Area Superintendent/Maintenance Head

kbr; Riyadh Region; On-site; SAR 300,000 - 460,000; Full time

Job summary

KBR is seeking an Area Superintendent/Maintenance Head in Riyadh to manage day-to-day activities of the maintenance department, including welding, fabrication, scaffolding, insulation workshops, and heavy lift operations. The role focuses on planning, coordinating, and completing repairs while upholding safety standards.

The ideal candidate will have extensive refinery maintenance experience, leadership capability, and a strong background in managing contracts and equipment reliability in a

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in engineering or related field.
• Proven leadership abilities and experience managing large teams.
• Strong communication skills and safety awareness.
• Experience with refinery equipment and maintenance contracts.

Responsibilities

• Manage and lead overall department functions, directing employees, evaluating performance, and ensuring tasks are completed within timelines.
• Participate in development and implementation of goals, objectives, policies, procedures and priorities.
• Prepare, optimize and track PM schedules for equipment to minimize downtime and ensure operational availability.
• Oversee day-to-day activities of welding, fabrication, scaffolding, insulation workshops, heavy lift & rigging division; manage planned or unplanned equipment repairs.
• Allocate resources/equipment to site for routine and emergency needs; review plans and priorities to optimize workflow.
• Coordinate with internal departments, external workshops and OEM dealers for repairs and parts; ensure all equipment and workshop facilities meet HSE standards.
• Conduct regular safety audits and implement corrective actions; schedule EE safety and technical trainings.
• Review daily, weekly and monthly maintenance performance reports, time sheets and KPIs; respond promptly to emergencies and incidents.

Skills

Leadership

Communication

Safety

Maintenance planning

Problem solving

Education

Bachelor's degree in engineering or related field

Job description

Area Superintendent/Maintenance Head

CMAI30 - Maintenance, Superintendent

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.

KBR is looking for an Area Superintendent - Manage day-to-day activities of SS (welding & Fabrication shop, Scaffolding & Insulation workshop, Heavy Lift & Rigging Division). Manage planned or unplanned equipment repairs

Saudi Nationals Preferred

Responsibilities

• Manage and lead overall department functions, direction to employees, evaluation, coordination and ensure to complete the project task within set timeline in accordance with organization's policies.
• Participate in development and implementation of goals, objectives, policies, procedures and priorities.
• Prepare, optimize and track PM schedule of Equipment, minimize breakdowns with effective monitoring and scheduling maintenance program to ensure operational availability of equipment.
• Manage day-to-day activities of SS (welding & Fabrication shop, Scaffolding & Insulation workshop, Heavy Lift & Rigging Division). Manage planned or unplanned equipment repairs.
• Manage resources/equipment/machinery to the site for routine and in emergency situations.
• Review work plan, job requests priorities to allocate resources, monitor workflow, MOS and procedures, meet and discuss with team to identify gaps and resolve problems.
• Review weekly Plan, feedback to the Planning team to achieve the schedule compliance.
• Coordinate with internal department, external workshop, OEM dealer for repairs, parts, any issues.
• Manage and lead to ensure all equipment, workshop facilities are maintained and meet HSE standards.
• Conduct regular safety audits to identify potential hazards and implement corrective actions.
• Manage and recommend and schedule EE's safety and technical trainings.
• Manage and review daily, weekly and Monthly maintenance performance reports, time sheet, KPIs etc.
• Respond promptly in case of emergency. Ensure reporting of any incident/accident or violation occurs.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in business in Engineering or related field
• Previous experience as a maintenance engineer in refining environment or equivalent
• 12 + years of refinery plant experience
• Good knowledge of Refinery equipment
• Piloting of maintenance contracts
• Safety rules
• Proven ability to resolve problems as a leader within large organizations
• Well organized, proactive, & strong communication skills
• Maturity of judgement under pressure
• Strategic mind that is open to new ideas
• Demonstrated capacity to achieve positive results while working in a multi-cultural environment
• All other duties assigned

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