Bright Machines
Automation Reliability & Performance Manager
Florence, Kentucky · On-site · Manager · Full-time · Posted Oct 1, 2026
- Experience
- 7+ years in reliability, maintenance, or automation engineering, including 3+ years leading a technical team.
- Education
- Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical, Electrical, or Mechatronics Engineering (or equivalent hands-on experience).
About the job
Leads the reliability and performance of robotic and automated equipment at a 24/7 production site, improving availability and building maintenance operations.
What you'll do
- Lead Automation Engineers and serve as the final after-hours escalation point for equipment issues.
- Use downtime data and loss analysis to prioritize, implement, and verify equipment improvements; report performance metrics.
- Build and manage maintenance programs, equipment acceptance, the rapid-build shop, and spare-parts operations.
What they ask for
- Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical, Electrical, or Mechatronics Engineering, or equivalent hands-on experience.
- 7+ years in reliability, maintenance, or automation engineering, including 3+ years leading a technical team in a high-mix robotic or automated environment.
- Demonstrated equipment-availability improvements using structured loss analysis and before/after results; experience improving downtime data capture.
- Hands-on automation hardware and troubleshooting experience, including PLC logic and industrial robot controllers; knowledge of maintenance safety and CMMS.
Nice to have
- Experience building a full-spectrum maintenance program or managing a spare-parts storeroom.
- Experience with AI-assisted predictive maintenance, SQL or Power BI, machine acceptance, or electronics/server/data-center hardware manufacturing.
Tools
PLC, SAP PM, Fiix, UpKeep, SQL, Power BI, NFPA 70E, ISO 10218 / ANSI/RIA R15.06
AI focus
The role may involve data-driven or AI-assisted predictive maintenance, including turning equipment data into maintenance triggers; this is listed as preferred experience.
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