Sr. Manager, Reliability & Engineering Programs

Coke Florida Careers•Tampa, FL

2d•Hybrid

About The Position

Coca-Cola Beverages Florida, LLC (Coke Florida) is a family-owned independent Coca-Cola bottler that is the third largest privately-held and the sixth largest independent Coca-Cola bottler in the United States. Coke Florida sells, markets, manufactures and distributes over 600 products of The Coca-Cola Company and other partner companies including Monster Beverage Corporation and BODYARMOR. In 2026, for the 5th year in a row, Coke Florida was named as a US Best Managed Company by Deloitte Private and The Wall Street Journal. This program recognizes outstanding U.S. private companies and the achievements of their management teams in four key areas: strategy, ability to execute, corporate culture, and governance/financial performance. Coke Florida is searching for a Senior Manager, Reliability & Engineering Programs to work out of our Tampa HQ area office working Monday – Friday with occasional nights and weekends. As the Senior Manager, Engineering Programs, you will serve as the enterprise leader responsible for advancing Coke Florida’s reliability strategy, maintenance excellence programs, engineering program governance and automation initiatives across the manufacturing and distribution networks. This role establishes and drives a best-in-class reliability-centered culture focused on maximizing asset availability, improving equipment performance, reducing total maintenance costs and enhancing operational efficiency. This position will provide strategy leadership for reliability engineering, maintenance systems, asset management, automation deployment and continuous improvement and engineering capital programs. As a key member of the Supply Chain and Engineering leadership team, this role partners closely with Manufacturing, Distribution, Supply Chain, Finance, Operations, and external partners to develop long-term asset strategies, driver modernization efforts and execute transformational initiatives that improve safety quality, productivity and service.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in engineering (Mechanical, Electric, Industrial, Automation, Manufacturing or related discipline) required.
10+ years of progressive leadership experience within manufacturing, distribution, engineering, reliability, maintenance or operations environments
Demonstrated success developing and executing enterprise reliability and maintenance programs
Experience leading multi-site engineering, reliability or maintenance initiative
Proven experience managing engineering portfolios and projects in excess of $1+M
Experience leading cross-functional teams within complex manufacturing or supply chain environments
Advanced knowledge of: Reliability Centered Maintenance (RCM), Root Cause Failure Analysis (RCFA), Total Productive Maintenance (TPM), Preventative and Predictive Maintenance, Asset Lifecycle management, Six Sigma Methodologies
Experience with: SAP PM, Promapp, Project Management Software

Nice To Haves

Project Management Certification, such as PMP
Lean Six Sigma Green, Black or Master Black Belt
Certified Maintenance and Reliability Professional (CMRP)
Certified Reliability Engineer (CRE)
Experience working in Consumer-Packaged Goods (CPG) Beverage, Food Manufacturing or Distribution operations
Experience with Allen-Bradely PLCs, ControlLogix, HNI systems and industrial automation platforms
Experience managing P&L, maintenance budgets and capital investment programs
Controls and PLCs (Preferable Allen Bradley) systems

Responsibilities

Develop and execute Coke Florida’s enterprise reliability strategy, ensuring alignment with operational objectives, business priorities and long-term asset management goals.
Lead the organization’s transition from reactive maintenance practices to a reliability-centered maintenance culture with a focus on preventative and predictive maintenance
Lead mentor and develop engineering, reliability, and technical professionals
Serve as a change leader during transformation and omdernization
Establish reliability standards, maintenance governance processes and key performance indicators (KPIs) across all facilities
Drive year-over-year improvements in Equipment uptime, Mean Time to Repair (MTTR), Mean Time Between Failure (MTBF), Preventative maintenance compliance, Maintenance cost efficiency, Overall Equipment Effectiveness (OEE)
Lead enterprise Root Cause Failure Analysis (RCFA) initiatives and implement corrective actions to eliminate recurring failures
Partner with plant and distribution leadership to improve asset reliability, operational consistency and equipment lifecycle performance
Lead initiatives that improve maintenance productivity and optimize maintenance labor utilizations
Establish best practices: Preventative Maintenance (PM), Predictive Maintenance (PdM), Spare parts management, Equipment criticality analysis, Asset lifecycle planning
Develop and enforce maintenance standards enterprise wide that will improve equipment reliability and operational performance
Lead the portfolio of engineering, automation and infrastructure programs supporting the manufacturing and distribution operations
Develop and maintain governance processes for engineering programs including, but not limited to: Scope Management, Risk Management, Financial controls, Resource planning, Stage-gate reviews, Benefits realization
Oversee the successful planning and execution of capital projects from concept through startup, stabilization and handoff.
Provide strategic leadership for automation and Industry 4.0 initiatives across the network
Support implementation and optimization of: Automated storage and retrieval systems (ASRS), Robotics, Automation case-picking systems, Done-enabled inventory systems
Serve as the technical expertise enterprise wide for reliability, maintenance and automation initiatives
Drive lean, Total Product Management (TPM) Six Siga and Operational Excellence methodologies
Manage contracts, Statements of Work (SOWs) Master Service Agreements (MSAs), warranties and vendor performance metrics
Develop and manage engineering program budgets, and maintenance initiatives
Monitor and report on project ROI, maintenance spending and asset utilization