Engineer-P&M

Larsen & Toubro Limited; Abu Dhabi; On-site; AED 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Larsen & Toubro Limited in Abu Dhabi is seeking a Senior Maintenance Lead to oversee timely maintenance and repairs of heavy equipment, aiming to maximize uptime for user departments while controlling costs.

You will manage daily checks, plan preventive maintenance, coordinate with planning teams, ensure availability of spares, and monitor repair quality—driving reliability on large-scale construction and EPC projects in renewables.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering, Industrial Engineering, or related field.
• At least 5 years of plant and machinery management experience, including 5 years in a senior leadership role.
• Experience in large-scale construction or EPC projects; renewables preferred.
• Strong knowledge of heavy machinery, fleet management, and maintenance best practices.
• Excellent leadership, communication, and problem-solving skills.

Responsibilities

• Daily checks on operating parameters before deployment.
• Check hour meters, safety indicators, gauges, and battery condition.
• Plan and carry out periodical maintenance as per schedule and site conditions.
• Monitor maintenance tasks to ensure timely execution.
• Ensure spare parts and consumables stock levels to avoid downtime.
• Coordinate with P&M in-charge / Planning Engineer to minimize disruption.
• Inform P&M In-charge of items likely to fail to plan spares and repairs.
• Monitor equipment health after repairs by tracking operating parameters.
• Repairs planning and execution with priority, ensuring repair quality.
• Oversee external repairs, diagnose defects and take corrective action.
• Highlight defects due to faulty design/material and inform P&M In-charge / HQ.
• Pre-dispatch inspection repairs and use genuine spares.
• Inspect equipment from other sites and report deficiencies promptly.
• Maintain proper housekeeping of repair area.

Skills

Leadership

Communication

Problem solving

Fleet management

Maintenance best practices

Education

Bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering

Industrial Engineering

Related field

Job description

Job Summary

To do the timely maintenance & repairs of the equipment to reduce the down time and upkeep the equipment for its full availability to the user department’s maximum utilisation with m inimal cost.

Key Responsibilities

• Daily checks on the operating parameters of the equipment before deployment.
• Checking condition of Hour meter/ odometer safety Indicators/ Operating gauges/ Battery condition fitted in the equipment.
• Plan and carry out periodical maintenance on the equipment as per recommended periodicity and site conditions.
• Monitor maintenance tasks to ensure timely execution.
• Check on availability of maintenance spares and consumables at stores so that minimum stock level is always maintained to avoid downtime.
• Liaise with P&M in-charge / Planning Engineer to organize maintenance tasks so that there is minimum disruption of work.
• Inform P&M In charge regarding the items likely to fail in the near future to plan spares and repair tasks.
• Continuous monitoring of the health of the equipment by monitoring its operating parameters after the repairs.
• Repairs Planning and execution as per priority and ensure quality of repairs.
• Monitoring and control of external agency repairs, defect diagnosis and corrective action.
• Highlight any defects attributable to faulty design/ defective material and intimate details to P&M In charge, CPLMs/ HQ.
• Pre-dispatch Inspection repairs, Ensure genuine spares are used for reliable repairs.
• Inspection of equipment received from other sites & reporting of any deficiencies at once to site P&M In-charge.
• Proper house-keeping of repair area.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering, Industrial Engineering, or a related field.
• A minimum of 5 years of experience in plant and machinery management, with at least 5 years in a senior leadership role.
• Experience in managing equipment in large-scale construction or EPC projects, particularly in the renewables sector, is preferred.
• Strong knowledge of heavy machinery, fleet management, and maintenance best practices.
• Excellent leadership, communication, and problem-solving skills.