Maximo Governance Leader for Maintenance Excellence

Sterling Engineering; Waukegan (IL); On-site; USD 83,000 - 96,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Full employee benefits package

Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP)

Paid time off

Job summary

Sterling Engineering is seeking an experienced Maximo SME to govern and optimize IBM Maximo within a manufacturing maintenance environment. This senior role leads governance, standards, and decision-making on configuration and usage, partnering with maintenance, reliability, engineering, operations, and IT.

The candidate will drive process improvements across preventive maintenance, work orders, asset hierarchy, and scheduling while delivering training and process documentation.

Qualifications

• Experience leading maintenance operations with decision-making authority.
• Strong governance and standards knowledge for CMMS implementations.
• Ability to optimize maintenance workflows and data quality.

Responsibilities

• Serve as the functional SME and decision-maker for IBM Maximo.
• Establish Maximo governance, standards, and best practices.
• Optimize maintenance workflows, system functionality, and data quality.
• Improve preventive maintenance, work orders, job plans, asset hierarchy, and maintenance planning and scheduling.
• Determine whether issues require system changes, process improvements, data corrections, or user training.
• Partner with Maintenance, Reliability, Engineering, Operations, and IT.
• Develop and deliver Maximo training and process documentation.

Skills

Governance

Leadership

Process optimization

Maintenance planning

Scheduling

CMMS governance

Tools

IBM Maximo

Job description

Sterling Engineering is seeking an experienced Maximo SME to govern and optimize IBM Maximo within a manufacturing maintenance environment. This senior role leads governance, standards, and decision-making on configuration and usage, partnering with maintenance, reliability, engineering, operations, and IT.

The candidate will drive process improvements across preventive maintenance, work orders, asset hierarchy, and scheduling while delivering training and process documentation.