Capital Management, Reliability & Operational Excellence Manager

Capital Management, Reliability & Operational Excellence Manager Full‑time position located in Abbott Park, IL, within the GES Global Engineering Services division. What You’ll Work On Develop and maintain a long-range capital plan for a large headquarters campus (70+ buildings, 6M+ sq. ft., 3,000+ acres), aligning asset lifecycle strategies with business growth, risk reduction, compliance, and reliability objectives. Manage an annual capital portfolio of over $50M focused on infrastructure, utilities, facilities, and critical equipment, ensuring optimal ROI and risk mitigation. Own capital cash-flow forecasting, tracking, and variance management to ensure accuracy, transparency, and financial discipline. Lead front-end planning (FEP), business case development, and Requests for Capital Expenditure (RFCE) documentation, ensuring scope clarity, cost certainty, and schedule integrity. Define technical requirements, project specifications, and bid packages; lead competitive sourcing, contractor selection, and contract negotiations. Provide end-to-end design, engineering, construction, and commissioning oversight, ensuring projects are delivered safely, on time, on budget, and fit for long-term reliability. Establish and enforce capital governance, project controls, and risk management processes. Drive reliability improvement programs through predictive maintenance, condition-based monitoring, reliability-centered maintenance (RCM), and lifecycle asset management principles. Embed reliability-centered design standards into capital projects to reduce total cost of ownership and improve equipment availability. Partner with maintenance and operations teams to improve planning, scheduling, spare parts strategies, and failure response effectiveness. Analyze asset performance data to identify systemic risks, chronic failures, and opportunities for continuous improvement. Lead operational excellence initiatives using Lean, Six Sigma, and structured problem-solving methodologies to improve safety, quality, cost, delivery, and uptime. Champion change management practices to ensure sustainable adoption of new processes, tools, and ways of working. Standardize systems, tools, KPIs, and operating models to drive consistency, visibility, and accountability across the organization. Establish performance dashboards and governance routines to track reliability, maintenance effectiveness, capital performance, and operational outcomes. Lead and develop high-performing, cross-functional teams, fostering a culture of engagement, accountability, ownership, and continuous learning. Partner closely with Operations, Maintenance, Quality, Engineering, Finance, EHS, and external stakeholders to deliver integrated, site-wide results. Serve as a trusted advisor on asset health, capital prioritization, risk exposure, and operational readiness. Required Qualifications Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering, Construction Management, Operations, or related field (or equivalent experience). 7+ years in project management. 3+ years in operations, OpEx, or reliability leadership. Strong background in reliability, predictive maintenance, and maintenance planning & scheduling. Proven people leadership and change-management experience. Benefits Career development opportunities within an international organization. Health insurance coverage through the Health Investment Plan (HIP) PPO medical plan. Generous retirement savings plan with high employer contribution. Tuition reimbursement, the Freedom 2 Save student debt program, and FreeU education benefit. Recognition as a great place to work and a leader in diversity and inclusion. Additional Information This job description is not an exhaustive statement of duties and does not limit the assignment of additional responsibilities. Pay Range Base pay for this position is $113,300.00 – $226,700.00. Pay may vary by location. #J-18808-Ljbffr