Director - Maintenance Excellence

Pregis; Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 185,000 - 225,000; Full time

Job summary

Pregis, a leader in packaging, seeks a Director of Maintenance Excellence to shape enterprise maintenance strategy across a multi-site manufacturing network. The role defines vision, standards, and a TPM-focused roadmap to improve equipment reliability, increase uptime, reduce maintenance costs, and drive long-term growth.

Within the Operations Center of Excellence, you will lead through influence, partnering with Operations Directors, Plant Managers, Maintenance Managers, and Engineering to

Qualifications

• 15+ years of progressive maintenance, reliability, engineering, or manufacturing leadership experience.
• Experience leading maintenance or reliability programs in a multi-site manufacturing environment.
• Demonstrated success implementing TPM, reliability-centered maintenance, predictive maintenance, or operational excellence initiatives.

Responsibilities

• Develop and execute the enterprise Maintenance and Reliability strategy aligned with Pregis growth and operational objectives.
• Establish network-wide maintenance standards, reliability practices, asset management processes, and KPIs.
• Create multi-year roadmaps focused on reliability, predictive maintenance, maintenance productivity, and asset lifecycle management.
• Serve as the enterprise subject matter expert for maintenance and reliability excellence.

Skills

Maintenance leadership

Reliability improvement

Strategic influence

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree in Mechanical/ Electrical/ Industrial/ Manufacturing Engineering

Tools

TPM framework

CMMS

Predictive maintenance

Job description

We're Not Just in the Packaging Business–We're in the \"Wow\" Business

Pregis is Hiring!

Why Join Pregis?

Pregis is in the packaging business to protect what matters. We are committed to providing our customers and employees sustainable growth through purpose-driven innovation and customer-centric packaging solutions. If you are looking for a company that is thriving across various high growth industries and is innovative, customer focused, high integrity, believes in strong teamwork and collaboration, Pregis is the company for you. Check out the Pregis Purpose to learn how sustainability and social responsibility is at the very core of our company DNA.

Director, Maintenance Excellence

Operations Center of Excellence

Position Summary

The Director, Maintenance Excellence is responsible for establishing and deploying Pregis' enterprise maintenance, reliability, and asset management strategy across a multi-site manufacturing network. As a leader within the Operations Center of Excellence, this role will define the vision, standards, and roadmap that improve equipment reliability, increase uptime, reduce maintenance costs, and support long-term business growth.

This role leads through influence, partnering closely with Operations Directors, Plant Managers, Maintenance Managers, and Engineering, teams to drive consistent maintenance practices and operational excellence across the network.

A critical responsibility of this role is to own and lead Total Productive Maintenance (TPM) excellence across Pregis, ensuring TPM becomes a foundational capability of the Pregis Production System and is consistently deployed across all manufacturing operations.

Key Responsibilities

• Develop and execute the enterprise Maintenance and Reliability strategy aligned with Pregis growth and operational objectives.
• Establish network-wide maintenance standards, reliability practices, asset management processes, and KPIs.
• Create multi-year roadmaps focused on reliability, predictive maintenance, maintenance productivity, and asset lifecycle management.
• Serve as the enterprise subject matter expert for maintenance and reliability excellence.

• Own and drive the TPM strategy across the manufacturing network.
• Establish TPM standards, governance, assessments, training, and maturity models.
• Partner with Operations leaders to embed TPM principles into daily management systems and the Pregis Production System (PPS).
• Lead efforts to improve Overall Equipment Effectiveness (OEE), reduce downtime, and increase asset utilization.
• Identify, standardize, and deploy best practices across manufacturing locations.

• Improve equipment uptime, reliability, and maintenance effectiveness across the network.
• Drive predictive, preventive, and condition-based maintenance strategies.
• Lead root cause analysis and reliability improvement initiatives for critical assets.
• Develop strategies to optimize spare parts inventory, maintenance planning, and asset lifecycle management.

• Develop the maintenance technology roadmap, including CMMS optimization, predictive analytics, and digital maintenance solutions.
• Support major capital investments, equipment upgrades, and manufacturing modernization initiatives.
• Evaluate emerging technologies that improve reliability, maintenance efficiency, and operational performance.

• Partner with Operations Directors, Plant Managers, Maintenance Managers, Engineering, Supply Chain, Quality, and EHS teams.
• Lead through influence to drive adoption of standards and best practices.
• Build organizational capability through maintenance training, coaching, and development programs.
• Ensure maintenance initiatives deliver measurable operational and financial impact.

• Improved equipment uptime and OEE
• Reduced unplanned downtime and equipment failures
• Increased TPM maturity across the network
• Improved preventive and predictive maintenance compliance
• Reduced maintenance costs and spare parts spend
• Increased maintenance productivity and technical capability
• Standardized maintenance practices across all facilities
• Improved asset reliability and lifecycle performance
• Sustainable EBITDA improvement through operational excellence

Qualifications

Education & Experience

• Bachelor's degree in Mechanical, Electrical, Industrial, or Manufacturing Engineering, or related technical discipline, required.
• 15+ years of progressive maintenance, reliability, engineering, or manufacturing leadership experience.
• Experience leading maintenance or reliability programs in a multi-site manufacturing environment.
• Demonstrated success implementing TPM, reliability-centered maintenance, predictive maintenance, or operational excellence initiatives.

Leadership Competencies

• Strategic thinker with the ability to build and deploy enterprise-wide programs.
• Strong influencer capable of driving change without direct authority.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.
• Strong business acumen with the ability to connect reliability improvements to operational and financial performance.
• Proven ability to build alignment across functions, sites, and business units.

Travel

>50%

Compensation

The listed annualized base pay range is primarily based on analysis of similar positions. Actual base pay could vary and may be above or below the listed range based on factors including but not limited to performance, proficiency and demonstration of competencies required for the role. The base pay is just one component of Pregis’ total compensation package. The base pay range for this role is estimated to $185,000 - $225,000, depending on experience and skills.

Compensation details listed in US job postings reflect base salary only and do not include benefits. Learn more about Benefits at Pregis.

Diversity and Inclusion

We believe in diversity of thought and bringing together other traits and characteristics that make an individual bring a unique experience to Pregis. We strive to foster an inclusive environment where behaviors and social norms ensure people are welcome.

Affirmative Action/EEO Statement/Inclusion

We offer equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibit discrimination and harassment of any type based on race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws. We support inclusion and believe in welcoming a collective sum of individual differences, thoughts, traits, and characteristics to represent Pregis’ culture and achievements.

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