Reliability Manager
Perrigo Company plc
August 29, 2026
On-site
Eau Claire, WI
Operations
Reliability Manager
Responsibilities
- Lead site Reliability Management Process and develop a maintenance/asset reliability culture.
- Provide strategic and tactical leadership for maintenance, reliability, planning/scheduling, predictive maintenance, and continuous improvement.
- Ensure compliance with cGMP, FDA, food safety, environmental, and quality requirements; keep reliability systems inspection ready.
- Lead investigations for equipment failures, deviations, CAPAs, and reliability events; ensure reliability supports product quality/process capability.
- Serve as site Reliability Leader; develop/execute the Asset Care Strategy.
- Lead equipment criticality assessments and reliability improvement initiatives using RCA, FMEA, RCM, and defect elimination programs; own reliability metrics/dashboards.
- Lead/develop planners, schedulers, stores room, reliability engineers/leads; build competencies; coaching/mentoring and performance management.
- Drive maintenance/reliability improvement initiatives: equipment uptime, downtime reduction, OEE, cost, waste elimination, productivity.
- Lead spare parts identification/procurement and BOM development; manage critical supply/service agreements.
- Ensure work planning, scheduling, and execution; manage backlog/prioritization; coordinate with Operations to maximize uptime; act as escalation point.
Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in engineering/technical discipline required.
- 7+ years maintenance, reliability engineering, or asset management in manufacturing.
- 3–5 years leadership experience managing maintenance/reliability teams.
- Experience in Union and FDA-regulated pharmaceutical/food/consumer healthcare/GMP environments.
Skills/Competencies (required unless noted)
- Maintenance/reliability best practices; planning/scheduling.
- Capital project implementation/commissioning experience.
- Asset reliability and predictive maintenance methods/technologies.
- Analytical/data-driven decisions; strong leadership/communication; SAP PM, Microsoft Office, manufacturing systems.
- Preferred: CMRP, ISO vibration (Category I/II), RCM training, Lean Six Sigma Green Belt.
Work Schedule
- Monday–Friday; support emergencies/shutdowns/critical maintenance; occasional off-shift/weekends.
Application
- Click the APPLY button at the bottom of the application to apply (SAVE does not submit).
Responsibilities
- Lead site Reliability Management Process and develop a maintenance/asset reliability culture.
- Provide strategic and tactical leadership for maintenance, reliability, planning/scheduling, predictive maintenance, and continuous improvement.
- Ensure compliance with cGMP, FDA, food safety, environmental, and quality requirements; keep reliability systems inspection ready.
- Lead investigations for equipment failures, deviations, CAPAs, and reliability events; ensure reliability supports product quality/process capability.
- Serve as site Reliability Leader; develop/execute the Asset Care Strategy.
- Lead equipment criticality assessments and reliability improvement initiatives using RCA, FMEA, RCM, and defect elimination programs; own reliability metrics/dashboards.
- Lead/develop planners, schedulers, stores room, reliability engineers/leads; build competencies; coaching/mentoring and performance management.
- Drive maintenance/reliability improvement initiatives: equipment uptime, downtime reduction, OEE, cost, waste elimination, productivity.
- Lead spare parts identification/procurement and BOM development; manage critical supply/service agreements.
- Ensure work planning, scheduling, and execution; manage backlog/prioritization; coordinate with Operations to maximize uptime; act as escalation point.
Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in engineering/technical discipline required.
- 7+ years maintenance, reliability engineering, or asset management in manufacturing.
- 3–5 years leadership experience managing maintenance/reliability teams.
- Experience in Union and FDA-regulated pharmaceutical/food/consumer healthcare/GMP environments.
Skills/Competencies (required unless noted)
- Maintenance/reliability best practices; planning/scheduling.
- Capital project implementation/commissioning experience.
- Asset reliability and predictive maintenance methods/technologies.
- Analytical/data-driven decisions; strong leadership/communication; SAP PM, Microsoft Office, manufacturing systems.
- Preferred: CMRP, ISO vibration (Category I/II), RCM training, Lean Six Sigma Green Belt.
Work Schedule
- Monday–Friday; support emergencies/shutdowns/critical maintenance; occasional off-shift/weekends.
Application
- Click the APPLY button at the bottom of the application to apply (SAVE does not submit).