Maximo Functional Support Manager

Targa Resources; Houston (TX); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Targa Resources seeks an experienced Maximo Functional Support Manager to own the functional support operating model for Maximo. You will coordinate with business users, EAM, IT, and other support teams to ensure Maximo supports safe, efficient operations.

The role leads a professional team, prioritizes work based on impact and risk, and drives continuous improvement in processes, data quality, and governance across Maximo modules.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in a related field preferred; relevant Maximo/EAM experience may substitute.
• 7+ years supporting IBM Maximo or similar EAM systems.
• 5+ years of supervisory or management experience with team delivery.

Responsibilities

• Lead, coach, and develop Maximo Functional Support staff with clear roles and performance expectations.
• Prioritize support, enhancements, testing, documentation, training, and project work based on business impact and risk.
• Provide functional leadership for Maximo and related solutions across work management, assets, PMs, materials, and security.
• Ensure requests and incidents are prioritized, resolved, and communicated through the support lifecycle.
• Maintain end-to-end Maximo process understanding and guide solutions meeting operational needs without compromising standards.
• Establish and enforce functional standards, governance, and data stewardship expectations.
• Promote Maximo use as the system of record for asset, reliability, materials, and related processes.
• Monitor data quality, recurring issues, and sponsor corrective actions and improvements.
• Lead participation in upgrades, integrations, testing, and post-implementation support.
• Oversee requirements gathering, stakeholder workshops, and user acceptance testing.

Skills

Maximo Functional Support

Leadership

Stakeholder management

Process improvement

Data analytics

Communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in Business/Engineering/Information Systems

Tools

MAS (Maximo Application Suite)

SQL

Power BI

Cognos

Job description

The Maximo Functional Support Manager owns the functional support operating model for Maximo, including intake and prioritization, business process alignment, configuration governance, data quality, user adoption, optimization, and continuous improvement. The role connects business users, Enterprise Asset Management, Information Technology, and other support functions to ensure Maximo supports safe, consistent, and efficient operations.

JOB FUNCTIONS AND KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Lead, coach, and develop Maximo Functional Support employees, including role clarity, workload planning, performance expectations, feedback, and development.
• Prioritize support, enhancement, testing, documentation, training, and project work based on business impact, urgency, capacity, and risk.

Remove obstacles, reinforce accountability, support workforce planning, and promote collaboration across business and technical teams.

• Provide functional leadership for Maximo and related mobile or integrated solutions, including functional configuration, workflow support, and process design across work management, assets, PMs, inspections, meters, job plans, failure reporting, inventory, materials, scheduling, and security.
• Ensure requests and incidents are evaluated, prioritized, assigned, resolved, documented, and communicated through the support lifecycle.
• Maintain end-to-end Maximo process understanding and guide solutions that meet operational needs without undermining enterprise standards.
• Establish and enforce functional standards, process ownership, configuration governance, and data stewardship expectations.
• Promote consistent Maximo use as the system of record for asset, maintenance, reliability, materials, incident, investigation, audit, and action-tracking processes.
• Monitor data quality, process compliance, recurring issues, enhancement priorities, and MOC impacts; sponsor corrective actions and sustainable improvements.
• Lead functional participation in upgrades, enhancements, integrations, mobile solutions, testing, deployment readiness, and post-implementation support.
• Oversee requirements gathering, stakeholder workshops, functional specifications, process maps, test plans, defect resolution, user acceptance testing, documentation, and training.

Coordinate with Information Technology, vendors, consultants, and technical resources on interfaces, security, environments, system issues, patching, release planning, enhancements, and supportability.

Other duties as assigned.

MINIMUM ESSENTIAL QUALIFICATIONS:

• Bachelor’s degree in Business, Engineering, Information Systems, Computer Science, Asset Management, or related field preferred; directly applicable Maximo, EAM, maintenance, reliability, operations, or business systems experience may be considered in lieu of a degree.

7+ years supporting IBM Maximo, Enterprise Asset Management, maintenance, reliability, operations, or related business systems.

• 5+ years of supervisory or management experience, including employee development, workload prioritization, and team delivery.
• Hands‑on Maximo or equivalent functional support experience across work management, assets, PMs, materials, security, testing, enhancements, user support, and process improvement.

Effective people leadership, coaching, decision‑making, delegation, conflict resolution, accountability, and stakeholder management skills.

• Strong written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to explain technical and process topics clearly to field users, business leaders, and technical teams.

Strong analytical, problem‑solving, facilitation, prioritization, organizational, reporting, and data‑driven decision support skills.

Ability to manage production support, enhancements, testing, documentation, projects, Microsoft Office work, and AI‑enabled productivity tools while applying sound judgment and company standards.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:

• Experience in Midstream Oil and Gas, Utilities, Manufacturing, or another asset‑intensive industry.
• Experience with Maximo Application Suite (MAS), Maximo 7.6.x, mobile solutions, integrations, SQL, and reporting or analytics tools such as Power BI, Cognos, or BIRT.

Experience supporting reliability programs, Management of Change, incidents, investigations, audits, corrective actions, or related credentials.

EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY:

Targa Resources provides equal employment opportunities based on merit, experience, and other work‑related criteria and without regard to race, color, ethnicity, religion, national origin, sex, age, pregnancy, disability, veteran status, or any other status protected by applicable law. We also strive to provide reasonable accommodation to employees’ beliefs and practices that do not conflict with Targa’s policies and applicable law. We value the unique contributions that every employee brings to their role with Targa.