Plant Maintenance Head

Manila Water Company, Inc.; Quezon City; On-site; PHP 1,200,000 - 1,800,000; Full time

Job summary

Manila Water Company, Inc. is seeking a Senior Maintenance Manager to lead the Facility Maintenance department in setting goals, strategies, and budgets aligned with group objectives.

You will oversee KPI discussions, drive preventive actions, optimize planned vs unplanned maintenance, and manage contracts to improve equipment reliability and customer experience.

Qualifications

• Degree in Mechanical, Electrical or Electronics Engineering (other disciplines considered).
• Master's degree in engineering or related field and/or engineering license preferred.
• Experience leading department-level teams of 10–25 people is required for effective oversight.
• Minimum 5–7 years of maintenance management experience.
• Proficiency in word processing, spreadsheets and presentation software.
• Demonstrated expertise in asset management, KPI analysis, and budget planning.

Responsibilities

• Sets overall tone for maintenance department including goals, procedures, systems, and strategy.
• Conducts regular meetings with Facility Maintenance Heads to discuss KPI's and preventive actions.
• Communicates critical issues to Group Director requiring higher authority.
• Sets target for ratio between planned and unplanned maintenance costs.
• Strategizes for optimal in-house vs contractor ratio.
• Leads in crafting contracts to leverage quantity and other factors.
• Conducts periodic management reviews with Facility Maintenance Heads and Contract Manager.
• Controls allocation of department budget.
• Challenges costs within LOA.
• Evaluates and approves maintenance programs for equipment and plant reliability.
• Leads automation of maintenance processes to improve customer experience.
• Assesses compliance of reports to CRAG for KPI/BEM reporting to MWSS-Regulatory Office.

Skills

Leadership

Strategic thinking

KPI analysis

Budget planning

Education

Mechanical/Electrical/Electronics Engineering degree

Engineering license/Master's degree

Tools

MS Office

EDA/Asset management tools

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.