Maintenance Manager

Bunge Iberica SA; Kearny (NJ); On-site; USD 113,220 - 127,372; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health Benefits

401(k) Plan with company match

Parental leave and fertility coverage

Job summary

Bunge is seeking a Maintenance Manager in Kearny, NJ to lead reliability and maintenance across a plant, reporting to the Plant Manager and Regional Reliability Engineer. The role focuses on safe operations, optimizing asset life cycles, and driving continuous improvement in maintenance practices.

You will manage budgets, coordinate a skilled team, and ensure adherence to corporate processes while fostering a proactive culture focused on reliability, safety, and cost efficiency.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering or science technology, or equivalent work experience with 5+ years experience in reliability and maintenance positions required.
• Minimum Level 1 certification in oil analysis, vibration analysis, ultrasonic, thermography preferred
• Minimum of 5 years experience in Failure Modes & Effects Analysis required
• Prior experience with standard corporate maintenance work flow processes
• Demonstrated ability to lead Root Cause Failure Analysis reviews
• Must possess a demonstrated high degree of tact in dealing with both plant staff and maintenance personnel
• Strong verbal, written and listening communication skills required
• Excellent administrative and analytical skills including intermediate to advanced knowledge of Excel
• Demonstrated experience with CMMS (Computerized Maintenance Management System) or comparable system required, preferably experience in SAP Plant Maintenance and Materials Management Modules

Responsibilities

• Facilitates excellent environmental, health and safety performance
• Commitment to supply safe food, maintain a food safety culture within the site, continually improve the site's food safety management system, and comply with customer and regulatory requirements
• Develops and controls the maintenance budget that provides for optimized spending to achieve the agreed-upon capacity and asset reliability
• Ensures Bunge standard reliability and maintenance work process are followed
• Manages the reliability workforce, develops succession plans, skills assessments, and training
• Manages the spare parts warehouse to maintain critical spares, minimize necessary inventory, and automate materials requisition functions
• Periodically benchmarks current performance with internal and external sources to identify opportunities for improvement
• Provides input on change management studies and signs off on the changes identified. Enforces Management of Change processes
• Ensures the reliability strategy is properly executed
• Fosters a culture that does not tolerate equipment failures and seeks to understand and eliminate the causes using techniques such as Root Cause Analysis (RCA)
• Implements organizational structure, systems, tools, and technologies that promote a proactive approach to maintenance
• Ensures effective use and integration of standard corporate work order planning, scheduling, and materials kitting
• Develops, recommends, and implements strategies for improving the reliability of the manufacturing processes

Skills

Communication skills

Excel

Leadership

Root Cause Analysis

Analytical thinking

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering or science technology

Tools

SAP Plant Maintenance

CMMS

Job description

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Maintenance Manager

Date: Jul 13, 2026

Location: Kearny, NJ -New Jersey, US, 07032-5920

City : Kearny State : New Jersey (US-NJ) Country : United States (US) Requisition Number : 46650

Bunge has an exciting opportunity available for Maintenance Manager. In this role you will be part of a global team working on challenging, meaningful projects impacting core business activities. Since 1818, Bunge has been connecting farmers to consumers to deliver essential food, feed, and fuel to the world. Looking to the future, our ambition is to continuously reinvent ourselves, leveraging data to be at the forefront of analytics, technology and talent to accomplish our purpose in a better, faster and simpler way. Bunge is committed to operating and thriving in the digital world – creating world class agile teams where teammates are empowered and encouraged to collaborate and test and learn to succeed.

A Day in the Life:

The primary role of the Maintenance Manager is to provide overall leadership and direction to the reliability function. This position is responsible to the Plant Manager and Regional Reliability Engineer for the safe, effective and efficient use of all manpower, materials, parts and other resources under their control as well as providing capacity, asset reliability and best life cycle cost to the operation.

Under minimal direction, the Maintenance Manager is responsible for defining, implementing, and managing the systems, maintenance organization structure, and processes necessary to achieve and sustain the reliability mission. Through their efforts, a proactive culture which fosters open communication and trust that values reliability, efficiency, and effective life cycle asset management is achieved.

What You’ll Be Doing:

• Facilitates excellent environmental, health and safety performance
• Commitment to supply safe food, maintain a food safety culture within the site, continually improve the site's food safety management system, and comply with customer and regulatory requirements
• Develops and controls the maintenance budget that provides for optimized spending to achieve the agreed-upon capacity and asset reliability
• Ensures Bunge standard reliability and maintenance work process are followed
• Manages the reliability workforce, develops succession plans, skills assessments, and training
• Manages the spare parts warehouse to maintain critical spares, minimize necessary inventory, and automate materials requisition functions
• Periodically benchmarks current performance with internal and external sources to identify opportunities for improvement
• Provides input on change management studies and signs off on the changes identified. Enforces Management of Change processes
• Ensures the reliability strategy is properly executed
• Fosters a culture that does not tolerate equipment failures and seeks to understand and eliminate the causes using techniques such as Root Cause Analysis (RCA)
• Implements organizational structure, systems, tools, and technologies that promote a proactive approach to maintenance
• Ensures effective use and integration of standard corporate work order planning, scheduling, and materials kitting
• Develops, recommends, and implements strategies for improving the reliability of the manufacturing processes

Skills/Experience:

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering or science technology, or equivalent work experience with 5+ years experience in reliability and maintenance positions required
• Minimum Level 1 certification in oil analysis, vibration analysis, ultrasonic, thermography preferred
• Minimum of 5 years experience in Failure Modes & Effect Analysis required
• Prior experience with standard corporate maintenance work flow processes
• Demonstrated ability to lead Root Cause Failure Analysis reviews
• Must possess a demonstrated high degree of tact in dealing with both plant staff and maintenance personnel
• Strong verbal, written and listening communication skills required
• Excellent administrative and analytical skills including intermediate to advanced knowledge of Excel
• Demonstrated experience with CMMS (Computerized Maintenance Management System) or comparable system required, preferably experience in SAP Plant Maintenance and Materials Management Modules

• Health Benefits – Offering choices so you can enroll in medical, dental and vision plans that meet your individual needs.
• 401(k) Retirement Plan – Investing in your future with an automatic 5% company contribution AND matching up to 4% of your contributions.
• Family Support – Supporting new and growing families by providing 6 weeks of 100% paid parental leave and fertility coverage.
• Tuition Reimbursement – Contributing to your education by reimbursing $5,000 of tuition expenses annually.
• Time Off – Providing generous PTO based on professional work experience
• 0 – 9 years: 25 days
• 10 – 19 years: 30 days
• 20+ years: 35 days

The compensation range for this position is $113,220.00-$127,372.50. In addition to the regular compensation, this role is also eligible for an annual incentive bonus.

At Bunge (NYSE: BG), our purpose is to connect farmers to consumers to deliver essential food, feed and fuel to the world. As a premier agribusiness solutions provider, our team of ~34,000 dedicated employees partner with farmers across the globe to move agricultural commodities from where they’re grown to where they’re needed—in faster, smarter, and more efficient ways. We are a world leader in grain origination, storage, distribution, oilseed processing and refining, offering a broad portfolio of plant-based oils, fats, and proteins. We work alongside our customers at both ends of the value chain to deliver quality products and develop tailored, innovative solutions that address evolving consumer needs. With 200+ years of experience and presence in over 50 countries, we are committed to strengthening global food security, advancing sustainability, and helping communities prosper where we operate. Bunge has its registered office in Geneva, Switzerland and its corporate headquarters in St. Louis, Missouri. Learn more at Bunge.com.

Every day our people exemplify these values, which represent Bunge at its core:

• We Are One Team – Collaborative, Respectful, Inclusive
• We Lead The Way – Agile, Empowered, Innovative
• We Do What’s Right – Safety, Sustainability, With Integrity

If this sounds like you, join us! We value and invest in people who believe in our purpose and are excited to live it every day – people who are #ProudtoBeBunge

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