Area Maintenance Manager – MFC (Cracker)

1687 KBR Arabia Limited; Al Jubayl; On-site; SAR 300,000 - 600,000; Full time

Job summary

KBR Sustainable Technology Solutions in Saudi Arabia is seeking an Area Maintenance Manager – MFC (Cracker) to lead all maintenance for the Mixed Feed and Steam Cracker area, ensuring safe, reliable operations. You will oversee mechanical, electrical, instrumentation and rotating equipment maintenance, drive planning, CMMS reporting and reliability improvements.

Ideal candidates have extensive cracker maintenance experience, strong leadership, and ability to manage turnarounds in a multicultural

Qualifications

• Saudi Nationals Only
• Hands-on maintenance experience in Ethylene Cracker/MFC units
• Experience managing plant turnarounds, shutdowns, maintenance contracts
• Strong knowledge of gas turbines, compressors, pumps, furnaces, heat exchangers, boilers, columns, piping and critical rotating equipment

Responsibilities

• Lead maintenance activities for the MFC/Steam Cracker area ensuring safe, reliable plant operations
• Manage mechanical, electrical, instrumentation and rotating equipment maintenance
• Ensure effective execution and reporting of maintenance via CMMS
• Support planning, scheduling and reliability teams in optimization and RBI/RCA initiatives
• Lead maintenance planning and execution during turnarounds and major shut downs
• Manage day-to-day maintenance teams and contractors in line with HSE requirements
• Prepare weekly maintenance reports and participate in reviews
• Develop team capability through training in coordination with HR

Skills

Leadership

Communication

Stakeholder management

Gas turbines

Compressors

Rotating equipment

Education

Diploma

High School

Bachelor Degree

Tools

CMMS

RBI

RCA

Predictive maintenance

Job description

Area Maintenance Manager – MFC (Cracker)

KBR Sustainable Technology Solutions (STS) provides holistic and value-added solutions across the entire asset life cycle. These include world-class licensed process technologies, differentiated advisory services, deep technical domain expertise, energy transition solutions, high-end design capabilities, and smart solutions to optimize planned and operating assets.

Responsibilities

• Lead all maintenance activities for the Mixed Feed Cracker (MFC)/Steam Cracker area, ensuring safe, reliable, and efficient plant operations in accordance with Company standards.
• Manage mechanical, electrical, instrumentation, and rotating equipment maintenance for Cracker units, including preventive, predictive, corrective, and shutdown maintenance.
• Ensure effective execution and reporting of maintenance activities through the CMMS system.
• Support Planning & Scheduling and Reliability teams in maintenance optimization, bad actor analysis, and reliability improvement initiatives.
• Lead maintenance planning and execution during turnarounds, major shutdowns, and emergency maintenance.
• Manage day-to-day maintenance teams and contractors while ensuring compliance with all HSE requirements.
• Prepare weekly maintenance reports and participate in maintenance review meetings.
• Develop team capability through technical coaching and job-specific training in coordination with HR.

Qualifications

• Minimum 15 years' experience in Oil & Gas / Petrochemical maintenance – Diploma.
• Minimum 20 years' experience in Oil & Gas / Petrochemical maintenance – High School.
• Minimum 10 years' experience in Oil & Gas / Petrochemical maintenance – Bachelor Degree.
• Saudi Nationals Only
• Mandatory hands-on maintenance experience in Ethylene Cracker/MFC units. Candidates without Cracker maintenance experience will not be considered.
• Strong knowledge of gas turbines, compressors, pumps, furnaces, heat exchangers, boilers, columns, piping systems, and critical rotating equipment used in Cracker plants.
• Proven experience managing plant turnarounds, shutdowns, maintenance contracts, and reliability improvement programs.
• Strong knowledge of CMMS, maintenance planning, RBI, RCA, and predictive maintenance techniques.
• Excellent leadership, communication, and stakeholder management skills.
• Ability to deliver business results while working in a multicultural environment.

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