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Core Competencies
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Demonstrates expertise in global maintenance cost management, planning, and scheduling excellence, with a strong focus on analytical and financial performance management. Proven ability to lead large-scale change initiatives and establish standardized frameworks across manufacturing environments.
Highest-signal resume keywords
Maintenance Cost ManagementPlanning And Scheduling Best PracticesCMMS/EAM Systems ExpertiseAnalytical And Financial SkillsChange Initiative Leadership
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Hard Skills
Cost ManagementBudgeting StandardsPerformance MetricsWork PlanningScheduling ExcellenceData Quality ManagementCost AnalyticsMaintenance Productivity ImprovementBacklog ManagementJob Costing
Soft Skills
CoachingCollaborationLeadership
Tools & Technologies
CMMSEAM SystemsPlanning ToolsCost Analytics Platforms
Industry Keywords
ManufacturingIndustrial EnvironmentsCapital Asset ManagementUnion WorkforcesContractor Management
About the role
Key responsibilities & impact- Establish, standardize, and govern global maintenance cost management, work planning, and scheduling excellence across manufacturing sites
- Drive cost transparency, planning discipline, execution efficiency, asset reliability, reduced unplanned downtime, and sustainable cost performance
- Define and implement global maintenance cost management frameworks, budgeting standards, cost structures, metrics, and reporting
- Establish enterprise guidelines for maintenance budgeting, forecasting, Renewal capital, and OPEX planning
- Own global maintenance cost KPIs covering planning effectiveness, budget and spend adherence, contractor cost, and execution effectiveness
- Partner with Capital Planning, Finance, Plant Engineering and Maintenance, Reliability, Operations, Supply Chain, IT, Digital Manufacturing, and Contractor Management
- Establish global standards for maintenance planning, scheduling, backlog management, job plan quality, library planning, and readiness criteria
- Define planner expectations, scheduling cadence, frozen-week schedules, and work execution discipline
- Drive consistency in CMMS/EAM planning workflows, data quality, cleanup, and reporting
- Assess maintenance planning, scheduling, execution effectiveness, and cost-control maturity across sites
- Develop and execute a phased global deployment roadmap and improvement initiatives
- Improve planned versus reactive maintenance mix, maintenance productivity, utilization, labor optimization, and backlog health
- Establish monthly, quarterly, and annual reviews of cost and planning performance
- Improve contractor cost transparency, productivity measurement, rate governance, estimating, job costing, and time tracking
- Define requirements for CMMS/EAM, planning tools, and cost analytics platforms
- Develop standardized reporting, benchmarking, dashboards, and predictive insights
- Develop competency frameworks, training curricula, certification pathways, and best-practice playbooks
- Coach regional and site leaders and build a global maintenance planning and cost excellence community of practice
Requirements
What you’ll need- Bachelor's degree in Engineering or Technology (completed and verified prior to start)
- Ten (10) years of experience in maintenance or turnaround cost, planning & scheduling and execution leadership, or capital asset management roles within manufacturing or industrial environments
- Five (5) years of experience applying strong analytical, financial, and performance management skills
- Five (5) years of experience leading large-scale, multi-site change initiatives
- Demonstrated expertise in maintenance cost management and budgeting
- Demonstrated expertise in planning, scheduling and execution best practices
- Demonstrated expertise in CMMS/EAM systems and work management processes
- Must be legally authorized to work in a country of employment without sponsorship for employment visa status
- Experience working in global manufacturing organizations with union and contractor workforces would be beneficial
Benefits
Comp & perks- Medical, Dental & Vision
- Health Savings Accounts
- Health Care & Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts
- Disability Benefits
- Life Insurance
- Voluntary Benefits
- Paid Absences
- Retirement Benefits
- Relocation may be authorized
- Up to 30–40% US travel with some overseas travel