Kaiser Aluminum is known around the world for its superior quality. Our secret is what we put into it—innovative thinking, industry-leading reliability, and a world-class commitment to customer service. In short, the same qualities we look for in our people. We are looking for a Senior Manager - Reliability to join our Team in Spokane, WA and support all of the Kaiser Aluminum plants in North America!
The Senior Manager – Reliability is responsible for developing and executing Best in Class reliability programs and processes across the company’s facilities in support of an ISO 55000 compliant Asset Management strategy.
Benefits
- Salary range $130,000 to $155,000 depending on experience
- High deductible medical, dental, vision, and basic life insurance, including spouse and children (modest payroll deductions)
- 10 paid holidays per year
- Vacation (2-4 weeks depending on experience)
- Supplemental leave (used in conjunction with Washington Paid Family & Medical Leave)
- 401K with matching company funds
- Annual bonus opportunity
- Tuition reimbursement
What you will work on:
- Drive a culture of reliability through the establishment of standardize processes and methodologies for evaluating and improving asset health.
- Develop and deploy programs for acquiring and developing internal reliability knowledge and expertise.
- Develop and provide Subject Matter Experts (SMEs) for facility support in critical areas.
- Develop and provide “Special Services” support for critical reliability and safety processes (alignment, vibration, combustion, etc.)
- Measure/monitor reliability related asset risk across the company’s platforms and coordinate mitigation activities risk with plant and corporate stake holders.
- Generate data and perform life cycle data analysis of the company’s critical assets.
- Lead the development and execution of the strategy to integrate DFR (design for reliability) throughout the equipment development cycle, from initial concept through asset commissioning.
- Support the development of engineering and reliability standards.
- Lead the development and refinement of Asset Management Plans (AMPs) for critical asset classes at company facilities.
- Lead targeted reliability improvement efforts to improve performance of critical asset classes.
- Approximately 70% of the job function is performed in an office setting requiring normal safety precautions. 30% of the job function is required in an industrial plant environment where there is exposure to operating machinery and a manufacturing environment.
- Approximately 20 -30% of the job will be performed at other plant locations.
What you will bring to the role:
- Bachelor’s degree in an appropriate technical field.
- A minimum of ten (10) years of experience in reliability engineering and related processes.
- Demonstrated experience leading reliability programs across multiple organizations.
- Ability to manage cross-functional teams consisting of customers, vendors, and technical architects and engineers.
- Experience in a heavy industrial or process environment preferred
- Ability to effectively communicate at multiple levels within an organization.
- The ability to influence stakeholders and work closely with them to determine acceptable solutions.
- Experience leading and developing top performing teams.
Preferred Skills:
- Asset Management expertise/certification
- Maintenance Leadership expertise/certification
- Six Sigma training
About Kaiser Aluminum: Talented people join our team because we are a company passionate about environmental sustainability, employee growth, contributing back to our communities and championing a diverse and inclusive culture. We are strongly committed to expanding inclusion, equity, and diversity – how we hire, develop, and inspire our diverse team members that reflects and relates to the increasingly multicultural community.
No third-party candidate submissions are being accepted at this time for this opening
