Area Maintenance Engineer

Syngenta Group • St. Gabriel, LA

7d

About The Position

As a world market leader in crop protection, we help farmers to counter these threats and ensure enough safe, nutritious, affordable food for all –while minimizing the use of land and other agricultural inputs.
Syngenta Crop Protection keeps plants safe from planting to harvesting. From the moment a seed is planted through to harvest, crops need to be protected from weeds, insects and diseases as well as droughts and floods, heat and cold.
Syngenta Crop Protection is headquartered in Switzerland.
The purpose of the Area Maintenance Engineer is to to ensure equipment availability and reliability of a production unit in the St. Gabriel plant. Maintain assigned unit in good operating condition (mechanical, electrical & instrumentation areas), with help of internal and external resources within budget constraints. Establish good communication with customers, and control expenses. Implement improvement measures, be responsible for small capital disbursements, participate & support plant wide safety and environmental initiatives.

Requirements

• B.S. in Mechanical Engineering required; experience in related field is a plus

Nice To Haves

• Previous plant expereience desired but not required.

Responsibilities

• Mechanical integrity of the unit/plant
• Maintain a safe & environmentally sound working environment (aid to continuously improve it
• Operate within alloted budget
• Initiate and control capitalizations
• Be customer-focused without losing track of business needs.
• Continuously improve working processes
• Equipment reliability improvements

Benefits

• A culture that celebrates belonging and collaboration, promotes professional development and strives for a work-life balance that supports the team members.
• Offers flexible work options to support your work and personal needs.
• Full Benefit Package (Medical, Dental & Vision) that starts your first day.
• 401k plan with company match, Profit Sharing & Retirement Savings Contribution.
• Paid Vacation, Paid Holidays, Maternity and Paternity Leave, Education Assistance, Wellness Programs, Corporate Discounts, among other benefits.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level