Corporate Maintenance & Continuous Improvement Director

• •Develop and execute Piston Automotive strategy for Maintenance Excellence and Continuous Improvement inalignment with business objectives, operational priorities, and corporate expectations.-Translate Piston Group Lean/SCl strategy, PPS standards, annual priorities, and governance expectations intopracticel PA deployment plans, maturity roadmaps, and scorecards.- Partner with the Piston Group Director ot Lean/SCI, PA Operations leadership, Engineering, Quality, and PlantLeadership to align strategy with tactics and avoid duplication of enterprise-level Lean ownership.- Establish PA govemance routines for maintenance reliability, SCI execution, project prioritization, progressreviews, and results reporting across all Piston Automotive facilities.- Drive organizational change by fostering accountability, collaboration, standardization, operational discipline, anda sustainable culture ot continuous improvement.

• •Establish standardized maintenance systems, reliability expectations, asset management practices, andperformance measures across Piston Automotive facilities.- Lead deployment and sustainment of preventive and predictive maintenance practices, equipment reliabilityinitiatives, spare parts discipline, downtime reduction methods, and standardized maintenance work processes.- Partner whth Manufacturing Engineering and Plant Maintenance teams to improve equipment uptime, launchreadiness, process capability, maintainability, and lifecycle asset performance.- Support capital planning, maintenance budgeting, equipment readiness, and operational risk reduction throughdata-driven maintenance strategies and cross-functional leadership.

• •Lead Piston Automotive deployment of Lean and SCI practices, including Kaizen events, value stream mapping,5S, standardized work, problem-solving workshops, and waste elimination activities.- Own PA SCI cost-savings goal deployment, project identificatio, execution tracking, benefit validation, read-across, and results reporting in alignment With corporate and PA financial objectives.- Use operational metrics, customer scorecards, BOS/MBR inputs, and plant KPIs to identity trends, prioritizeimprovement opportunities, gnd drive sustainable business results.- Ensure improvement initiatives enhance safety, quality, delivery, productivity, customer satisfaction, costperformance, and overall equipment effectiveness.- Develop and sustain practical standards, procedures, dashboards, and visual management routines that makeperformance gaps visible and drive disciplined follow-up.

• •Provide leadership, coaching, and development to PA maintenance, engineering, and continuous improvementleaders.- Build internal capability through standardized training, mentoring, train-the-trainer approaches, knowledgesharing, and succession planning.- Serve as a coach and change agent by helping leaders and teams apply Lean thinking, maintenance bestpractices, root cause analysis, and structured problem solving in daily Operations.- promote cross-plant collaboration, benchmarking, best-practice sharing, and read-across Of successfulmaintenance and SCI solutions.

• •Collaborate with Operations, Engineering, Supply Chain, IT, Finance, Human Resources, ProgramManagement, and Plant Leadership to support strategic initiatives and operational objectives.- Partner with executive and plant leadership to establish long-term operational priorities, performance objectives,and improvement strategies that support profitability, growth, launch execution, and customer performance.- Support successful launch of new equipment, technologies, and manufacturing processes by ensuringmaintenance readiness, operational standards, training, and sustainment plans are in place.• Participate in management reviews related to operational performance, maintenance effectiveness, qualitysystems, and continuous improvement progress.

Governance, Compliance & Risk Management - Ensure compliance With corporate policies, regulatory requirements, safety expectations, and applicable industrystandards related to maintenance, equipment, and operational excellence.- Champion a proactive safety cul