Unit Maintenance Manager

Position: Maintenance Manager

Location Position

Business Unit: Factory/Manufacturing

Primary function

Ensure the reliability and availability of assets and structures assigned to the plant, utilizing the IPS management/Reliability system method. This involves managing area activities, providing technical supervision, and engaging in strategic maintenance planning in the medium to long term.

Lead the development and management of reliability and capacity increase projects within the designated area. Support engineering in capex prioritization efforts, consolidating and validating core equipment, and contributing to startup plans.

Manage costs and employ reliability practices to ensure optimized execution of activities with excellence, meeting minimum maintenance quality requirements, and maximizing resource utilization. Integrate resource and asset planning with S&OP to achieve efficiency and productivity goals across long, medium, and short-term horizons. Manage maintenance and contractor costs effectively.

Demonstrate competency in managing key reliability and maintenance indicators, fostering personnel development, implementing routines, and cultivating an understanding of KPI management. This entails empowering decision-making autonomy and agility across all business areas.

Oversee active outsourced contracts and collaborate with purchasing to develop new supplier relationships.

Lead asset reliability efforts, deploying new technologies or management methods to extend asset lifespan and minimize non-value-added activities. Utilize methodologies such as Six Sigma and Applied Statistics, Predictive/Proactive Analysis & Tools, RCM, FMEA, WCM Advanced Tools, and Digital Manufacturing.

Ensure safety, adherence to cost targets, people upskilling and factory productivity while upholding quality standards.

Reports to

Maintenance Manager

Supervision

Key Products

Budget, KPI standardization, performance, SIGO implementation, audits, SAP-PM standardization, reliability, digital transformation, Management

Main deliveries

Business

Implement a structured and standardized maintenance management system throughout the assigned plant.

Serve as an interface between maintenance units or departments, coordinating resource allocation for execution, including purchase orders, service contracts, immediate purchases, and others. This fosters greater synergy, resulting in reduced costs and capital expenditure.

Ensure adherence to standardized maintenance strategy development, in line with ISO systems.

Manage the preventive maintenance planned downtime calendar for the factory's machinery, equipment, and processes, prioritizing based on criticality and providing regional visibility for these events.

Provide support activities for the maintenance department, including analysis of technical documentation, conducting specific studies, preparing graphs and machine stoppage reports, updating management tables, and controlling statistics and indicators. These activities support ongoing operations and facilitate potential process, machinery, and equipment optimizations and improvements.

Agility and innovation

Collaborate with the IT and procurement departments to oversee projects that align maintenance operations with the Industry 4.0 framework. This involves expediting decision-making processes and enhancing information management capabilities.

Provide assistance to maintenance sectors and the safety and environmental department in meeting legal requirements related to Occupational Health and Safety Regulatory Standards.

Relationships and People

Develop tutorials and training materials to aid maintenance employees in becoming proficient with the SAP/PM system, facilitating their understanding and promoting standardized usage.

Establish standardized procedures for technicians and predictive management within the department to streamline operations and improve efficiency.

Identify knowledge gaps within the team and develop an upskilling plan to address them.

Knowledge,

skills and

requirements

What are the requirements that will differentiate between one candidate and another so that after the selection process, we can justify who will or will not participate in the selection process:

• Education: Degree in Mechanical, Electrical, Mechatronics, Electronics and Automation Engineering.

• Industry knowledge: Yes, experience in maintenance planning and scheduling, experience in maintenance execution, experience in reliability tools and third-party management

• Functional knowledge: Yes, fundamental general knowledge of electrical/mechanical equipment applied to machines, equipment and industrial processes, SAP-PM

• Key Skills: Experience in SAP-PM, implementation and day-to-day management

• Computer and Project Skills Office proficiency: Intermediate Office Package , Advanced SAP knowledge.

• Languages: English, Spanish desirable.

• Technical Skills: Advanced knowledge of programming, maintenance planning and control, world-class indicators (KPI's), root cause analysis tools, project management and cost management, RCM and FMEA.

Expected behaviors,

Personal attributes.

Strong interpersonal skills, empathy, teamwork, patience, negotiation abilities, effective communication, organizational skills, cooperation, collegiality, punctuality, reliability, good humor, proactivity, and commitment are essential attributes.

Demonstrated ownership, dedication, a drive for personal growth, and aspirations to assume a leadership role within the company.

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. Ingredion seeks to provide a work environment that is free from harassment and discrimination. We will not tolerate any form of discrimination based on race, color, religion, age, gender, gender identity, gender expression, national origin, ancestry, handicap or disability-mental or physical-marital status, sexual orientation, veteran status, disability resulting from military service, or any other classification protected by law ("protected classifications"). We are committed to establishing and maintaining a work environment where everyone is treated with dignity and respect.

Relocation Available:

Yes, Within Country