Maintenance Excellence Manager Job Freeport area,Texas USA,Maintenance/Cleaning

Title:Maintenance Excellence Manager

Location:Freeport, TX

Schedule:9/80; 4-10's

Focus: The Maintenance Excellence Manager is responsible for developing and executing the site's maintenance excellence strategy to improve reliability, asset performance, cost competitiveness, work execution, and organizational effectiveness across routine maintenance, turnarounds, and capital maintenance activities. This role partners closely with Operations, Engineering, Reliability, Procurement, Finance, and contractors to establish best practices, drive continuous improvement, optimize maintenance spending, and strengthen governance processes that support safe, reliable, and efficient plant operations.

The Maintenance Excellence Manager serves as a strategic leader focused maintenance governance, performance management, contractor management, reliability improvement and continuous improvement programs that support safe, efficient, and sustainable operational excellence.

What You'll Do:

Develop and drive the site's maintenance excellence strategy, standardizing processes and leading continuous improvement to enhance reliability, productivity, and cost performance.
Advance reliability and predictive maintenance programs to improve equipment performance, reduce downtime, and optimize asset lifecycle management.
Provide oversight of turnaround planning and execution, establishing performance standards and integrating turnaround, maintenance, and capital project activities.
Optimize contractor utilization, provide performance oversight, and improve integration between routine maintenance, turnarounds, and capital projects.
Drive maintenance cost performance through budgeting, forecasting, spending analysis, and identification of cost improvement opportunities.
Develop dashboards and KPIs to monitor maintenance performance and support business decision-making.
Establish maintenance governance processes, lead performance reviews, and facilitate root cause analysis and corrective action planning.
Lead and develop maintenance excellence teams while fostering cross-functional collaboration, accountability, and a culture of continuous improvement.

Minimum Requirements:

Must meet one of the following education and experience requirements:
- Bachelor's degree
  * in an Engineering discipline plus 10+ years of relevant leadership experience, or
- High school diploma or equivalent with 15+ years of related industrial leadership experience
Demonstrated experience working across large maintenance organizations and cross-functional teams
Demonstrated ability to develop and implement Maintenance Work Processes and operating systems in a chemical manufacturing environment
Experience managing maintenance, turnaround, and capital portfolios
Strong financial and business acumen with experience managing maintenance budgets preferred
Experience implementing maintenance performance metrics and governance processes
Proficiency with SAP, Microsoft Office applications, and Power Bi or advanced data analytics tools
Up to 10% of travel is required
Must be able to obtain a TWIC (Transportation Worker Identification Credential) and possess a valid US Driver's license

Preferred Qualifications:

Experience managing maintenance, turnaround management, and capital portfolios
Contractor management and commercial contracting experience
Certified Maintenance & Reliability Professional (CMRP) certification or equivalent
Lean Six Sigma certification
Prior Olin experience

Physical and

Work Environment Requirements

This role is approximately 60% office-based and 40% plant-based. The position requires the ability to safely access and navigate an operating industrial facility, including production areas, stairs, fixed ladders, elevated platforms, and uneven surfaces. The role may…