Head Maintenance

Combi-Pack; Seremban; On-site; MYR 180,000 - 300,000; Full time

Job summary

Jora Malaysia is seeking a Maintenance Manager to lead the plant's reliability program and drive asset performance. You will oversee maintenance strategy, planning, and the technical teams to ensure optimal equipment uptime.

The role emphasizes TPM, predictive maintenance, and continuous improvement, with responsibility for budgets, CAPEX, and safety compliance across utilities and production assets.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in engineering fields is required.
• 6–10 years in industrial maintenance with leadership experience.
• Experience managing maintenance budgets and contractors.
• Proven knowledge of TPM, Lean, and safety standards.

Responsibilities

• Develop and execute the plant maintenance and asset reliability strategy.
• Lead maintenance, engineering, facilities, and technical teams.
• Establish preventive, predictive, and condition-based maintenance programs.
• Develop annual maintenance plans, budgets, and CAPEX proposals.
• Ensure high availability of production equipment.
• Lead root-cause analysis for major equipment failures.
• Implement TPM, continuous improvement initiatives.
• Oversee utilities, HVAC, power, and water systems.
• Manage maintenance safety and compliance programs.
• Provide input for equipment selection and project handovers.

Skills

Maintenance leadership

Asset reliability

Root-cause analysis

Preventive maintenance

TPM & Lean

Safety & compliance

Education

Bachelor's degree in Mechanical/Electrical/Mechatronics/Industrial Engineering

Tools

CMMS/EAM

Job description

Jora Malaysia will close on 16th September 2026. Thank you for being with us, we are cheering you on as you continue your career journey.

Job Description

1. Maintenance Strategy & Leadership

• Develop and implement the plant's overall maintenance and asset reliability strategy.

• Lead the maintenance, engineering, facilities, and technical teams.

• Establish preventive, predictive, corrective, and condition-based maintenance programs.

• Develop annual maintenance plans, manpower requirements, budgets, and capital expenditure proposals.

• Establish maintenance standards, procedures, and work instructions.

• Develop technical capability through training, coaching, and succession planning.

2. Equipment Reliability & Availability

• Ensure high availability and reliability of production equipment and critical assets.

• Monitor equipment downtime, breakdown frequency, MTBF, MTTR, and maintenance effectiveness.

• Identify critical equipment and establish appropriate maintenance strategies.

• Lead root-cause analysis for major and recurring equipment failures.

• Implement permanent corrective and preventive actions.

• Drive continuous improvement to improve equipment reliability and productivity.

3. Preventive & Predictive Maintenance

• Establish and maintain effective preventive maintenance schedules.

• Implement predictive maintenance techniques such as vibration monitoring, thermography, oil analysis, condition monitoring, and other appropriate technologies.

• Ensure timely completion and proper documentation of maintenance activities.

• Review maintenance frequency and optimize maintenance plans based on equipment condition and historical data.

• Implement Total Productive Maintenance (TPM) principles where applicable.

4. Breakdown & Emergency Management

• Lead the response to major equipment breakdowns and production interruptions.

• Ensure effective troubleshooting and rapid restoration of equipment.

• Establish escalation procedures for critical breakdowns.

• Conduct post-breakdown analysis and ensure corrective actions are completed.

• Maintain appropriate critical spare parts and emergency resources.

5. Utilities & Facilities Management

• Oversee maintenance and reliability of plant utilities, including:

  • Electrical power distribution

  • Compressed air

  • HVAC and ventilation

  • Chillers and cooling systems

  • Boilers and steam systems, where applicable

  • Water and wastewater systems

  • Fire protection systems

  • Building and facility infrastructure

• Ensure utilities are available, reliable, and operated efficiently.

• Drive energy conservation and utility cost-reduction initiatives.

6. Maintenance Budget & Cost Control

• Prepare and manage the annual maintenance operating budget.

• Control maintenance spending while maintaining equipment reliability and safety.

• Optimize maintenance manpower, contractors, spare parts, and service costs.

• Establish spare-parts inventory controls and critical-stock levels.

• Identify and deliver maintenance cost-reduction opportunities.

• Prepare and justify CAPEX proposals for equipment replacement, upgrades, and reliability improvements.

7. Engineering & Project Support

• Provide maintenance and engineering input for new equipment and production-line projects.

• Participate in equipment specification, technical evaluation, installation, commissioning, and acceptance.

• Ensure maintainability, reliability, safety, and spare-parts requirements are considered during equipment selection.

• Support automation, equipment upgrades, capacity expansion, and plant improvement projects.

• Ensure proper handover of new assets into the maintenance system.

8. Safety, Compliance & Risk Management

• Ensure maintenance activities comply with company safety standards and applicable statutory requirements.

• Implement safe work practices, including Lockout/Tagout (LOTO), permit-to-work, electrical safety, confined-space requirements, and working-at-height controls where applicable.

• Ensure maintenance personnel and contractors are properly trained and authorized.

• Conduct maintenance risk assessments and ensure corrective actions are implemented.

• Support regulatory inspections, audits, and certification requirements.

9. Contractor & Supplier Management

• Manage maintenance contractors, service providers, and technical suppliers.

• Establish contractor performance standards covering safety, quality, cost, and delivery.

• Evaluate supplier technical capability and service performance.

• Negotiate maintenance contracts, service agreements, and technical support arrangements.

• Develop reliable strategic suppliers for critical equipment and services.

10. Digitalization & Continuous Improvement

• Drive implementation and effective use of CMMS/EAM systems.

• Improve maintenance planning, scheduling, work-order management, and asset history.

• Develop dashboards for equipment reliability and maintenance performance.

• Introduce condition monitoring, predictive analytics, automation, and other Industry 4.0 technologies where appropriate.

• Lead Lean, TPM, Kaizen, Six Sigma, and other continuous-improvement initiatives.

Qualifications & Experience

• Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Mechatronics, Industrial Engineering, or a related discipline.

• 6 -10 years of experience in industrial/manufacturing maintenance, with significant leadership experience.

• Strong experience managing maintenance teams in a manufacturing or high-volume production environment.

• Proven knowledge of mechanical, electrical, instrumentation, automation, PLC, hydraulic, pneumatic, and utility systems.

• Experience in preventive, predictive, and condition-based maintenance.

• Strong understanding of maintenance planning.

• Experience managing maintenance budgets, contractors, spare parts.

• Strong knowledge of TPM, Lean Manufacturing, structured problem-solving.

• Experience with statutory compliance and industrial safety requirements is preferred.