Practitioner, Maintenance Process Improvement (MPI)

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Job Title: Practitioner, Maintenance Process Improvement (MPI)
Location: Decatur, IL, Midwest United States, USA

Company: Archer Daniels Midland Company (ADM)
Industry Sector: Agribusiness
Industry Type: Input Retail, Cooperative and Related Crop Services
Career Type: Maintenance/Repair
Job Type: Full Time

Job Description: Job Description

Maintenance Process Improvement (MPI) Practitioner - Decatur, IL or ADM site

***The ideal work location for this position would be Decatur, IL or another U.S.-based ADM site. This is not a remote-work opportunity and the individual must report into an ADM site regularly for work.

This is a full time, exempt-level position.

Job Summary:

The Maintenance Process Improvement (MPI) Practitioner role assesses, trains, coaches, implements, and ensures sustainability of Maintenance Process Improvement in the primary areas of Work Management and Planning/Scheduling, as well as the secondary areas of MRO (i.e. maintenance, repair and operations) and Warehousing at specifically-assigned, critical ADM plants.

This role works directly with the Plant Reliability Technology teams, Business Unit Reliability teams, and various site personnel. The person in this role is a leader in implementation, sustainability and continuous improvement. The MPI Practitioner will need to be able to quickly assess a maintenance organization and work management processes to determine gaps and the actions needed to close those gaps.

The MPI Practitioner may also be required to participate in ADM Task Force initiatives and ADM SWAT Team initiatives, which are highly-focused MPI execution initiatives. These initiatives will require the ability to be flexible, adaptable, and to be able to change course rapidly from the regular duties. The Task Force and SWAT Team initiatives are short duration and quick response in nature.

Specific Responsibilities:

Extensive travel required from home of residence to various assigned plants
Assess current level of maturity for assigned sites' CMMS (Computerized Maintenance Management System), MRO and Planning and Scheduling processes, determining gaps and determining the actions to close gaps
Develop plan with assigned sites for improving upon CMMS, MRO and Planning and Scheduling processes
Work closely with plant maintenance team, Business Unit Reliability teams and Plant Reliability Technology Center teams
Drive metrics, KPIs and monetary cost savings while improving safety, quality, delivery and cost
Implementation of effective usage of maintenance planning, scheduling and execution processes using ADM's chosen computerized maintenance management systems (CMMS)
Executes measurable and seeable improvements during every visit to a plant
Ensures visibility of KPIs, trend management
Provide/share foundational best-practices
Implement a sustainable process to close gaps
Determine monetary savings at the plant and drive that savings

Required Qualifications:

Bachelor's degree or higher in Engineering, or a similar technical discipline
8+ years of experience in industrial maintenance
Demonstrated knowledge of maintenance work management processes
Demonstrated experience leading and motivating people
Knowledge of Maximo, Akwire and possibly SAP
Electrical or mechanical experience in a manufacturing maintenance and engineering environment
Demonstrated communication skills and leadership experience
Excellent written and oral communication skills

Preferred Qualifications:

CMRP or similar technical maintenance-related certification

Excited about this role but don't think you meet every requirement listed? Studies have shown that applicants may "opt-out" if not meeting every requirement. We encourage you to apply anyway. You may be just the right candidate for this role or another one of our openings.

ADM requires the successful completion of a background check. Relocation assistance may be available for this opportunity.

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Job Post Date: 04/02/25