Asset Care & Reliability Leader

Wilmar Sugar; Melbourne; On-site; AUD 170,000 - 210,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Health program

Career development

Collaborative culture

Product range access

Job summary

Sugar Australia is seeking an experienced Asset Care Manager to lead asset care strategies at our Yarraville site. You will drive reliability, plan maintenance, and manage budgets and resources to support safe, efficient operations.

Reporting to Site Operations Manager, you will develop proactive asset care programs, lead maintenance teams, collaborate with engineering, and deliver KPI reporting on reliability, safety, and cost performance.

Qualifications

• Minimum 15 years’ experience in engineering or trades, including at least 10 years in a maintenance or reliability leadership role.
• Tertiary qualification in Engineering, Maintenance, Asset Management or a related discipline.
• Proven leadership and team management skills, with the ability to coach, mentor, and develop staff.
• Strong commercial acumen, with experience managing budgets, resources and stakeholder relationships.
• Experience working in a 24/5 or 24/7 continuous manufacturing environment, ideally within the food industry.
• Experience using SAP for maintenance management.
• Knowledge of industrial relations is desirable.

Responsibilities

• Leading, coaching and developing the maintenance and reliability teams to drive strong performance and continuous improvement.
• Developing and implementing proactive asset care strategies to improve equipment reliability, performance and uptime.
• Managing maintenance budgets, resources and critical spare parts to ensure cost-effective maintenance operations.
• Ensuring maintenance activities align with site objectives, budget requirements, GMP, quality and safety standards.
• Planning and overseeing maintenance shutdowns to optimise resources and minimise operational downtime.
• Driving continuous improvement in predictive and preventative maintenance programs to improve reliability and cost efficiency.
• Managing contractors and maintenance resources to support 24/7 refinery and packing operations.
• Developing and implementing a critical asset management framework and maintenance materials strategy.
• Monitoring and reporting on maintenance KPIs, including reliability, safety, efficiency and financial performance.
• Collaborating with the engineering team to ensure equipment selection, installation and commissioning align with site reliability objectives and total cost of ownership.

Skills

Asset management

Maintenance leadership

Continuous improvement

Planning

Team coaching

Stakeholder management

Education

Engineering degree

Asset Management qualification

Tools

SAP

Maintenance software

Job description

Sugar Australia is seeking an experienced Asset Care Manager to lead asset care strategies at our Yarraville site. You will drive reliability, plan maintenance, and manage budgets and resources to support safe, efficient operations.

Reporting to Site Operations Manager, you will develop proactive asset care programs, lead maintenance teams, collaborate with engineering, and deliver KPI reporting on reliability, safety, and cost performance.