Maintenance Reliability Manager

DSJ Global · Milwaukee, United States

A growing manufacturing organization is seeking a Reliability Maintenance Supervisor to lead maintenance operations within a high-volume production facility. This role is ideal for a hands-on leader who excels in a fast-paced industrial environment and is passionate about equipment reliability, employee development, and operational excellence.

The successful candidate will play a key role in improving equipment performance, increasing uptime, reducing unplanned downtime, and driving continuous improvement initiatives. This position requires a collaborative leader who can effectively balance technical problem-solving with team development and operational support.

As a member of the site leadership team, you will work cross-functionally with operations, quality, engineering, and other support functions to optimize manufacturing performance and ensure long-term asset health.

Key Responsibilities

Reliability Maintenance Supervisor

Position Overview

A growing manufacturing organization is seeking a Reliability Maintenance Supervisor to lead maintenance operations within a high-volume production facility. This role is ideal for a hands-on leader who excels in a fast-paced industrial environment and is passionate about equipment reliability, employee development, and operational excellence.

The successful candidate will play a key role in improving equipment performance, increasing uptime, reducing unplanned downtime, and driving continuous improvement initiatives. This position requires a collaborative leader who can effectively balance technical problem-solving with team development and operational support.

As a member of the site leadership team, you will work cross-functionally with operations, quality, engineering, and other support functions to optimize manufacturing performance and ensure long-term asset health.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead, coach, and develop a skilled maintenance workforce while promoting safe work practices and operational discipline.
• Drive reliability initiatives through preventive, predictive, and condition-based maintenance strategies.
• Partner with production teams to improve equipment availability, throughput, and overall operational efficiency.
• Develop team capabilities through mentoring, performance management, technical training, and succession planning.
• Foster a proactive safety culture through risk identification, root-cause analysis, and implementation of corrective actions.
• Provide technical leadership for troubleshooting, repair activities, and maintenance best practices.
• Utilize maintenance management systems and performance data to prioritize work, improve planning effectiveness, and support data-driven decision making.
• Identify and implement opportunities to improve equipment reliability, reduce maintenance costs, and extend asset life cycles.
• Support production needs through flexible scheduling and occasional off-hours leadership coverage when required.

Minimum Qualifications

• Experience leading, supervising, or coordinating maintenance or technical teams.
• Background in manufacturing, industrial operations, production environments, military operations, or other equipment-intensive settings.
• Experience using computerized maintenance management systems (CMMS) or equivalent maintenance planning tools.
• Working knowledge of preventive and predictive maintenance programs.
• Familiarity with industrial automation and control systems, including PLCs, motors, drives, instrumentation, or related technologies.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience leading maintenance teams in high-speed manufacturing, packaging, paper products, converting, or similar industrial environments.
• Knowledge of maintenance planning and scheduling processes, including work order management and coordination of maintenance resources.
• Proven track record of improving equipment performance, safety outcomes, and operational reliability.
• Postsecondary education in engineering, industrial maintenance, manufacturing technology, or a related technical discipline.
• Demonstrated success using maintenance metrics and reliability data to drive continuous improvement initiatives and reduce downtime.