Global Maintenance & Reliability Excellence Leader

The Chemours Company•Wilmington, DE

16h•$204,483 - $319,505•Onsite

About The Position

As we create a colorful, capable and cleaner world through chemistry, we invite you to join our team to harness the power of chemistry to shape markets, redefine industries and improve lives for billions of people around the world. CREATING ESSENTIAL CHEMISTRY THAT THE WORLD NEEDS At Chemours, our people are redefining how the world thinks of chemistry by approaching everything we do with a commitment to delivering Trusted Chemistry that creates better lives and helps communities thrive. That begins with how we use our science, data, and unmatched technical expertise to develop market-leading products with the highest levels of performance, sustainability, and safety in the industry. Powered by chemistry, our products are used in applications that make the products we rely on, processes, and new technologies possible. In key sectors such as clean energy, advanced electronics, high-performance computing and AI, climate friendly cooling, and high-quality paints and coatings for homes and industrial infrastructure---sustainable solutions and more modern living depend on Chemours chemistry. Chemours is seeking a Global Maintenance & Reliability Excellence Leader to join our growing Manufacturing Center of Excellence team. This role is responsible for the corporate asset care program and provides strategic and operational leadership to drive asset reliability excellence, optimize asset lifecycle costs and ensure asset and organization effectiveness. The role will develop subject matter experts, improve the existing maintenance & reliability systems and renew our Maintenance & Reliability Center of Excellence as part of our continuing journey to Manufacturing Excellence. The leader will work closely with the site/business maintenance & reliability leaders and support functions to meet business objectives and develop talent while standardizing best practices across Chemours.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in engineering (Mechanical, Electrical, Chemical, or related field); Master’s degree preferred.
15+ years of experience in maintenance, reliability, or operations in a chemical manufacturing environment.
5+ years in a maintenance & reliability leadership role, preferably leading enterprise-wide global or multi-site reliability and maintenance programs through cross-functional teams in a chemical manufacturing environment.
Proven experience implementing structured reliability frameworks as well as process safety mechanical integrity programs.
Proven capability to work, and communicate, across multiple levels (shopfloor to senior leaders) to build value and adoption of change.
Technical knowledge across reliability, workflow management and lifecycle asset management.

Nice To Haves

Certified Maintenance & Reliability Professional (CMRP) or equivalent certification.
Formal training in TPM, WCM, and/or Lean Six Sigma (Green Belt or higher preferred).
Lean experience in driving improvement.
Strong background in SAP PM, knowledgeable of digital reliability tools, predictive analytics and AI applications

Responsibilities

Develop, continuously improve, and lead the Chemours Asset Care strategy and execution across all manufacturing sites, leveraging internal experience, external models as well as the Society of Maintenance and Reliability Professionals principles.
Ensure compliance with industry standards and regulatory requirements.
Benchmarking by leveraging external perspectives.
Standardize, deploy and provide governance on maintenance and reliability programs globally, including preventive, predictive, and condition-based maintenance practices.
Accountable for establishing, monitoring and actioning continuous improvement of Chemours Asset Care KPIs globally by working with business operations leaders and the Chemours Asset Care network.
This role will share accountability with the businesses for Tier 1 metrics including OEE and Maintenance Costs as a % of Equipment Replacement Value, as well as targeted Tier 2 metrics.
Lead global rollout of tools, systems, and training, including SAP enhancements, reliability frameworks, and turnaround best practices.
Lead cross-site and business collaboration, knowledge sharing, and the development of global reliability networks to ensure best practices and lessons learned are leveraged enterprise-wide.
Lead the governance, change management and integration of workstreams focused on breaking down existing organization and initiatives barriers.
Coach and develop business and site-level asset care leaders, build technical capability, a continuous improvement mindset while fostering a culture of proactive maintenance and ownership.
Partner with Capital & Operations teams on capital projects and major turnarounds, ensuring reliability and maintainability are embedded from design through execution.