Maintenance Analytics & Cost Control Specialist

Westlake Chemical; Lake Charles (LA); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Westlake Chemical seeks a Maintenance Project Controls Specialist to design, develop, and maintain analytics and dashboards that drive maintenance cost control, forecasting, and performance improvement across site operations.

You will partner with Maintenance, Reliability, Finance, and IT to deliver trusted data, validate reports, and support system upgrades, SAP ECC, and data modeling efforts. Requires Power BI, advanced Excel, SQL skills, and 5+ years of analytics in a related setting.

Qualifications

• TWIC card required.
• College degree preferred (Engineering, Finance, Data Analytics, or related) with 2–5 years of experience, or 5 years of progressive analytical experience in a plant or corporate environment.
• Working knowledge of maintenance work management processes and systems.
• Proficiency in Power BI, Excel (advanced), and data analytics tools.
• Experience with SAP ECC.
• Experience with data modeling, Power Query, or SQL.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, and communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and maintain Power BI dashboards and reports to track maintenance cost performance, budgets, forecasts, KPIs, and trends.
• Develop standardized dashboards for maintenance and reliability cost performance, budget vs. actuals and variance analysis.
• Track outages costs and key Work Management KPIs with dashboards.
• Ensure dashboards and reports are accurate, validated, user-friendly, and aligned with business requirements.
• Extract, transform, and analyze data from SAP ECC and other systems to support reporting and analytics.
• Support corporate and site-driven system upgrades, reporting enhancements, and data structure changes.
• Identify opportunities to automate reporting, reduce manual processes, and improve data integrity and efficiency.
• Conduct periodic audits of maintenance data, KPIs, and dashboards to ensure compliance with standards and best practices.
• Provide data-driven recommendations to improve maintenance productivity, cost efficiency, and reliability performance.
• Collaborate cross-functionally with Maintenance, Reliability, Finance, and other departments to improve processes and decision-making.

Skills

Power BI

Excel (Advanced)

Data analytics tools

SQL

Power Query

Education

College degree preferred (Engineering, Finance, Data Analytics, or related)

5+ years analytical experience in plant/corporate environment

Tools

SAP ECC

Data modeling

Job description

Westlake Chemical seeks a Maintenance Project Controls Specialist to design, develop, and maintain analytics and dashboards that drive maintenance cost control, forecasting, and performance improvement across site operations.

You will partner with Maintenance, Reliability, Finance, and IT to deliver trusted data, validate reports, and support system upgrades, SAP ECC, and data modeling efforts. Requires Power BI, advanced Excel, SQL skills, and 5+ years of analytics in a related setting.