Job Description

The Maintenance Specialist – Paint Shop is responsible for the development, standardization, deployment, and continuous improvement of maintenance practices for paint equipment across Stellantis manufacturing operations. The role ensures the effective application of the Stellantis Industrial System (SIS) within maintenance processes by supporting CMMS optimization, preventive and autonomous maintenance strategies, equipment reliability, quality system integration, and maintenance skill development, while respecting established plant labor agreements and boundaries.

The Paint Central Maintenance Planning Lead is responsible for establishing, standardizing, and continuously improving maintenance planning strategies across Stellantis manufacturing operations. This role ensures effective deployment and optimization of preventive and predictive maintenance strategies, governance of maintenance data within CMMS system, and alignment with Stellantis Maintenance Domain and Stellantis Industrial System (SIS) standards.

The position plays a critical role in driving equipment reliability, reducing breakdowns, and improving maintenance performance through standardized processes, data-driven decision-making, and cross-functional collaboration across plants and regions.

Key Responsibilities:

• Support a safe working environment by embedding safety requirements into maintenance standards
• Develop and standardize preventive maintenance (PM) strategies, SMPs, and planning processes across paint operations
• Govern CMMS systems, ensuring accurate asset structure, work order standards, and data integrity
• Optimize PM and predictive maintenance using reliability data (MTBF, MTTR) and support transition to condition-based maintenance (CBM)
• Monitor maintenance KPIs and lead root cause analysis (RCA) and continuous improvement using PDCA
• Partner with plant teams, engineering, and suppliers to drive alignment, governance, and best practice sharing
• Support SIS audits, ensure compliance with safety and regulatory requirements, and lead gap identification with defined action plans
• Works with the academy to develop maintenance training modules
• Provide technical guidance, support training, and ensure consistent implementation of maintenance standards

Qualifications

Basic Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Manufacturing, or related field or 9 years of paint shop experience
• Minimum 8 years of experience in maintenance or manufacturing operations
• Experience with maintenance procedures for paint (Phosphate, Ecoat, Powder, Sealer, Robotics, PLC, Controls)
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office products
• Knowledge of Lean manufacturing
• Knowledge of predictive maintenance practices
• Ability to travel and work weekends/holidays as needed

Preferred Qualifications:

• Master’s degree in Engineering or related field
• 10 years of relevant experience
• CMMS knowledge
• Lean/SIS experience
• Data/analytics tools experience (Power BI, etc.)