Maintenance Excellence Leader (Specialty Chemicals)

Location: Louisville, Kentucky, USA; Work Model: Onsite

Salary: $95,940–$127,920 annually, including base salary and annual incentive bonus.

Company

hirify.global is a Swiss-based global specialty chemicals company operating in Care Chemicals, Catalysts, and Adsorbents & Additives.

What you will do

• Lead maintenance planning and scheduling for critical equipment in line with plant priorities, uptime targets, budgets, and compliance requirements.
• Maintain accurate SAP data and documentation, including material lists, work orders, task plans, and system utilization.
• Coordinate parts, materials, and labor resources to improve work-order readiness and backlog health.
• Plan and execute shutdowns and outages while minimizing downtime and supporting reliable plant start-ups.
• Apply reliability-centered maintenance and root cause analysis to reduce repeat equipment failures.
• Drive preventive, predictive, and corrective maintenance improvements through KPIs, PDCA cycles, gap analyses, coaching, and training.

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 and root cause analysis capability.
• Experience with SAP or similar CMMS platforms and continuous improvement methods.

Culture & Benefits

• Medical, dental, and vision insurance.
• Paid holidays and PTO with a carry-over benefit.
• Tuition reimbursement and wellness program.
• Employee assistance, spending and savings accounts, life, disability, and pet insurance.
• Additional auto/home insurance, identity theft protection, legal services, and online discounts.
• Commitment to diversity, equity, inclusion, and equal opportunity.