Director – Maintenance Excellence

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🌽 Illinois – Remote

🌽 Illinois – Remote

💵 $185k - $225k / year

⏰ Full Time

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Pregis

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1001 - 5000 employees

Founded 1997

🏭 Manufacturing

☁️ SaaS

📦 Logistics

Manufacturing • SaaS • Logistics

Pregis is a global, vertically integrated provider of innovative packaging materials, equipment and services. They offer a broad portfolio including on-demand paper, air, and foam cushioning systems; automated mailing and bagging solutions; rightsizing and automated packaging equipment; flexible films and specialty films; temporary protection films; bubble and foam cushioning products; mailers, insulated and reflective packaging; encapsulated fiber box liners and other inside-the-box protection. Pregis serves multiple industries—automotive, consumer packaged goods, eCommerce & fulfillment, retail, third-party logistics, building & construction, pharmaceuticals, grocery & meal kit delivery, small parts, and more—providing consultative services from design, testing, and analysis to integration and training via their Pregis IQ innovation center. The company emphasizes sustainability with programs like ThermaCycle, Inspyre products, and 2K30 goals, reporting on waste diversion, tree savings, and community giving. Pregis positions itself as material-agnostic and focuses on reducing total cost of ownership for customers through customized packaging solutions and data-backed recommendations.

📋 Description

• Develop and execute Pregis' enterprise Maintenance and Reliability strategy • Establish network-wide maintenance standards, reliability practices, asset management processes, and KPIs • Create multi-year roadmaps for reliability, predictive maintenance, maintenance productivity, and asset lifecycle management • Serve as the enterprise subject matter expert for maintenance and reliability excellence • Own and drive the TPM strategy across the manufacturing network • Establish TPM standards, governance, assessments, training, and maturity models • Embed TPM principles into daily management systems and the Pregis Production System • Improve Overall Equipment Effectiveness, reduce downtime, and increase asset utilization • Identify, standardize, and deploy best practices across manufacturing locations • Drive predictive, preventive, and condition-based maintenance strategies • Lead root cause analysis and reliability improvement initiatives for critical assets • Optimize spare parts inventory, maintenance planning, and asset lifecycle management • Develop the maintenance technology roadmap, including CMMS optimization, predictive analytics, and digital maintenance solutions • Support major capital investments, equipment upgrades, and manufacturing modernization initiatives • Evaluate emerging technologies that improve reliability, maintenance efficiency, and operational performance • Partner with Operations, Plant, Maintenance, Engineering, Supply Chain, Quality, and EHS leaders • Lead through influence to drive adoption of standards and best practices • Build organizational capability through maintenance training, coaching, and development programs • Ensure maintenance initiatives deliver measurable operational and financial impact

🎯 Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Mechanical, Electrical, Industrial, or Manufacturing Engineering, or related technical discipline, required • 15+ years of progressive maintenance, reliability, engineering, or manufacturing leadership experience • Experience leading maintenance or reliability programs in a multi-site manufacturing environment • Demonstrated success implementing TPM, reliability-centered maintenance, predictive maintenance, or operational excellence initiatives • Strategic thinking and ability to build and deploy enterprise-wide programs • Strong influencing ability to drive change without direct authority • Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills • Strong business acumen connecting reliability improvements to operational and financial performance • Proven ability to build alignment across functions, sites, and business units • Willingness to travel more than 50%

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