Global Maintenance Lead

Corporate Industrial Maintenance Strategy Manager

Ceva Animal Health is a global leader in animal health dedicated to delivering innovative solutions across farm, companion, and wildlife animals.

Position Overview

As International Industrial Maintenance Lead, you will define and own the global maintenance strategy across all Ceva production sites in France and internationally. In this strategic role you will implement innovative maintenance practices, strengthen predictive and preventive activities, and ensure ongoing technological monitoring. You will align maintenance operations with the company’s objectives in collaboration with relevant departments to improve equipment performance, ensure regulatory compliance, and guarantee staff safety.

Key Responsibilities

• Define and monitor maintenance KPI performance indicators to measure efficiency.
• Partner with Finance and OPEX teams to propose an asset structure that enables efficient work‑order management and optimizes performance and costs.
• Design, together with site teams, the optimal maintenance organisation by identifying the key roles.
• Ensure all sites have effective maintenance plans for critical equipment.
• Drive improvements in line performance by reducing planned and unplanned stoppages.
• Maintain technological surveillance to guarantee effective preventive maintenance.
• Act as BPO (Business Process Owner) for CMMS applications.
• Prepare obsolescence plans in collaboration with the Global CAPEX Manager.
• Coordinate the global maintenance community, fostering synergies, sharing best practices, and promoting teamwork.
• Partner with Finance to prepare and monitor maintenance budgets.
• Guarantee proper spare parts management across all sites.
• Collaborate with CAPEX Manager to ensure maintenance involvement in new installation design.

Key Requirements

• Engineering degree or Master’s degree in Mechanical, Electrical, Industrial Engineering or equivalent.
• Minimum 7 years of experience in a technical lead role within manufacturing, maintenance, reliability engineering, or asset management in factory environments, ideally in the pharma or healthcare sectors.
• Proven ability to manage global maintenance programs, define and monitor KPIs (MTBF, MTTR, downtime, costs), and drive continuous improvement.
• Knowledge of vaccine technologies (bioreactor, autoclave, fermentation, lyophilization) and TPM principles is an asset.
• In-depth understanding of regulatory and compliance standards, including GMP.
• Proficiency in both French and English (written and verbal).

Required Soft Skills

• Collaborative communication: build strong relationships across teams and sites, ensuring alignment and consistency in maintenance practices.
• Adaptability & Change Leadership: guide teams through technological and process changes to improve reliability and efficiency.
• Analytical Problem‑Solving: apply data‑driven insights and critical thinking to identify root causes and implement sustainable reliability improvements.

Location

• On‑site presence at Ceva’s Libourne Headquarters.
• Up to 40% domestic and international travel, depending on business needs.

We are committed to diversity, equity, and inclusion. Reasonable accommodations will be made throughout the interview process to ensure an inclusive and accessible experience for all applicants.