Senior Lead, Reliability Engineering

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in United States.

📋 Description

• Conduct reliability assessments at manufacturing facilities and distribution centers.

• Create and execute preventive maintenance optimization strategies utilizing RCM principles, condition-based indicators, and failure mode information.

• Oversee condition monitoring initiatives, including vibration analysis, oil sampling, thermography, and ultrasound evaluations.

• Implement Tribo Program assessments and enhance lubrication strategies.

• Lead investigations into root cause failure analysis and ensure corrective actions are tracked to completion.

• Develop and manage failure mode libraries and maintenance task lists within MicroMain CMMS.

• Carry out fleet management evaluations and identify gaps in fleet-level PM standardization.

• Contribute fleet performance insights for network benchmarking and recommend lifecycle interventions.

• Assist in capital replacement schedules and execute fleet-oriented spare parts strategies.

• Ensure asset data quality and produce reliability KPI reports, including PMR, MTBF, MTTR, planned versus unplanned maintenance ratios, and backlog analyses.

• Support the development of reliability analytics dashboards.

• Collaborate with Engineering Managers and Maintenance Supervisors to foster local reliability ownership.

• Conduct PEAK EFO pillar assessments and formulate site improvement strategies.

• Lead kaizen events, PM standardization workshops, and condition monitoring training sessions.

• Mentor and coach site Reliability Engineers.

• Travel frequently to assigned domestic and international manufacturing sites.

• Manage multiple improvement projects concurrently across 4–8 manufacturing locations.

• Report on PMR, OEE, and condition monitoring adoption metrics to the Director of Global Reliability.

• Engage in PEAK operating reviews and contribute to reliability investment business cases.

• Coordinate with Automation and OT teams to incorporate condition monitoring sensors and edge devices.

• Collaborate with Operations on production schedules, outage periods, and capital initiatives.

⛳️ Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Industrial Engineering, or a similar technical field.

• Over 7 years of experience in reliability engineering, maintenance engineering, or asset management within a manufacturing setting.

• Practical experience with condition monitoring technologies such as vibration analysis, oil analysis, thermography, or equivalent methods.

• Familiarity with CMMS platforms for asset management, PM planning, and work order execution.

• Knowledge of RCM, FMECA, PM optimization, and root cause failure analysis techniques.

• Proven capability to manage multiple workstreams and site interactions simultaneously.

• CMRP, CRL, or Category I/II vibration analyst certification is preferred.

• Experience with MicroMain or similar CMMS platforms is preferred.

• Understanding of PEAK, Lean, or Six Sigma methodologies is preferred.

• International manufacturing experience, particularly in LATAM or EMEA, is preferred.

• Experience in integrating condition monitoring data with industrial analytics or AI platforms is preferred.

• Strong practical technical skills in reliability engineering disciplines.

• Structured problem-solver with a data-centric approach to failure analysis.

• Strong communication skills with site-level teams and program leadership.

• Self-motivated with the ability to juggle multiple priorities across a diverse portfolio.

• Collaborative team player with a commitment to continuous improvement.

🏝️ Benefits

• Equal Opportunity Employer.

• Salary based on previous experience relevant to the required skills.