Regional Maintenance Manager

• Define, own, and continuously evolve the EMEAA Maintenance & Reliability strategy aligned with corporate objectives
• Apply risk-based and scenario-driven decision‑making to anticipate asset, capacity, and reliability risks
• Translate strategy into multi‑year roadmaps, prioritized initiatives, and measurable outcomes
• Provide governance to ensure consistent execution across all facilities
• Own execution of the regional Asset Management Plan across all sites and modalities
• Lead asset lifecycle risk management and identify, quantify, and highlight regional CapEx requirements
• Partner with Finance, Facilities, Procurement, and Engineering to develop business cases
• Deliver the regional Maintenance & Reliability program, shifting from reactive to proactive and predictive maintenance
• Own and govern regional M&R KPIs using data‑driven performance management
• Lead RCA, FMEA, and repeat‑failure elimination initiatives
• Own shutdown and outage processes with Facility General Managers
• Partner with Corporate Engineering on the Enterprise Asset Management platform
• Ensure asset data, documentation, and change records support audit readiness and insight
• Drive consistent spare parts and inventory management through EAM
• Establish and maintain regional maintenance and engineering standards
• Provide governance for maintenance practices, asset standards, and approved vendors
• Act as regional escalation point for complex technical, regulatory, and compliance matters
• Reinforce a Safety-First culture and support audits, CAPAs, and inspection readiness
• Ensure maintenance strategies protect sterilization integrity and regulatory compliance
• Own business continuity and contingency planning for planned and unplanned downtime
• Lead regional vendor and service contract strategy with Procurement and Legal
• Identify regional training and competency needs
• Own succession planning for key maintenance and reliability roles
• Line manage Corporate Maintenance Engineers across EO, Gamma, and E‑Beam modalities
• Act as business partner to Facility General Managers and site maintenance teams
• Align competing priorities within a matrix organization
• Represent EMEAA Maintenance in global forums and Communities of Practice

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering or maintenance discipline (required)
• Extensive experience in regional or multi‑site maintenance, reliability, or asset management roles
• Experience leading people through line management or influence
• Proven experience building and justifying capital investment cases and influencing senior stakeholders
• Deep, hands‑on maintenance experience in one of the three sterilization modalities (EO, Gamma, or E‑Beam) is strongly preferred
• Demonstrated track record of owning maintenance execution and building reliability within a sterilization modality
• Frequent international travel across the EMEAA region
• Excellent communication skills in English
• French and/or German is a strong advantage

Core Competencies

Demonstrates expertise in Maintenance and Reliability strategy development, asset management, and risk‑based decision‑making. Proficient in leading cross‑functional teams and managing capital investment cases within sterilization modalities.

Highest‑signal resume keywords

• Maintenance & Reliability Strategy Development
• Asset Management
• Risk‑Based Decision‑Making
• Capital Investment Case Development
• Sterilization Modality Experience

Hard Skills

• Asset Lifecycle Risk Management
• Data‑Driven Performance Management
• Root Cause Analysis (RCA)
• Failure Mode and Effects Analysis (FMEA)
• Predictive Maintenance
• Regulatory Compliance
• Business Continuity Planning
• Inventory Management
• Multi‑Site Maintenance Management
• KPI Governance

Soft Skills

• Excellent Communication Skills
• Leadership
• Influencing Stakeholders
• Collaboration
• Matrix Organization Alignment

Certifications & Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering or Maintenance Discipline

Industry Keywords

• Sterilization
• EO
• Gamma
• E‑Beam
• Maintenance Practices
• Safety-First Culture
• CAPAs
• Inspection Readiness
• Vendor Management
• Training and Competency Development

Tools & Technologies

• Enterprise Asset Management (EAM) Platform
• Governance Frameworks
• Audit Readiness Tools
• Performance Management Systems