Asset Care Generalist-Farmer City, IL

Bayer CropScience Limited; Farmer City (IL); On-site; USD 97,000 - 145,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health care

Vision insurance

Dental

Retirement plan

PTO

Job summary

Bayer CropScience Limited in Farmer City, IL is seeking an Asset Care Generalist to champion maintenance programs and drive reliability. You will lead RCA teams, mentor technicians, and ensure OSHA/EPA compliance while partnering with engineers across sites.

Join a team focused on continuous improvement, asset integrity, and proactive maintenance strategies to support safe, efficient operations in seed manufacturing.

Qualifications

• High School Diploma with 7+ years of experience.
• Fluent in written and spoken English.
• Strong communication and leadership abilities.

Responsibilities

• Champion asset care and maintenance management systems.
• Collaborate across teams for continuous location improvements.
• Lead Root Cause Analysis and defect elimination teams.
• Ensure compliance with OSHA, EPA, and local regulations.
• Oversee asset management strategy and reliability initiatives.

Skills

English fluency

Leadership

Communication skills

Project leadership

Team player

Education

High School Diploma

BS in Agriculture/Engineering/Maintenance

Tools

CMMS

Job description

At Bayer we’re visionaries, driven to solve the world’s toughest challenges and striving for a world where 'Health for all Hunger for none’ is no longer a dream, but a real possibility. We’re doing it with energy, curiosity and sheer dedication, always learning from unique perspectives of those around us, expanding our thinking, growing our capabilities and redefining ‘impossible’. There are so many reasons to join us. If you’re hungry to build a varied and meaningful career in a community of brilliant and diverse minds to make a real difference, there’s only one choice.

Asset Care Generalist-Farmer City, IL

YOUR TASKS AND RESPONSIBILITIES

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

WHO YOU ARE

Required Qualifications

• 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;
• Proven experience leading and executing projects;
• Fluent in written and spoken English;

Preferred Qualifications

• 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;

Employees can expect to be paid a salary of approximately between $96,560.00 - $144,840.00. Additional compensation may include a bonus or commission (if relevant). Additional benefits include health care, vision, dental, retirement, PTO, sick leave, etc.. This salary (or salary range) is merely an estimate and may vary based on an applicant’s location, market data/ranges, an applicant’s skills and prior relevant experience, certain degrees and certifications, and other relevant factors. This posting will be available for application until at least 10/5/26

Bayer offers a wide variety of competitive compensation and benefits programs. If you meet the requirements of this unique opportunity, and want to impact our mission Health for all, Hunger for none, we encourage you to be part of something bigger. Be you. Be Bayer.

To all recruitment agencies: Bayer does not accept unsolicited third party resumes.

Bayer is an Equal Opportunity Employer/Disabled/Veterans

Bayer is a E-Verify Employer.

Location: United States : Illinois : Farmer City

Division: Crop Science

Reference Code: 886846

Bayer is committed to providing access and reasonable accommodations in its application process for individuals with disabilities and encourages applicants with disabilities to request any needed accommodation(s) using the contact information below.