Principal Advisor, Asset Management - Decatur, IL or ADM site

Job Description

Ideal work locations for this position include Decatur, Illinois;
Cedar Rapids, IA;
Des Moines, IA;
Erlanger, KY; or Lincoln, NE

This is a permanent, full-time, exempt-level position.

ADM is seeking a Principal Advisor in the Asset Management department to join a team focused on developing and deploying an Asset Management System aligned with ISO 55000.

This role will help prioritize, develop, and deploy relevant asset lifecycle process elements to various sites in the three business units.

The Principal Advisor is part of the team that advocates for lifecycle asset management through managing Asset Risk, Cost, and Performance to achieve Reliability and Maintainability objectives, supporting Availability and Overall Equipment Effectiveness.

• Developing asset management process elements (e.g., Asset Criticality, Work Management, Asset Integrity, Defect Elimination, Operational Readiness) and associated playbooks, process flows, guidance, and tools
• Collaborating with sites to deploy process elements, demonstrate results, and ensure programs are sustainable
• Supporting development of ADM's asset management governance model, assessment, and guidance
• Supporting development of ADM's asset management assurance program aligned with ADM's integrated management system
• Collaborating with sites to develop Asset Management Plans
• Developing and applying program documentation including
  • Context and purpose
  • Strategies and plans
  • Process flows
  • Responsibilities & Accountability charts
  • Workshop materials
  • Assessments
  • Administrative documents

The ideal candidate will be a self-starter who is passionate about asset management, reliability, and maintenance, and is an effective communicator.

The Principal Advisor will collaborate with operations, maintenance, engineering, projects, training, safety, risk and other group functions for alignment and delivery.

This role requires proficiency with the creation of MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Visio documents as well as developing and managing PowerBI dashboards and related data files.

• Deploy field assessments for each process element and identify gaps in performance referencing relevant standards and/or benchmarks
• Actively assist processing facilities' staff in closing these gaps - requires field work
• Develop and deliver kick-off, progress report, and close-out presentations.
• Create templates and guidance documents to assist processing facilities' staff in creating asset management strategies and asset management plans, including:
  • Align policy, objectives and approaches for managing the asset portfolio and systems
  • Decision-making framework
  • Objectives and approach to be used to achieve the strategy
  • Detail time frames relevant to the achievement of the strategy
  • Identify capabilities needed to achieve the objectives
  • Develop plans to achieve recommended and agreed objectives:
    • Activities, resources, timelines required for a business unit or plant (site) to achieve their objectives;
    • Reference to relevant strategy

• Creates the asset lifecycle process elements as outlined in the Asset Management Framework
• Executes assessments at the plant facilities to measure gaps against standards, industry-recognized benchmarks, and ADM's Asset Management Framework
• Serves as a resource to implement the asset management processes for the business
• Plans deployment
• Engages stakeholders
• Drives execution
• Monitors and reports implementation status
• Create benchmark methodology, collect and organize data for use on asset lifecycle process element assessments and deployment reporting
• Travel to operating facilities as needed (approximately 25-50%)

• Bachelor's degree in engineering or other STEM discipline
• 5+ years' of progressive experience in plant leadership roles with a focus on asset management, engineering, and business improvement
• Demonstrated ability to work at a plant facility and provide value
• Demonstrated ability to manage multiple projects and priorities, ability to pivot when priorities change
• Effective communication skills, ability to produce and deliver presentations to senior management
• Advanced skills in MS Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Visio
• Ability to travel to operating facilities as needed (25-50%)

• CMRP, CRE, PMP or similar certification
• 5+ years' experience implementing maintenance, reliability or asset management systems, example ISO 55001, PAS 55 or other
• Experience with PowerBI

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

Base pay offered may vary depending on multiple individualized factors, including market location, job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. Hourly and salaried non-exempt employees will also be paid overtime pay when working qualifying overtime hours.

If hired,…