Asset Care Manager

Diageo • Plainfield, IL

9d • $100,800 - $168,000 • Onsite

About The Position

The Asset Care & Engineering Manager leads maintenance planning, engineering support, and engineering spares operations at the Plainfield spirits manufacturing facility. The role supports a 24/7 operation and is responsible for developing maintenance capability, improving equipment reliability and asset utilization, and delivering strong performance in safety, quality, morale, service, cost, asset care, and engineering through Manufacturing Management Systems (MMS) and the TRACC system.

The position leads supervisors, maintenance planners, and engineering spares clerks; develops planning practices and maintenance maturity; and supports site engineering projects, capital expenditure initiatives, and maintenance budgets. It also oversees maintenance planning information and schedules, equipment hierarchies and bills of materials, work-order parts supply, and the inventory, kitting, and control of engineering spares in SAP. The role collaborates with site operations, engineering, and other supported departments and leads recurring meetings and improvement workstreams.

Requirements

• Bachelor of Arts or Bachelor of Science degree in Management or Engineering.
• At least 5 years of experience in a fast-paced canning or bottling plant.
• Consistent record of developing a team of managers.
• Knowledge of SAP, planned maintenance, and environmental and quality systems.
• Strong analytical and budgeting skills.
• Excellent organizational skills and the ability to handle multiple priorities, prioritize effectively, and manage time.
• Thorough working knowledge and proven expertise in high-speed canning or bottling activities, including machine operations, changeovers, start-up, shut-down, package quality, OSHA standards, and BATF compliance.

Nice To Haves

• Experience with LEAN, Six Sigma, TPM, MMS, and/or Manufacturing Excellence.
• Experience with MMS and the TRACC system.

Responsibilities

• Lead supervisors, maintenance planners, and engineering spares clerks across a 24/7 operation.
• Lead the planning team in incorporating Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP), completing tasks under the Master Sanitation Schedule (MSS), and following housekeeping guidelines.
• Identify, lead, support, and implement site engineering projects.
• Serve as the domain authority for Asset Care Planning MMS topics and drive change in the planning organization to improve asset utilization and plant performance.
• Develop action-oriented workstreams using the TRACC system to improve maintenance maturity.
• Build maintenance planner capability and engagement to deliver an effective weekly plan for maintenance craft execution.
• Support site and maintenance P&L initiatives in collaboration with the Asset Care Director.
• Build machine hierarchies and bills of materials for new and existing equipment.
• Liaise between the maintenance planning group and supported departments.
• Lead standing meetings, including PDR and MMS workstream improvement sessions.
• Provide information and reporting for weekly and periodic maintenance planning meetings.
• Set priorities and approve maintenance requests processed by the planning group.
• Lead preparation of schedules, Gantt charts, and management reports for major and minor shutdowns, and present short- and long-range maintenance plans to partners.
• Develop planner reference systems, including planned job packages for recurring jobs and labor and material libraries for each equipment center.
• Maintain crucial records and files and prepare and distribute accurate management reports and maintenance metrics.
• Influence capital expenditure projects and budgets in collaboration with local engineering teams.
• Optimize engineering-spares processes, including purchasing, purchase-order maintenance, receiving, and material kitting.
• Improve inventory levels and service, including required cycle counts; ensure planned work has parts available and kitted; minimize emergency-work stock-outs; maintain accurate stock records and controls; improve the reliability contribution of stocked parts and consumables; and control costs through planned inventory and elimination of obsolete stock.
• Supervise parts-crib inventory in SAP, including tracking critical spares, maintaining engineering-spares inventory accuracy, and handling returns.
• Lead projects to improve parts-crib operations.
• Track maintenance work orders to supply required parts.
• Lead the kitting area and stores using best-in-class techniques, methodologies, and 5S standards.

Benefits

• Highly competitive rewards and benefits package.
• Healthcare benefits for US-based employees.
• Retirement benefits for US-based employees.
• Short-term and long-term disability coverage for US-based employees.
• Basic life insurance for US-based employees.
• Wellness benefits for US-based employees.
• Industry-leading parental leave for US-based employees.
• Additional rewards may include an annual incentive payment and stock awards, depending on role eligibility.
• Flexibility and support for employee wellbeing and work-life priorities.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Manager