Director, Total Productive Maintenance – TPM

Danaher Corporation

Director of Total Productive Maintenance leading strategy and execution at Beckman Coulter Diagnostics. Overseeing reliability and operational performance for life-saving therapies with a global footprint.

Posted 6/6/2026full-timeRemote • Illinois, Kentucky, Minnesota, South Carolina • 🇺🇸 United StatesLead💰 $200,000 - $225,000 per yearWebsite

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Lead the strategy, governance, and execution of preventive and predictive maintenance programs across a GMP-regulated life sciences manufacturing network
Ensure equipment, utilities, and facilities operate at peak reliability for uninterrupted production
Establish and govern standardized preventive, predictive, and condition-based maintenance frameworks
Drive a culture of operational excellence, compliance, and continuous improvement
Maintain executive accountability for maintenance compliance with cGMP, GxP, EHS, and global regulatory standards
Direct the enterprise CMMS/EAM and digital maintenance strategy
Lead and develop maintenance leadership teams while partnering with Manufacturing, Quality, Engineering, and vendors/OEMs

Requirements

What you’ll need

Bachelor’s degree in Engineering (Mechanical, Electrical, Chemical, Industrial) or related field
10+ years of maintenance, engineering, or operations experience in a GMP life sciences environment (biotech, pharma, medical devices)
5+ years of leadership experience managing multi-site or large-scale maintenance programs
Strong knowledge of TPM methodologies, reliability engineering, and CMMS/EAM systems
Demonstrated success improving equipment reliability and reducing downtime in regulated manufacturing.

Benefits

Comp & perks

Paid time off
Medical/dental/vision insurance
401(k)
Remote work arrangement

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Hard Skills & Tools

preventive maintenancepredictive maintenancecondition-based maintenancereliability engineeringTPM methodologiesCMMSEAMequipment reliabilitydowntime reductionGMP compliance

Soft Skills

leadershipstrategic planningoperational excellencecontinuous improvementgovernancecollaborationaccountabilitycommunicationteam developmentpartnership