What are the responsibilities and job description for the Director of Asset Performance Excellence position at Implementation Engineers?
Director of Asset Performance Excellence At Implementation Engineers, we partner with clients to transform maintenance and reliability practices into world-class standards through our holistic Asset Performance Excellence (APE) practice. We deliver solutions that reduce downtime, optimize costs, and improve equipment reliability, empowering our clients to achieve operational excellence and sustainable growth. Job Description
Implementation Engineers is seeking a dynamic and experienced Director of Asset Performance Excellence to lead and manage transformative maintenance and reliability initiatives across multiple projects and teams. This role demands a strategic leader with a deep understanding of asset performance excellence, strong technical expertise in maintenance and reliability practices, and exceptional people management skills. The successful candidate will drive operational improvements, foster client relationships, and ensure delivery of sustainable, measurable results. This position involves extensive travel and collaboration with C-suite executives and cross-functional teams.
Duties & Responsibilities
- Manage complex, multi-stream projects across multiple locations and industries, maintaining oversight of deliverables, budgets, and timelines.
- Design actionable strategies and roadmaps clients can utilize to deliver business value.
- Develop and execute site-specific, cost-reducing strategies aligned with client objectives.
- Conduct criticality analyses, risk prioritization, and maintenance plans.
- Support the PDP / Analysis and Project (IX) Execution teams in maintaining quality and adhering to standards.
- Coach, mentor, and develop team members, ensuring project milestones and quality standards are consistently achieved.
- Drive your team's adoption of continuous improvement practices by leveraging data analytics and advanced statistical techniques.
- Design, document, and refine processes, policies, standards, and key performance indicators for Asset Performance Excellence (APE).
- Serve as the primary interface for C-suite executives, aligning APE strategies with organizational goals.
- Partner with Business Development teams to participate in sales calls, proposals, and pricing strategies.
- Build strong, long-term client relationships by delivering exceptional results and securing future opportunities.
- Develop intellectual capital, including case studies, presentations, and training materials.
- Provide consultation on staffing decisions, workstream structure, deliverables framework, training programs, and resource performance feedback.
Required Skills and Experience
Education
Travel Requirements
This person is critical to ensure that our clients' expectations are exceeded, and future business is secured. Implementation Engineers has partnered with large global companies to improve throughput and productivity, decrease costs, and align organizations. It is a leading global operations optimization firm that specializes in sustainable implementation of large, complex strategic initiatives.