Regional Maintenance Excellence & Reliability Partner – Microbes Americas

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The Regional Maintenance Excellence & Reliability Partner Microbes Americas advances consistent maintenance reliability and asset performance across all Microbes manufacturing sites in the Americas. This role connects site execution to Novonesis Global Maintenance Excellence framework Production & Projects Blueprint and Asset Lifecycle AC2R (acquire to retire) standards while maintaining local accountability.

• Implement and sustain the Global Maintenance Excellence framework across Microbes Americas sites.

• Convert global standards into regional roadmaps maturity goals and site execution plans.

• Set minimum requirements while allowing controlled site-level adaptation.

• Represent the region in global governance forums and communities of practice.

• Lead regional reliability and asset lifecycle management efforts.

• Advance asset criticality PM/PdM strategies RCA/RCFA (root cause failure analysis) and chronic loss elimination.

• Build a regional maintenance and reliability network to share best practices.

• Partner with site maintenance reliability engineering and capital project teams through design commissioning and handover to improve asset availability and stability.

• Support refurbishment AC2R and replacement strategies based on lifecycle economics.

• Identify and adopt relevant best practices from external networks.

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelors degree in Engineering or equivalent experience in asset-intensive manufacturing.

• 510 years of experience in maintenance reliability or asset management in a manufacturing environment.

• Experience supporting maintenance and reliability across multiple sites or in a regional or global organization.

• Strong knowledge of reliability practices including asset criticality preventive and predictive maintenance root cause analysis and loss elimination.

• Experience with continuous improvement methods such as Lean Six Sigma or the Toyota Production System is preferred.

• Working knowledge of SAP EAM CMMS or a similar enterprise asset management system is preferred.

• Demonstrated ability to collaborate and influence across functions sites and organizational levels.

Additional skills & interests we value:

• Professional certification in maintenance reliability or asset management such as CMRP CRE or ISO 55001.

• Proven application of reliability engineering practices including asset criticality PM/PdM RCA/RCFA and loss elimination.

• Experience turning global maintenance standards into practical site-level actions.

• Experience strengthening maintenance and reliability capabilities and sharing best practices across sites.

• Ability to travel regularly among Microbes Americas sites.

• Ability to work frequently in manufacturing environments while using required PPE and following GMP requirements.

Onsite position working in Madison WI

Travel: Approximately 15% to microbes sites in WI VA and Canada and any business needs.

Compensation & Benefits:

• Expected base salary range: $110000 $145000 based on experience

• 401(k) with up to a 9% company contribution

• Minimum of 3 weeksofvacation plus 12 holidays and 2 weeks of Wellness Time

• Health Dental Vision & Life insurance

• Healthcare savings accountoption

• Employeeassistanceprogram

• Parental leave

• Tuition reimbursement

• All benefits begin on your first day

• Application deadline: November 16 2026

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In Novonesis we know that solutions rooted in biology can help solve humanitys biggest challenges. Since we began more than a century ago this has been our guide. Its how weve gotten so far. And its how well impact the future. Now more than ever the world needs change. And with biosolutions the possibilities for transformation are endless. If our purpose resonates with you we encourage you to apply.

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