Asset Maintenance Head

Manila Water Company, Inc.; Quezon City; On-site; PHP 1,800,000 - 3,000,000; Full time

Job summary

Manila Water Company, Inc. is seeking a Senior Maintenance Manager in Metro Manila to lead the maintenance department, align strategies with group objectives, and drive performance through KPIs and budget planning.

The role requires coordinating with Facility Maintenance Heads, managing contractor relationships, and advancing automation to improve customer experience within regulatory reporting frameworks.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical, Electrical, or Electronics Engineering (other disciplines may be considered).
• Master’s degree in engineering or related field and/or engineering license is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Sets the overall tone of the maintenance department, including goals, procedures, or systems, and strategy to align with group objectives.
• Conducts regular meetings with Facility Maintenance Heads to discuss KPIs such as Equipment Availability, backlogs, resolution time, and other issues.
• Communicates critical issues to the Group Director requiring higher authority for decision-making.
• Sets targets for planned vs. unplanned maintenance costs.
• Strives for optimal in-house vs contractor ratios.
• Guides contract crafting decisions based on quantity and other factors.
• Conducts periodic management reviews with Facility Maintenance Heads and Contract Manager.
• Controls department budget allocations.
• Challenges costs within LOA constraints.
• Evaluates and approves maintenance programs and processes for equipment reliability improvement.
• Leads in automation of maintenance processes to improve customer experience.
• Assesses compliance of reports to CRAG for KPI/BEM reporting to MWSS-Regulatory Office.

Skills

Word processing

Spreadsheets

Presentation software

Asset management

KPI analysis

Budget planning

Team leadership

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical / Electrical / Electronics Engineering

Master’s degree in engineering or related field (preferred)

Engineering license (preferred)

Tools

MS Office

Job description

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Sets the overall tone of the maintenance department, including goals, procedures, or systems, and strategy to align with the group objectives.


• Conducts Regular Meeting with Facility Maintenance Heads to discuss maintenance KPI's such as Equipment Availability, backlogs, resolution time, and other issues to formulate preventive action


• Communicates critical issues to the Group Director that requires higher authority for decision‑making


• Sets the target and appropriate ratio between planned and unplanned maintenance cost


• Strategize for optimal in-house vs contractor ratio


• Sets direction in the crafting of contracts whether to leverage on quantity and other factors


• Conducts periodic management review with Facility Maintenance Heads and Contract Manager


• Controls allocation of department budget


• Challenges the cost within LOA


• Evaluates and approves maintenance programs and processes for equipment and plant reliability improvement.


• Leads in the automation of maintenance processes to improve customer experience


• Evaluates and approves maintenance programs


• Leads in the automation of maintenance processes to improve customer experience


• Assess the compliance of reports to CRAG for the reporting of KPI/BEM to MWSS-Regulatory Office.

QUALIFICATIONS:

• Graduate of a Mechanical / Electrical / Electronics Engineer (though other disciplines considered). ;


• Preferably a Master's degree holder in any field of engineering or related field and/or license holder in Engineering field;


• Experience leading and managing department-level teams of 10-25 people is required for effective facility maintenance oversight.


• Minimum of 5-7 years of maintenance management experience is required for this senior‑level position.


• Proficiency in word processing, spreadsheets and presentation software


• Demonstrated expertise in asset management, KPI analysis, and budget planning is essential for strategic department leadership.