Director, Maintenance Engineering

Novolex is a leading manufacturer of food beverage and specialty packaging that supports multiple industries including foodservice restaurant delivery and carryout food processing grocery and retail and industrial sectors. Novolex manufacturing and sourcing expertise spans a diverse range of substrates including resin paper molded fiber aluminum and more. We provide customers a broad array of stock and customized solutions with 120 product categories 250 brands and over 39000 SKUs.

The Novolex sustainability vision is built upon three pillars: our products our operations and our people. Each is critically important to our growth and future as a business. These pillars form the foundation of our company-wide commitment to sustainability helping us achieve our ambitious goals through our wide-ranging initiatives.

The Director Maintenance provides enterprise leadership for maintenance strategy reliability performance asset management and maintenance execution across Novolex manufacturing operations. This role is accountable for developing the enterprise maintenance strategy identifying the organizational capabilities and resource needs required to execute advancing a standardized maintenance operating model improving equipment uptime and asset reliability strengthening preventive and predictive maintenance practices and building scalable maintenance capability across plants. The Director partners closely with Operations Engineering EH&S Procurement Finance and business leadership to align maintenance priorities improve operational performance reduce unplanned downtime and support safe reliable and cost-effective manufacturing execution.

• Champion a safety-first maintenance culture and ensure compliance with company safety standards maintenance procedures equipment standards and applicable regulatory requirements.
• Develop and lead the enterprise maintenance strategy including preventive maintenance predictive maintenance reliability improvement asset lifecycle management spare parts strategy maintenance performance governance and implementation priorities.
• Assess and identify organizational needs required to execute the maintenance strategy including capability gaps resource requirements role clarity skills development governance routines and support model requirements.
• Partner with plant leadership and maintenance teams to improve equipment uptime reduce unplanned downtime increase mean time between failures and improve maintenance execution discipline across manufacturing sites.
• Drive standardization of maintenance systems processes metrics tools work order practices planning and scheduling routines and reliability best practices across the manufacturing network.
• Build organizational capability through leadership development coaching technical capability building succession planning and performance management for maintenance leaders and teams.
• Provide executive-level escalation support for complex equipment reliability maintenance execution asset performance spare parts contractor and operational continuity issues.
• Partner with OEMs Engineering Capital Projects Operations and plant leadership to support equipment design reviews maintainability startup readiness commissioning stabilization and operational handoff for capital initiatives.
• Lead cross-functional maintenance projects from business case and scope development through planning execution commissioning operational handoff and benefits realization with accountability for safety schedule budget quality risk and performance outcomes.
• Develop and manage strategic OEM partnerships and service agreements to establish standardized preventive and predictive maintenance programs recommended service intervals technical support models critical spare parts requirements training and equipment performance expectations.
• Develop and maintain maintenance performance reporting including key metrics related to uptime downtime work order completion preventive maintenance compliance maintenance cost asset reliability and contractor performance.
• Collaborate with Procurement and Finance to optimize maintenance spend spare parts inventory vendor performance contractor utilization and service agreements.
• Perform additional duties as assigned.

Essential

• 15 years of progressive experience in maintenance leadership reliability engineering manufacturing operations engineering technical operations or related manufacturing support functions.
• 8 years of leadership experience leading multi-site maintenance reliability technical operations or manufacturing support organizations.
• Demonstrated success improving equipment reliability uptime preventive maintenance compliance maintenance execution asset performance and maintenance cost effectiveness.
• Experience implementing preventive maintenance predictive maintenance reliability-centered maintenance planning and scheduling work order management and maintenance performance governance.
• Strong working knowledge of manufacturing equipment plant utilities maintenance systems spare parts management contractor management and plant operations.
• Experience using maintenance management systems reliability tools documentation systems and performance reporting processes.
• Demonstrated project management experience leading multi-site maintenance initiatives OEM service programs equipment installations commissioning and operational handoffs.
• Experience managing OEM and contractor relationships preventive maintenance programs service-level expectations technical training warranty administration and vendor performance.
• Strong executive leadership communication stakeholder management organizational agility and cross-functional alignment capabilities.
• Proven ability to coach mentor develop and hold accountable maintenance leaders and teams across a matrixed operating environment.
• Ability to influence and drive execution across manufacturing organizations with competing priorities and multiple stakeholder groups.

Preferred

• Experience supporting packaging plastics extrusion thermoforming injection molding molded fiber paper or related manufacturing operations.
• Bachelors degree in Engineering Maintenance Management Industrial Technology or related technical discipline preferred.

Travel: Up to 50%

A reasonable estimate of the current range is $180000- $200000 bonus benefits. The range displayed on each job posting reflects the minimum and maximum target salaries for the position across all US locations. Within the range individual pay is determined by job-related skills experience and relevant education or training. At Novolex it is not typical for an individual to be hired at the top of the range for their role and compensation decisions are dependent on the facts and circumstances of each case.

The benefits for this role include 401(k) plan with company match comprehensive medical dental and vision insurance flexible spending and health savings accounts paid vacation and sick days paid parental leave paid holidays and wellness program.

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With safety as our top priority and a commitment to employee well-being an important focus we offer comprehensive and competitive benefits that include medical dental and vision insurance as well as a variety of other well-being resources focused on mental physical and financial health. Specific benefits and well-being programs may vary depending on where you work.

At Novolex giving back to the local communities that support us is important. Our Focused Giving Program prioritizes support for organizations whose missions promote sustainability initiatives or address food and hunger needs. We also encourage facility level support of activities in the communities where our employees live and work.

We offer constant opportunities for advancement. From skills development to advanced education programs training and development programs and courses are available through MyLearning. Programs include company and industry training curricula support for formal education through the Tuition Reimbursement Program (Non-Union) and a Learning Management System that supports and enhances employee skills at all levels of the organization.

Novolex is committed to providing equal employment opportunity in all employment practices including but not limited to selection hiring promotion transfer and compensation to all qualified applicants and employees without regard to age race color national origin sex pregnancy sexual orientation gender identity religion handicap or disability genetics citizenship status service member or veteran status or any other category protected by federal state or local law. Any individual who because of his or her disability needs an accommodation in connection with an aspect of the Companys application process should contact .

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