Senior Reliability Manager

Balchem Corporation

. Promote and follow safety policies and procedures, including PPE, equipment safeguards, job hazard analyses, safety observations, contractor safety practices, and required training .

Posted 10/9/2026full-timeMontvale • New Jersey • United StatesSenior💰 $150,000 - $170,000 per yearWebsite

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Core Competencies

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Demonstrates expertise in reliability engineering and maintenance excellence, with a strong focus on preventive, predictive, and condition-based maintenance strategies. Proficient in developing and implementing reliability standards, KPIs, and asset management practices across manufacturing environments.

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Reliability-Centered MaintenancePreventive MaintenancePredictive MaintenanceRoot Cause AnalysisMechanical Integrity

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Hard Skills

Reliability EngineeringAsset ManagementMaintenance Strategy DevelopmentCondition MonitoringDefect IdentificationClean, Inspect, and LubricateTotal Productive MaintenanceFMEAData AnalysisKPI Development

Soft Skills

Project LeadershipChange ManagementCoachingInfluencingCommunication

Tools & Technologies

CMMSEAM SystemsFiixSAP PMMicrosoft OfficePower BI

Industry Keywords

GMPPSMManufacturing OperationsMaintenance ExcellenceAsset Criticality

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Promote and follow safety policies and procedures, including PPE, equipment safeguards, job hazard analyses, safety observations, contractor safety practices, and required training
Provide strategic leadership for reliability and maintenance excellence across Balchem’s manufacturing network
Develop, implement, and standardize maintenance fundamentals, including Clean, Inspect, and Lubricate practices, basic equipment care, defect identification, and condition monitoring
Oversee asset criticality assessments and maintenance strategy development
Partner with maintenance, operations, engineering, EHS, quality, and supply chain teams to identify reliability gaps and implement corrective actions
Establish, monitor, and standardize reliability and maintenance KPIs
Define the Mechanical Integrity Program for inspection, testing, and proactive maintenance
Drive reliability improvement plans addressing chronic equipment issues, recurring failures, bad actors, and high-risk assets through root cause analysis
Support preventive, predictive, and condition-based maintenance programs
Lead Autonomous Maintenance, Total Productive Maintenance, Predictive Maintenance, lubrication excellence, and precision maintenance initiatives
Improve spare parts identification, stocking strategies, obsolescence reviews, min/max optimization, and procurement coordination
Provide reliability guidance for capital projects, commissioning, maintainability reviews, and lifecycle cost evaluations
Develop reliability standards, procedures, templates, training materials, and best practices
Present reliability performance updates, improvement plans, project status, budget needs, and business cases to site leaders and senior management
Coach maintenance and operations personnel on reliability-centered maintenance, defect elimination, root cause analysis, planning and scheduling, and continuous improvement
Stay current on reliability engineering, asset management, maintenance excellence, and manufacturing performance improvement practices

Requirements

What you’ll need

Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Reliability Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Chemical Engineering, or a related technical field
10+ years of progressive experience in reliability engineering, consultant management, maintenance leadership, asset management, plant engineering, or manufacturing operations
GMP and PSM experience preferred
Experience supporting multiple manufacturing sites or leading corporate/network-level reliability initiatives preferred
Strong knowledge of reliability-centered maintenance, preventive and predictive maintenance, condition-based monitoring, root cause analysis, defect elimination, asset criticality, and maintenance strategy development
Experience with Clean, Inspect, and Lubricate (CIL), Autonomous Maintenance, Total Productive Maintenance, and precision maintenance
Experience developing and using maintenance and reliability KPIs, including downtime, asset availability, PM compliance, schedule compliance, MTBF, MTTR, maintenance cost, and spare parts performance
Familiarity with CMMS/EAM systems and maintenance data governance; Fiix, SAP PM, or similar platforms preferred
Knowledge of spare parts management, critical spares identification, storeroom practices, obsolescence management, and min/max inventory optimization
Experience with Mechanical Integrity, inspection/testing programs, and maintenance practices aligned with recognized good engineering practices preferred
FMEA experience
Strong project leadership, change management, coaching, and influencing skills, with ability to drive standardization across decentralized manufacturing sites
Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including ability to present reliability performance, business cases, and improvement plans to site and senior leadership
Proficiency with Microsoft Office tools
Experience with data analysis, dashboarding, or reporting tools; Power BI experience preferred
Ability to travel to Balchem manufacturing locations as business needs require; estimated travel up to approximately 50%

Benefits

Comp & perks

Competitive salary and benefits package
Equal employment opportunities
Workplace culture that values and promotes diversity and inclusion
Work environment free of harassment and hostility