Asset Care Manager

Diageo; Plainfield (IL); On-site; USD 101,000 - 168,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Healthcare benefits

Retirement benefits

Disability coverage

Life insurance

Wellness benefits

Parental leave

Job summary

Diageo in Plainfield, Illinois, is seeking an Asset Care & Engineering Manager to lead maintenance and engineering for the 24/7 spirits production site. You will drive MMS/TRACC based maintenance, supervise supervisors, planners, and spares clerks, and ensure GMP, safety and budget targets. The role emphasizes building maintenance competence, optimizing parts inventory, planning shutdowns, and delivering reliable equipment with cost discipline, while partnering with the Asset Care Director.

Qualifications

• BA/BS in Management or Engineering with 5+ years in fast paced canning/bottling.
• Experience leading managers and maintenance teams; strong budgeting/analytics.
• Familiarity with MMS, TRACC, SAP, GMP, OSHA and BATF compliance.

Responsibilities

• Lead Supervisors, maintenance planners and spares clerks across 24/7 operation.
• Lead planning in GMP, MSS, and housekeeping adherence.
• Identify and drive site engineering projects to improve asset care.
• Develop and maintain maintenance schedules, plans and reports.

Skills

Maintenance leadership

Budgeting & analytics

GMP/OSHA/BATF compliance

LEAN, Six Sigma

Plant reliability

Education

BA/BS in Management or Engineering

Tools

SAP

TRACC system

Job description

Job Description : Title: Asset Care & Engineering Manager (Maintenance & Engineering Manager) Hiring Manager: Director Asset Care We are a global leader in beverage alcohol with an outstanding collection of brands across spirits and beer! We produce an amazing assortment of over 200 brands – old and new, large and small, global and local – that are enjoyed in more than 180 countries around the world!

Context/Scope: The Plainfield facility is one of the largest spirits manufacturing sites in the world and is tasked with providing a wide array of adult beverage products to the North American business. Through the utilization of Manufacturing Management Systems (MMS) practices and associated TRACC system, the role will deliver best in class performance in all aspects of Safety, Quality, Morale, Service, Cost, Asset Care and Engineering. This will include leadership of a support service for the operations team that achieves optimum performance and reliability of equipment while delivering within agreed budgets. The successful candidate will own and drive the development of the maintenance competence across the site.

Key Outputs

• Lead group of Supervisors, Maintenance planners and engineering spares clerks across 24/7 operation.
• Lead planning team in the incorporation of Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP), performance of tasks per the Master Sanitation Schedule (MSS) and following of general housekeeping guidelines.
• Identify, lead, support and implement site engineering projects
• Become domain authority in Asset Care Planning related MMS topics to drive required change within planning organization while improving asset utilization and plant performance
• Based on MMS concepts, develops action driven work streams through use of TRACC system to foster overall maintenance maturity levels to achieve extraordinary standards.
• Build the capability and engagement of Maintenance Planners in order to deliver exceptional weekly plan for Maintenance Craft team execution
• Support overall site and maintenance P&L initiatives through close collaboration with Asset Care Director on overall maintenance expenditures
• Build machine hierarchy and BOM for new and existing equipment
• Liaison of maintenance planning group to other supported departments
• Lead standing meetings including PDR as well as MMS workstream related improve sessions
• Provide information and reporting for weekly and periodic Maintenance Planning meetings.
• Provide priority and approvals for maintenance requests processed within the planning group.
• Lead preparation of schedules, Gantt charts and management reports for shutdowns (major and minor) while presenting short to long range maintenance plans to partners.
• Develop planner reference systems including a file of Planned Job Packages for recurring jobs, plus labor and material libraries for each equipment center.
• Lead maintenance of crucial records and files and prepare and distributes accurate and meaningful management reports and Maintenance critical metrics.
• Proactively influences Capital Expenditure projects and budgets through collaboration with local engineering teams
• Optimize process flow through engineering spares including purchasing, purchase order maintenance, receiving and material kitting
• Develop and improve processes related but not limited to; Optimized inventory levels and service including required cycle counts.
• Assure that planned work has parts available and kitted before work starts.
• Minimize stock-outs for emergency work and have expediting capacity.
• Assure accurate stock keeping records and appropriate controls on parts based on valuation.
• Improve the reliability contribution of stocked parts and consumables.
• Control costs through planned inventory and elimination of obsolete stock.
• Supervise parts crib part inventory in an SAP environment including managing and tracking of critical spares, engineering spares inventory accuracy, and returns
• Lead projects to improve part crib operations
• Track maintenance work orders to supply needed parts
• Lead kitting area and stores through best in class techniques, methodologies, as well as 5S standards

Qualifications and Experience Required

BA/BS in Management, or Engineering with a minimum of 5 years of experience in fast pace canning / bottling plant; Consistent record of developing a team of Managers Knowledge of SAP, Planned Maintenance, Environmental and Quality Systems Strong analytical and budgeting skills LEAN, Six Sigma TPM, MMS, and/or Manufacturing Excellence experience Excellent organization skills along with the ability to handle multiple priorities, prioritize effectively, and manage time. MMS and TRACC system experience Thorough working knowledge and proven expertise in all areas of high speed canning / bottling activities, including machine operations, machine changeovers, start-up, shut-down, package quality, OSHA standards, and BATF compliance. Flexibility is key to our success. Talk to us about what flexibility means to you, so that you’re supported to manage your wellbeing and balance your priorities from day one.

Benefits and Salary

Worker Type: Regular

Primary Location: Lincolnway

Additional Locations:

Job Posting Start Date: 2026-07-01

PLAINFIELD, ILLINOIS: SALARY RANGE IS FROM $100,800 TO $168,000 (ANNUAL)

At Diageo certain roles are eligible for additional rewards, including annual incentive payment and stock awards. US-based employees are eligible for healthcare benefits, retirement benefits , short-term and long-term disability coverage, basic life insurance, wellness benefits and industry leading parental leave, among others.

• healthcare benefits
• retirement benefits
• short-term and long-term disability coverage
• basic life insurance
• wellness benefits
• industry leading parental leave
• among others

We recognise and value performance, offering our people a highly competitive Rewards and Benefits package including:

Our purpose is to celebrate life, every day, everywhere. And creating an inclusive culture, where everyone feels valued and that they can belong, is a crucial part of this.

We embrace diversity in the broadest possible sense. This means that you’ll be welcomed and celebrated for who you are just by being you. You’ll be part of and help build and champion an inclusive culture that celebrates people of different gender, ethnicity, ability, age, sexual orientation, social class, educational backgrounds, experiences, and more.

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