Maintenance Engineering Lead - Asset Reliability

Orica Limited; Aljustrel; Remote; EUR 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Orica is seeking a Maintenance Engineering Lead at the Aljustrel manufacturing site in Portugal to drive maintenance strategy and asset management. You will lead a capable team, ensure reliability, safety and cost targets while integrating Lean and Enterprise Excellence Assessment practices to improve site performance.

You will collaborate with Product Line Manager, SHES, Quality, Supply Chain and Procurement to develop robust maintenance plans and risk-based strategies, fostering a

Qualifications

• Degree in Mechanical, Electrical or Industrial Engineering, or another engineering discipline with proven industrial maintenance experience.
• 7+ years of maintenance experience in mining, petrochemical or explosives industries.
• Experience leading technical teams and managing contractors.
• Experience in maintenance strategy, planning, scheduling, shutdowns and budget management.
• Strong SHES principles and risk management.
• Experience in failure investigation and structured problem solving.
• Fluency in Portuguese and English.

Responsibilities

• Define and lead the site maintenance and asset management strategy, aligned with site and business objectives.
• Ensure the reliability, integrity and availability of site assets, prioritising critical equipment based on risk and life-cycle performance.
• Lead, develop and engage the maintenance team and coordinate contractors, promoting accountability, operational discipline and continuous improvement.
• Establish and govern maintenance planning, scheduling, shutdowns, SAP PM, master data and work-management KPIs.
• Lead equipment criticality assessments and define an effective critical spares strategy.
• Lead root cause analysis of significant, recurrent or high-risk failures, coach the team in basic investigations.

Skills

Maintenance leadership

Contractor management

Maintenance planning

SHES awareness

Failure investigation

Portuguese/English

Education

Engineering degree (Mechanical/Electrical/Industrial)

Tools

SAP PM

Job description

Orica is seeking a Maintenance Engineering Lead at the Aljustrel manufacturing site in Portugal to drive maintenance strategy and asset management. You will lead a capable team, ensure reliability, safety and cost targets while integrating Lean and Enterprise Excellence Assessment practices to improve site performance.

You will collaborate with Product Line Manager, SHES, Quality, Supply Chain and Procurement to develop robust maintenance plans and risk-based strategies, fostering a