Maintenance Excellence Leader

Clariant•Louisville, KY

1d•Onsite

About The Position

Clariant is seeking a Maintenance Excellence Leader to support the Catalysts Business Unit at our Louisville, KY production facility. This role drives safe, compliant, and reliable plant operations through best-in-class maintenance planning, scheduling, and execution. Leveraging CMMS technology, data-driven insights, and continuous improvement practices, the Maintenance Excellence Leader ensures work is well-defined, properly resourced, and executed on time. The position plays a key role in optimizing shutdowns and outages, strengthening preventive and predictive maintenance culture, and aligning maintenance activities with operational priorities and BU performance goals. If you’re passionate about reliability, operational excellence, and making a measurable impact, we encourage you to apply!

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Electrical or Mechanical Engineering
5+ years of experience in maintenance planning, scheduling, and outage management
3+ years of experience applying reliability-centered maintenance methodologies
Strong technical aptitude with proven root cause analysis capability
Experience with SAP or similar CMMS platforms and continuous improvement methods

Responsibilities

Lead maintenance planning and scheduling to ensure all critical equipment has compliant, timely maintenance aligned with plant priorities, uptime targets, and budgets
Ensure compliance with all local legal requirements, permits, and Clariant safety and environmental policies, proactively managing risk and corrective actions
Own maintenance of SAP data accuracy and documentation, including SAMACO material lists, work orders, task plans, and SAP utilization
Ensure parts, materials, and labor resources are available ahead of execution, improving backlog health and work order readiness
Establish and enforce scheduling freeze periods to maximize plant uptime while managing changing production demands
Lead or support shutdown and outage planning and execution to minimize downtime and enable reliable vertical start-ups
Apply reliability-centered maintenance and root cause analysis to define effective repair strategies and reduce repeat failures
Drive continuous improvement through KPI tracking, PDCA cycles, gap analyses, and structured look-back reviews
Build and sustain a preventive, predictive, and corrective maintenance culture through coaching, training, and accountability