Reliability Manager - Southeast

Reliability Manager - Southeast Location: Wilson At Sibelco, we advance life through materials. For over 150 years, we’ve been a trusted leader in sourcing, transforming, and distributing specialty industrial minerals. Our work powers progress across industries as diverse as glass, ceramics, construction, coatings, polymers, and water purification. Beyond our materials, we’re proud of our commitment to sustainability, innovation, and empowering people from all walks of life to thrive and make a meaningful impact.

Are We the Perfect Match? At Sibelco, we believe building a successful career is a two-way journey. We’re looking for individuals who share our values and vision, just as much as you’re seeking a company that aligns with your aspirations. Together, we can shape the future. Job Description: At Sibelco, we advance life through materials. For over 150 years, we’ve been a trusted leader in sourcing, transforming, and distributing specialty industrial minerals.

Our work powers progress across industries as diverse as glass, ceramics, construction, coatings, polymers, and water purification. Beyond our materials, we’re proud of our commitment to sustainability, innovation, and empowering people from all walks of life to thrive and make a meaningful impact. Are We the Perfect Match? At Sibelco, we believe building a successful career is a two-way journey. We’re looking for individuals who share our values and vision, just as much as you’re seeking a company that aligns with your aspirations.

Together, we can shape the future. As an integral part of the Division for Sibelco, the Reliability Engineer will work closely with Sibelco plant maintenance, production and leadership teams to develop and utilize effective tools and systems for measuring reliability of our production process. This position is responsible for providing engineering support for maintenance planning/supervision, operation and maintenance of Sibelco North America Processing plants, developing and implementing programmatic methods to ensure safe operation and high equipment reliability/availability, cost effective maintenance, and continuous improvement culture.

The role will provide reliability and managerial support across several Sibelco plants in Atlanta, North Carolina, Florida and Tennessee – 60-70% travel time Your Impact in This Role The Reliability Engineer will work closely with Sibelco plant maintenance, production and leadership teams to develop and utilize effective tools and systems for measuring reliability of our production process. This position is responsible for providing engineering support for maintenance planning/supervision, operation and maintenance of Sibelco North America Processing plants, developing and implementing programmatic methods to ensure safe operation and high equipment reliability/availability, cost effective maintenance, and continuous improvement culture.

This role includes applying lean maintenance strategies and predictive technologies while optimizing a system’s operational performance, life cycle cost, and payback. This role will act as primary liaison for capital projects with the Capital implementation team for all cluster plants. Maintain and promote a safe working environment for all employees. Achieve safety and health objectives. Leads and is responsible for the execution of reliability excellence/maintenance program.

Writes and maintains reliability maintenance strategy documents. Work with Maintenance Planners/Supervisors to implement Lean manufacturing tools to empower employees and facilitate growth to improve financial performance. Responsible for ranking the criticality of the assets under their care, typically using Reliability Centered Maintenance approaches, and for defining the proactive maintenance approaches that are cost-beneficial to the business.

Identifies and implements predictive maintenance technologies. Manages predictive maintenance equipment. Performs/supports operational event and eq