Strategic Maintenance & Reliability Lead

Impact Business Group; Kansas City (KS); On-site; USD 110,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

Impact Business Group is seeking an experienced Maintenance and Reliability Planning Manager for a 12-month+ on-site contract in Kansas City, KS. The role centers on leading a planning team, improving work-flow from notification to closeout, and driving proactive, data-driven maintenance strategies in a high-volume facility.

The ideal candidate will own SAP PM data, reliability analytics, and maintenance KPIs while coordinating with Operations, Engineering, and Quality to align priorities with

Qualifications

• 7+ years of progressive experience in industrial maintenance, maintenance planning, or reliability within a manufacturing environment.
• 3+ years of direct leadership or supervisory experience managing maintenance planners, technicians, or comparable technical teams.
• Expert-level proficiency with SAP Plant Maintenance (SAP PM) or a comparable enterprise CMMS.
• Strong knowledge of work orders, maintenance notifications, task lists, maintenance plans, equipment BOMs, master data, and maintenance reporting.
• Demonstrated experience improving maintenance and equipment reliability performance, including MTBF, MTTR, and OEE.

Responsibilities

• Lead, coach, develop, and performance-manage the maintenance planning team.
• Establish clear expectations and build a culture centered on accountability, safety, continuous learning, and reliable execution.
• Develop planner capabilities through training, mentoring, skills matrices, cross-training, and stretch assignments.
• Own and continuously improve the Work Order Management process from initial notification through planning, kitting, scheduling, execution feedback, and closeout.
• Ensure effective preparation of daily work orders, preventive maintenance activities, line-focused schedules, weekend work, and outage work.
• Develop detailed maintenance job plans and task lists that include labor estimates, parts, materials, tools, safety requirements, procedures, and sequenced work steps.

Skills

Leadership

Maintenance planning

Reliability analytics

Power BI

Excel

Education

Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering

CMRP certification

Tools

SAP PM

Job description

Impact Business Group is seeking an experienced Maintenance and Reliability Planning Manager for a 12-month+ on-site contract in Kansas City, KS. The role centers on leading a planning team, improving work-flow from notification to closeout, and driving proactive, data-driven maintenance strategies in a high-volume facility.

The ideal candidate will own SAP PM data, reliability analytics, and maintenance KPIs while coordinating with Operations, Engineering, and Quality to align priorities with