Plant Maintenance Manager

About Ingredion:

Join Ingredion where innovation impacts lives worldwide! Without even realizing it youve experienced our work in your favorite chocolate your pets food the paper you write on and your everyday snacks. As a global powerhouse across more than 60 industries we harness the potential of natural ingredients to transform lives. Whether youre just starting your career or bringing years of experience theres a place for you here to make a real difference. Be part of our team that values a wide range of perspectives and is committed to shaping a better world with every product we create.

Location: Argo

Workplace type: On-Site

Join Ingredion as a Plant Maintenance Manager and take the lead in driving reliability performance and innovation at our Argo this role you will shape the future of our maintenance operations by implementing modern technologies developing technical talent and ensuring safe efficient and highquality production. If you are looking to make a real impact at a global leader while growing your career this is the place to do it.

As a Plant Maintenance Manager you will lead the performance and reliability of all plant assets by managing key maintenance and reliability indicators developing technical talent and embedding disciplined routines that strengthen KPI ownership across the operation. You will empower teams with the autonomy and agility needed to make sound decisions that drive safe efficient and reliable plant performance.

You will oversee active outsourced maintenance contracts collaborate with purchasing to cultivate strong supplier partnerships and ensure service providers meet operational this role you will lead assetreliability strategies deploying innovative technologies and maintenance methodologiessuch as Six Sigma Applied Statistics Predictive and Proactive Analysis RCM FMEA WCM advanced tools and Digital Manufacturingto extend asset life and eliminate nonvalueadded activities.

You will be accountable for ensuring safety meeting cost targets improving workforce capability and driving factory productivity while maintaining the highest quality standards.

This role reports to the Senior Manager Maintenance Reliability and Utilities and oversees a team of seven.

What you will do:

• Implement a structured standardized maintenance management system across the plant and ensure alignment with ISObased maintenance strategies.
• Coordinate maintenance resources and serve as the interface between maintenance units managing purchase orders service contracts and supplier relationships to reduce costs and optimize capital use.
• Manage the preventive maintenance calendar for machinery equipment and processes prioritizing by criticality and ensuring visibility of planned downtime.
• Provide analytical support through technical documentation reviews maintenance studies reporting dashboards and indicator tracking to enable equipment and process improvement.
• Support maintenance teams and safety/environmental functions in meeting Occupational Health and Safety regulatory requirements.
• Develop training materials standard procedures and upskilling planspromoting consistent SAP/PM usage predictive maintenance practices and technician capability growth.

What you will bring:

• Degree in Mechanical Electrical or Electronics & Automation Engineering with experience in maintenance planning scheduling execution reliability tools and thirdparty management.
• Strong functional knowledge of electrical and mechanical industrial equipment along with handson expertise in SAPPM implementation and daily system use.
• Proficient in Office applications with advanced SAP capability.
• Advanced technical skills in programming maintenance planning/control KPI management rootcause tools project and cost management RCM and FMEA.
• Ability to standardize processes leverage reliability methodologies and apply engineering expertise to optimize equipment and industrial processes.

Who you are:

• Develop training materials and tutorials to build SAP/PM proficiency and establish standardized procedures for technicians and predictive maintenance practices to improve efficiency and consistency.
• Identify team knowledge gaps and create targeted upskilling plans to strengthen technical capability and workforce readiness.
• Support compliance with safety environmental and operational standards by ensuring maintenance teams understand and follow established processes.
• Demonstrate strong interpersonal and collaborative skillsincluding communication empathy teamwork organization reliability and proactive problemsolvingto foster a positive and highperforming work environment.
• Exhibit ownership commitment and a growth mindset with aspirations for leadership driving continuous improvement within the maintenance organization.

Why Join Ingredion

Discover why Ingredion is the ideal place to advance your career with our exceptional rewards and benefits package designed to help you thrive. Create the future with us and enjoy:

• Total Rewards Package Competitive salary and performance-based pay recognizing your contributions to our success.
• Comprehensive Benefits & Wellness Support Health long-term savings and resources for your physical mental and emotional well-being
• Career Growth Learning training and development opportunities including tuition reimbursement.
• Employee Recognition Program A culture of real-time appreciation with personalized recognition rewards globally
• Employee Discount Program Provides exclusive discounts on everyday products services and travel.

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We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. Ingredion seeks to provide a work environment that is free from harassment and discrimination. We will not tolerate any form of discrimination based on race color religion age gender gender identity gender expression national origin ancestry handicap or disabilitymental or physicalmarital status sexual orientation veteran status disability resulting from military service or any other classification protected by law (protected classifications). We are committed to establishing and maintaining a work environment where everyone is treated with dignity and respect.

Ingredion provides accommodations to job applicants with disabilities throughout the hiring process. If a job applicant requires an accommodation during the application process or through the selection process we will work with the applicant to meet the job applicants accommodation needs.

Ingredion uses AI-enabled tools to support parts of the recruitment process including resume screening and interview scheduling. These tools help match candidate skills to job requirements and streamline communication. All AI-assisted decisions are reviewed by our Talent Acquisition team to ensure fairness and compliance with applicable laws. By applying you acknowledge that AI may be used to support your application journey.

Relocation Available:

Pay Range:

This pay range is not a guarantee of compensation or salary. Final base salary will be determined based on several factors which may include but are not limited to responsibilities of the job education experience knowledge skills and abilities as well as internal equity alignment with market data and applicable bargaining agreement (if any).

Incentive Compensation:

As a part of the total compensation package this role may be eligible for the Ingredion Annual Incentive Plan or a role-specific commission/bonus.

Benefits:

Full-time roles are eligible for our comprehensive benefits package which includes medical dental and vision coverage as well as a 401(k) plan with an competitive company match.