Maintenance Excellence Leader

Experience Required

5 - 20 years

Minimum Education Required

Bachelor's Degree

Compensation

$7.25 / hourly

Hours Per Week

40

Number Of Positions

1

Work Schedule and Shift Requirements

First (Day)

Job Description

Job ID: 41764 | Location: Louisville, Kentucky, USA | Expected Salary Range*: $95,940.00 - $127,920.00 |Work M Odel: Onsite

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!

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

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

Whats in it for you?

Medical/Dental/Vision Insurances

Paid Holidays

PTO time with a carry-over benefit

Tuition Reimbursement

Wellness Program

EAP Program

Spending and Savings Accounts

Life/AD&D Insurance

Disability Insurance

Pet Insurance

Online discount Mall

Auto/Home Insurance

Identity Theft Protection

Legal Services Plan

*Includes base salary and annual incentive bonus; final offer based on skills, experience and internal equity.

Mahogany McClurkin

Talent Acquisition Partner

[email protected]

Clariant is a Swiss-based global specialty chemicals company, which is concentrated and developed in three business units: Care Chemicals, Catalysts and Adsorbents & Additives. Our purpose as a company is reflected in our tagline "Greater chemistry - between people and planet", which considers the principles of customer, innovation and people orientation, as well as a focus on creating solutions to foster sustainability in different industries by offering high-value and high-performance chemical specialties.

At Clariant, we believe that diversity, equity and inclusion are essential to our success. We strive to cultivate a workplace where all employees feel welcomed, respected, supported, and valued. Our diverse workforce allows us to tap into a wealth of perspectives, experiences, and capabilities that drive innovation. We are committed to ensuring equal opportunities for professional growth and advancement across all levels of the organization, based on objective criteria and regardless of gender, gender identity, r ace, ethnicity, r eligion, protected veteran status ,age, disability, s exual orientation or other aspects of diversity in accordance with the relevant governing laws. By bringing together talented individuals with diverse backgrounds and viewpoints, we gain the agility to meet the evolving needs of our global customers and communities. Join our team to help advance our mission of fostering a culture of belonging where everyone can thrive.

Clariant Corporation is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to r ace, color, r eligion, s ex, national origin, age, genetic information, s exual orientation, gender identity, disability, protected Veteran status, or any other protected class as established by law.

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Clariant ensures by adequate and documented processes, mechanisms, and policies that all employees are treated equal irrespective of gender, r ace, nationality, culture, r eligion, age, political views, or disability. With regard to the zero-tolerance approach of Clariant against any form of discrimination, regional and country HR departments have to ensure avoidance or elimination of any discrimination in work-related activities, particularly regarding remuneration, training, vocational guidance, and social security. Globally, the average basic salary of female employees was 96 % of that of the average male employee in 2017.

Job Type

Full time

Benefits Offered

Not specified

Veteran Preference

No

Place of Work

On-site

Requisition ID

1429434333