Maintenance Manager

Bunge has an exciting opportunity available for Maintenance Manager. In this role you will be part of a global team working on challenging, meaningful projects impacting core business activities. Since 1818, Bunge has been connecting farmers to consumers to deliver essential food, feed, and fuel to the world. Looking to the future, our ambition is to continuously reinvent ourselves, leveraging data to be at the forefront of analytics, technology and talent to accomplish our purpose in a better, faster and simpler way. Bunge is committed to operating and thriving in the digital world – creating world class agile teams where teammates are empowered and encouraged to collaborate and test and learn to succeed.

At Bunge, people don’t just come here to work, they come here to grow – solving challenges that directly impact the world with a diverse team of thinkers and doers. Bunge offers a strong compensation and benefits package, generous paid time off program, flexible work arrangements, and opportunity to progress. Our hybrid work environment provides a balance of in-office and remote work. Most importantly, in all we do we live our values:

• Act as One Team by fostering inclusion, collaboration, and respect
• Drive for Excellence by being agile, innovative and efficient
• Do What's Right by acting safely, ethically, and sustainably

A Day in the Life:
The primary role of the Maintenance Manager is to provide overall leadership and direction to the reliability function. This position is responsible to the Plant Manager and Regional Reliability Engineer for the safe, effective and efficient use of all manpower, materials, parts and other resources under their control as well as providing capacity, asset reliability and best life cycle cost to the operation. Under minimal direction, the Maintenance Manager is responsible for defining, implementing, and managing the systems, maintenance organization structure, and processes necessary to achieve and sustain the reliability mission. Through their efforts, a proactive culture which fosters open communication and trust that values reliability, efficiency and effective life cycle asset management is achieved.

What You'll Be Doing:
Facilitates excellent environmental, health and safety performance
Commitment to supply safe food, maintain a food safety culture within the site, continually improve the site's food safety management system; and comply with customer and regulatory requirements.
Develops and controls the maintenance budget that provides for optimized spending to achieve the agreed-upon capacity and asset reliability
Ensures Bunge standard reliability and maintenance work process are followed
Manages the reliability workforce, develops succession plans, skills assessments and training.
Manages the spare parts warehouse to maintain critical spares, minimize necessary inventory and automate materials requisition functions.
Periodically benchmarks current performance with internal and external sources to identify opportunities for improvement
Provides input on change management studies and signs off on the changes identified. Enforces Management of Change processes.
Ensures the reliability strategy is properly executed
Fosters a culture that does not tolerate equipment failures and seeks to understand and eliminate the causes using techniques such as Root Cause Analysis (RCA)
Implements organizational structure, systems, tools and technologies that promote a proactive approach to maintenance
Ensures effective use and integration of standard corporate work order planning, scheduling and materials kitting
Develops, recommends and implements strategies for improving the reliability of the manufacturing processes.
Demonstrate Bunge’s Core Values: Act as One Team, Drive for Excellence, and Do What’s Right

Skills/Experience
Bachelor's degree in Engineering or science technology, or equivalent work experience with minimum of 10 years’ experience in reliability and maintenance positions required
Minimum Level 1 certification in oil analysis, vibration analysis, ultrasonic, thermography preferred
Minimum of 5 years experience in Failure Modes & Effect Analysis required
Prior experience with standard corporate maintenance work flow processes
Demonstrated ability to lead Root Cause Failure Analysis reviews
Must possess a demonstrated high degree of tact in dealing with both plant staff and maintenance personnel
Strong verbal, written and listening communication skills required
Excellent administrative and analytical skills including intermediate to advanced knowledge of Excel
Demonstrated experience with CMMS (Computerized Maintenance Management System) or comparable system required, preferably experience in SAP Plant Maintenance and Materials Management Modules.

Commitment to supplying safe food, maintaining a strong food safety culture, continuously improving the site’s food safety management system, and complying with customer and regulatory requirements is essential.
Bunge offers a variety of benefits, including health and wellness plans, retirement contributions, and paid vacation and holidays.
This position is for an existing vacancy. The compensation range for this position is $124,860.00 to $ 156,000.00. Final compensation will be assessed based on selected candidate’s skills and level of experience. In addition to the regular compensation, this role is also eligible for an annual incentive bonus.
Bunge is an equal opportunity employer committed to cultivating a diverse culture. If you require accommodations due to a disability or other protected characteristic during the recruitment process, please contact us by sending an email to [email protected].

At Bunge (NYSE: BG), our purpose is to connect farmers to consumers to deliver essential food, feed and fuel to the world. As a premier agribusiness solutions provider, our team of ~34,000 dedicated employees partner with farmers across the globe to move agricultural commodities from where they’re grown to where they’re needed—in faster, smarter, and more efficient ways. We are a world leader in grain origination, storage, distribution, oilseed processing and refining, offering a broad portfolio of plant-based oils, fats, and proteins. We work alongside our customers at both ends of the value chain to deliver quality products and develop tailored, innovative solutions that address evolving consumer needs. With 200+ years of experience and presence in over 50 countries, we are committed to strengthening global food security, advancing sustainability, and helping communities prosper where we operate. Bunge has its registered office in Geneva, Switzerland and its corporate headquarters in St. Louis, Missouri. Learn more at Bunge.com.

Every day our people exemplify these values, which represent Bunge at its core:

• We Are One Team – Collaborative, Respectful, Inclusive
• We Lead The Way – Agile, Empowered, Innovative
• We Do What’s Right – Safety, Sustainability, With Integrity

If this sounds like you, join us! We value and invest in people who believe in our purpose and are excited to live it every day – people who are #ProudtoBeBunge