Director of Asset Reliability

What You Will Do

• Define and lead plant-wide reliability strategy.
• Own KPIs (MTBF, MTTR, uptime, breakdown elimination).
• Establish asset hierarchy and RCM.
• Lead RCA to eliminate chronic losses.
• Lead maintenance teams (technicians, supervisors, leads).
• Shift from reactive to preventive/predictive with >90% PM compliance.
• Strengthen planning, scheduling, and spare parts optimization.
• Ensure all new equipment launches include maintenance strategies, parts/BOM readiness, and documentation.
• Partner with Engineering/Operations for strong startups and stable performance.
• Support >£250MM initiatives by aligning reliability, technical readiness, and execution.
• Integrate IOS standards into projects.
• Lead reliability pillar; integrate Autonomous Maintenance, quality, and safety to drive loss elimination aligned with CBN.

Qualifications

• Required Minimum Qualifications:
• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Manufacturing, Supply Chain or related field.
• 10+ years of relevant manufacturing experience.
• 10+ years of leadership experience in maintenance, reliability, or operations.
• Strong experience in IOS / IWS / TPM or equivalent systems.
• Proven track record in maintenance transformation and reliability improvement.
• Knowledge of Asset reliability systems and RCM methodologies.
• Preventive and predictive maintenance.
• Early Equipment Management.
• Loss elimination and root cause analysis.
• Manufacturing excellence / IOS / Lean / TPM.
• Program and project management (supporting role).
• PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:
• MBA or Master’s degree in Engineering or related field.
• Certification in TPM, Lean, Six Sigma, or Reliability Engineering.
• Experience in large-scale manufacturing environments.
• Experience in unionized environments.