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Innovapptive Inc · 2 days ago

Senior Solutions Engineer

United States

Full-time

Onsite

Senior Level, Lead/Staff

8+ years exp

Innovapptive Inc is a company focused on providing innovative solutions in industrial operations. They are seeking a Senior Solutions Engineer specializing in Maintenance & Reliability to partner with sales and customer stakeholders, translating maintenance challenges into impactful business solutions.

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Comp. & Benefits

Hiring Manager

Helen Shimek, SHRM-CP

Responsibilities

Lead Value-Based Sales Engagements

Partner with Sales to support complex enterprise sales cycles across industrial markets (chemicals, oil & gas, mining, power, discrete manufacturing)

Translate maintenance and reliability challenges into quantified business impact, including downtime reduction, labor efficiency, backlog reduction, and asset availability

Contribute to ROI models, business cases, and value narratives aligned to customer priorities

Serve as a Maintenance & Reliability Subject Matter Expert

Bring practical expertise across preventive, predictive, and reactive maintenance strategies

Discuss maintenance execution topics such as work order lifecycle efficiency, planning and scheduling effectiveness, backlog management, and repeat work

Provide informed guidance on maintenance KPIs and performance improvement opportunities

Design Outcome-Oriented Solutions

Assess current-state maintenance processes and define future-state workflows aligned with best practices

Align solution design to operational objectives rather than product features

Collaborate with internal teams to ensure proposed solutions are scalable and realistic for plant environments

Lead High-Impact Demonstrations and Workshops

Conduct discovery sessions, solution design workshops, and tailored demonstrations for technical and executive audiences

Customize demos to reflect real plant scenarios and maintenance use cases

Address technical and operational questions with credibility and clarity

Collaborate Across the Go-To-Market Team

Act as a strategic partner to Account Executives throughout the sales cycle

Support opportunity qualification, deal strategy, and customer engagement planning

Provide feedback to Product and Services teams based on customer needs and field insights

Other duties as assigned

Qualification

Maintenance EngineeringReliability EngineeringPlant OperationsEAM / CMMS PlatformsValue EngineeringEffective CommunicationCollaboration

Required

8–12+ years of experience in maintenance engineering, reliability engineering, plant operations, or industrial solution engineering with deep domain exposure

Strong, practical understanding of plant maintenance execution and reliability programs

Experience in process industries such as chemicals, oil & gas, mining, or power generation

Demonstrated knowledge of maintenance KPIs, including: MTBF, MTTR, Planned vs. unplanned work, Maintenance backlog and schedule compliance, Wrench time and labor productivity, Asset availability and OEE (where applicable)

Experience working with or alongside EAM / CMMS platforms (e.g., SAP PM/EAM, IBM Maximo)

Ability to communicate effectively with senior operational and executive stakeholders

Preferred

Background in value engineering, value consulting, or economic justification of operational initiatives

Exposure to enterprise industrial SaaS sales cycles

Comfort leading whiteboard-based discussions on maintenance processes and value drivers

Benefits

Base Salary

Bonus

Stock Options

401k

Medical

Company

Innovapptive Inc

Glassdoor4.0

Innovapptive is an AI-powered, Mobile-First Connected Worker Platform built for the Office of the COO to drive measurable improvements in safety, reliability, productivity, and cost across asset-intensive industries.

Founded in 2012

Houston, Texas, USA

201-500 employees