Reliability Engineering Manager

Reliability Engineering Manager

Reliability Engineering Manager

The Reliability Engineering Manager leads corporate reliability initiatives across Grace's global manufacturing network, collaborating closely with local Maintenance & Reliability leadership. This role provides guidance in defining, assessing, designing, training, and implementing continuous improvement programs for reliability. The Manager works with site engineering teams, operations, and corporate leadership to drive results.

The position is headquartered in Columbia, MD, with travel required to both domestic and international Grace sites. The Reliability Engineering Manager reports to the Director of Engineering.

Responsibilities

• Lead the development and deployment of reliability engineering standards, tools, and methodologies across all manufacturing sites.
• Analyze asset performance with Meridium APM / GE APM / IBM Maximo data to identify systemic reliability issues and develop mitigation strategies.
• Oversee Root Cause Failure Analysis (RCFA) utilizing RCA tools like TapRooT, Apollo RCA and ensure effective implementation of corrective actions.
• Champion predictive and preventive maintenance programs, including condition monitoring technologies (vibration, ultrasound, oil analysis, thermography).
• Provide reliability input to capital project planning to ensure long-term asset integrity.
• Collaborate with site teams to develop Asset Care Plans, Failure Mode Effect Analyses (FMEA) using tools like Xfmea, ReliaSoft, and Equipment Criticality initiatives.
• Drive continuous improvement initiatives aligned with corporate KPIs for asset availability and maintenance cost optimization.
• Provide technical leadership and mentoring to site reliability engineers.
• Ensure compliance with engineering codes and standards (ASME, API, ANSI).

Required Qualifications

Physical Requirements and Environment

Preferred Qualifications

Benefits

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Nearest Major Market : Baltimore