Regional Maintenance Excellence & Reliability Partner – Microbes Americas
Novonesis
Summary
The Regional Maintenance Excellence & Reliability Partner, Microbes Americas advances consistent maintenance, reliability, and asset performance across all Microbes manufacturing sites in the Americas. This role connects site execution to Novonesis’ Global Maintenance Excellence framework, Production & Projects Blueprint, and Asset Lifecycle AC2R (acquire to retire) standards while maintaining local accountability.
Job description
The Role and Your Impact
The Regional Maintenance Excellence & Reliability Partner, Microbes Americas advances consistent maintenance, reliability, and asset performance across all Microbes manufacturing sites in the Americas. This role connects site execution to Novonesis’ Global Maintenance Excellence framework, Production & Projects Blueprint, and Asset Lifecycle AC2R (acquire to retire) standards while maintaining local accountability.
Key Responsibilities in this role
- Implement and sustain the Global Maintenance Excellence framework across Microbes Americas sites.
- Convert global standards into regional roadmaps, maturity goals, and site execution plans.
- Set minimum requirements while allowing controlled site-level adaptation.
- Represent the region in global governance forums and communities of practice.
- Lead regional reliability and asset lifecycle management efforts.
- Advance asset criticality, PM/PdM strategies, RCA/RCFA (root cause failure analysis) and chronic loss elimination.
- Build a regional maintenance and reliability network to share best practices.
- Partner with site maintenance, reliability, engineering, and capital project teams through design, commissioning, and handover to improve asset availability and stability.
- Support refurbishment, AC2R, and replacement strategies based on lifecycle economics.
- Identify and adopt relevant best practices from external networks.
What you’ll need to be successful
Required Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree in Engineering or equivalent experience in asset-intensive manufacturing.
- 5–10+ years of experience in maintenance, reliability, or asset management in a manufacturing environment.
- Experience supporting maintenance and reliability across multiple sites or in a regional or global organization.
- Strong knowledge of reliability practices, including asset criticality, preventive and predictive maintenance, root cause analysis, and loss elimination.
- Experience with continuous improvement methods such as Lean, Six Sigma, or the Toyota Production System is preferred.
- Working knowledge of SAP EAM, CMMS, or a similar enterprise asset management system is preferred.
- Demonstrated ability to collaborate and influence across functions, sites, and organizational levels.
Additional skills & interests we value:
- Professional certification in maintenance, reliability, or asset management, such as CMRP, CRE, or ISO 55001.
- Proven application of reliability engineering practices, including asset criticality, PM/PdM, RCA/RCFA, and loss elimination.
- Experience turning global maintenance standards into practical site-level actions.
- Experience strengthening maintenance and reliability capabilities and sharing best practices across sites.
- Ability to travel regularly among Microbes Americas sites.
- Ability to work frequently in manufacturing environments while using required PPE and following GMP requirements.
Ways of Working
Onsite position working in Madison, WI. Travel: Approximately 15% to microbes sites in WI, VA, and Canada and any business needs.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Engineering or equivalent experience in asset-intensive manufacturing.
- 5–10+ years of experience in maintenance, reliability, or asset management in a manufacturing environment.
- Experience supporting maintenance and reliability across multiple sites or in a regional or global organization.
- Strong knowledge of reliability practices, including asset criticality, preventive and predictive maintenance, root cause analysis, and loss elimination.
- Experience with continuous improvement methods such as Lean, Six Sigma, or the Toyota Production System is preferred.
- Working knowledge of SAP EAM, CMMS, or a similar enterprise asset management system is preferred.
- Demonstrated ability to collaborate and influence across functions, sites, and organizational levels.
- Professional certification in maintenance, reliability, or asset management, such as CMRP, CRE, or ISO 55001.
- Proven application of reliability engineering practices, including asset criticality, PM/PdM, RCA/RCFA, and loss elimination.
- Experience turning global maintenance standards into practical site-level actions.
- Experience strengthening maintenance and reliability capabilities and sharing best practices across sites.
- Ability to travel regularly among Microbes Americas sites.
- Ability to work frequently in manufacturing environments while using required PPE and following GMP requirements.
Benefits
- 401(k) Matching
- Paid Vacation
- Paid Holidays
- Wellness Time
- Medical, Dental & Vision
- Life Insurance
- Healthcare Savings Account
- Employee Assistance Program
- Parental Leave
- Tuition Reimbursement
Company overview
Novonesis is a global biotechnology leader formed in January 2024 through the historic merger of two Danish bioscience icons, Novozymes and Chr. Hansen. As the world's leading biosolutions partner, the company leverages the power of biology to transform how we produce, consume, and live. With approximately 10,000 employees worldwide, Novonesis operates across more than 30 industries, providing innovative biological solutions that address global challenges in food systems, human health, agriculture, and environmental sustainability. The company's extensive biological toolbox includes enzymes, microbes, probiotics, and functional proteins that enable customers to create more sustainable products and processes. Novonesis serves diverse sectors including food and beverages, household care, agriculture, animal health, and human health, helping businesses reduce chemical use, lower carbon emissions, and improve resource efficiency while delivering better products to consumers. With a strong commitment to sustainability and innovation, Novonesis is positioned to lead the global biosolutions revolution, driving positive change for both business and society.