Maintenance Reliability Engineer

Position: Maximo SME – Maintenance & Reliability

Duration: 6-12 months

Location: Waukegan, IL 60087

Pay Rate $60.00 - $70.00 per hour

I am looking for an experienced Maximo SME to provide governance, functional leadership, and process optimization for a manufacturing maintenance organization. This is NOT a Maximo developer or an IT support position.

I need someone who understands maintenance operations and can make decisions on how Maximo should be configured, governed, and used.

Responsibilities

• Serve as the functional SME and decision-maker for IBM Maximo.
• Establish Maximo governance, standards, and best practices.
• Optimize maintenance workflows, system functionality, and data quality.
• Improve preventive maintenance, work orders, job plans, asset hierarchy, and maintenance planning and scheduling.
• Standardize Maximo processes across multiple manufacturing sites.
• Determine whether issues require system changes, process improvements, data corrections, or user training.
• Partner with Maintenance, Reliability, Engineering, Operations, and IT.
• Develop and deliver Maximo training and process documentation.

Requirements

• 10 years of hands-on IBM Maximo experience.
• 15 years of Manufacturing maintenance or reliability experience.
• Experience as a Maximo SME, functional lead, system owner, or product owner.
• Strong knowledge of maintenance planning, scheduling, PM programs, work orders, job plans, asset management, and CMMS governance.
• Experience optimizing Maximo tools and maintenance processes.
• Strong communication, training, and decision-making skills.
• Multi-site or global manufacturing experience preferred.

About us…Sterling Engineering, in business for 57 years …we offer FULL BENEFITS! As a Sterling Engineering W2 employee on contract, you receive a Full Employee Benefits Package that includes Paid Time Off, Paid Holidays, 3 Medical plans to choose from, Dental & Vision plans, 401(k) with a match, and an Employee Stock Ownership (ESOP) plan.

Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, age, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, or genetic information.