Senior Manager, Reliability Engineering

Business Unit Overview

Headquartered in Lakeville, Minn., Post Consumer Brands, a business unit of Post Holdings, Inc., is dedicated to providing people and their pets with delicious food choices for every taste and budget. The company's portfolio includes beloved brands such as Honey Bunches of Oats™, PEBBLES™, Grape-Nuts™ and Malt-O-Meal™ cereal and Peter Pan™ peanut butter, as well as Rachael Ray® Nutrish™, Kibbles 'n Bits™ and 9Lives™ dog and cat food. Post also provides private label solutions to customers in pet food, cereal, nut butters and granola. As a company committed to high standards of quality and to our values, we are driven by one idea: To make lives better by making delicious food accessible for all. For more information about our brands, visit www.postconsumerbrands.com and follow us on LinkedIn or Facebook for the latest news.

Location Description

Post Consumer Brands corporate headquarters in Lakeville, Minnesota, is about 20 miles south of Minneapolis and St. Paul, Lakeville has all the benefits of smaller town living with access to everything a large metropolitan area has to offer. Join more than 400 team members collaborating on the two-building campus to help put breakfast on the tables of millions of consumers in North America.

Responsibilities

As a Senior Manager of Reliability Engineering, you will play a critical, enterprise-level role in shaping how reliability is defined, implemented, and continuously improved across our manufacturing network. This is a highly visible leadership role focused on building and advancing reliability strategy, standardizing best practices, and driving measurable improvements in plant performance.

You’ll partner closely with plant leadership, maintenance teams, and cross-functional stakeholders to proactively reduce equipment risk, strengthen asset care strategies, and elevate reliability maturity across multiple sites. This is a unique opportunity to influence large-scale transformation—without direct authority—by building relationships, coaching teams, and delivering impactful, data-driven solutions across the business.

Key Responsibilities

Define and lead the enterprise-wide Reliability Engineering strategy and roadmap

Standardize and continuously improve maintenance and reliability processes across multiple manufacturing sites

Develop and implement criticality-based maintenance and asset care strategies

Lead predictive maintenance initiatives and expand use of condition monitoring technologies (e.g., vibration, thermography, ultrasound)

Analyze equipment history and drive root cause failure analysis to reduce chronic failures

Coach and train plant teams on maintenance fundamentals, including work management, planning & scheduling, and preventive maintenance

Partner with plant leadership to identify reliability improvement opportunities and implement action plans

Establish KPIs and metrics to measure and drive performance improvements across sites

Lead change management efforts and influence adoption of best practices across the organization

Serve as a technical SME and collaborate with cross-functional teams to enhance systems, tools, and processes

Qualifications

What We’re Looking For

Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Manufacturing, Maintenance, or related field

15+ years of experience in reliability, maintenance, or manufacturing environments

Strong background in reliability methodologies (FMEA, RCM, root cause analysis)

Experience implementing predictive maintenance technologies (vibration, thermography, ultrasound, etc.)

Demonstrated ability to lead large-scale initiatives and influence stakeholders without direct authority

Strong analytical mindset with experience leveraging CMMS/EAM systems and data

Certifications such as CMRP or predictive maintenance credentials are highly valued

Excellent communication, coaching, and collaboration skills

Why You’ll Love This Role

Shape the future of reliability across an enterprise network

Make a direct impact on plant performance and business results

Access to professional development, certifications, and career growth opportunities

Combination of scale, resources, and agility to drive meaningful change

Strong, collaborative teams with a shared commitment to improvement

Opportunity to lead transformation in an environment with significant upside

Location & Travel

Lakeville, MN (Hybrid)

Open to remote candidates in select states, including: AL, AZ, AR, CA, FL, GA, IL, KS, ME, MI, MN, MS, MO, NV, NJ, NY, NC, OH, PA, SD, TX, UT, WA, WI, WY

Approximately 50% travel across U.S. and Canada plants

Ready to Make an Impact? If you're passionate about driving reliability transformation and building best-in-class practices across a manufacturing network, we’d love to hear from you. Join us and bring your expertise to a team where your ideas are valued, your leadership is trusted, and your impact is real. Apply today! The pay range for this position is $117,407- $183,154 per year.

As a Senior Manager of Reliability Engineering, you will play a critical, enterprise-level role in shaping how reliability is defined, implemented, and continuously improved across our manufacturing network. This is a highly visible leadership role focused on building and advancing reliability strategy, standardizing best practices, and driving measurable improvements in plant performance.

You’ll partner closely with plant leadership, maintenance teams, and cross-functional stakeholders to proactively reduce equipment risk, strengthen asset care strategies, and elevate reliability maturity across multiple sites. This is a unique opportunity to influence large-scale transformation—without direct authority—by building relationships, coaching teams, and delivering impactful, data-driven solutions across the business.

Key Responsibilities

Define and lead the enterprise-wide Reliability Engineering strategy and roadmap

Standardize and continuously improve maintenance and reliability processes across multiple manufacturing sites

Develop and implement criticality-based maintenance and asset care strategies

Lead predictive maintenance initiatives and expand use of condition monitoring technologies (e.g., vibration, thermography, ultrasound)

Analyze equipment history and drive root cause failure analysis to reduce chronic failures

Coach and train plant teams on maintenance fundamentals, including work management, planning & scheduling, and preventive maintenance

Partner with plant leadership to identify reliability improvement opportunities and implement action plans

Establish KPIs and metrics to measure and drive performance improvements across sites

Lead change management efforts and influence adoption of best practices across the organization

Serve as a technical SME and collaborate with cross-functional teams to enhance systems, tools, and processes

What We’re Looking For

Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Manufacturing, Maintenance, or related field

15+ years of experience in reliability, maintenance, or manufacturing environments

Strong background in reliability methodologies (FMEA, RCM, root cause analysis)

Experience implementing predictive maintenance technologies (vibration, thermography, ultrasound, etc.)

Demonstrated ability to lead large-scale initiatives and influence stakeholders without direct authority

Strong analytical mindset with experience leveraging CMMS/EAM systems and data

Certifications such as CMRP or predictive maintenance credentials are highly valued

Excellent communication, coaching, and collaboration skills

Why You’ll Love This Role

Shape the future of reliability across an enterprise network

Make a direct impact on plant performance and business results

Access to professional development, certifications, and career growth opportunities

Combination of scale, resources, and agility to drive meaningful change

Strong, collaborative teams with a shared commitment to improvement

Opportunity to lead transformation in an environment with significant upside

Location & Travel

Lakeville, MN (Hybrid)

Open to remote candidates in select states, including: AL, AZ, AR, CA, FL, GA, IL, KS, ME, MI, MN, MS, MO, NV, NJ, NY, NC, OH, PA, SD, TX, UT, WA, WI, WY

Approximately 50% travel across U.S. and Canada plants

Ready to Make an Impact? If you're passionate about driving reliability transformation and building best-in-class practices across a manufacturing network, we’d love to hear from you. Join us and bring your expertise to a team where your ideas are valued, your leadership is trusted, and your impact is real. Apply today!