Maintenance Engineer

HARTING MANUFACTURING INDIA PRIVATE LIMITED; Chennai; On-site; INR 1,800,000 - 2,400,000; Full time

Job summary

HARTING Manufacturing India Pvt Ltd in Chennai seeks a Maintenance Manager to lead maintenance across production machinery, driving TPM, preventive and predictive strategies to maximize uptime and lifecycle performance.

You will manage maintenance resources, spares, and budgets, coach engineers and technicians, and collaborate with Production, Engineering, Quality, EHS, and procurement to minimize downtime and ensure safe, compliant operations.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Mechanical, Electrical or Mechatronics or related engineering field.
• Typically 12–15 years of relevant maintenance experience in manufacturing/engineering.
• Experience with production equipment maintenance, troubleshooting, reliability engineering, and preventive/predictive maintenance.
• Proven leadership of maintenance teams and ability to drive safety and reliability culture.
• Familiarity with ERP/CMMS-based maintenance; SAP experience advantageous.

Responsibilities

• Develop and execute preventive, predictive, and corrective maintenance strategies to maximize uptime.
• Own maintenance planning, shutdown schedules, checklists, SOPs, and compliance documentation.
• Drive TPM, autonomous maintenance, reliability improvement, and continuous improvement initiatives.
• Analyze recurring breakdowns with root cause analysis and implement preventive actions.
• Monitor KPIs like MTBF, MTTR, availability, and maintenance cost; ensure schedule compliance.
• Lead, coach, and develop maintenance engineers and technicians; set priorities and training plans.
• Establish critical-spares strategy and coordinate with procurement to control costs.
• Provide input for new equipment selection, installation, validation, and handover to operations.
• Collaborate with Production, IE, Quality, EHS, and other functions to resolve issues.
• Ensure safety, environmental, statutory, and company requirements are met; manage contractor controls.
• Drive automation, energy efficiency, and maintenance digitalization with measurable impact.
• Manage budgets, service contracts, external vendors, and lifecycle plans.

Skills

Maintenance planning

Reliability engineering

Troubleshooting

Process optimization

Team leadership

Safety culture

Education

Bachelor's degree in Mechanical/Electrical/Mechatronics or related engineering

Tools

SAP

Job description

The Maintenance Manager is responsible for leading the maintenance function to ensure high equipment reliability, availability, safety, and lifecycle performance across production machinery. The role leads preventive, predictive, and corrective maintenance, drives TPM and continuous improvement, manages maintenance resources and spares, and partners with Production, Engineering, Quality, EHS, and other stakeholders to minimize downtime and support stable manufacturing operations at HARTING Manufacturing India Pvt Ltd, Chennai.

Job Responsibilities:

• Develop and execute preventive, predictive, and corrective maintenance strategies to maximize equipment uptime and improve overall equipment effectiveness.
• Own maintenance planning, shutdown schedules, checklists, standard operating procedures, and compliance documentation.
• Drive Total Productive Maintenance (TPM), autonomous maintenance, reliability improvement, and continuous improvement initiatives across manufacturing.
• Analyze recurring breakdowns using structured root cause analysis and ensure sustainable corrective and preventive actions.
• Monitor and improve maintenance KPIs including MTBF, MTTR, equipment availability, breakdown trends, maintenance cost, and schedule compliance.
• Lead, coach, and develop maintenance engineers and technicians; define skill requirements, training plans, work allocation, and performance expectations.
• Establish critical-spares strategy, optimize spare parts inventory, and coordinate with Procurement and suppliers to ensure availability while controlling cost.
• Provide maintenance input for new equipment selection, installation, commissioning, acceptance, validation, and handover to operations.
• Collaborate closely with Production, Industrial Engineering, Quality, EHS, and other functions to resolve equipment issues and support production priorities.
• Ensure adherence to applicable safety, environmental, statutory, and company requirements, including safe work practices and contractor controls.
• Drive automation, energy efficiency, utility optimization, maintenance digitalization, and cost-reduction projects with measurable business impact.
• Manage maintenance budgets, service contracts, external vendors, and equipment lifecycle plans, ensuring effective utilization of resources.
• Support audits and management reviews with accurate maintenance records, risk assessments, action tracking, and continuous improvement plans.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Mechatronics, or a related engineering discipline; a postgraduate qualification in management or engineering is advantageous.
• Typically 12-15 years of relevant maintenance experience in a manufacturing or engineering environment, including demonstrated responsibility for leading maintenance teams and functions.
• Strong experience in production equipment maintenance, troubleshooting, reliability engineering, preventive/predictive maintenance, and process optimization.
• Proven people leadership capability with the ability to coach technical teams, set priorities, and build a proactive safety and reliability culture.
• Familiarity with ERP/CMMS-based maintenance and spare-parts management; SAP experience is advantageous.