Maintenance & Reliability Manager

Who We Are:

Thank you for your interest in Mueller Water Products, Inc.  

For more than 165 years, Mueller Water Products, Inc. has been building the future of water infrastructure. From lifesaving fire protection to data intelligence, we are committed to developing products and solutions that help cities and utilities deliver clean, safe drinking water to hundreds of millions of people across North America.   

Our purpose is to connect communities to water, life’s most essential resource, with exceptional, people solutions and products. Behind that purpose is a dedicated team, united by our shared values of respect, integrity, trust, inclusion and safety. With a vision to be the leader in water infrastructure solutions—solving challenges, enriching lives and safeguarding the future—we are making a positive impact that will last for generations.   

By joining Mueller, you become part of a dynamic team dedicated to excellence and innovation, working collaboratively to achieve meaningful results. We champion our people because when they succeed, our communities thrive. We invite you to learn more about career opportunities with us and consider submitting your application.  

Maintenance & Reliability Manager

Essential Functions: 

·                     Create safety awareness by actively observing, auditing, and coaching safe work behaviors and conditions. Ensure compliance with safety and environmental rules and regulations. 

·                     Manage all Maintenance and Reliability operations. 

·                     Manage maintenance and tooling inventory control systems. 

·                     Assist Controller in forming annual and capital budgets and ensure maintenance department operates within those budgets.

·                     Recommend changes in methods, procedures and equipment necessary to achieve continuous improvement and maximum efficiency. 

·                     Project management. 

·                     Plan, organize and supervise facilities maintenance operations including supervisory responsibilities for hiring and disciplinary actions. 

·                     Coordinate, assign, and direct daily, weekly, monthly, and yearly PM schedules. 

·                     Establish job priorities and time frames for maintenance team. 

·                     Ensure maintenance employees are properly trained on equipment, task procedures, work standards and proper safety procedures. 

·                     Plan, manage and direct maintenance activities to achieve production, quality, scrap and safety goals. 

·                     Enforce established work rules and operating policies consistent with the company’s vision and mission. 

·                     Train new maintenance supervisors and reliability personnel. 

·                     Identify and implement opportunities for improvement of Asset Health to optimize plant uptime. 

·                     Support with reliability knowledge the execution of the asset criticality, as part of the Asset Health Assurance Model. 

·                     Determine the function, capability, functional failure modes, probability of failure, impact severity and acceptable risk for assets to define the right maintenance requirements to eliminate functional failures and their effects. 

·                     Establish a systematic PM/PdM review process with support from the Planner to ensure the effectiveness of the existing PM/PdM program. 

·                     Lead, as required, the RCFA and RCM processes within Maintenance organization using cross-functional teams to ensure appropriate changes to the PM/ PdM program or plant modifications are made which improve reliability and reduce avoidable maintenance costs. 

·                     Review and contribute to Equipment Reliability Strategies. 

·                     Ensure appropriate follow up recommendations and actions from the inspection program of assets. 

·                     Support the work preparation process to ensure job plans are prepared that explains the correct proactive tasks for effective work execution. 

·                     Support maintenance tasks aligned with the reliability improvement: improvement tasks, Inventory Management, RCA, RCM, 5Why, 5S, and Precision Maintenance skills improvement using reliability knowledge. 

·                     Take appropriate actions to ensure equipment capabilities and help to develop a culture focused on solutions. 

·                     Coach site personnel in the reliability work processes to ensure continued alignment to the Asset Health Assurance model. 

·                     Propose replacement projects based on asset health and conditions for the respective area of responsibility. 

·                     Establish cycles of improvement to ensure a sustainable reliability process. 

Required Skills: 

Critical Competencies 

·                     Drive for Results: Can be counted on to exceed goals successfully; is constantly and consistently one of the top performers; very bottom-line oriented; steadfastly pushes self and others for results. 

·                     Customer Focus: Is dedicated to meeting the expectations and requirements of internal and external customers; gets first-hand customer information and uses it for improvements in products and services; acts with customers in mind; establishes and maintains effective relationships with customers and gains their trust and respect. 

·                     Technical Competence: Applies and improves extensive or in-depth specialized knowledge, skills and judgment to accomplish a result or to accomplish one's job effectively. 

·                     Innovation: Continuously looks for better ways to satisfy our consumers, both internal and external, with incremental improvements in safety, quality, delivery, and cost. 

·                     Teamwork: Is able to lead and/or participate on cross functional teams to achieve a common goal. 

·                     Extensive knowledge of Maintenance Management System. 

Required Experience: 

Minimum Qualifications 

·                     Bachelor’s Degree in an engineering discipline (preferably mechanical or electrical); or 10 or more years of work experience in a related field.

·                     Strong leadership, communication, and interpersonal skills with the ability to interact with all levels of employees and outside professionals. 

·                     Must demonstrate the ability to manage multiple tasks and determine priorities. 

·                     Five plus years of maintenance leadership experience in a union manufacturing environment involving high-speed machining and foundry operations. 

·                     Outstanding PC/Systems knowledge and skills. 

·                     Experiencing in resolving complex maintenance situations. 

·                     CMRP or CRL certification

Mueller Water Products, Inc., as well as its subsidiaries, are equal employment employers. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, and/or expression), age, national origin, disability, citizenship status (except as authorized by law), protected veteran status, genetic information, and any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local law. In keeping with its obligations under applicable federal, state, and local law, Mueller will make reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities. To request a reasonable accommodation at any time during the application or interview process, please contact a member of the Human Resources Department. 

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