Director, Facilities Maintenance and Asset Management

Position Summary

The Director, Facilities Maintenance & Asset Management is responsible for maximizing facility asset reliability, lifecycle performance, and infrastructure sustainability across the global network. This role establishes and governs maintenance strategies, reliability programs, computerized maintenance management system standards, and asset management processes that enable safe, compliant, and cost-effective operations. The position provides enterprise leadership for facility infrastructure performance while driving standardization, operational excellence, risk reduction, and long-term capital stewardship. The role supports manufacturing, distribution, laboratory, administrative, and support facilities through disciplined maintenance excellence, asset lifecycle planning, and reliability governance.

Remote Central US based position. Candidates residing near a STERIS manufacturing location are highly preferred. 
 

Domestic and international travel required as business needs dictate.

What You’ll do as a Director, Facilities Maintenance & Asset Management

• Develops and executes the enterprise facilities asset management strategy for manufacturing, distribution, laboratory, administrative, and support facilities; establishes asset lifecycle standards for acquisition, operation, maintenance, replacement, and disposal. (15%)
• Leads maintenance excellence programs, including preventive, predictive, and reliability-centered maintenance standards, global maintenance procedures, technical work practices, best-practice deployment, benchmarking, and continuous improvement. (15%)
• Owns computerized maintenance management system governance, asset hierarchy standards, preventive maintenance master data, reporting requirements, work order processes, spare parts management, and maintenance technology optimization. (15%)
• Provides enterprise oversight for critical facility infrastructure including heating, ventilation and air conditioning systems, cleanrooms, electrical distribution, emergency power, mechanical and plumbing systems, process utilities, fire and life safety systems, and building automation systems. (15%)
• Provides technical and operational support to site facilities and maintenance teams; supports troubleshooting, root cause investigations, maintenance performance reviews, and sharing of best practices across the global network. (10%)
• Develops capital renewal plans, infrastructure replacement forecasts, facility condition assessments, asset risk evaluations, and investment roadmaps for aging infrastructure and critical systems. (10%)
• Ensures maintenance programs support safety, environmental, quality, regulatory, business continuity, emergency preparedness, disaster recovery, and critical infrastructure resilience requirements. (10%)
• Partners with sustainability, finance, design, construction, operations, and functional leaders to improve energy performance, reduce operating costs, manage maintenance budgets, monitor contractor performance, and report asset performance metrics to executive leadership. (10%)

The Experience, Skills, and Abilities Needed

Required:

• Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering, Facilities Management, Maintenance Management, Construction Management, Business Administration, or related technical discipline.
• Minimum 10 years of progressive experience in facilities maintenance, asset management, reliability engineering, infrastructure operations, maintenance systems, facility engineering, or related global facilities leadership.
• Experience developing preventive and predictive maintenance programs, asset lifecycle strategies, computerized maintenance management system governance, infrastructure reliability programs, maintenance standards, condition assessments, capital renewal plans, and maintenance performance metrics.

Preferred:

• Master’s Degree or advanced coursework in engineering, facilities management, operations, reliability, asset management, or business preferred.
• Professional certification preferred, such as Certified Facility Manager (CFM), Certified Maintenance & Reliability Professional (CMRP), Project Management Professional (PMP), LEED credential, or equivalent facilities, maintenance, reliability, or asset management certification.
• Experience in a global manufacturing, distribution, laboratory, healthcare, life sciences, regulated, or multi-site operating environment preferred.

Other: 

• Ability to establish asset lifecycle standards, criticality models, renewal plans, replacement forecasts, and infrastructure investment strategies.
• Ability to lead preventive, predictive, reliability-centered, and continuous improvement maintenance programs across global facilities.
• Strong knowledge of asset hierarchies, master data, work order processes, maintenance reporting, dashboards, and system governance.
• Understanding of HVAC, cleanroom, electrical, emergency power, mechanical, plumbing, process utilities, fire/life safety, and building automation systems.
• Ability to align maintenance programs with regulatory, safety, quality, environmental, emergency preparedness, business continuity, and resilience requirements.
• Ability to advise senior leaders, align site teams, influence matrixed stakeholders, manage external partners, and present performance results clearly.

What STERIS Offers

We value our employees and are committed to providing a comprehensive benefits package that supports your health, well-being, and financial future. 

Here is a brief overview of what we offer:

• Market competitive pay
• Extensive paid time off and (9) added holidays
• Excellent healthcare, dental, and vision benefits
• Long/short term disability coverage
• 401(K) with company match
• Maternity and parental leave
• Additional add on benefits/discounts for programs such as pet insurance
• Tuition reimbursement and continued educational programs
• Excellent opportunities for advancement in a stable long-term career 

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