Asset Care Leader: 24/7 Reliability & SAP Maintenance

Sugar Australia Pty.; Melbourne; On-site; AUD 120,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary and benefits

Health and wellbeing programs

Learning and career development

Job summary

Sugar Australia is seeking an Asset Care Manager to lead an experienced maintenance and reliability team at our Yarraville VIC site. You will develop asset care strategies to increase equipment reliability, uptime and safe operations while aligning with GMP and quality standards.

You will manage budgets and spares, drive continuous improvement, and collaborate with engineering on installation and commissioning to support total cost of ownership across our manufacturing facility.

Qualifications

• 15+ years of experience in engineering or trades with 10+ years in maintenance/reliability leadership.
• Experience leading teams to drive strong performance and continuous improvement.
• Strong commercial acumen with budgets, resources and stakeholder management.
• Experience in a 24/5 or 24/7 continuous manufacturing environment (food industry ideal).

Responsibilities

• Lead, coach and develop maintenance and reliability teams to drive performance and continuous improvement.
• Develop and implement proactive asset care strategies to improve reliability, performance and uptime.
• Manage maintenance budgets, resources and critical spare parts for cost-effective operations.
• Ensure maintenance activities align with site objectives, GMP, quality and safety standards.
• Plan and oversee maintenance shutdowns to optimise resources and minimise downtime.
• Drive continuous improvement in predictive and preventive maintenance programs.
• Manage contractors and resources to support 24/7 refinery and packing operations.
• Develop and implement a critical asset management framework and maintenance materials strategy.
• Monitor and report maintenance KPIs including reliability, safety, efficiency and cost.
• Collaborate with engineering to ensure equipment selection, installation and commissioning align with life-cycle objectives.

Skills

Leadership

Budgeting

Planning

Problem solving

Organisational skills

Continuous improvement

People development

Education

Tertiary qualification in Engineering, Maintenance, Asset Management or a related discipline

Tools

SAP

Job description

Sugar Australia is seeking an Asset Care Manager to lead an experienced maintenance and reliability team at our Yarraville VIC site. You will develop asset care strategies to increase equipment reliability, uptime and safe operations while aligning with GMP and quality standards.

You will manage budgets and spares, drive continuous improvement, and collaborate with engineering on installation and commissioning to support total cost of ownership across our manufacturing facility.