Maintenance Engineer

Limagrain is a global company with deep local roots. Our parent company is an agricultural cooperative based in the Limagne-Val d’Allier plain, in the heart of Central France’s Auvergne region, while we are an international seed and agri-food group with some 9,600 employees working in 53 countries.

As the 4th largest seed company in the world, we achieved sales of 2.522 billion euros in 2023-2024, with additional sales of 729 million euros from activities carried out in collaboration with our strategic partners.

HM.CLAUSE is a business unit of Limagrain (https://www.limagrain.com/), an international co-operative agricultural group, specializing in field seeds, vegetable seeds and cereal products.

With a team of 2,800 professionals in over 30 countries, we are dedicated to the sustainable solutions for the land, successful products for our customers, and intensive research and innovations for the future. HM Clause is a leading vegetable seeds company with successful product development for more than 200 years. Headquartered in France we have operations across countries like Mexico, USA, France, Spain, Italy, India, Vietnam and Thailand. We have a diverse set of customers, across regions, who engage with us at various touchpoints, to gain more information about our products and benefits. Considering our products are launched after years of R&D and the impact on the customer’s life is significant, our communication has been largely product benefits-led. In India, we have been operating for last 10 years and are known for our commercial brand – Clause seeds.

Function

R&D Operations

Main Goal

Maintenance Manager – R&D is responsible for ensuring high reliability, availability, and compliance of all infrastructure, equipment, and utilities supporting R&D operations in the seed industry. This includes laboratories, greenhouses, growth chambers, seed processing lines, and controlled environment systems. The role ensures uptime, precision environmental control, and adherence to safety and quality standards critical for research integrity

Job description

• Maintenance of all operational equipment’s.

• Carry out routine breakdown and annual maintenance as per requirement.

• Maintain important spare parts in inventory to avoid any work loss due to breakdown.

• Coordination with vendors for timely maintenance; AMC and installation of new machines.

• Train the team on the processes & safety practices.

• Manage the performance of his area of operation by regular tracking of his KPIs.

• Follow Permit system and LOTO during any Maintenance activities.

• Develop maintenance procedures and ensure implementation.

• Review and update SOP and WI in Aquarius.

• Develop Preventive Maintenance Schedule and follow the schedule.

• Support for new Equipment Trials and installations.

• Carry out inspections of the facilities to identify and resolve issues

• Check electrical and hydraulic systems of buildings to ensure functionality

• Plan and oversee all repair and installation activities

• Monitor equipment inventory and place orders when necessary

• Monitor expenses and control the budget for maintenance

• Manage relationships with contractors and service providers

• Keep maintenance logs and report on daily activities

• Follow 5S and perform 5S Audits in the function.

• Participate in Daily SIM and involve all team members.

• Participate in MSV and close all the action points as per timeline.

• Ensure health and safety policies are complied with the company policies.

• Strong interpersonal skills, team player, good communication skills; ability to establish good work relationship with Team.

• Planning and resource management skills - attention to details to understand situations and create systems and procedures

• Self-driven, with high organizational skills and capacity to problem solving and decision making

Skills

Accountability

Collaboration

Entrepreneurship

Respect

Communication

Computer Skills

Creativity/Innovation

Dependability

Integrity/Ethics

Initiative

Interpersonal Skills

Job Knowledge

Listening Skills

Managing Conflict

Problem Solving/Analysis

Teamwork

Technical Skills

Work Environment/Safety

Project Management

Your benefits and working environment

• Career Growth
• Diversity and Inclusion
• Gender Equality
• Employee Wellness
• Training and Development
• Safer Workplace
• Rewards and Recognition

Recruitment process

HM.CLAUSE committed to fostering a diverse and inclusive workplace where everyone feels valued, respected, and empowered to thrive

• Profile Screening
• Phone screening
• Interviews - 3 rounds
• Offer Discussion
• Offer Letter Issue
• Background Verification
• Pre Employment Medical Checkup
• Onboarding