Manager-Planning&Reliability

GS Paperboard & Packaging Sdn Bhd; Selangor; On-site; MYR 180,000 - 300,000; Full time

Job summary

GS Paperboard & Packaging Sdn Bhd is seeking a senior Maintenance & Reliability Lead in Malaysia to oversee planning, reliability, and shutdown management. You will head the workshop and piping teams, drive condition monitoring programs, and coordinate cross-functional stakeholders to ensure high plant availability and safe operations.

The role emphasizes leadership, data-driven maintenance decisions, and continuous improvements in lubrication, RCAs, and maintenance processes.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in mechanical, electrical, industrial engineering or related field.
• Minimum 10 years in maintenance, reliability, shutdown planning, or heavy industrial maintenance.
• Experience in paper mills, process plants, or heavy manufacturing preferred.

Responsibilities

• Lead planning, reliability, maintenance support, workshop and piping functions to improve plant availability.
• Plan and govern plant shutdowns including scope, scheduling, resource allocation, and post-mortem reviews.
• Develop and standardize maintenance planning processes, workflows, and reporting tools.
• Drive reliability programs including condition monitoring, vibration analysis, and lubrication excellence.
• Manage in-house workshop and piping teams, ensuring effective support for maintenance and overhaul projects.
• Lead RCA and reliability improvement initiatives for critical equipment failures.
• Collaborate with Operations, Maintenance, Procurement, Safety, contractors, and vendors to ensure readiness and project success.
• Develop SOPs, work instructions, inspection standards, and maintenance procedures.

Skills

Predictive maintenance

Vibration analysis

RCA

Lubrication management

Maintenance tracking

Excel

Power BI

SharePoint

SAP

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Mechanical, Electrical, or Industrial Engineering

Tools

SAP

SharePoint

Power BI

Excel

Job description

• Lead Planning, Reliability, Maintenance Support, Workshop, and Piping functions to improve plant availability, equipment reliability, shutdown performance, and maintenance service quality.
• Plan, coordinate, and govern plant shutdowns, including scope development, scheduling, resource allocation, execution monitoring, post-mortem reviews, and action tracking.
• Develop and standardize maintenance and shutdown planning processes, workflows, reporting systems, and performance tracking tools.
• Drive reliability programs, including condition monitoring, vibration analysis, predictive maintenance, defect management, and lubrication excellence initiatives.
• Manage in-house Workshop and Piping teams, ensuring effective support for maintenance, repairs, fabrication, shutdowns, and plant improvement projects.
• Lead Root Cause Analysis (RCA) and reliability improvement initiatives for critical and recurring equipment failures.
• Identify and implement maintenance optimization and cost-saving opportunities through improved maintenance strategies, equipment refurbishment, lubrication programs, and asset performance improvements.
• Develop and maintain planning, reliability, and maintenance tracking systems, ensuring accurate reporting, documentation, and performance monitoring.
• Collaborate closely with Operations, Maintenance, Procurement, Safety, contractors, and vendors to ensure maintenance readiness and successful project execution.
• Develop and standardize SOPs, work instructions, inspection standards, and maintenance procedures.
• Promote safe work practices and regulatory compliance during maintenance and shutdown activities.
• Lead, coach, and develop engineers, planners, supervisors, and technicians to build a strong reliability-focused culture.
• Support future maintenance digitalization initiatives through structured data management and reporting systems.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in Mechanical, Electrical, Industrial Engineering, or a related engineering discipline.
• Minimum 10 years of experience in maintenance, reliability, shutdown planning, plant engineering, workshop operations, piping services, or heavy industrial maintenance.
• Experience in paper mills, process plants, heavy manufacturing, or related industries is preferred.

Required Skills

• Strong knowledge of preventive, predictive, condition-based maintenance, reliability engineering, RCA, and lubrication management.
• Proven experience in shutdown planning, resource coordination, contractor management, and execution control.
• Familiarity with condition monitoring techniques, including vibration analysis and equipment inspection.
• Experience managing workshop, piping, repair, refurbishment, and fabrication activities.
• Strong Excel and maintenance tracking/reporting skills.
• Excellent leadership, project management, communication, and stakeholder management abilities.
• Strong analytical, troubleshooting, and problem-solving skills.
• Good understanding of maintenance safety requirements and permit-to-work systems.
• Knowledge of SharePoint, Power BI, SAP, or other maintenance management systems is an added advantage.