Area Maintenance Manager – MFC (Cracker)

KBR, Inc.; Riyadh Region; Presencial; SAR 420.000 - 640.000; Jornada completa

Descripción de la vacante

KBR is hiring an Area Maintenance Manager – MFC (Cracker) in Al-Jubail, Saudi Arabia. You will lead maintenance across the Mixed Feed Cracker area, ensuring safe, reliable plant operations and effective execution of preventive, predictive, and shutdown maintenance.

You will manage multidisciplinary teams, coordinate with planning and reliability groups, and drive continuous improvement in maintenance programs. Saudi nationals preferred; hands-on cracker experience is mandatory.

Formación

• Minimum 15 years' experience in Oil & Gas / Petrochemical maintenance with a Diploma.
• Minimum 20 years' experience with a High School diploma.
• Minimum 10 years' experience with a Bachelor Degree in relevant field.
• Saudi Nationals Only; hands-on Ethylene Cracker/MFC unit maintenance mandatory.
• Strong knowledge of critical rotating equipment and process plant systems.

Responsabilidades

• Lead all maintenance activities for the MFC/Cracker area ensuring safe, reliable plant ops.
• Manage mechanical, electrical, instrumentation, and rotating equipment maintenance.
• Ensure CMMS-driven reporting and maintenance planning effectiveness.
• Support planning, reliability teams, and turnarounds with optimization initiatives.
• Develop team capability through coaching and targeted on-job training.
• Oversee day-to-day maintenance teams and contractors with HSE compliance.

Conocimientos

Ethylene Cracker / MFC experience

Gas turbines & rotating equipment

CMMS, RBI, RCA & predictive maint.

Plant turnarounds & shutdowns

Leadership & stakeholder management

Multicultural teamwork & communication

Maintenance planning & execution

Educación

Diploma

High School

Bachelor Degree

Descripción del empleo

Area Maintenance Manager – MFC (Cracker)# KBR Careers## Area Maintenance Manager – MFC (Cracker)Apply: Al-Jubail, Saudi Arabia: Full time: Posted Today: R2126017**Title:**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.