Full-Time

Unit Maintenance Manager

Posted on 4/16/2025

Ingredion

Ingredion

5,001-10,000 employees

Global ingredient solutions provider for various markets

Compensation Overview

$98.8k - $131.7k/yr

+ Annual Incentive Plan + Commission + Bonus

Senior, Expert

Indianapolis, IN, USA

Relocation Available: Yes, Within Region

Category
Mechanical Maintenance and Reliability Engineering
Mechanical Engineering
Required Skills
SAP Products
Prometheus
Requirements
  • Demonstrated experience in setting expectations for staff in a manufacturing environment, including capability to perform effectively in high stress, emergency and crisis situations.
  • Ability to learn and apply Ingredion’s Safety, Quality, and Financial Safety standards.
  • Ability to communicate across functional lines and at all levels.
  • Strong communication and interpersonal skills, with proven ability to lead in a team environment, motivate, build consensus and foster positive relationships with team members and contractors.
  • Ability to evaluate personnel needs/effectiveness and implement effective development activities for salaried reports.
  • Ability to understand and integrate technical and business needs into all activities.
  • Demonstrated proficiency in troubleshooting production equipment and processes.
  • Experience with Computerized Maintenance Management Systems.
  • Experience in change management in a union facility.
Responsibilities
  • Establishing and maintaining safe work practices and environmental compliance. Contributing to the achievement of plant safety goals. Maintaining safe working conditions throughout the unit.
  • Being accountable for the execution of the short and long term maintenance planning, scheduling, and continuous improvement activities.
  • Analyzing relevant Key Performance Indicators to identify deviations and initiate corrective actions.
  • Managing asset risk in collaboration with the reliability team to ensure condition based monitoring compliance.
  • Developing and managing a unit maintenance budget.
  • Collaborating with procurement, reliability and engineering to determine spare parts inventory.
  • Initiating Management of Change (MOC) process as necessary.
  • Responsibility for vendor selection of non-core contractors from the approved vendor list.
  • Providing necessary bid packages to include scope of work, materials and equipment as required by Procurement staff.
  • Developing and implementing improvements to maintenance management practices. Driving cost awareness, control and reduction programs in order to meet or improve upon the financial goals of the unit and plant while protecting investment in current and future capital assets.
  • Using SAP, Prometheus, and other maintenance systems in support to drive the overall maintenance activities and continuous improvements.
  • Facilitating root cause problem elimination sessions.
  • Working with contractor leaders to oversee safety and quality of work and achievement of schedule.
  • Partnering with contractor leaders and site leaders to review workload, skills of manpower, and manage labor resources.
  • Maintaining an atmosphere of teamwork and joint accountability with the production units, recognizing mutual goals, accountabilities, and needs as well as building consensus in a positive manner with customers, suppliers, and team members.
  • Leading reliability, preventative maintenance and condition-based monitoring efforts and improvements.
  • Working closely with Operations in developing, implementing, and evaluating the risk of strategies to ensure the success of the Plant. Support Performance management activities and site development efforts to enhance the capability and provide ongoing personal development for direct reports.
Desired Qualifications
  • Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering or a related field strongly desired. CMRP certification desirable.
  • Experience in managing a maintenance department for a manufacturing environment including food, pharmaceutical, or refinery industries.
  • Experience in maintenance reliability, preventative maintenance, condition based monitoring, and root cause problem elimination techniques.
  • Knowledge of SAP system as it pertains to maintenance and accounting, a plus.
  • Use of KPIs for decision making and corrective action.
  • Experience in creating and adhering to department budget.
  • Computer literate with knowledge of Microsoft Office Software applications (i.e. Excel, Word, etc.).
  • Capacity to solve problems through creative, innovative solutions and challenge traditional methods of accomplishing tasks.

Ingredion provides ingredient solutions by transforming grains, fruits, vegetables, and other plant-based materials into products used in various markets, including food, beverages, animal nutrition, brewing, and industrial applications. Their process involves using these raw materials to create value-added ingredients that enhance the quality and functionality of their customers' products. Ingredion stands out from competitors by offering a collaborative approach through its Ingredion Idea Labs® innovation centers, where they work closely with customers to develop tailored solutions. The company's goal is to combine the potential of people, nature, and technology to improve lives and meet the diverse needs of their global customer base.

Company Size

5,001-10,000

Company Stage

IPO

Headquarters

Westchester, Illinois

Founded

1906

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Simplify's Take

What believers are saying

  • $100 million investment in Indianapolis aligns with plant-based ingredient demand.
  • Ingredion's clean-label starch taps into transparency and simplicity consumer trends.
  • Cedar Rapids expansion positions Ingredion for sustainable packaging market growth.

What critics are saying

  • Closure of Saskatchewan plant incurs a $66 million financial charge.
  • Increased competition in clean-label starch market challenges Ingredion's NOVATION Indulge 2740.
  • Algeria's sugar tax may reduce demand for Ingredion's products.

What makes Ingredion unique

  • Ingredion's NOVATION Indulge 2740 offers a clean-label alternative to carrageenan.
  • Partnership with Oobli accelerates demand for natural sweet proteins.
  • Investment in Cedar Rapids expands specialty starch capacity for sustainable packaging.

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