Maintenance Engineering Manager LATAM

Maintenance Engineering Manager LATAM

The Regional Maintenance Manager is a critical member of the LATAM Leadership Team (Brasil, Chile, Argentina, Mexico) and is responsible for driving equipment reliability, manufacturing innovation. This role provides strategic leadership for Maintenance, Reliability, Automation, and Capital Project functions, ensuring world-class performance in safety, quality, productivity, cost, and customer service. The successful candidate will lead the connection between Global and LATAM sites in maintenance and reliability performance.

What you’ll do

• Support to sites to develop and execute a comprehensive Asset Reliability Strategy incorporating preventive, predictive, condition-based, and reliability-centered maintenance methodologies to maximize equipment availability, extend asset life, and improve maintenance cost effectiveness

• Support sites to establish and monitor key performance indicators and implement corrective actions and continuous improvement initiatives as required for all manufacturing equipment, systems, and processes at the plant to achieve key operational, quality assurance, health and safety, and cost optimization goals

• Support sites to develop and execute plant automation, controls modernization, and Industry 4.0 initiatives to improve production performance, data visibility, equipment reliability, and operational efficiency

• Partner closely with Operations, Capital Investment, Health & Safety, and Finance to achieve plant performance objectives and strategic business goals.

• What makes you a good fit

• Minimum 5+ years’ experience in maintenance programs

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering; Master’s degree preferred

• Exceptional leadership, communication, and interpersonal skills with proven success leading multidisciplinary teams of Engineering, Maintenance, Controls/Automation, and Operations personnel

• Demonstrated expertise in preventive, predictive, and reliability-centered maintenance programs and the use of Computerized Maintenance Management Systems (CMMS)

• Competent knowledge and experience managing the implementation of process automation, controls systems, and network-connected instrumentation

• Demonstrated responsibility for operating budgets, maintenance spend, capital planning, and financial performance improvement initiatives.

• Preferred with SAP or equivalent ERP systems, CMMS platforms, Microsoft Office applications, project management tools, and CAD software.

• Fluent in English. Strong written and oral communication skills in English required for internal / external reporting and communication.

• 30% international travel required for management meetings

• At Henkel, we come from a broad range of backgrounds, perspectives, and life experiences. We believe the uniqueness of all our employees is the power in us. Become part of the team and bring your uniqueness to us! We welcome all applications across different genders, origins, cultures, religions, sexual orientations, disabilities, and generations.

Job Locations:

• Brazil, São Paulo, Jundiaí