Maintenance & Reliability Manager for Chemicals and Natural Resources

Accenture; Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 87,000 - 254,000; Full time

Job summary

Accenture seeks a Senior Consultant to lead maintenance and reliability engagements across chemical and natural resources clients. You will own workstreams, manage client relationships, and translate asset data into actionable insights for operations.

Travel up to 75% is required; you will develop teams, forecast budgets, and contribute to proposals while expanding on EAM/APM platforms such as SAP, Maximo, and AVEVA.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of maintenance, reliability, and asset management in Chemicals and Natural Resources.
• 5+ years leading delivery of consulting or industry programs with measurable results.
• 2+ years of industry context in key sub-industries such as basic and petrochemicals, metals & mining, or building materials.
• 1+ years hands-on command of reliability practices: RCM, FMEA, RCA, and work management.

Responsibilities

• Lead delivery of maintenance and reliability engagements across one or more sub-industries, owning workstreams and client relationships.
• Assess client reliability and asset management programs, define future-state improvements, and build business cases.
• Apply reliability practices in the field: RCM, criticality ranking, FMEA, RCA, and work management.
• Deploy EAM and APM solutions and connect them to measurable reliability outcomes.
• Translate asset and operational data into actionable recommendations for operations and plant leaders.
• Support origination: contribute to proposals, value propositions, and sales campaigns.
• Manage engagement financials and quality for your workstreams, including forecasting and scope.
• Lead and develop consultants and engineers on your team, driving workforce adoption.

Skills

Maintenance & reliability

Asset management

Leadership & mentoring

RCM / FMEA / RCA

Client relationship management

Education

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent

Tools

SAP

Maximo

IFS

AVEVA

GE

AspenTech

Job description

WHO WE ARE

Accenture helps the world’s leading enterprises reinvent by building their digital core and unleashing the power of AI to create value at speed for organizations across industries. Our strategy is to be the reinvention partner of choice for our clients and lead in the safe, widespread adoption of AI, and to be the most client-focused, AI-enabled, great place to work in the world. We bring together the talent of our approximately 799,000 people with proprietary assets and platforms, deep process and industry expertise, and leading ecosystem relationships to deliver end-to-end solutions and measurable outcomes at scale. Through our Reinvention Services, we offer broad expertise across Cybersecurity, Digital Core, Finance, Industry and Enterprise, Song, Supply Chain and Engineering, and Talent, with advanced capabilities in AI and Data, Industry and Process, and Technology. We serve approximately 9,000 clients and generated approximately $70 billion in FY25 revenue. Visit us at accenture.com.

Accenture helps the world’s leading enterprises reinvent by building their digital core and unleashing the power of AI to create value at speed for organizations across industries. Our strategy is to be the reinvention partner of choice for our clients and lead in the safe, widespread adoption of AI, and to be the most client-focused, AI-enabled, great place to work in the world. We bring together the talent of our approximately 799,000 people with proprietary assets and platforms, deep process and industry expertise, and leading ecosystem relationships to deliver end-to-end solutions and measurable outcomes at scale. Through our Reinvention Services, we offer broad expertise across Cybersecurity, Digital Core, Finance, Industry and Enterprise, Song, Supply Chain and Engineering, and Talent, with advanced capabilities in AI and Data, Industry and Process, and Technology. We serve approximately 9,000 clients and generated approximately $70 billion in FY25 revenue. Visit us at accenture.com.

THE WORK

• Lead delivery of maintenance and reliability engagements across one or more of the five sub-industries, owning workstreams and day-to-day client relationships.
• This role requires industry context in one or more of the following sub-industries: basic and petrochemicals, specialty chemicals, metals & mining, forest products, and building materials.
• Assess client reliability and asset management programs, define future-state improvements, and build the business cases (cost/benefit, KPIs, resource plans) that justify them.
• Apply reliability practices in the field: RCM, criticality ranking, FMEA, RCA, and work management (identification, planning, scheduling, execution).
• Deploy EAM and APM solutions and connect them to measurable reliability outcomes, working across process and technology.
• Translate asset and operational data into recommendations that operations and plant leaders can act on.
• Support origination: contribute to proposals, value propositions, and sales campaigns, and grow into an origination role.
• Manage engagement financials and quality for your workstreams, including forecasting and scope.
• Lead and develop consultants and engineers on your team, and drive workforce adoption and change management as part of delivery.

Travel Requirements

Travel is required for this role and could vary up to 75%.

HERE’S WHAT YOU’LL NEED

• 5+ years of maintenance, reliability, and asset management experience in Chemicals and Natural Resources Industry and/or consulting.
• 5+ years leading delivery of consulting or industry programs, with a track record of measurable results.
• 2+ years of Industry context in one or more of: basic and petrochemicals, specialty chemicals, metals & mining, forest products, and building materials.
• 1+ years of Hands‑on command of reliability practices: RCM, criticality analysis, FMEA, RCA, and work management.

BONUS POINTS IF YOU HAVE

• Consulting experience with a top‑tier firm.
• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent (minimum 12 years) work experience. (If associate degree, must have a minimum of 6 years’ work experience)
• Experience deploying or operating EAM and/or APM platforms (e.g., SAP, Maximo, IFS, AVEVA, GE, AspenTech).
• Experience managing workstream financials, scope, and quality.
• Ability to build business cases and present recommendations to operations and plant leadership.
• Full‑life‑cycle EAM or APM implementation experience.
• Familiarity with relevant standards and codes (e.g., ISO 55000, ISO 14224, API, SMRP body of knowledge).
• Experience applying AI or advanced analytics to maintenance and reliability.
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills, both written and verbal.
• MBA or graduate degree.

Compensation at Accenture varies depending on a wide array of factors, which may include but are not limited to the specific office location, role, skill set, and level of experience. As required by local law, Accenture provides a reasonable range of compensation for roles that may be hired as set forth below.

We anticipate this job posting will be posted until 11/06/2026.

Accenture offers a market competitive suite of benefits including medical, dental, vision, life, and long‑term disability coverage, a 401(k) plan, bonus opportunities, paid holidays, and paid time off. See more information on our benefits here:

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Role Location Annual Salary Range

• California $94,400 to $293,800
• Colorado $94,400 to $253,800
• Connecticut $94,400 to $253,800
• District of Columbia $100,500 to $270,300
• Illinois $87,400 to $253,800
• Maine $80,400 to $216,200
• Maryland $94,400 to $253,800
• Massachusetts $94,400 to $270,300
• Minnesota $94,400 to $253,800
• New York $87,400 to $293,800
• New Jersey $100,500 to $293,800
• Ohio $87,400 to $235,000
• Virginia $87,400 to $270,300
• Washington $100,500 to $270,300

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