Reliability Maintenance Manager

Reliability Maintenance Manager

Global Chemical Manufacturing | Full-Time | West Virginia

Are you an experienced maintenance and reliability leader with a passion for improving equipment performance in a continuous manufacturing environment? Do you thrive on solving complex mechanical challenges, developing high-performing teams, and implementing world-class reliability programs?

A global leader in specialty chemicals and food ingredient manufacturing is seeking a Reliability Maintenance Manager to join its growing operations in West Virginia. This is an exceptional opportunity to become a key member of the plant leadership team at one of North America's newest and most technologically advanced production facilities.

As our facility continues its transition from commissioning into full commercial production, you'll play a critical role in maximizing equipment reliability, improving plant performance, and helping shape the long-term success of this world-class operation.

What You'll Do | As the Reliability Maintenance Manager, you'll serve as the plant's technical leader for equipment reliability while leading a team of maintenance professionals responsible for keeping critical manufacturing assets operating safely and efficiently.

Your responsibilities include:

• Lead, mentor, coach, and develop maintenance supervisors, planners, technicians, and reliability personnel
• Develop and execute preventive, predictive, and reliability-centered maintenance (RCM) strategies
• Improve equipment reliability, asset utilization, and overall plant performance
• Drive continuous improvement initiatives using Lean, TPM, Root Cause Analysis (RCA), and reliability best practices
• Troubleshoot complex mechanical and rotating equipment issues
• Optimize maintenance planning, scheduling, and work execution
• Partner with Operations, Engineering, Production, Quality, and Supply Chain to improve plant performance
• Establish and monitor maintenance KPIs to drive operational excellence
• Lead equipment failure investigations and implement long-term corrective actions
• Manage maintenance budgets while improving reliability and reducing costs
• Oversee spare parts inventory and critical equipment strategies
• Ensure compliance with Process Safety Management (PSM), environmental regulations, and safety standards
• Maintain accurate maintenance documentation and regulatory records
• Support plant expansion, capital projects, equipment upgrades, and debottlenecking initiatives
• Develop technical training programs for maintenance personnel and operations teams

Equipment You'll Support | This modern manufacturing facility utilizes sophisticated industrial equipment including:

• Large steam turbines
• Industrial compressors
• Centrifuges
• High-pressure steam systems
• Distributed Control Systems (DCS)
• Electrical power distribution equipment
• Rotating equipment
• Process equipment supplied by leading global manufacturers

What We're Looking For

Successful candidates will have a strong background in industrial maintenance and equipment reliability within continuous manufacturing operations.

Preferred Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or a related technical field preferred
• Equivalent hands-on maintenance leadership experience will also be considered
• 10+ years of maintenance and reliability experience in a chemical, petrochemical, refining, specialty chemicals, food ingredients, or other continuous process manufacturing environment
• Previous maintenance leadership or management experience
• Strong knowledge of Process Safety Management (PSM)
• Demonstrated experience leading preventive and predictive maintenance programs
• Expertise in Reliability-Centered Maintenance (RCM), Total Productive Maintenance (TPM), Root Cause Analysis (RCA), and equipment optimization
• Experience using CMMS and maintenance management software
• Strong leadership, coaching, and team development skills
• Excellent troubleshooting and analytical problem-solving abilities
• Strong understanding of OSHA, environmental, and industrial safety regulations

Highly Desired Experience | Candidates with extensive hands-on experience maintaining and improving large rotating equipment will be especially successful in this role.

Experience with any of the following is highly valued:

• Large industrial turbines
• Compressors
• Pumps
• Centrifuges
• High-pressure steam systems
• Rotating production equipment
• Continuous chemical plants
• Petrochemical facilities
• Specialty chemical manufacturing
• Refining operations

Required Experience | To be successful in this position, candidates must have significant preventive and predictive maintenance experience with large rotating production equipment used in continuous process manufacturing environments, including chemical, petrochemical, refining, or similar industrial facilities.

Work Environment | This position is based within an operating manufacturing facility.

Applicants should be comfortable:

• Working in an industrial plant environment
• Walking production areas regularly
• Occasionally lifting equipment or components
• Working around industrial machinery and process equipment
• Supporting emergency maintenance activities outside normal business hours when required

Join a Company Investing in the Future

This is more than a maintenance leadership position-it's an opportunity to help shape the future of a growing global manufacturing operation.

If you're an accomplished maintenance and reliability professional who enjoys solving complex equipment challenges, leading high-performing teams, and driving operational excellence, we encourage you to apply today.