Reliability Manager

Arauco•Malvern, AR

11d•Onsite

About The Position

Malvern is seeking a passionate and experienced Reliability Manager to provide direction and consistency for safety, quality, production and costs within our plant. This role reports directly to the Maintenance Manager and is based at our site in Malvern, AR. The Reliability Manager will lead reliability and critical risk improvement projects, develop and maintain risk priority lists, and manage equipment history profiles. This role also owns plant-wide condition monitoring programs, manages recordkeeping from inspections, reviews PM backlogs, and champions proactive maintenance best practices. Additionally, the Reliability Manager provides coaching and technical support for reliability technicians, supports equipment selection and budgeting, and participates in work planning for reliability improvements.

Requirements

Experience as Maintenance Engineer, Maintenance Technician, Reliability Engineer, Manufacturing Engineer, or Mechanical Engineer (BSME) would be ideal.
Strong mechanical experience
Industrial Maintenance experience with installation and repair of equipment
Experience managing projects (Project Management)
Strong in data analysis and in MS Excel
Strong technical understanding of mechanical components
Knowledge of nondestructive testing / inspection procedures
Strong recordkeeping and documentation practices
Computer skills using database programs, spreadsheets and word processing
Ability to effectively communicate and interact with people for problem solving, coaching, and work planning
Willingness to learn through personal experience
Attention to detail and belief in continuous improvement

Nice To Haves

Vibration analysis, thermal imaging, and oil analysis knowledge and experience is ideal

Responsibilities

Leads reliability and critical risk improvement projects in support of Area Maintenance Leads, including shutdown and down day planning.
Develops and maintains risk priority lists to focus resources on highest-value reliability opportunities.
Responsible for developing and maintaining equipment history profiles for high-risk items in track, trend and forecast service life, operating costs, design changes and major event details.
Develops and maintains rebuild documentation standards to ensure consistent repair quality and expectations.
Owns plant-wide condition monitoring programs, including vibration analysis, lubrication, oil analysis, laser alignment, thermography, and NDT.
Manages recordkeeping, follow-up actions, and reporting from plant-wide NDT and condition monitoring inspections.
Reviews PM backlogs within scope (vibration, lubrication, thermography), identifies deficiencies, and collaborates with planners and area leads to optimize PMs.
Champions proactive, predictive, and PM maintenance best practices through standardization, communication, and continuous improvement.
Provides coaching, technical support, training, and indirect leadership for reliability technicians, supporting maintenance skill development.
Supports equipment selection, budgeting, and cost management while maintaining industry contacts to stay current on equipment design and condition monitoring practices.
Supports area maintenance leads by leading improvement projects that have been identified as reliability priorities.
Provides support, coaching, performance feedback and resource support for the Vibration (Maintenance Reliability) Technician and Lubrication Technician in the execution of their responsibilities and duties.
Indirectly leads Vibration Techs and Lubrication Techs.
Participates in Down day/Shutdown work planning by providing priority updates, procedure details and scheduling considerations for work-related to reliability improvements.