Reliability Manager
Reynolds Consumer Products · Louisville, KY
- Level
- Manager
- Team
- Reliability
- Experience asked
- 5+ years
- Industry
- Packaging
- Posted
- Recently
The role in 30 seconds
A management reliability role at Reynolds Consumer Products (packaging) in Louisville, KY. Be able to dissect difficult challenges, provide leadership and develop feasible solutions.
- They ask for
- 5+ years
- Tools it names
- Lean, Six Sigma, FMEA, Minitab, Casting
- Day to day
- relocation help
Read from the posting. The full description is below.
From the plant jobs report · week of November 2, 2026
Reliability Engineer roles in Kentucky: typical posted base $87k–$161k.
Median of the low and high ends of 3 live postings that list pay, out of 18 reliability engineer openings in Kentucky, read from manufacturers' own careers sites.
Kentucky plant jobs report →Pay by team and state →What moves pay →
How this role compares
Against 17 other live reliability postings in Kentucky.
- Experience asked
- Typical (5+ years)
Similar roles usually ask 5+ years.
Skills these teams ask for most
- ✓ Team leadership 56%
- Root cause 44%
- PLC 33%
- ✓ Lean 28%
- OEE 22%
✓ = this posting asks for it too. % = share of similar postings that mention it.
Stands out: this posting asks for FMEA, Minitab, Casting, Cost reduction, which few similar roles mention. If you have it, lead with it.
At a glance
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This plant: Reynolds Consumer Products in Louisville
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- Maintenance Supervisor · Reliability · Supervisor
- Area Maintenance Supervisor · Reliability · Supervisor
- Production Supervisor · Production · Supervisor
Full description from Reynolds Consumer ProductsAs posted on their careers site.ShowHide
Your Role
The Reliability Manager is responsible (both as an individual and through teams), for delivering effective technical support to all aspects of plant operations. The engineering & planning team is critical to the achievement of improving safety, quality, production and cost reduction relating to rolling & spooling of household foil.
You will have the opportunity to Make Great Things Happen!
- ◆Prioritize safety over all else in the plant. Demonstrate a personal commitment to safety through leading direct/indirect reports and plant personnel using RCP’s well-developed programs.
- ◆Reduce maintenance costs and increase throughput by developing effective PM, PdM, CMMS and FMEA programs to improve equipment reliability & business continuity.
- ◆Must have working knowledge of using critical data from CMMS to understand probability of failure to increase equipment up time.
- ◆Apply lean manufacturing principles and tools in the execution of daily operations and development of improvement strategies through the assistance of Op Ex Leaders.
- ◆Providing technical problem solving skills and direction to drive continuous improvement to solve chronic process and equipment problems.
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Overview
Join Reynolds Consumer Products …and Drive Your Career across a world of opportunities! We provide amazing job opportunities for growth with competitive salaries and benefits in an exciting, dynamic, fast-paced, and high-performance organization. If you are looking to build a strong career, we have an opportunity for you! We currently have an opportunity for a Reliability Manager to join our team located in Louisville, KY.
You will love it here if…
- •You put safety first, always.
- •You listen, learn, and evolve.
- •You are passionate about collaboration, teamwork, and achieving shared goals.
- •You treat all people with respect, operating ethically, and embrace inclusivity.
- •You are committed to improving our impact on local communities.
We need you to have
- •BS in Engineering with 5+ years of applicable technical experience.
- •Demonstrated motivation and leadership skills required for all levels of the organization.
- •Self-motivated and able to produce successful programs with minimal management direction.
- •Be a solid team player able to drive small and large groups to a common goal.
- •Be able to manage multiple projects simultaneously in a fast moving environment.
- •Be able to dissect difficult challenges, provide leadership and develop feasible solutions.
- •Solid communication skills, both written and verbal.
- •Demonstrated application of standard concepts, practices, and procedures within a particular engineering field.
- •Proficient with computer programs (i.e. CMMS, MS Office, MS Project, CAD, Minitab etc.).
Icing on the cake
- •Master’s degree.
- •Experience in a Lean Manufacturing environment preferred. Lean/Six Sigma certification a plus.
- •Experience in a metal rolling, forging or casting a plus.
If you answer yes to the following…we want to meet you!
- •Intellectual Curiosity: Do you have an inquisitive nature?
- •Problem Solving: Do you have a knack for tackling issues head-on?
- •Entrepreneurship: Do you enjoy taking ownership of your work?
- •Customer Centricity: Do you always act in the best interests of the customer, putting their needs first?
- •Growth Mindset: Do you focus on progress rather than perfection?
- •Continuous Improvement: Are you never satisfied with the status quo?
Want to know more? Check out our website or connect with us on LinkedIn!
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Local candidates only, no relocation assistance available
Join Reynolds Consumer Products and Drive Your Career across a world of opportunities!
For applicants or employees who are disabled or require a reasonable accommodation for any part of the application or hiring process, you may request assistance by emailing us at Recruitment@ReynoldsBrands.com.
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