Asset Care & Engineer Manager

Job Description :

Job Title
Asset Care & Engineering Manager (Maintenance & Engineering Manager)

About Us:

With over 200 brands sold in nearly 180 countries, we’re the world’s leading premium drinks company. Bring your passion and use your curiosity as you explore, collaborate, and innovate to build brands consumers love. Together with passionate people from all over the world, you’ll test new ideas, learn and grow, and unlock a brighter, more exciting future.

Join us to build a career worth celebrating.

Which company will you join?

From Arthur Guinness to Johnnie Walker, our business was founded on people of outstanding character, and in 250 years, nothing has changed. We’re the world’s leading premium alcohol company! Our brands are industry icons including Johnnie Walker, Crown Royal, Bulleit and Buchanan's whiskies, Smirnoff, Cîroc and Ketel One vodkas, Captain Morgan, Baileys, Don Julio, Tanqueray and Guinness. Our success is thanks to the strength of our people, in every role. It’s why we trust them with our legacy and why we reward them with the career-defining opportunities that they deserve. Our ambition is to build the best performing, most trusted and respected Consumer Products Company in the world. To achieve these, we need the very best people!

At Diageo, our purpose is to celebrate life everywhere, every day. To do that, you will join an organization that is passionate about customers and consumers, and proud of what they do. Diageo teams constantly set high goals and then try hard to exceed them. We are also an incredibly diverse organization, and we value each and every one’s talent and personality.

About the role:

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.

Role Responsibilities:

· 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.

· Builds 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;

o Optimized inventory levels and service including required cycle counts.

o Assure that planned work has parts available and kitted before work starts.

o Minimize stock-outs for emergency work and have expediting capacity.

o Assure accurate stock keeping records and appropriate controls on parts based on valuation.

o Improve the reliability contribution of stocked parts and consumables.

o 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 though best in class techniques, methodologies, as well as 5S standards
 

Experience / skills required:

· BA/BS in Management, or Engineering with a minimum of 5 years of experience in fast pace 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 bottling activities, including machine operations, machine changeovers, start-up, shut-down, package quality, OSHA standards, and BATF compliance.

Flexible Working Statement:
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.

Rewards & Benefits Statement:
We recognise and value performance, offering our people a highly competitive Rewards and Benefits package including:
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Diversity statement:
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.
Our ambition is to create the best performing, most trusted and respected consumer products companies in the world. Join us and help transform our business as we take our brands to the next level and build new ones as part of shaping the next generation of celebrations for consumers around the world.
Feel inspired? Then this may be the opportunity for you.

Worker Type :

Regular

Primary Location:

Plainfield Plant

Additional Locations :

Job Posting Start Date :

2026-01-16

Salary Range:

Minimum Salary:

$100800

Maximum Salary:

$168000

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.  (Benefits/perks listed may vary depending on the nature of your employment with Diageo and the country where you work.)  The salary range displayed is the salary range for the role’s primary location.