LeadMaintenancePlanning&CMMSAdmin

**Job Description Summary** As Lead Maintenance Planning & CMMS Admin, you will play a key leadership role in managing the team and systems that support the planning and scheduling of engineering, maintenance, and calibration activities across the Durham campus. In this role, you’ll ensure effective coordination of maintenance operations, optimize system performance, and continuously enhance processes that keep critical site functions running reliably. **Job Description** **Location:** * This position will be located in Durham, NC and will be an onsite role. * Novartis is unable to offer relocation support for this role: please only apply if this location is accessible for you. **Key Responsibilities:** * Lead campus maintenance planning, scheduling, and inventory management across multiple buildings and platforms * Manage and develop a high-performing maintenance planning and inventory team supporting 24/7 operations * Own and administer the Computerized Maintenance Management System, including data integrity and system improvements * Establish and continuously improve maintenance planning processes, procedures, and efficiencies * Drive data and metrics usage to enhance maintenance performance and operational effectiveness * Oversee engineering procurement activities, including requisitions, purchase orders, and vendor management * Standardize and optimize job plans, spare parts management, scheduling, and kitting processes * Coordinate with internal stakeholders and external vendors to ensure timely, disruption-free execution of work * Monitor, analyze, and report maintenance performance through dashboards and predictive metrics * Support audits, escalate system issues, and lead resolution with effective mitigation strategies **Essential Requirements:** * Bachelor’s degree with 8 years, associate degree with 10 years, or 12 years of relevant maintenance experience * Experience in maintenance and retirement of production and utility equipment across full asset life