Zoetis

Manager – Reliability and Maintenance Planning

Zoetis

full-time

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Origin:  • 🇺🇸 United States

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Job Level

SeniorLead

Tech Stack

IoT

About the role

  • Develop and execute reliability strategies, predictive maintenance programs, and efficient maintenance planning to maximize asset performance, uptime, and lifecycle.
  • Lead a team of reliability engineers, maintenance planners, and spare parts personnel; define and implement reliability and maintenance planning strategies aligned with site goals.
  • Oversee condition monitoring, predictive maintenance (PdM), asset health programs, root cause analysis, and failure investigations.
  • Establish and maintain asset criticality rankings and reliability KPIs; drive initiatives to reduce unplanned downtime and improve MTBF.
  • Manage maintenance planning and scheduling, ensuring high-quality work orders, job plans, and labor efficiency; coordinate shutdowns, PMs, and major capital projects.
  • Optimize use of CMMS (e.g., SAP PM, Maximo) and maintain rolling maintenance schedule.
  • Oversee spare parts inventory, procurement planning, storeroom operations; implement inventory optimization techniques and ensure GMP compliance.
  • Ensure maintenance activities comply with cGMP, FDA, USDA, EU and EHS regulations; support audits and inspections.
  • Lead asset reliability improvement initiatives using OEE and digital tools; standardize best practices across the site.
  • Work 1st Shift, 8:00am – 5:00pm; safely work in an industrial environment and occasionally lift up to 50 lbs.

Requirements

  • Bachelor’s degree in Engineering (Mechanical, Electrical, Chemical, or related field) or equivalent experience.
  • 10+ years of experience in reliability engineering, maintenance planning, or asset management.
  • 3+ years of leadership experience managing technical teams.
  • Strong background in cGMP and regulatory compliance.
  • Expertise in reliability methodologies (RCM, FMEA, RCA).
  • Knowledge of continuous improvement processes (TPM, Lean, Six Sigma).
  • Experience with CMMS (SAP PM, Maximo, or similar).
  • Knowledge of spare parts optimization and MRO storeroom management.
  • Familiarity with predictive maintenance technologies and tools.
  • Proficiency with reliability KPIs (MTBF, MTTR, OEE, etc.).
  • Strong leadership, team-building, and mentoring skills.
  • Excellent problem-solving and decision-making capabilities.
  • Effective communicator across all levels of the organization.
  • Results-driven with a focus on continuous improvement.
  • Must possess or obtain authorization to work in the US for Zoetis.