Head of Reliability and Maintenance

This role drives asset reliability, optimizes maintenance practices, and embeds a culture of continuous improvement. The successful candidate will reduce downtime, extend asset life, and ensure compliance with environmental and safety standards, directly impacting profitability and reputation. This role reports to the Chief Operating Officer. This role requires frequent travel to various operational sites across Europe, including the Netherlands, Germany, Denmark, and the UK, with the head office based in Rotterdam. 

Key Responsibilities

• Develop and implement a reliability and maintenance strategy aligned with business goals.
• Lead and mentor site-based maintenance teams across multiple facilities.
• Drive predictive and preventive maintenance adoption using CMMS and condition monitoring tools.
• Standardise maintenance procedures and KPIs across sites for consistency and performance tracking.
• Collaborate with Engineering, Operations, and HSE teams to ensure asset integrity and compliance.
• Manage maintenance budgets, contracts, and service providers for cost efficiency.
• Lead root cause analysis and continuous improvement initiatives to reduce failures and downtime.
• Support capital investment planning with lifecycle cost analysis and reliability input.
• Ensure inventory optimisation for spare parts and critical components.
• Promote energy efficiency and sustainability in equipment operation.

Benefits

• A challenging role within an internationally operating organisation. You will join a motivated team in an informal and dynamic work culture.
• An attractive salary with a 13th month.
• 8% holiday allowance based on the gross annual salary.
• 27 vacation days per year.
• Extensive opportunities for personal development and training.
• A solid pension scheme.
• Mobility options.

Job Requirements 

• Degree in Mechanical, Electrical, or Industrial Engineering (or equivalent).
• 10+ years in maintenance/reliability leadership roles, preferably in heavy industry or waste/recycling sectors.
• Proven experience with RCM, TPM, and CMMS systems.
• Strong understanding of asset management and condition monitoring technologies.
• Multi-site team management experience in a matrix organisation.
• Fluent in English; additional European languages are a plus.
• Willingness to travel across EU sites.

Start Date

To be agreed upon.

Please note: providing a certificate of good conduct (VOG) is also part of our recruitment process.

Application deadline: 31 january 2026

Blue Phoenix does not accept resumes from staffing, search, or recruitment firms without a signed agreement. If you send us a resume without such an agreement, we may contact the candidate directly without any obligation whatsoever and no fee of any kind will be paid should we hire the candidate.

How to Apply

Apply for this position via this channel or by sending your CV to nl.recruitment@blue-phoenix.com, mentioning “Head of Reliability and Maintenance” in the subject line.

About Blue Phoenix

Blue Phoenix is a global resource company. Every day, we recover value from materials others discard. From incinerator bottom ash and construction waste to contaminated soil and tar-containing asphalt. We specialise in transforming complex materials into renewed resources for construction and infrastructure. Operating on four continents, Blue Phoenix teams are on a daily mission to shift the world’s mindset from seeing waste as a problem to recognising it as potential. Through smart sorting, recycling and recovery, we give materials new life - with safety as our core value and guiding principle. We partner with clients, plant operators, contractors, regulators and the wider society to create a truly circular economy. Working together towards our mission of nothing wasted, every resource reborn.

Do you want to contribute to a reliable organisation and a sustainable future? Then we would love to meet you!