This is an opportunity to join a large-scale Australian food manufacturing organisation operating within a highly complex and technically advanced production setting.
With the major investment phase now establishing a stronger platform for the future, the focus is shifting towards reliability, maintenance maturity and extracting greater performance from the site's assets.
This is an opportunity for an experienced Reliability Manager to step into a business where the opportunity to make a tangible impact is significant.
The Role
Reporting to the Site Manager, this role will lead the site's reliability strategy and build greater structure and discipline across the maintenance function through developing a robust PM program, reliability strategy, asset management framework.
Your key responsibilities will include:
Develop and implement the site's reliability strategy
Build and optimise preventative maintenance programs
Develop asset registers, hierarchies and maintenance strategies
Establish meaningful reliability and maintenance KPIs
Leverage SAP PM and site data to drive proactive decision-making
Lead root cause analysis and reliability improvement initiatives
Improve equipment availability, line efficiency and maintenance effectiveness
Partner with Maintenance, Engineering and Operations to embed a preventative culture
Improve maintenance planning, scheduling and PM execution
Identify and deliver reliability and continuous improvement projects
Support reliability across site facilities and utilities
Coach and influence the maintenance team to build greater ownership and discipline
Your Background




This role suits an experienced Reliability, Maintenance or Engineering leader with a strong background in a complex manufacturing or processing environment.
You will also have the following skills & experience:
6 - 10+ years' experience across reliability, maintenance or engineering
Experience in a complex manufacturing, FMCG, food or processing environment
Strong preventative and predictive maintenance experience
Experience developing asset registers, hierarchies and maintenance strategies
Strong understanding of reliability engineering and root cause analysis
Experience with SAP PM or a similar CMMS
Experience developing and using maintenance and reliability KPIs
Strong analytical and problem-solving capability
Demonstrated experience improving maintenance maturity and reducing reactive work
Strong stakeholder management and influencing skills
A disciplined, structured and hands-on approach to driving change
Experience leading or influencing maintenance teams in a 24/7 manufacturing environment
Food or beverage manufacturing experience is beneficial, but not essential
What's On Offer
This is an outstanding opportunity for a Reliability skilled who enjoys building something rather than simply maintaining the status quo.
You will have the opportunity to fundamentally improve the way reliability is managed across the site, establishing the foundations, embedding new ways of working and leaving behind a significantly more mature maintenance function.
For the right person, this is a role where the impact you make will be highly visible.
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