Assistant Manager / Manager - Maintenance

JobItUs; Ankleshwar; On-site; INR 800,000 - 1,200,000; Full time

Job summary

JobItUs is seeking a maintenance leader to oversee plant equipment, ensure high availability, and drive continuous improvement in a chemical production setting.

You will lead a maintenance team, implement preventive maintenance, manage budgets, and coordinate with multiple departments for smooth plant operations.

Qualifications

• Plant-level maintenance experience in chemical plants.
• Experience with mechanical mixing of materials.
• Strong budgeting and leadership skills.

Responsibilities

• Manage the maintenance team to ensure machine availability in each shift.
• Adhere to daily and weekly PM checks to ensure smooth operation.
• Ensure full preventative maintenance is carried out and plan missed activities.
• Manage introduction of new machinery with relevant departments.
• Perform root cause analysis and resolve problems.
• Provide technical expertise to the team.
• Stay updated on changes affecting machinery and advise Plant Head.
• Oversee on-site contractors to ensure services meet requirements.

Skills

Maintenance management

Budgeting & cost control

Root cause analysis

Cross-functional leadership

Calibration & instrumentation

Job description

Job description

• Manage the maintenance team to ensure machine availability in each shift. Effectively resolve maintenance issues and manage small improvement projects
• Adhere to daily and weekly PM checks to ensure smooth operation of site
• Ensure full preventative maintenance is carried out. Track, plan and carry out missed maintenance activities.
• Manage the maintenance team to ensure machine availability in each shift.
• Optimise equipment to required level of working and quality of output.
• Ensure routine calibration of instrumentation.
• Manage the introduction of new machinery to full installation in collaboration with all relevant departments.
• Perform root cause analysis and resolve problems
• Provide technical expertise to the team
• Stay current and up to date on any changes that may affect the functioning of machinery and advise the Plant Head of any impact
• Manage contractors on site to ensure that they deliver required services.

Knowledge of Budgetary Control

• Prepare the annual Maintenance budget. Manage the budget from identification to completion of projects
• Predict Spares requirement, Manage and maintain stock of essential spares

Relationship Management

• Work as part of the Plant Management team to share ideas and improve operation, recommending, supporting, and implementing continuous improvement activities and process and procedure improvements to optimise results and improve quality of delivery, in line with quality standards requirements delivery in line with Company and Customer requirements
• Ensure an effective interface with other departmental staff is maintained

Self-Management

• A self-starter, motivated and able to positively motivate his team
• Focused and target driven with a positive, can-do attitude

Skills and Attributes

• Ability to manage a variety of cross-functional team members
• Excellent organizational and follow-up skills
• Competent in problem solving, team building, planning and decision making
• Cost conscious

• Plant level experience in managing maintenance in chemical plants primarily handling mechanical mixing of materials like sealants or similar viscous materials.
• Technical capability and understanding

Desired Skills

Responsible for overall Maintenance Activity of Plant