Maintenance Manager/Reliability Superintendent

About the Job:

This role is critical to improving maintenance and operational efficiency through increased equipment availability and reliability. The successful candidate is responsible for ensuring equipment, systems, and processes operate consistently and dependably, minimizing failures and reducing downtime. This is a strategic position focused on proactive problem prevention and optimizing the overall lifecycle performance of assets, rather than solely supporting day-to-day maintenance activities. The role is responsible for identifying and managing risks that could impact asset reliability and operational performance, with a strong emphasis on risk mitigation, loss elimination, and lifecycle asset management.

Responsibilities: 

• Champion a safety-first culture in all maintenance and engineering practices.
• Ensure that reliability improvement work complies with all applicable Federal, State, and company Safety Policies and Standards.
• Lead & develop team championing best practices in reliability maintenance.
• Develop, recommend, and implement strategies for improving equipment reliability and processes.
• Lead defect elimination efforts and reliability initiatives using Root Cause Analysis (RCA), Reliability Centered Maintenance (RCM), and other engineering methodologies to identify failure causes, develop solutions and implement corrective actions.
• Perform asset criticality analysis to prioritize maintenance efforts.
• Conduct critical spares analysis to ensure availability of essential parts.
• Ensure the integrity and reliability of assets through a thorough analysis.
• Develop and oversee condition monitoring programs.
• Develop and update action lists and reliability dashboard metrics.
• Analyze, monitor and quantify reliability cost savings and equipment life cycle costs and drive improvements.
• Reviews CMMS database for equipment and work order history to perform RCM.
• Ensure that RCM database system software is updated and maintained.
• Report Reliability Performance that is measured by mean time between failures, availability and overall equipment effectiveness and verifies that continuous improvement is occurring and drive improvements.
• Monitor, trend, and drive improvement projects.
• Verify cause, effect diagrams, and analyze correctly. 
• Drive planned reliability improvement work through field observations.
• Lead Post-Mortem meetings after major maintenance projects or failures.
• Provides leadership with critical spares decision processes. 
• Heavy involvement in budgetary process, driving annual and monthly budgets using zero-based budgeting.
• Build strong relationships with suppliers and contractors to support reliability and cost objectives.

Required Qualifications & Skills:

• Valid vehicle driver’s license.
• Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical, Electrical or Reliability Engineering (or 5+ years equivalent education/experience) required.
• Experienced in field engineering in the mining industry.
• Strong foundation in maintenance engineering, defect elimination, and reliability methodologies required.
• Proficiency with computer-based planning/scheduling tools required (Oracle preferred).
• Proven ability to manage projects, prioritize shifting workloads, and work independently. Team facilitation and project management skills.
• High attention to detail, commitment to safety, and strong communication skills across functions required.
• Familiarity with Lean, 5S, and Reliability Centered Maintenance practices preferred.
• Advanced computer skills in spreadsheets, word processing, and database software. 
• Demonstrated leadership skills and initiative-taking. 
• Excellent interpersonal skills.
• Advanced communication skills, both written and oral.
• Advanced organizational, prioritization and effectiveness capability.
• Knowledgeable in the use and integration of predictive and preventive tools.
• Demonstrated logical problem solving and analytical skills.

Physical Requirements: 

• Work in all conditions and environments
• Able to lift 25 lbs. on an occasional basis
• Able to walk up and down slopes and uneven ground daily