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Job Description We strive to be Your Future, Your Solution to accelerate your career. Contact Hannah Wilson at hwilson@saigepartners.com, you can also schedule an appointment at to learn more about this opportunity. Position: Reliability Leader (DeWitt, IA) Job Overview: As the Reliability Leader, you will lead all maintenance and reliability operations for a 24/7 manufacturing facility, playing a critical role in ensuring safe, reliable, and efficient production

You will oversee a talented, multi-disciplinary maintenance organization while developing and executing strategies that improve equipment reliability, minimize downtime, and support operational excellence. This role offers the opportunity to make a direct impact on safety, quality, productivity, and continuous improvement. You will establish clear performance expectations, develop and mentor your team, and champion a culture focused on accountability, innovation, and reliability.

This is a direct-hire position. Key Responsibilities: Lead and develop a multi-disciplinary maintenance and reliability organization, including engineers, planners, schedulers, supervisors, technicians, and maintenance crib personnel. Direct all maintenance activities within a 24/7 manufacturing environment, including preventive, predictive, corrective, and emergency/breakdown maintenance.

Ensure maintenance operations comply with all applicable safety requirements, company policies, and regulatory standards. Partner closely with Operations and Engineering to align maintenance strategies with production objectives and business priorities. Support equipment installations, upgrades, modifications, and commissioning activities to ensure long-term reliability and maintainability.

Develop strategies to minimize equipment downtime, improve asset performance, and increase overall equipment reliability. Establish, monitor, and improve maintenance and reliability KPIs using CMMS data, equipment performance metrics, and other analytical tools. Oversee maintenance planning, scheduling, and parts kitting to improve workforce utilization and execution efficiency.

Manage maintenance crib inventory, ensuring critical parts and materials are available while effectively controlling inventory costs. Manage maintenance budgets, contractors, vendors, and external service providers to ensure quality, cost effectiveness, and timely execution. Lead or facilitate root cause analysis, troubleshooting, and corrective action for complex equipment failures and recurring reliability issues.

Identify opportunities for continuous improvement and implement maintenance best practices that improve safety, quality, cost, and equipment performance. Share lessons learned, successful practices, and reliability strategies across the broader/global maintenance organization. Build a culture of ownership, accountability, collaboration, and continuous improvement through effective coaching, communication, and team development.

Qualifications: Required 5+ years of maintenance management experience within a manufacturing, industrial, or other 24/7 operating environment. Demonstrated experience leading and developing multi-shift maintenance teams. Strong knowledge of preventive, predictive, corrective, and emergency maintenance methodologies.

Experience with CMMS systems, maintenance planning, scheduling, and parts kitting. Experience managing maintenance budgets, contractors, vendors, and service providers. Demonstrated ability to troubleshoot complex equipment issues and drive structured problem-solving and root cause analysis.

Strong leadership, communication, organizational, and decision-making skills. Ability to work effectively in a fast-paced, 24/7 manufacturing environment. Preferred Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Industrial Engineering, or a related technical field.

Certified Maintenance Manager (CMM) or Certified Maintenance & Reliability Professional (CMRP) certification. Experience with Lean Manufacturing, Six Sigma, and continuous improvement methodologies. Knowledge of Industry 4.0 technologies, including predictive maintenance, IoT-enabled sensors, condition monitoring, and data analytics

Experience implementing data-driven reliability strategies and leveraging technology to improve asset performance. Experience working in a large-scale manufacturing environment with complex automated equipment. Learn more about Saige Partners on Facebook or LinkedIn.

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