Senior Reliability Engineer

IKO Industries Ltd. is a market leader in the manufacturing of roofing and building materials. IKO is a Canadian owned and operated business with production facilities worldwide and has many years of unparalleled success in the roofing materials industry. Quality integrity and trustworthiness are the values that underlie this success and we have built this company by hiring people who hold these values. People like you!

Job Description

The Senior Reliability Engineer plays a critical leadership role in advancing asset reliability equipment performance and maintenance excellence across manufacturing operations. This individual will apply advanced reliability methodologies leads multi-site initiatives and optimizes Enterprise Asset Management (EAM) systems to drive measurable gains in uptime OEE and cost efficiency.

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Benefits

• Competitive base salary - $109000 - $129000
• Health Insurance (includes Virtual Health and HCSA) Dental Insurance Vision Insurance
• Life Insurance Long-term Disability Short-term Disability
• RRSP Match
• Paid Vacation
• Floating Days
• Employee Assistance Program
• Employee Engagement Events
• Awards and Recognition
• Tuition reimbursement
• Service Awards
• Employee Perks & Discounts

Job Responsibilities

• Lead and standardize reliability engineering programs across manufacturing facilities including FMECA RCA PM optimization and precision maintenance.
• Optimize the EAM/CMMS system (e.g. Maximo) to ensure data integrity asset hierarchy alignment accurate work order tracking and analytics.
• Develop and implement preventive predictive and condition-based maintenance strategies to reduce downtime and extend asset lifespan.
• Conduct asset criticality assessments to guide maintenance strategies spare parts stocking levels and risk-based decision-making.
• Lead failure investigations using structured methodologies such as 5-Why fishbone and RCM-based RCA.
• Collaborate with production engineering procurement and maintenance teams to drive equipment performance improvements.
• Train and mentor plant reliability engineers planners technicians and maintenance supervisors on reliability tools and best practices.
• Analyze equipment downtime data to identify trends and prioritize improvement initiatives that support OEE targets.
• Support capital projects through reliability input during design review commissioning and startup stages.
• Lead continuous improvement initiatives using Lean and Six Sigma principles to eliminate waste and optimize maintenance workflows.

Qualifications

• Bachelors degree in Engineering or related field.
• 7 years of experience in industrial maintenance reliability engineering or asset management within a manufacturing environment.
• Expert-level proficiency with EAM/CMMS platforms preferably IBM Maximo.
• Strong knowledge of reliability engineering tools such as RCA RCM FMEA/FMECA and condition-based monitoring.
• Experience implementing predictive technologies (vibration thermography lubrication analysis ultrasound).
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office (Excel PowerPoint Word) MiniTab AutoCAD and data visualization tools.
• Lean Six Sigma certification (Green or Black Belt preferred).
• Excellent communication leadership and project management skills.
• Ability to lead change and influence teams across multiple sites without direct reporting authority.
• Some travel to various sites in North America will be required

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Benefits of Employment: IKO recognizes that its success is due to the strength of its employees. A primary goal of IKO is to promote individual employees sense of accomplishment and contribution so that employees enjoy their association with IKO. The Company invests in its employees so that they are the most knowledgeable in the industry and undertakes great efforts to nurture loyalty to and teamwork at IKO. We are pleased to offer competitive compensation health care a progressive and challenging workplace and a commitment to teamwork and integrity.

Diversity and Equal Opportunity Employment: IKO Industries Ltd. is an equal opportunity employer. We are committed to diversity and inclusion and are pleased to consider all qualified applicants for employment without consideration to race religion creed color national origin age gender sexual orientation marital status veteran status or Industries Ltd. encourages and welcomes applications from people with disabilities. Accommodations are available on request for candidates taking part in all aspects of the selection process.