Senior Plant Reliability Manager

Farmer Veteran Coalition; St. Louis (MO); On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health Benefits

401(k) Retirement Plan

Parental leave (6 weeks)

Tuition Reimbursement

Generous PTO

Job summary

At Bunge, a global agribusiness leader, the Maintenance Manager in St. Louis leads reliability and maintenance strategy, directing a team to optimize capacity, asset life cycle costs, and safety performance.

You will drive standard workflows, manage the spare parts and budget, and implement proactive maintenance programs while partnering with Plant Management and Reliability Engineering. This role emphasizes RCA and continuous improvement across operations.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering or science technology, or equivalent work experience with 5+ years in reliability/maintenance.
• Minimum Level 1 certification in oil analysis, vibration analysis, ultrasonic, thermography preferred.
• Minimum of 5 years of experience in Failure Modes & Effects Analysis (FMEA).
• Experience with standard corporate maintenance workflow processes.
• Demonstrated ability to lead Root Cause Failure Analysis reviews.
• Must possess strong tact in dealing with plant staff and maintenance personnel.
• Strong verbal, written and listening communication skills.
• Intermediate to advanced Excel knowledge.
• Experience with CMMS (preferably SAP Plant Maintenance and Materials Management).

Responsibilities

• Facilitates excellent environmental, health and safety performance.
• Develops and controls the maintenance budget to optimize spending for capacity and asset reliability.
• Ensures standard reliability and maintenance work processes are followed.
• Manages the reliability workforce, develops succession plans, skills assessments and training.
• Manages the spare parts warehouse to maintain critical spares and automate materials requisition functions.
• Benchmarks performance to identify opportunities for improvement.
• Provides input on change management and signs off on changes.
• Enforces Management of Change processes.
• Executes reliability strategy and eliminates causes of equipment failures using RCA.
• Implements organizational structures, systems, tools and technologies for proactive maintenance.
• Ensures effective use of standard work orders, scheduling and materials kitting.
• Develops strategies to improve the reliability of manufacturing processes.

Skills

Leadership

Excel

Root Cause Analysis

Communication

Project Management

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering or science technology

Level 1 certification (oil analysis, vibration analysis, ultrasonic, thermography)

Tools

SAP Plant Maintenance

Materials Management Modules

Job description

At Bunge, a global agribusiness leader, the Maintenance Manager in St. Louis leads reliability and maintenance strategy, directing a team to optimize capacity, asset life cycle costs, and safety performance.

You will drive standard workflows, manage the spare parts and budget, and implement proactive maintenance programs while partnering with Plant Management and Reliability Engineering. This role emphasizes RCA and continuous improvement across operations.