Regional MRO & Inventory Reliability Specialist

BrightFarms; Texas; Hybrid; USD 79,000 - 102,000; Full time

Job summary

Cox Farms is seeking a Regional MRO Specialist to oversee maintenance, inventory, and materials across our greenhouse and food manufacturing facilities. This on-site role requires hands-on leadership to establish parts processes, manage spare parts, and coordinate with Maintenance, Procurement, and Operations teams across sites in Lorena, TX and beyond.

You will travel 40%+ to sites, support preventive and predictive maintenance, and ensure accurate MRO records in our CMMS/ERP systems.

Qualifications

• 8–10+ years of experience in industrial maintenance, MRO, inventory management, manufacturing, or related field.

Responsibilities

• Lead setup of critical and consumable spare parts inventory processes across the network of sites.
• Coordinate MRO materials, spare parts, tools, lubricants, and maintenance supplies.
• Manage and maintain accurate MRO inventory levels.
• Establish minimum/maximum inventory levels and critical-spare requirements.
• Create and maintain part numbers, descriptions, specifications, and equipment associations.
• Generate material requests, purchase requisitions, and maintenance-related orders.
• Work with procurement to ensure critical parts availability.
• Support preventive, predictive, and corrective maintenance activities.
• Assist maintenance personnel with parts, materials, and resources for repairs.
• Maintain maintenance records, work orders, equipment histories, and material usage in CMMS/MRP.
• Monitor material usage and identify cost-reduction opportunities.
• Coordinate with vendors on parts availability and lead times.
• Support root-cause analysis and continuous-improvement for equipment reliability.
• Support installation, modification, and commissioning of equipment.
• Maintain organized storeroom and parts-management processes.
• Ensure compliance with safety policies and regulatory requirements.
• Travel 40%+ across the greenhouse network.

Skills

Industrial maintenance

MRO inventory management

ERP/CMMS systems

Vendor management

Root-cause analysis

Inventory planning

Reading schematics

MS Office

Cross-functional coordination

Communications

Education

Technical degree or trade certification

Bachelor’s degree preferred

Tools

NetSuite

SAP

Oracle

Microsoft Dynamics

CMMS

Job description

Cox Farms is seeking a Regional MRO Specialist to oversee maintenance, inventory, and materials across our greenhouse and food manufacturing facilities. This on-site role requires hands-on leadership to establish parts processes, manage spare parts, and coordinate with Maintenance, Procurement, and Operations teams across sites in Lorena, TX and beyond.

You will travel 40%+ to sites, support preventive and predictive maintenance, and ensure accurate MRO records in our CMMS/ERP systems.