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Sr. Manager Reliability Engineering
Vertiv
Pune, IND
Senior · 15+ years experience
Onsite
Discovered Yesterday
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Role Overview
The Head of Reliability Engineering is responsible for establishing and leading the organization's reliability and asset management strategy to ensure maximum equipment availability, operational efficiency, and lifecycle asset performance.
The role drives reliability programs, predictive maintenance initiatives, asset health monitoring, root cause analysis, and continuous improvement activities to minimize downtime, reduce maintenance costs, and support operational excellence.
Key Skills for This Role
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- As Applicable Reporting To General manager or Director Product -Engineering Grade / Band Senior Management
Job Purpose
- The Head of Reliability Engineering is responsible for establishing and leading the organization's reliability and asset management strategy to ensure maximum equipment availability, operational efficiency, and lifecycle asset performance. The role drives reliability programs, predictive maintenance initiatives, asset health monitoring, root cause analysis, and continuous improvement activities to minimize downtime, reduce maintenance costs, and support operational excellence.
- Develop and implement reliability strategies, standards, and asset management programs to improve equipment uptime and operational performance.
- Lead Reliability-Centered Maintenance (RCM), Failure Mode and Effects Analysis (FMEA), and Root Cause Failure Analysis (RCFA) initiatives for critical assets.
- Establish and optimize predictive and preventive maintenance programs using condition monitoring technologies.
- Monitor asset health, reliability KPIs, maintenance effectiveness, and lifecycle performance of critical equipment.
- Lead and develop the reliability engineering team while collaborating with operations, maintenance, projects, and partners to drive continuous improvement and operational excellence.
- Minimum Qualification: Bachelor's Degree in Mechanical, Electrical, Industrial, or Reliability Engineering.
- Preferred Qualification: Master's Degree in Engineering, Asset Management, or Business Administration.
- Relevant Specialization / Certifications:
- Certified Reliability Engineer (CRE)
- Certified Maintenance & Reliability Professional (CMRP)
- ISO 55001 Asset Management Certification
- Six Sigma Green Belt / Black Belt
- Total Experience Required: 12-15+ years
- Relevant Experience Required: Minimum 8-10 years in reliability engineering, maintenance engineering, asset management, or operational excellence.
- Industry Experience (if applicable): Manufacturing, Industrial Plants, Data Centers, Utilities, Oil & Gas, Power Generation, Pharmaceutical, FMCG, or Heavy Engineering.
- Technical Skills & Knowledge
- Technical Skill Root Cause Failure Analysis (RCFA) FMEA / FMECA Methodologies Predictive Maintenance & Condition Monitoring
- Strong communication and interpersonal skills.
- Advanced problem-solving and analytical abilities.
- Stakeholder management and influencing skills.
- Leadership, teamwork, and cross-functional collaboration.
- Decision-making, accountability, and ownership.
- Strategic thinking and change management.
- Continuous improvement mindset.
- Ability to manage multiple priorities in a dynamic environment.
Key Responsibilities
- Educational Qualifications
- Work Experience
- Required Competencies
Additional Requirements
- Software / Tools Knowledge:
- Power BI, Tableau, or other analytics tools
- Microsoft Office Suite
- Professional Certifications (if applicable):
- CRE, CMRP, Six Sigma, Vibration Analysis
- Travel Requirements:
- travel for site audits, reliability assessments, and project support.
- Shift Requirements (if applicable):
- General Day Shift; available for emergency support and critical breakdown escalations.
- Other Role-Specific Requirements:
- Experience managing multidisciplinary engineering teams.
- Ability to lead reliability transformation initiatives across multiple sites.
- Knowledge of safety, risk management, and regulatory compliance requirements.
- Key Performance Indicators (KPIs)
- Improvement in Equipment Availability, Reliability, and Overall Equipment Effectiveness (OEE).
- Reduction in Unplanned Downtime, Equipment Failures, and Maintenance Costs.
- Improvement in MTBF (Mean Time Between Failures) and reduction in MTTR (Mean Time to Repair).
- Preventive and Predictive Maintenance Compliance Rate.
- Completion and effectiveness of RCFA and Reliability Improvement Projects.
- Asset Lifecycle Cost Optimization and Budget Adherence.
- Reliability Team Capability Development and Training Effectiveness.
- Preferred Candidate Profile
- Proven experience leading reliability programs in large-scale industrial or mission-critical environments.
- Strong knowledge of asset reliability, predictive analytics, and maintenance optimization.
- Experience implementing reliability improvement projects resulting in measurable cost savings and performance enhancement.
- Excellent leadership, coaching, and stakeholder engagement skills.
- Experience in data center critical infrastructure, including chillers, cooling systems, UPS, generators, transformers, and electrical distribution systems, would be an added advantage.
- Bachelor's Degree in Mechanical, Electrical, Industrial, or Reliability Engineering.
Preferred Qualifications
- Preferred Candidate Profile
- Experience in data center critical infrastructure, including chillers, cooling systems, UPS, generators, transformers, and electrical distribution systems, would be an added advantage.
- Master's Degree in Engineering, Asset Management, or Business Administration.
- Certified Reliability Engineer (CRE)
- Certified Maintenance & Reliability Professional (CMRP)
- ISO 55001 Asset Management Certification
- Six Sigma Green Belt / Black Belt
- Work Experience
- Total Experience Required: 12-15+ years
- Relevant Experience Required: Minimum 8-10 years in reliability engineering, maintenance engineering, asset management, or operational excellence.
- Industry Experience (if applicable): Manufacturing, Industrial Plants, Data Centers, Utilities, Oil & Gas, Power Generation, Pharmaceutical, FMCG, or Heavy Engineering.
- Technical Skills & Knowledge
- Technical Skill Root Cause Failure Analysis (RCFA) FMEA / FMECA Methodologies Predictive Maintenance & Condition Monitoring
- Required Competencies
- Strong communication and interpersonal skills.
- Advanced problem-solving and analytical abilities.
- Stakeholder management and influencing skills.
- Leadership, teamwork, and cross-functional collaboration.
- Decision-making, accountability, and ownership.
- Strategic thinking and change management.
- Continuous improvement mindset.
- Ability to manage multiple priorities in a dynamic environment.
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