Asset Care Generalist-Farmer City, IL

Bayer•Farmer City, IL

7d•$96,560 - $144,840•Onsite

About The Position

At Bayer, we are visionaries driven to solve the world's toughest challenges and striving for a world where 'Health for all Hunger for none' is a reality. We are looking for an Asset Care Generalist in Farmer City, IL, to play a key role in championing and executing Asset Care and User-Driven Maintenance Management Systems. This role involves active collaboration across teams to ensure shared accountability and continuous improvement within the assigned location. The Asset Care Generalist will serve as the go-to collaborator for maintenance, reliability, and integrity performance, partnering across teams to drive initiatives and elevate standards. This position also champions compliance with applicable regulations, working closely with authorities at federal, state, and local levels, and leverages CMMS systems to lead regional excellence in Reliability & Integrity, driving transparency and continuous improvement. The role consults on Mechanical & Electrical Integrity and equipment reliability, guiding decisions on inspection strategy, material selection, weld quality, and rotating asset performance. Additionally, the Asset Care Generalist partners with technicians and engineers to resolve equipment issues and ensures compliance with regulations set by federal (OSHA and EPA), state, and local authorities. The role oversees the implementation of asset management strategy, including Asset Criticality Analysis, Failure Mode and Effects Analysis, and preventive/predictive maintenance, and leads cross-functional Root Cause Analysis (RCA)/Defect Elimination teams using structured problem-solving to resolve recurring asset challenges and build long-term resilience.

Requirements

High School Diploma with 7+ years of experience.
Self-driven, effective both independently and as a leader.
Strong team player; works well across all levels of the organization.
Excellent communication, listening, and interpersonal skills.
Strong organizational, presentation, analytical, and problem-solving skills.
Proven experience leading and executing projects.
Fluent in written and spoken English.

Nice To Haves

BS in Agriculture, Engineering, Maintenance, or related field with 4+ years' experience.
Background in mechanical, chemical, electrical/instrumentation, or electromechanical engineering.
Expertise in reliability-centered maintenance and asset performance management.
Strong cross-functional technical knowledge.
Experience with design, operation, and maintenance of rotating and stationary equipment, including piping.
Understanding of process control technology.
Confident communicator with strong interpersonal and influencing skills in multidisciplinary settings.
Performance tuning, testing of various equipment and controls.
Maintain coding, compliance, & security standards.
Builds application for various user environments.
Supports the Regional Automation Engineer.
Maintains existing control systems, ensuring equipment reliability, on stream time and safety of the seed manufacturing production operations.
Understand company core logic, standard HMI logic, and IT process control network.
Ability to install, start-up, and commission smaller scale automation/control improvement projects and support small scale capital projects implemented at site.
Perform PLC, HMI programming and IT management efforts at site.
Be the technical resource for site production and control system support.

Responsibilities

Championing and executing the Asset Care and User-Driven Maintenance Management Systems.
Actively collaborating across teams to ensure shared accountability and continuous improvement within their assigned location.
Serving as the go-to collaborator for maintenance, reliability, and integrity performance—partnering across teams to drive initiatives and elevate standards.
Championing compliance with applicable regulations, working closely with authorities across federal, state, and local levels.
Leveraging CMMS systems to lead regional excellence in Reliability & Integrity, driving transparency and continuous improvement.
Consulting on Mechanical & Electrical Integrity and equipment reliability—guiding decisions on inspection strategy, material selection, weld quality, and rotating asset performance.
Partnering with technicians and engineers to resolve equipment issues—ensure compliance with regulations set by federal (OSHA and EPA), state and local authorities.
Overseeing the implementation of asset management strategy, including Asset Criticality Analysis, Failure Mode and Effects Analysis, and preventive/predictive maintenance.
Leading cross-functional Root Cause Analysis (RCA)/Defect Elimination teams, using structured problem-solving to resolve recurring asset challenges and build long-term resilience.
Collaborating with Site Leadership Team, Unit Leads, Network Offsite Support, Equipment Vendors and Engineering teams.