Job Description

Senior Site Reliability & Maintenance Manager

Location

Dublin 

The Opportunity

A leading manufacturing business is seeking an experienced Senior Site Reliability & Maintenance Manager to join its site leadership team. This is a high-impact role responsible for driving engineering excellence, asset reliability, maintenance strategy, and operational performance across a large-scale manufacturing operation.

You will lead a team of maintenance managers and technical specialists, ensuring maximum equipment uptime, continuous improvement, and full compliance with safety, quality, and regulatory standards.

This is an excellent opportunity for a senior engineering leader who enjoys developing high-performing teams, driving reliability improvements, and influencing site-wide performance.

Key Responsibilities

Engineering & Asset Reliability

• Lead the site maintenance and asset reliability strategy.
• Drive equipment uptime and reduce manufacturing interruptions.
• Develop and implement preventive, predictive, and condition-based maintenance programmes.
• Ensure effective asset lifecycle management and spare parts optimisation.
• Deliver continuous improvements in reliability, efficiency, and operational performance.
• Own site engineering standards, maintenance systems, and business continuity plans.

Leadership & People Management

• Lead, coach, and develop a team of maintenance managers, engineers, and technical specialists.
• Create a culture of accountability, engagement, and high performance.
• Build strong relationships across operations, quality, safety, and engineering functions.
• Support change management initiatives and drive continuous improvement activities.

Compliance & Governance

• Ensure full compliance with Health & Safety, Environmental, Quality, and legal requirements.
• Maintain engineering compliance across manufacturing assets and automation systems.
• Manage contractors and external service providers safely and effectively.
• Establish robust governance and reporting structures for engineering performance.

Financial & Strategic Leadership

• Manage engineering budgets and capital expenditure projects.
• Support delivery of site objectives across Safety, Quality, Cost, Delivery, Sustainability, and People metrics.
• Identify opportunities for cost reduction, efficiency gains, and operational improvements.
• Contribute as a key member of the site leadership team.

What We're Looking For

Essential Experience

• Significant engineering leadership experience within a manufacturing, FMCG, food, beverage, consumer goods, pharmaceutical, or similar production environment.
• Proven experience managing maintenance teams and developing technical talent.
• Strong track record of improving equipment reliability and operational performance.
• Experience implementing preventive and predictive maintenance strategies.
• Budget management and capital project delivery experience.
• Strong understanding of maintenance planning, asset management, and continuous improvement methodologies.

Technical Expertise

• Engineering qualification or recognised trade background with extensive industry experience.
• Strong knowledge of maintenance systems and asset management tools (SAP PM or equivalent).
• Experience with TPM, Reliability Engineering, Condition-Based Monitoring, or Predictive Maintenance programmes.
• Good understanding of automation and modern manufacturing technologies.

Leadership Skills

• Strong people leadership and stakeholder management skills.
• Excellent communication and problem-solving abilities.
• Ability to influence and drive change within a complex manufacturing environment.
• Experience operating within a fast-paced, performance-driven culture.

What's on Offer

• Senior leadership position with significant site-wide influence.
• Opportunity to lead engineering and reliability strategy for a major manufacturing operation.
• Strong career progression prospects.
• Competitive salary, bonus, and benefits package.
• Opportunity to drive meaningful operational and cultural improvements.

If you're an experienced engineering leader with a passion for reliability, continuous improvement, and developing high-performing teams, we'd love to hear from you.