Vale

Maintenance Reliability Team Leader

Vale

Manjung Point Seksyen 1, Lumut, Perak, MalaysiaonsitePosted Jul 13, 2026

Job description

Manage a multidisciplinary team of reliability engineers to analyze asset performance, identify loss profiles, and drive corrective actions. Implement reliability-centered maintenance (RCM) strategies and continuous improvement initiatives to optimize asset availability and productivity. Ensure assets operate at optimal conditions and achieve the production target by analyzing availability, loss profiles and reliability performance, while ensuring that corrective actions are effectively tracked, implemented, and completed.

Lead and promote safety, environmental, and risk management initiatives. Lead, coach, and support the development of direct-report team members. Lead a team of reliability engineers, including mechanical, electrical, automation, and reliability specialists, in conducting loss profile analyses. Coordinate weekly and monthly reliability meetings and ensure their effectiveness, including board of directors.

Lead the investigation of loss profiles, failure analyses, and action plan management. Coordinate and drive daily performance reviews based on loss profile findings. Lead technical discussions, including troubleshooting, engineering analyses, and failure investigations. Drive the application of Reliability-Centered Maintenance (RCM) methodology.

Lead improvement projects based on loss profile findings and reliability studies. Perform and lead basic engineering activities focused on reliability improvement and loss reduction. Maintain open and effective communication channels with the Corporate Engineering Department. Experience: At least 10 years of experience in technical leadership roles within maintenance, reliability, or process plant technical management.

Proficient in reliability engineering methodologies, including Root Cause Analysis (RCA), Failure Modes and Effects Analysis (FMEA), Reliability-Centered Maintenance (RCM), and Criticality Analysis. Experience: Bachelor's degree in engineering with relevant experience, including at least 10 years in technical leadership roles.

Specific Knowledge: 5-10 years of proven experience in managing maintenance and reliability teams responsible for bulk material handling equipment, such as conveyor belts, stackers, stacker-reclaimers, ship unloaders, ship loaders, and sampling systems. Industry Experience: Experience managing technical and operational excellence teams within mining, port operations, oil and gas processing plants, or other heavy industries is an added advantage.

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