Maintenance Superintendent

Optima Organizational Solutions; Puebla de Zaragoza; On-site; MXN 600,000 - 1,200,000; Full time

Job summary

Optima Organizational Solutions seeks a Maintenance Superintendent for a Puebla, Mexico automotive plant with 600+ pieces of equipment. You will lead a hands-on maintenance team, drive preventive maintenance, and sustain uninterrupted production in a JIT/JIS environment.

Responsibilities include coaching supervisors, coordinating CMMS, managing spares and contractors, and tracking MTBF/MTTR while collaborating with Production, Engineering, Quality and EHS on improvements and safe practices.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical, Electrical, Electromechanical, Mechatronics or related field.
• Proven maintenance leadership in automotive manufacturing, preferably with JIT/JIS.

Responsibilities

• Lead, coach, and develop the maintenance team across shifts.
• Manage preventive, predictive, and corrective maintenance for production equipment and facilities.
• Maintain reliability of conveyors, sewing and cutting equipment, and associated tooling.

Skills

Leadership experience

Team development

Troubleshooting & root cause analysis

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical, Electrical, Electromechanical, Mechatronics Engineering

Tools

CMMS

Electrical/PLC systems

Automation systems

Job description

Our client, a global automotive industry leading supplier is seeking a Maintenance Superintendent to lead maintenance activities at its manufacturing plant in Puebla. With more than 600 pieces of equipment, the operation requires a hands-on leader who can build a strong maintenance team, improve equipment reliability, and support uninterrupted production in a Just-in-Time/Just-in-Sequence (JIT/JIS) environment.

Leadership and team development are key priorities for this position, alongside technical experience with cutting and sewing equipment, and facilities maintenance.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead, coach, and develop the maintenance team, establishing clear priorities, accountability, and effective support across shifts.
• Manage preventive, predictive, and corrective maintenance for production equipment and plant facilities.
• Maintain the reliability of conveyor systems, seating assembly equipment, torque-controlled fastening tools, torque measurement systems, industrial sewing machines, and Lectra cutting machines.
• Respond quickly to equipment failures, coordinating troubleshooting and recovery to minimize disruption to JIT/JIS production and customer deliveries.
• Drive root cause analysis and permanent corrective actions to reduce recurring failures, downtime, and maintenance costs.
• Coordinate maintenance of building infrastructure, utilities, and support systems, including electrical distribution, compressed air, HVAC, and fire protection.
• Manage maintenance schedules, spare parts, critical equipment inventories, contractors, and departmental spending.
• Track equipment availability, preventive maintenance compliance, mean time between failures (MTBF), and mean time to repair (MTTR).
• Partner with Production, Engineering, Quality, and EHS on equipment improvements, new installations, launches, and safe maintenance practices.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical, Electrical, Electromechanical, Mechatronics Engineering, or a related field.
• Proven maintenance leadership experience in automotive manufacturing, preferably in cut &sew operations with JIT/JIS delivery requirements.
• Demonstrated ability to lead technical teams, develop supervisors and technicians, and manage priorities under production pressure.
• Hands-on knowledge of:
• Conveyor systems and automotive assembly equipment.
• Torque-controlled fastening, torque verification, and related measurement systems.
• Industrial sewing machines and Lectra cutting equipment.
• Facilities maintenance and industrial utilities.
• Experience managing a large equipment base, maintenance planning, spare parts, and computerized maintenance management systems (CMMS).
• Strong troubleshooting and root cause analysis skills, with working knowledge of electrical, mechanical, pneumatic, hydraulic, PLC, and automation systems.
• Ability to work across departments and communicate clearly during equipment failures and production recovery.

Preferred Experience

• Combined experience in JIT/JIS assembly and soft trim cutting and sewing operations.
• Maintenance responsibility for a similarly sized operation with hundreds of pieces of equipment.
• Experience implementing TPM, reliability improvements, and structured technician development programs.\