• Own and drive the Maintenance CAPEX project intake and prioritization processes for the EMEAI Legacy business units.
• Align with global and regional stakeholders to apply a standardized, transparent methodology for CAPEX investment decisions.
• Support and maintain the 5-year Maintenance CAPEX plan, ensuring consistency, rigor, and business alignment.
• Lead the Maintenance CAPEX Committee governance forums, including pre-screening and validation of proposals.

• Ensure all project proposals on critical equipment are supported by technical condition reports, risk analysis and repair vs. replacement evaluations.

• Collaborate with SMEs, Maintenance teams, and Mechanical Integrity to assess critical equipment and recommend actions based on condition.
• Apply Design for Reliability (DfR), Life Cycle Costing (LCC), and other reliability tools to support investment decisions.
• Guide sites in building business cases that consider risk, reliability, maintainability, and strategic asset management.

• Develop and maintain tracking tools and dashboards to monitor the Maintenance CAPEX project pipeline, approvals, and execution progress.
• Ensure alignment between project execution and reliability/maintenance best practices (e.g., STM, FMEA, RCFA).
• Track cash flow forecasting, approvals (AFE), and project KPIs in coordination with Finance and Capex Tech Centre.

• Act as liaison between local maintenance, R.T.C. Team, project engineering, and the EMEAI Capex Technical Committee.
• Coach plant and functional teams in following the Maintenance CAPEX SOP and reliability-based justification process.
• Contribute to continuous improvement of the SOP and support its formalization and deployment (trainings, governance, documentation).

• A bachelor's or master's degree in mechanical engineering or a related field.
• Extensive experience in maintenance, reliability, or capital project environments within industrial or process industries.
• Proven experience in managing CAPEX investment processes, portfolio oversight, and technical assessments of equipment condition.
• Solid knowledge of reliability engineering methodologies (RCM, FMEA, LCC, DfR, CMMS, asset strategy).
• Proven skills in risk-based decision-making, cost-benefit analysis, and lifecycle thinking.
• Proficient in project portfolio management, budgeting, and investment justification tools (NPV, PVI, Kinney matrix).
• CMRP, PMP, or PfMP certification preferred.
• Fluent in English. Other European languages are a plus (German preferred).
• Willingness to travel (~10%-30%) across European manufacturing sites.

• Challenging tasks, short decision-making processes and a high level of personal responsibility in a modern work environment with flexible work time models
• Room for innovative thinking and growth with the possibility to manage your own career path.
• A company culture which promotes continuous learning and diversity. To assist with this all colleagues are able to join our Women's and Multicultural Employee Resource Groups, and the ADM Pride Employee Network and the Young Professionals Network. As well as the company wide mentorship program as mentor or mentee.
• Excellent career opportunities in a world leading nutrition company.

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