Maintenance Reliability Manager

Stratas Foods•Hillside, NJ

About The Position

The Maintenance Reliability Manager is responsible for rolling out the Total Productive Maintenance (TPM) transformation across all Stratas manufacturing sites. The role serves as a change agent and coach, training site leadership teams to deploy TPM and Reliability Centered Maintenance (RCM) strategies and processes aligned with the Stratas Performance System. The manager promotes a learning culture built on standardized work, information flow, problem solving, strategy deployment, and continuous improvement. They support operational productivity by developing improvement teams focused on line efficiency, breakdown reduction, maintenance optimization, safety culture, and quality compliance. The position works closely with plant leadership and Operations and Maintenance teams, coordinates TPM/RCM plans and audits, tracks progress and resolves issues, and leads improvement projects through implementation and review. It also involves presenting progress to plant and corporate leaders, collaborating with technical writers, vendors, and contractors, and establishing production line metrics. The position requires extensive domestic travel: 75% during the implementation phase and 50–75% during normal operations.

Requirements

Degree in engineering or equivalent experience.
Eight years of experience in a manufacturing and supply-chain environment.
Eight years of experience working with and understanding TPM principles and methods.
Experience leading or managing TPM implementation across multiple sites or at a single large manufacturing location.
Working knowledge of TPM principles in at least one of these pillars: Autonomous Maintenance, Planned Maintenance, Focused Improvement, or Early Management.
Strong leadership skills, including the ability to set a vision, manage change, develop personnel, and strategically plan for continuous improvement.
Ability to communicate effectively with all organizational levels, from operators to vice presidents, and influence others across multiple levels.
Thorough knowledge of processing and packing equipment to lead technical resources in maintaining production-line equipment and achieving high productivity.
Proficiency with Microsoft Office, including Project, Visio, Word, Excel, Outlook, and PowerPoint.
Understanding of a CMMS program.
Ability to travel domestically.
Ability to walk up stairways and stand in the field for long periods, including 2–4 hours at a time.
Excellent verbal and written communication skills and ability to interact professionally with a diverse group of partners, senior managers, and subject-matter experts.
Ability to analyze numerous situations using rational reasoning to reach multiple conclusions.

Nice To Haves

Lean Six Sigma Green Belt or Black Belt certification.
PMP certification.

Responsibilities

Lead, teach, and coach others during TPM implementation.
Work with plant leadership and Operations and Maintenance teams to deploy TPM and fully implement KPIs.
Travel 75% of the time during the implementation phase and 50–75% during normal operations.
Present status weekly and monthly to plant and corporate leadership teams.
Manage or collaborate with technical writers to develop documentation for TPM and RCM.
Lead continued development and implementation of the Stratas Performance System, including continuous improvement culture for TPM, Value Stream Flow, and Visual Factory principles.
Coordinate development of the TPM/RCM master and pillar phase plans, track progress, and lead issue resolution, including gap analysis and plan adjustments.
Participate in department reviews and activities to ensure work is integrated and progress remains on track; conduct quarterly TPM audits against phase goals.
Perform duties assigned by the CI Manager and monitor and ensure compliance with safety, food safety, environmental, and GMP rules, regulations, and policies.
Interface with vendors and contractors providing facility services to ensure company needs are met.
Run projects from ideation through completion in support of the CI TPM/RCM strategic plan and program sustainment.
Own change initiatives from identifying evolution or efficiency opportunities through project delivery using internal governance and controls.
Develop an understanding of TPM pillars and how they integrate through the master plan to improve results.
Complete post-implementation reviews to assess delivery and identify improvements for future projects.
Work with Operations to establish production-line metrics, including efficiency, uptime, and reliability; identify trends and process variations as part of a continuous-improvement monitoring system.