Campus Maintenance Leader: Safety, Reliability & Strategy

DuPont Co.; Wilmington (DE); On-site; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

DuPont seeks a Maintenance Area Leader to direct maintenance and reliability across a multi-tenant research campus, balancing asset condition, safety, and research continuity. You will lead maintenance personnel, coordinate internal crafts and contractors, and align priorities with site leadership and functional partners.

The role emphasizes preventive and predictive maintenance, budget performance, and continuous improvement, delivering safe, reliable, and cost-effective services for ESL

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering or related field.
• 7–10 years of maintenance, reliability, facilities, or related experience.
• Experience leading maintenance personnel or coordinating multidisciplinary craft resources.
• Experience applying maintenance work management processes and managing budgets.
• Experience supporting multi-building research campus, laboratory facilities, or multi-tenant environment.

Responsibilities

• Lead the assigned maintenance organization and coordinate maintenance engineering, planning, scheduling, craft execution, and contracted support to deliver safe, reliable, and cost-effective services.
• Establish safety, quality, productivity, customer service, and accountability expectations; ensure compliance with site procedures and safety analyses.
• Develop and execute ESL maintenance strategy addressing asset conditions, research needs, and infrastructure reliability.
• Coordinate maintenance support for building systems including HVAC, electrical, plumbing, and life safety systems.
• Align resources to support laboratory and pilot-scale equipment, troubleshooting, and asset modifications.
• Coordinate with Power Operations and Engineering on utility equipment maintenance and interfaces.
• Implement and sustain maintenance work processes and continuously improve service delivery.
• Establish preventive and predictive maintenance strategies with engineering and owners; review failures and adjust tasks.
• Manage overdue maintenance and inspections with prioritization and approvals; avoid deferred work without review.
• Coordinate plant shutdowns and outages with affected functions and tenants; ensure scope and communication are clear.
• Manage maintenance budget; monitor labor, materials, and contractor spending; explain variances and cost improvements.
• Maintain CMMS records including maintenance history and completion documentation.
• Track maintenance and reliability measures and drive continuous improvement.
• Develop maintenance team capabilities through coaching, training, and succession planning.

Skills

Maintenance leadership

Facilities maintenance

Budget management

Root cause analysis

Safety compliance

Cross-functional coordination

CMMS knowledge

Education

Bachelor’s degree in engineering or related field

Job description

DuPont seeks a Maintenance Area Leader to direct maintenance and reliability across a multi-tenant research campus, balancing asset condition, safety, and research continuity. You will lead maintenance personnel, coordinate internal crafts and contractors, and align priorities with site leadership and functional partners.

The role emphasizes preventive and predictive maintenance, budget performance, and continuous improvement, delivering safe, reliable, and cost-effective services for ESL