Reliability Manager

Job Title: Global Reliability Manager

Function: Asset Care

Reports to: Global Head of Asset Care and Capex

Job Level: P4

Location: Dublin / Leek / Nantwich

WHY THIS ROLE IS VALUABLE:

The Reliability Manager is a critical role in delivering Ornuas ambition of world-class asset care and capital excellence across our international manufacturing network. Operating at the intersection of engineering operations and strategic investment this role ensures that our assets consistently perform at their optimum safely efficiently and reliably supporting the delivery of high-quality dairy products to customers worldwide.

Aligned toOrnuasAsset Care and Capex strategy this position plays a key role in embedding a proactive reliability-led culture across all sites. By standardising best practices strengthening maintenance and reliability capability andleveragingdata-driven insights the Global Reliability Manager will drive a step-change in how we managemaintain and optimise our assets.

This role is instrumental in maximising the return on capital investments ensuring that new and existing assets deliver their full lifecycle value from design through to operation. It directly contributes to improved asset uptime reduced cost of maintenance increased production stability and enhanced product quality.

Beyond technical delivery the role offerssignificant influenceat a global level working with senior stakeholders to shape strategy drive continuous improvement and build organisational capability. It presents a unique opportunity to lead transformation implement modern reliability practices and embed a future-focused approach that includes predictive maintenance digitalisation and performance analytics.

KEY AREAS OF RESPONSIBILITY:

Global Reliability Strategy & Standards

• Develop and implementOrnuasglobal reliability strategy aligned with the Asset Care and Capex roadmap

• Define standardise and govern reliability and maintenance best practices across all manufacturing sites

• Establish a consistent framework covering preventive predictive and condition-based maintenance

• Drive reliability-centeredmaintenance (RCM) and criticality-based asset strategies

Asset Performance & Continuous Improvement

• Lead initiatives to improve asset uptime reduce unplanned downtime and optimise overall equipment effectiveness (OEE)

• Analyse asset performance data toidentifysystemic losses recurring failures and improvement opportunities

• Champion root cause analysis (RCA) and ensure structured problem-solving is embedded across sites

• Track and drive improvement against key reliability KPIs (MTBF MTTR downtime maintenance cost)

Capex Integration & Lifecycle Value

• Partner with Capex and project teams to ensure reliability is embedded in the design specification and commissioning of new assets

• Drive a design for reliability and maintainability approach across all capital projects

• Ensure robust handover processes from project delivery into operations including asset strategies and documentation

• Maximise lifecycle value of assets ensuring capital investments deliver expected performance and ROI

Digitalisation & Predictive Maintenance

• Lead the adoption of predictive maintenance technologies and data-driven reliability practices

• Define requirements for condition monitoring asset data and analytics platforms

• Collaborate with digital and IT teams to enable real-time performance visibility and insights

• Drive the transition from reactive to predictive and prescriptive maintenance models

Capability Building & Culture

• Build reliability capability across the organisation through coaching training and mentoring

• Develop and upskill site engineering and maintenance teams in best-in-class reliability practices

• Promote a proactive asset care culture shifting behaviours from fixing failures to preventing failures

• Support the development of reliability career pathways and competencies

Governance Compliance & Best Practice

• Establish governance frameworks to ensure consistent application of reliability standards globally

• Conduct site audits and maturity assessments to benchmark performance andidentifygaps

• Ensure compliance with safety quality and regulatory requirements in all reliability practices

• Share best practices and lessons learned across the network

Stakeholder Engagement & Leadership

• Partner with regional leadership operations and engineering teams to align reliability priorities

• Influence senior stakeholders to prioritise reliability as a key driver of business performance

• Act asa central pointofexpertisefor reliability acrossOrnua

• Lead cross-functional initiatives that drive operational excellence and asset performance

Performance Management & Reporting

• Define and track global reliability KPIs and performance dashboards

• Provideregular insights to leadership on asset health risks and improvement initiatives

• Use data to drive decision-making and prioritisation of reliability investments

• Ensure measurable value delivery from all reliability initiatives

KEY REQUIREMENTS:

Experience &Expertise

• 7 years in Reliability Engineering overseeing multiple sites regionally or globally

• Significant experience in Reliability maintenance or asset management within a complex manufacturing environment (FMCG food/dairy or similar process industries preferred)

• Proventrack recordof developing and deploying reliability strategies across multiple sites or regions

• Strong experience in driving improvements in asset performance uptime and maintenance efficiency

• Demonstrated success in implementing structured methodologies such as RCM TPM FMEA and Root Cause Analysis

• Ability to link asset performance to business outcomes including cost quality service and capital efficiency

• Experience integrating reliability into capital projects including design specification and commissioning phases

• Strong understanding of asset lifecycle management and delivering return on capital investments

• Data-driven mindset with experience using KPIs and analytics to inform decision-making and prioritisation

• Knowledge of emerging trends in smart maintenance Industry 4.0 and digital transformation

Qualifications

• Degree in Engineering or a related technical discipline (Mechanical Electrical or similar)

• Professional certifications in reliability or asset management (e.g. CMRP CRE IAM) areadvantageous

• Lean / Six Sigma qualification beneficial

CLOSING DATE FOR APPLICATIONS: Monday 22nd June 2026