Director of Maintenance Excellence & Continuous Improvement

Piston Group & Piston Automotive LLC; Southfield (MI); Vor Ort; USD 180.000 - 240.000; Vollzeit

Zusammenfassung

Piston Automotive, a leading manufacturing group, seeks a Director of Maintenance & Continuous Improvement to drive reliability, asset management, and operational excellence across PA locations. You will partner with Operations, Engineering, Quality, Supply Chain, Finance, HR, and Plant Leadership to improve safety, quality, delivery, and cost performance.

Responsibilities include establishing standardized maintenance systems, leading Lean/SCI deployment, governance routines, and sharing best

Qualifikationen

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Manufacturing, Operations, Business, or a related technical discipline.
• Minimum of 10 years of progressive leadership experience in manufacturing, maintenance, engineering, operations, or continuous improvement including multi-site responsibility.
• Demonstrated success leading maintenance reliability asset management, operational excellence, Lean transformation, or SCI execution in a manufacturing environment.
• Deep working knowledge of Lean methodologies (Kaizen, value stream mapping, 5S, root cause analysis, structured problem solving).
• Proven ability to translate enterprise strategy into plant-level execution plans, governance routines, metrics, and measurable financial or operational outcomes.
• Strong facilitation, coaching, communication, change-management, and cross-functional influence skills.
• Business acumen with experience using operational metrics, financial data, and project tracking.

Aufgaben

• Develop and execute PA Maintenance Excellence and Continuous Improvement strategy in alignment with business objectives.
• Lead governance routines for maintenance reliability, SCI execution, and project prioritization.
• Align strategy with site leadership and cross-functional teams to avoid duplication of Lean ownership.
• Drive safety, quality, delivery, and cost performance through standardized practices and metrics.
• Establish and sustain governance, dashboards, and visual management to highlight performance gaps and drive action.

Kenntnisse

Maintenance leadership

Lean methodologies

Change management

Cross-functional influence

Strategic execution

Ausbildung

Bachelor's degree in Engineering/Manufacturing/Operations/Business

10+ years of leadership in manufacturing/maintenance/CI

Jobbeschreibung

Piston Automotive, a leading manufacturing group, seeks a Director of Maintenance & Continuous Improvement to drive reliability, asset management, and operational excellence across PA locations. You will partner with Operations, Engineering, Quality, Supply Chain, Finance, HR, and Plant Leadership to improve safety, quality, delivery, and cost performance.

Responsibilities include establishing standardized maintenance systems, leading Lean/SCI deployment, governance routines, and sharing best