Technical Reliability Manager

About the role

John Crane is a global leader in rotating equipment solutions, supplying engineered technologies and services to process industries. The company designs and manufactures mechanical seals and systems, couplings, filtration systems, and digital diagnostics technologies. Its customer service is accessed through a global network of more than 200 sales and service facilities in over 50 countries. John Crane is part of Smiths Group.

Provide technical leadership for large-scale and complex reliability projects while supporting the performance and health improvement of existing Reliability and Performance Plus Contracts and initiatives. Technical leadership assignments are temporary and based on project complexity, criticality, customer impact, and business requirements. The role ensures projects and contracts deliver measurable operational, reliability, customer, and financial value.

Responsibilities

• Technically lead assigned reliability projects, from scope definition through execution, delivery, and closure. Projects include Seal Reliability Management, Asset Condition Management, Reliability Engineering for Maintenance, Upgrades and Retrofits, Maintenance & Repairs, and Training.
• Act as the primary technical point of reference for assigned projects.
• Translate customer and contract requirements into clear technical plans, deliverables, schedules, and acceptance criteria.
• Coordinate project-specific technical activities involving local, regional, and global specialists.
• Perform and facilitate reliability analyses, including RCA, FMEA/FMECA, RCM, asset criticality, Weibull analysis, and bad actor analysis.

Datos clave

• The role provides technical leadership for large-scale and complex reliability projects.
• Assignments are temporary and based on project complexity, criticality, customer impact, and business requirements.
• Projects include reliability management, asset condition management, maintenance engineering, upgrades, repairs, and training.