Regional Reliability & Maintenance Leader – North America

Description

At Corteva Agriscience, you will help us grow whats next. No matter what your role, you will be part of a team that is building the future of agriculture – solving the worlds food problems through innovation, technology, and putting people first.

The Regional Reliability & Maintenance (R&M) Leader provides strategic direction and support in all aspects of R&M within the region, remaining aligned with global R&M strategy. The Regional Leader will collaborate with global R&M resources, site maintenance leaders, and regional business stakeholders to ensure appropriate R&M tools are integrated into site improvement and execution plans. Supports both site leadership and business leaders with appropriate rituals, cadence, and metrics to ensure R&M activity is meeting business need and driving functional excellence.

The Regional Reliability Leader is responsible for the continued implementation and leadership of a progressive and integrated Reliability Centered Maintenance and Equipment Reliability Improvement process. The Regional Reliability Leader drives the implementation, acceptance and adoption of enterprise asset management system to manage maintenance processes. They play a key role in managing change in the organization and influencing the operations management team; are responsible for driving step change improvement to plant reliability and championing the continued move from reactive to proactive maintenance. They will apply their knowledge and experience to ensure continuous improvement to optimize the companys physical assets and maintenance and reliability processes and strategies.

What Youll Do:

Drive maintenance best practices: Innovate, document, improve work methods, standardize, train, collect, measure, and analyze key performance indicators to improve processes.

Develop functional competencies across all sites.

Support regional business leaders with integrating R&M metrics and best practices into regional rituals and cadence to ensure implementation.

Develop and implement effective predictive and preventive maintenance strategies.

Ensure production location maintenance activities are in adherence to corporate standards / guidelines (relevant EHS, CORE Asset Integrity, etc.)

Perform on-boarding and on-going coaching with Maintenance Supervisors at production locations.

Facilitate acquisition of tools and resources to support regional needs from global team or regional support resources in a manner aligned with global strategy.

Interface with business functions (e.g. finance, sourcing) to ensure regional practices are consistent and aligned with global R&M strategy.

Work with site and business leaders to implement metrics as appropriate in alignment with global strategy.

Drive regional network to world-class maintenance organization.

Assists in developing and implementing regional strategies to identify, prioritize, and implement proactive maintenance and asset reliability improvement processes.

Implement and maintain Reliability Key Performance Indicators.

Train and develop partners in Maintenance Excellence Concepts and tactics.

Utilizes leadership and expertise in the principles of Root Cause Analysis and Reliability Centered Maintenance to create an environment of continuous, aggressive defect elimination program that drives asset reliability improvement.

Work with engineering and OEMs to develop equipment and installation standards.

Work with regional Capital Execution to ensure projects meet & follow R&M standards.

Qualifications

What Skills You Need:

Four-Year Technical Degree in relevant subject areas (e.g BS – Mechanical Engineering or similar) desired.

5 years of relevant experience in production/maintenance environment, preferably in a maintenance leadership role, or as a consulting resource.

Practical knowledge of a broad range of R&M practices and disciplines.

Professional presence with the confidence and leadership ability to convey need and vision to leadership.

Experience establishing and/or administering a Predictive/Preventive Maintenance program and tracking results.

Experience leading change in multiple site environments.

Industry recognized certification in R&M Leadership & Management beneficial (e.g. CRL, Maintenance and Reliability Management Diploma, etc).

Ability to develop, foster, and excel in a team environment.

Strong communication, teambuilding, and influencing skills.

Demonstrated ability to drive delivery of business value through program implementation.

Strong interpersonal and conflict resolution skills with the ability to influence multiple levels of the organization; able to take a “hands-on” approach in training and execution.

Knowledge of OEE, LEAN, Six Sigma will be an asset.

Benefits – How Well Support You:

Numerous development opportunities offered to build your skills

Be part of a company with a higher purpose and contribute to making the world a better place

Health benefits for you and your family on your first day of employment

Four weeks of paid time off and two weeks of well-being pay per year, plus paid holidays

Excellent parental leave which includes a minimum of 16 weeks for mother and father

Future planning with our competitive retirement savings plan and tuition reimbursement program

Learn more about our total rewards package here – Corteva Benefits (https://careers.corteva.com/2024-us-benefits-guide)

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Are you a good match? Apply today! We seek applicants from all backgrounds to ensure we get the best, most creative talent on our team.

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