Manager, Maintenance ARGP

Ma'aden Aluminium Company (MAC); Saudi Arabia; On-site; SAR 300,000 - 400,000; Full time

Job summary

Ma'aden Aluminium Company (MAC) is seeking a Maintenance Manager to lead safety and environmental leadership at the processing plant. The ideal candidate should have 12-15+ years of experience in maintenance management, particularly in gold processing operations, and hold a Bachelor's degree in engineering.

You will be responsible for ensuring compliance with safety standards, optimizing plant reliability, and managing annual maintenance budgets effectively. This role requires leadership in a diverse team and a strong focus on continuous improvement.

Qualifications

• 12-15+ years of experience in maintenance management within gold or base metals processing operations.

Responsibilities

• Act as the visible safety leader for maintenance activities.
• Own and deliver fixed plant availability and reliability targets.
• Establish disciplined work management practices.
• Lead the planning of major plant shutdowns and inspections.
• Develop and control the annual maintenance budget.
• Ensure effectiveness of CMMS & EAM systems.
• Build and lead a competent maintenance organization.
• Drive continuous improvement initiatives.

Skills

Strong safety leadership mindset

Deep understanding of gold processing equipment

Maintenance strategy & reliability engineering

Budget and cost control

Planning discipline and execution focus

Leadership, coaching and accountability

Data-driven decision making

Education

Bachelor's degree in mechanical, electrical or industrial engineering

Professional maintenance or reliability certification (e.g., CMRP)

Job description

Key Accountabilities

1. Safety, Health & Environmental Leadership

   Act as the visible safety leader for all maintenance activities across the processing plant. Ensure full compliance with MSHEM standards, isolation & LOTO, work permits, confined space, working at height, and contractor safety requirements. Lead safety interactions, risk assessments, and incident investigations within maintenance. Ensure maintenance plans and shutdowns are risk assessed, authorized, and executed safely.

2. Plant Reliability & Asset Performance

   Own and deliver fixed plant availability, reliability and OEE targets. Implement and continuously improve preventive, predictive and condition-based maintenance strategies. Ensure asset strategies are aligned to criticality rankings, failure modes and plant operating context. Lead Root Cause Analysis (RCA) on major failures and recurring downtime.

3. Maintenance Planning, Scheduling & Execution

   Establish and enforce disciplined work management covering work identification & prioritization, planning & job scoping, weekly and daily scheduling, execution & close-out quality. Ensure maintenance backlog is controlled, visible and risk-based. Drive high compliance to weekly schedules and preventive maintenance plans.

4. Shutdown & Major Maintenance Management

   Lead the planning and execution of major plant shutdowns, statutory inspections and crusher/mill relines. Ensure shutdowns are fully planned, resourced, costed and risk managed. Deliver shutdowns safely, on time and within approved budgets.

5. Financial & Cost Management

   Develop and control the annual maintenance budget including labor, spares and contractor costs. Drive cost optimization through improved planning, reduced rework, inventory optimization and reliability improvements. Provide accurate maintenance cost forecasting and performance reporting.

6. Systems, Data & Digital Enablement

   Own the effectiveness of the CMMS & EAM system (e.g., SAP PM, Oracle EAM). Ensure asset master data, maintenance plans, BOMs and history are accurate and complete. Use maintenance KPIs and data analytics to drive decisions and improvement.

7. Leadership, Capability & Organization

   Build and lead a competent, disciplined and engaged maintenance organization. Develop supervisors and engineers through coaching, structured performance management and capability development. Ensure appropriate use and governance of maintenance contractors. Foster strong collaboration with Processing and Projects teams.

8. Continuous Improvement & Best Practice

   Benchmark maintenance performance against gold and base metals industry best practice. Drive continuous improvement initiatives focused on plant stability, equipment life extension, reduced unplanned downtime and improved maintenance efficiency. Support plant upgrades, debottlenecking and capital projects from a maintenance and reliability perspective.

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in mechanical, electrical or industrial engineering (or equivalent).
• Professional maintenance or reliability certification (e.g., CMRP) desirable.

Minimum Experience

12-15+ years of experience in maintenance management within gold or base metals processing operations.

Maaden High Performance Competencies

• Strong safety leadership mindset
• Deep understanding of gold processing equipment (crushing, milling, CIL/CIP, pumps, conveyors, power distribution)
• Maintenance strategy & reliability engineering
• Budget and cost control
• Planning discipline and execution focus
• Leadership, coaching and accountability
• Data-driven decision making

Key Success Measures (Indicative KPIs)

• Plant availability & unplanned downtime
• PM compliance and schedule adherence
• Maintenance cost per tonne processed
• Shutdown performance (safety, duration, cost)
• Safety performance (TRIF, high potential incidents)