Corporate Maintenance Planning and Excellence Leader

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in Texas.

📋 Description

• Establish, standardize, and govern the management of global maintenance costs, work planning, and excellence in scheduling across manufacturing sites.

• Promote transparency in costs, discipline in planning, efficiency in execution, reliability of assets, reduction of unplanned downtime, and sustainable performance in cost management.

• Define and execute global frameworks for maintenance cost management, including budgeting standards, cost structures, metrics, and reporting processes.

• Create enterprise guidelines for maintenance budgeting, forecasting, renewal capital, and OPEX planning.

• Manage global maintenance cost KPIs that encompass planning effectiveness, budget adherence, spending control, contractor costs, and execution efficiency.

• Collaborate with Capital Planning, Finance, Plant Engineering, Maintenance, Reliability, Operations, Supply Chain, IT, Digital Manufacturing, and Contractor Management teams.

• Establish global benchmarks for maintenance planning, scheduling, backlog management, quality of job plans, library planning, and readiness criteria.

• Define expectations for planners, scheduling cadence, frozen-week schedules, and work execution discipline.

• Promote consistency in CMMS/EAM planning workflows, ensuring data quality, cleanup, and reporting accuracy.

• Evaluate the effectiveness of maintenance planning, scheduling, execution, and cost-control maturity across various sites.

• Develop and implement a phased global deployment roadmap along with improvement initiatives.

• Enhance the ratio of planned versus reactive maintenance, boost maintenance productivity, optimize labor utilization, and maintain backlog health.

• Conduct monthly, quarterly, and annual assessments of cost and planning performance.

• Increase transparency in contractor costs, measurement of productivity, governance of rates, estimating accuracy, job costing, and time tracking.

• Specify requirements for CMMS/EAM, planning tools, and cost analytics platforms.

• Create standardized reporting, benchmarking, dashboards, and predictive insights.

• Establish competency frameworks, training curricula, certification pathways, and best-practice playbooks.

• Mentor regional and site leaders while fostering a global community of practice focused on maintenance planning and cost excellence.

⛳️ Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering or Technology (must be completed and verified prior to the start date).

• A minimum of ten (10) years of experience in maintenance or turnaround cost management, planning & scheduling leadership, or capital asset management within manufacturing or industrial settings.

• At least five (5) years of experience utilizing strong analytical, financial, and performance management skills.

• Five (5) years of experience leading large-scale, multi-site change initiatives.

• Proven expertise in maintenance cost management and budgeting practices.

• Demonstrated knowledge of best practices in planning, scheduling, and execution.

• Expertise in CMMS/EAM systems and work management processes is essential.

• Must possess legal authorization to work in the country of employment without requiring sponsorship for employment visa status.

• Experience in global manufacturing organizations with union and contractor workforces is advantageous.

🏝️ Benefits

• Medical, Dental & Vision coverage.

• Health Savings Accounts.

• Flexible Spending Accounts for Health Care & Dependent Care.

• Disability Benefits.

• Life Insurance options.

• Voluntary Benefits available.

• Paid Absences.

• Retirement Benefits.

• Potential authorization for relocation.

• Up to 30–40% travel within the US, including occasional overseas travel.