improvement actions are documented, tracked, and validated in the CMMS.

• Provide trend reports that convey lessons learned, systemic risks, and improvement initiatives to leadership and clients.

• Advocate for continuous improvement by integrating reliability-focused practices into daily operations at facilities.

• Standardize asset hierarchies, preventative maintenance libraries, and coding structures to facilitate portfolio-wide reporting.

• Capable of training and certifying users at various levels to guarantee high-quality and precise CMMS data entry.

• Prepare professional, data-driven reports for leadership and clients regarding asset conditions, risk profiles, and portfolio reliability.

• Interpret technical findings into clear, actionable recommendations that guide business decisions.

• Lead portfolio-level review meetings to synchronize reliability goals with operations, capital planning, and client expectations.

• Provide executive-level reports that demonstrate how asset management programs mitigate risk, optimize costs, and prolong asset life.

• Coordinate reliability and asset management initiatives across facilities, ensuring consistent adherence to corporate standards.

• Collaborate with facility managers, operations, engineering, and project management to incorporate reliability strategies into daily operations.

• Act as the primary liaison between site-level personnel and corporate leadership, ensuring that lessons learned are disseminated throughout the portfolio.

• Support procurement and investment decisions by offering lifecycle cost and risk-based insights on asset selection.

• Integrate site-level activities into the CMMS, ensuring transparency and alignment across the portfolio.

⛳️ Requirements

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

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

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

• Strong expertise in asset criticality, root cause analysis, and reliability-centered maintenance methodologies.

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

• Demonstrated proficiency in technical reporting, data analysis, and executive-level presentations.

• Exceptional training, facilitation, and mentoring abilities.

• Preferred certifications: CMRP (Certified Maintenance & Reliability Professional), CRL (Certified Reliability Leader), IAM Certificate/Diploma in Asset Management.

🏝️ Benefits

• Willingness to travel 50-75% nationally.