The Opportunity:
The Global Reliability Engineering Lead provides enterprise leadership for asset reliability, maintenance excellence, and engineering rigor across all CSL Behring manufacturing sites.
This role drives global standardization of reliability methodologies, ensures consistency in maintenance work processes, and strengthens long-term asset performance.
The position serves as a strategic partner to site reliability teams and centers of excellence by setting global expectations, supporting technical capability development, and promoting practices that improve equipment performance, reduce risk, and safeguard business continuity.
All responsibilities must be executed in alignment with CSL’s patient-focused mission and Core Values, and with a high level of integrity, collaboration, and cultural awareness.
The Role:
Global Reliability Framework and Direction -
Establish and maintain the global reliability strategy that supports asset lifecycle performance, operational continuity, and alignment with CSL engineering standards.
Develop standardized reliability frameworks, tools, and metrics that strengthen work process discipline across all manufacturing sites.
Conduct global assessments to identify gaps, benchmark best practices, and ensure consistent application of reliability fundamentals.
Monitor global KPIs related to asset reliability, maintenance efficiency, and operational risk, and communicate insights to site and regional leadership.
Ensure adherence to regulatory expectations and internal quality requirements across all reliability-related activities.
Technical Leadership and Engineering Excellence-
Provide expert technical guidance for complex equipment challenges and high-risk investigations across the global network.
Facilitate and mentor site teams in methods such as RCM, FMEA, RCA, predictive diagnostics, and other reliability engineering principles.
Support the evaluation of new technologies, materials, and design approaches to ensure maintainability, reliability, and cost effectiveness.
Review equipment installation, commissioning, and qualification plans to ensure alignment with asset lifecycle requirements.
Drive improvement in preventive and predictive maintenance programs, including the use of advanced diagnostic tools.
Global Collaboration and Capability Building-
Partner with site engineering, maintenance, operations, quality, EHS, and OpEx teams to build shared understanding of reliability objectives and to strengthen network alignment.
Lead global workshops, training programs, and knowledge sharing forums that build technical capability in reliability engineering.
Support the development of global learning materials for maintenance engineering functions and ensure consistent training across sites.
Promote open communication, cross-functional engagement, and collaborative problem-solving across regional and global teams.
Demonstrate flexibility in work hours to support global stakeholders in different time zones.
People and Culture Expectations -
Reinforce CSL’s Core Values of Patient Focus, Innovation, Integrity, Collaboration, and Superior Performance in all interactions.
Serve as a cultural ambassador who models professionalism, ethical behavior, sound judgment, and inclusive collaboration.
Support global safety expectations by consistently using required PPE when on site and complying with occupational health and safety practices.
Other Responsibilities-
Foster a respectful and positive environment where continuous improvement, accountability, and learning are encouraged.
Provide technical input during capital project reviews related to maintainability, reliability risk, and long term asset performance.
Participate in audits, inspections, and program reviews to ensure compliance and drive continuous improvement.
Contribute to strategic initiatives and business priorities led by global engineering or Kankakee site leadership as applicable.
Attend assigned global meetings and forums to support information flow, alignment, and decision making.
Perform other duties as assigned by the supervisor, members of the Global Leadership Team, or other authorized leaders in support of evolving business needs and cross-functional collaboration.
Skills & Experience:
Bachelor’s degree in engineering (Mechanical, Electrical, Chemical, Structural, or related).
Master’s degree or MBA preferred.
7+ years of experience in reliability engineering, maintenance engineering, or asset management within a manufacturing, pharmaceutical, chemical, or similar regulated industry.
Extensive experience managing globally distributed teams and influencing senior stakeholders in complex organizations. Includes governance and strategic portfolio management aligned with organizational goals.
Demonstrated success implementing reliability programs at scale and improving asset performance using structured methodologies. Experience with global or multi-site technical support preferred.
Strong technical capability in root cause analysis, predictive diagnostics, risk management, and equipment lifecycle management.
Proficiency with CMMS systems and SAP PM preferred.
Experience facilitating training, workshops, or capability development programs.
Ability to travel globally based on business needs.
Expertise in GMP/non-GMP utilities and facilities related to pharmaceutical production. § Knowledge of Six Sigma/Lean principles is a plus.
Strategic thinker with a proactive approach to problem-solving.
Technical mastery in asset reliability, engineering fundamentals, and lifecycle asset management.
Strong analytical capability that supports data informed decision making and prioritization of global reliability risks.
Innovation mindset that promotes new technologies, advanced diagnostics, and continuous improvement in asset performance.
Ability to lead change, influence without authority, and drive alignment across a complex global matrix.
Executive-level communication skills that support clear, concise, and impactful messaging to diverse stakeholders.
Cross-cultural collaboration skills with the ability to engage effectively with teams across regions, languages, and cultural environments.
Strong problem-solving and decision-making skills with a focus on long-term reliability, business continuity, and sustainable performance.
Commitment to CSL values, ethical behavior, inclusive teamwork, and modeling a positive, respectful culture.
About CSL Behring
CSL Behring is a global biotherapeutics leader driven by our promise to save lives. Focused on serving patients’ needs by using the latest technologies, we discover, develop and deliver innovative therapies for people living with conditions in the immunology, hematology, cardiovascular and metabolic, respiratory, and transplant therapeutic areas. We use three strategic scientific platforms of plasma fractionation, recombinant protein technology, and cell and gene therapy to support continued innovation and continually refine ways in which products can address unmet medical needs and help patients lead full lives.
CSL Behring operates one of the world’s largest plasma collection networks, CSL Plasma. Our parent company, CSL, headquartered in Melbourne, Australia, employs 32,000 people, and delivers its lifesaving therapies to people in more than 100 countries.
To learn more about CSL, CSL Behring, CSL Seqirus and CSL Vifor visit https://www.csl.com/ and CSL Plasma at https://www.cslplasma.com/.
Our Benefits
For more information on CSL benefits visit How CSL Supports Your Well-being | CSL.
You Belong at CSL
At CSL, Inclusion and Belonging is at the core of our mission and who we are. It fuels our innovation day in and day out. By celebrating our differences and creating a culture of curiosity and empathy, we are able to better understand and connect with our patients and donors, foster strong relationships with our stakeholders, and sustain a diverse workforce that will move our company and industry into the future.
To learn more about inclusion and belonging visit https://www.csl.com/careers/inclusion-and-belonging
Equal Opportunity Employer
CSL is an Equal Opportunity Employer. If you are an individual with a disability and need a reasonable accommodation for any part of the application process, please visit https://www.csl.com/accessibility-statement.
