Corporate Maintenance Planning and Excellence Leader

3M; Austin (TX); Remote; USD 222,000 - 271,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical benefits

Retirement benefits

Paid time off

Health Savings Accounts

Job summary

3M is seeking a Corporate Maintenance Planning and Excellence Leader to standardize global maintenance cost management, budgeting, and planning across sites. You will drive cost transparency, asset reliability, and scheduling discipline while partnering with Finance, IT, and Operations to embed best practices.

Remote work is supported with up to 30–40% travel in the US. The role requires a bachelor’s degree in engineering and 10 years in maintenance/cost leadership, plus strong analytics and

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering or Technology completed before start.
• Ten years in maintenance or cost leadership within manufacturing or industrial settings.
• Five years of analytical, financial, and performance management experience.
• Five years leading large-scale, multi-site change initiatives.

Responsibilities

• Define and implement a global maintenance cost management framework including budgeting and reporting standards.
• Establish enterprise guidelines for budgeting, forecasting, and long-range planning.
• Own global maintenance cost KPIs for planning, budgets, and contractor cost efficiency.
• Drive CMMS/EAM planning workflows, data quality, and reporting.
• Develop and execute a phased global deployment to improve maintenance performance.
• Lead initiatives around planned vs. reactive maintenance mix and productivity.
• Define standards for estimating, job costing, and time tracking.

Skills

Maintenance cost management

Planning and scheduling

CMMS/EAM systems

Financial analysis

Leadership

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering or Technology

Job description

Job Description

Corporate Maintenance Planning and Excellence Leader Collaborate with Innovative 3Mers Around the World Choosing where to start and grow your career has a major impact on your professional and personal life, so it’s equally important you know that the company that you choose to work at, and its leaders, will support and guide you. With a wide variety of people, global locations, technologies and products, 3M is a place where you can collaborate with other curious, creative 3Mers. This position provides an opportunity to transition from other private, public, government, or military experience to a 3M career.

Impact You’ll Make in this Role

The Corporate Maintenance Planning and Excellence Leader will be responsible for establishing, standardizing, and governing global maintenance cost management, work planning, and scheduling excellence across all manufacturing sites. This role drives cost transparency, planning discipline, and execution efficiency to support improved asset reliability, reduced unplanned downtime, and sustainable cost performance. Reporting into Global Maintenance Director, this leader serves as the enterprise subject matter expert for maintenance cost strategy, work scope planning, budgeting, and work management and execution effectiveness. The role partners closely with Plant Engineering and Maintenance, Reliability, Operations, Finance, and Supply Chain to embed best‑in‑class maintenance planning and controls across the enterprise. As a(n) Corporate Maintenance Planning and Excellence Leader you will have the opportunity to tap into your curiosity and collaborate with some of the most innovative people around the world. Here, you will make an impact by:

Defining and Implementing Global Maintenance Cost Strategy & Governance

• Defining and implementing a global maintenance cost management framework, including budgeting, cost structures, metrics and reporting standards.
• Establish enterprise guidelines for maintenance budgeting, forecasting, and long‑range Renewal capital and OPEX planning.
• Own global maintenance cost KPIs for Planning effectiveness, Budgets and spend adherence and contractor cost, planning and execution effectiveness.
• Partner with Capital planning and Finance to ensure alignment between maintenance strategy, budget governance, and financial targets.

Maintenance Planning & Scheduling Excellence

• Establish and deploy global standards for maintenance planning and scheduling, including backlog management, job plan quality, Library planning and readiness criteria.
• Define expectations for planner roles, scheduling cadence, frozen week schedules, and work execution discipline.
• Drive consistency in CMMS/EAM planning workflows, data quality, Data clean up and reporting.
• Support initiatives to improve schedule compliance, craft wrench time, and backlog health across all sites.

Program Deployment & Performance Improvement

• Assess current state maintenance planning, scheduling, execution effectiveness and cost control maturity across manufacturing sites.
• Develop and execute a phased global deployment roadmap to close gaps and elevate performance.
• Support and/or lead global improvement initiatives focused on: Planned vs. reactive maintenance mix.
• Maintenance productivity and utilization.
• Contractor and internal labor optimization.
• Establish review cadences (monthly, quarterly, annual) for cost and planning performance with corporate and site leadership.

Contractor Cost & Productivity Enablement

• Partner with others in Global Maintenance & Contractor Management leadership to improve contractor cost transparency, productivity measurement, and rate governance.
• Define global standards for estimating, job costing, and craft/contractor time tracking.
• Support best‑practice sourcing strategies to reduce total cost of maintenance services.

Tools, Analytics & Digital Enablement

• Define requirements and performance expectations for CMMS/EAM, planning tools, and cost analytics platforms.
• Partner with IT, Digital Manufacturing, and Finance to improve maintenance cost visibility, dashboards, and predictive insights.
• Develop standardized reporting and benchmarking across sites and regions.

Capability Building & Change Leadership

• Develop global competency frameworks for maintenance planners and schedulers.
• Define training curricula, certification pathways, and best‑practice playbooks.
• Coach regional and site leaders through change, reinforcing planning discipline and cost accountability.
• Build and lead a global community of practice for maintenance planning and cost excellence.

Your Skills and Expertise

Demonstrated expertise in:

• Maintenance cost management and budgeting
• Planning, scheduling and execution best practices
• CMMS/EAM systems and work management processes

To set you up for success in this role from day one, 3M requires (at a minimum) the following qualifications:

• 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 in a private, public, government or military environment.
• 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.

Additional qualifications that could help you succeed even further in this role include:

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

Work location

Remote

Travel: May include up to 30–40% US travel with some overseas travel

Relocation: May be authorized

Must be legally authorized to work in a country of employment without sponsorship for employment visa status (e.g., H1B status).

Supporting Your Well-being

3M offers many programs to help you live your best life – both physically and financially.

To ensure competitive pay and benefits, 3M regularly benchmarks with other companies that are comparable in size and scope.

Applicable to US Applicants Only: The expected compensation range for this position is $221,591 - $270,834, which includes base pay plus variable incentive pay, if eligible. This range represents a good faith estimate for this position. The specific compensation offered to a candidate may vary based on factors including, but not limited to, the candidate’s relevant knowledge, training, skills, work location, and/or experience.

In addition, this position may be eligible for a range of benefits (e.g., Medical, Dental & Vision, Health Savings Accounts, Health Care & Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts, Disability Benefits, Life Insurance, Voluntary Benefits, Paid Absences and Retirement Benefits, etc.).

• Medical
• Dental & Vision
• Health Savings Accounts
• Health Care & Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts
• Disability Benefits
• Life Insurance
• Voluntary Benefits
• Paid Absences
• Retirement Benefits

Additional information is available at: https://www.3m.com/3M/en_US/careers-us/working-at-3m/benefits/

All US-based 3M full time employees will need to sign an employee agreement as a condition of employment with 3M. This agreement lays out key terms on using 3M Confidential Information and Trade Secrets. It also has provisions discussing conflicts of interest and how inventions are assigned. Employees that are Job Grade 7 or equivalent and above may also have obligations to not compete against 3M or solicit its employees or customers, both during their employment, and for a period after they leave 3M.

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Responsibilities of this position include that corporate policies, procedures and security standards are complied with while performing assigned duties. Safety is a core value at 3M. All employees are expected to contribute to a strong Environmental Health and Safety (EHS) culture by following safety policies, identifying hazards, and engaging in continuous improvement.