Sr Manager, Reliability

JOB DESCRIPTION

Work Schedule

Standard (Mon-Fri)

Environmental Conditions

Adherence to all Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP) Safety Standards, Cleanroom: no hair products, jewelry, makeup, nail polish, perfume, exposed piercings, facial hair etc... allowed, Office, Some degree of PPE (Personal Protective Equipment) required (safety glasses, gowning, gloves, lab coat, ear plugs etc.), Various outside weather conditions

Job Description

Title: Senior Manager, Reliability Engineering – PSG Global Engineering

As part of the Thermo Fisher Scientific team, you’ll discover meaningful work that makes a positive impact on a global scale. Join our colleagues in bringing our Mission to life every single day to enable our customers to make the world healthier, cleaner and safer. We provide our global teams with the resources needed to achieve individual career goals while helping to take science a step beyond by developing solutions for some of the world’s toughest challenges, like protecting the environment, making sure our food is safe or helping find cures for cancer.

Division/Site Specific Information

Role can be based at the Toronto (Mississauga), Canada site. As a Senior Manager, Reliability Engineering at Thermo Fisher Scientific within PSG Global Engineering Services, you will lead the development and deployment of a standardized reliability engineering program across a global network of manufacturing sites.

With 12,000 global employees across 5 continents, The Pharmaceutical Services Group (PSG) offers world-class expertise to help customers of all sizes get high-quality medicines to patients faster. We are an industry leader in drug development, clinical trial logistics and commercial manufacturing through our Patheon brand.  With more than 65 locations globally, we provide our clients with integrated, end-to-end capabilities through all phases of development, including API, biologics, viral vector services, formulation, clinical trial solutions, logistics services and commercial manufacturing.

Discover Impactful Work:

This leadership role focuses on improving asset performance, enhancing equipment reliability, and ensuring consistency in maintenance and asset management practices across PSG. You will provide technical leadership and guidance to site Reliability Engineers, ensuring alignment to a common reliability framework that drives uptime, reduces lifecycle cost, and minimizes operational risk. In addition, you will support and guide site maintenance master planning efforts, ensuring alignment between long-term asset strategies, maintenance programs, and capital planning.

A Day in the Life:

• Working in a highly matrixed organization, you will collaborate with Engineering, Operations, Quality, and Sustainability teams to deliver scalable solutions that support both operational excellence and environmental goals.

• You will also integrate environmental sustainability into reliability strategies by partnering with site teams to optimize utility systems, reduce energy consumption (Scope 1 and Scope 2 emissions), and improve performance related to water usage and waste generation.

• This role requires strong project management capabilities to plan, coordinate, and ensure the successful and timely deployment of global initiatives.

• Your work will directly contribute to advancing reliability performance while supporting our mission to make the world healthier, cleaner, and safer.

Keys to Success:

Education

• Requires a Bachelor’s Degree, and advance degree is highly preferred.

• Preferred Fields of Study: Engineering (Mechanical, Electrical, Chemical) or related technical discipline, or Business Administration.

• Preferred: Certified Reliability Engineer (CRE) – ASQ, Six Sigma or Lean certification.

• Experience in regulated industries (pharma, biotech, medical device).

​Experience

• 6-8 years of experience in reliability engineering, maintenance, or asset management in a manufacturing environment or highly regulatory industry required.

• 5 years of demonstrated leadership experience, including leading or influencing technical teams in a matrixed organization.

• Experience developing and deploying reliability engineering or asset management programs across multiple sites.

• Experience supporting site maintenance master planning, including alignment of maintenance strategies with long-term asset lifecycle and capital plans.

• Strong project management experience leading complex, cross-functional initiatives with global stakeholders.

• Experience driving reliability-centered maintenance (RCM), asset criticality, and preventive/predictive maintenance strategies.

• Experience supporting or driving environmental sustainability initiatives, including utility optimization, energy reduction (Scope 1 & 2), and improvements in water and waste management systems.

• Experience with continuous improvement methodologies (PPI, Lean, Six Sigma).

Knowledge, Skills, Abilities

• Strong business acumen with ability to analyze performance metrics and drive operational improvements

• Excellent communication and presentation skills in English

• Proficiency with business systems (MS Office, CMMS such as Maximo, SAP, Blue Mountain, or similar platforms)

• Ability to work effectively in a matrix organization across multiple sites and functions

• Ability to travel 30–50% globally

• Valid passport required for international travel

Benefits

We offer competitive remuneration, annual incentive plan bonus scheme, healthcare, and a range of employee benefits! Thermo Fisher Scientific offers employment with an innovative, forward-thinking organization, and outstanding career and development prospects. We offer an exciting company culture that stands for integrity, intensity, involvement, and innovation.

Compensation

The estimated annualized pay range for this position in Ontario is $106,600.00–$150,000.00.