Maintenance Manager

Confidential Jobs; Sharjah; On-site; AED 60,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player seeks a Maintenance Manager with extensive experience in the meat processing sector. This role involves overseeing preventive maintenance, managing costs, and ensuring compliance with quality and safety standards. You will play a crucial role in enhancing plant productivity and developing supplier relationships while coaching your team for optimal performance. If you're passionate about driving continuous improvement and maintaining high operational standards, this opportunity is perfect for you.

Qualifications

• Minimum 8 years’ experience in a similar position in a meat processing environment.
• Strong knowledge of maintenance and repair of production lines.

Responsibilities

• Manage preventive maintenance and repair of production lines for higher productivity.
• Develop alternative suppliers for maintenance activities and ensure compliance with standards.

Skills

Preventive Maintenance

Cost Control

Supplier Negotiation

Regulatory Compliance

Coaching and Development

Education

B.E. / B.Tech. in Mechanical/Electrical

Job description

Responsibilities

1. Manage the preventive maintenance and repair of production lines to ensure higher plant productivity.
2. Support Production in attainment of Daily Production Plan.
3. Exercise regular cost control measures to keep the cost of parts & services at low levels to ensure maintenance expenses are kept on budget.
4. Develop alternative suppliers, ensuring the factory has local support for regular and emergency maintenance activities, avoiding extended breakdowns.
5. Select, negotiate, and approve the service providers/suppliers, spare parts to be ordered, and preventive maintenance schedules.
6. Advise on appropriate investments to drive continual improvement, including repairs, alterations to existing facilities, and additions.
7. Develop request for proposal documentation with required details, and submit to suppliers for project bidding.
8. Work with the HSEQ Department to proactively raise the plant standards.
9. Maintain accurate documentation of maintenance activities in line with regulatory requirements.
10. Ensure adherence to SOPs, Quality, Food Safety & Halal Standards, and other regulatory and customer requirements.
11. Manage and coordinate with the Quality Department to resolve maintenance-related customer complaints.
12. Identify and follow up with HR to fill existing vacancies and establish new job roles.
13. Coach each direct report for personal development and performance against their work plan.
14. Maintain the required spare parts stock, avoiding unnecessary items and shortages of important items.

KPI's

• Plant Output (Actual downtime/Total plant running time)
• Number of complaints related to product specs (linked to machines)
• Maintenance Expenses (Actual maintenance expenses vs. budgeted)
• Maintaining conversion cost
• Unplanned downtime (%) related to maintenance affecting the OEE
• Plant Maintenance (% of preventive maintenance plan executed)
• Maintaining Cold Chain (Actual temperature vs. required temperature)
• Electricity and water consumed per kg of production
• Mean time between failure
• Mean time to repair

Qualifications

• B.E. / B.Tech. (Mechanical/Electrical) with minimum 8 years’ experience in a similar position in a meat processing environment.