Director, Maintenance Excellence

Milliken & Company; Hilltop (SC); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Milliken & Company, a global manufacturing leader, seeks a Director, Maintenance Excellence to drive preventive and predictive maintenance using an RCM framework across multiple sites. You will standardize processes, provide tools, training, and ensure uptime, safety and cost efficiency.

You will partner with plant managers to tackle chronic issues, implement root cause analysis, and establish KPIs such as MTBF, MTTR, and OEE, shaping a world-class maintenance organization.

Qualifications

• BS Mechanical, Electrical or Chemical Engineering.
• 10+ years industrial maintenance leadership experience in chemicals, textile or related industry.
• Experience creating, implementing or directing a global maintenance excellence framework and achieving measurable improvements in uptime and cost reduction.
• Working knowledge of SMRP (Society for Maintenance and Reliability Professionals) Best Practices Framework.
• Strong knowledge of CMMS platforms (e.g., SAP PM, MaintainX, MAINTelligence).
• Strong knowledge of maintenance cost models.
• Expertise in reliability engineering tools such as FMEA, RCA, and condition monitoring technologies.
• Exceptional communication skills to influence and align cross-functional teams.
• A passion for safety, sustainability, and operational excellence.

Responsibilities

• Develop and implement a company-wide maintenance excellence strategy, including preventive and predictive maintenance through a reliability-centered maintenance (RCM) framework.
• Establish standardized and best-practice maintenance processes for Milliken facilities, ensuring alignment withMilliken Performance System Planned Maintenance methodology and with SMRP best practices.
• Establish an appropriate organizational structure to drive a multi-year maturation of maintenance excellence performance across sites globally.
• Partner with plant managers and site maintenance teams to identify chronic equipment issues and implement effective use of standard and advanced root cause analysis (RCA) solutions.
• Establish standards for key performance indicators such as MTBF, MTTR, planned vs. unplanned work ratios and OEE (Overall Equipment Effectiveness).

Skills

maintenance leadership

reliability engineering

FMEA RCA

CMMS knowledge

root cause analysis

standardization

cross-functional communication

safety focus

Education

BS Mechanical, Electrical or Chemical Engineering

10+ years industrial maintenance leadership

Tools

CMMS platforms SAP PM MaintainX MAINTelligence

Job description

Milliken & Company is a global manufacturing leaderwhose focus on materials science delivers tomorrow's breakthroughs today. Fromindustry-leading molecules to sustainable innovations, Milliken creates products thatenhance people's lives and deliver solutions for its customers and communities. Drawing on thousands of patents and a portfolio with applications across the textile, flooring, chemical and healthcare businesses, the company harnesses a shared sense of integrity and excellence to positively impact the world for generations. Discover more about Milliken's curious minds and inspired solutions at Milliken.com and on Facebook, Instagramand LinkedIn.

POSITION OVERVIEW

As our Director, Maintenance Excellence, you will be the driving force behind transforming our maintenance operations from reactive to preventive and predictive through a reliability-centered maintenance (RCM) framework. You'll set the standard for best practices across multiple sites, ensuring our teams have the tools, training, and processes to achieve maximum equipment reliability and efficiency. Your work will directly impact production output, cost savings, and the safety of our people.

JOB RESPONSIBILITIES

• Develop and implement acompany-wide maintenance excellence strategy, including preventive and predictive maintenance through a reliability-centered maintenance (RCM) framework.

• Establish standardized and best-practice maintenance processes for Milliken facilities, ensuring alignment withMilliken Performance System Planned Maintenance methodology and with SMRP (Society for Maintenance and Reliability Professionals) best practices. Included are processes for CMMS (Computerized Maintenance Management System)to include work order tracking, asset history, and KPI reporting.

• Establish an appropriate organizational structure to drive a multi-year maturation of maintenance excellence performance across sites globally

• Partner with plant managers and site maintenance teams to identify chronic equipment issues and implement effective use of standard and advanced root cause analysis (RCA) solutions.

• Establish standards for key performance indicatorssuch as MTBF (Mean Time Between Failures), MTTR (Mean Time to Repair), planned vs. unplanned work ratios and OEE (Overall Equipment Effectiveness).

QUALIFICATIONS - REQUIRED

• BS Mechanical, Electrical or Chemical Engineering

• 10+ years industrial maintenance leadership experience in chemicals, textile or related industry

• Experience creating, implementing or directing a global maintenance excellence framework and achieving measurable improvements in uptime and cost reduction.

• Working knowledge of SMRP (Society for Maintenance and Reliability Professionals) Best Practices Framework

• Strong knowledge of CMMS platforms (e.g., SAP PM, MaintainX, MAINTelligence, etc.)

• Strong knowledge of maintenance cost models

• Expertise in reliability engineering tools such as FMEA, RCA, and condition monitoring technologies.

• Exceptional communication skills to influence and align cross-functional teams.

• A passion for safety, sustainability, and operational excellence.

QUALIFICATIONS - PREFERRED

• 15+ years combined maintenance and operations leadership experience in chemicals, textile or related industry

• Prior experience being a plant manager or multi-site plant manager

Milliken is an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to actual or perceived race, color, creed, religion, sex or gender (including pregnancy, childbirth or related medical condition, including but not limited to lactation), sexual orientation, gender identity or gender expression (including transgender status), ancestry, national origin, citizenship, age physical or mental disability, genetic information, marital status, veteran or military status or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.

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