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Mechanical Engineer - Maintenance

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Jeddah

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SAR 100,000 - 130,000

Full time

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Job summary

A leading engineering firm in Jeddah is seeking a Head of Mechanical function to oversee maintenance activities and ensure quality standards. The ideal candidate will have a Bachelor's degree in Engineering, preferably with 8 years of experience in a similar role, and possess strong management and leadership skills. Key responsibilities include planning maintenance activities, monitoring progress, and preparing reports. Advanced English skills are required.

Qualifications

  • Preferably 8 years of experience in a similar function.
  • Overall maintenance control of machinery is essential.

Responsibilities

  • Acts as head of a Mechanical function for a business unit.
  • Plans and manages all maintenance activities.
  • Monitors daily progress of maintenance activities.
  • Prepares monthly reports on maintenance activity.

Skills

Management skills
Team leadership
Advanced English
Computer skills

Education

Bachelor of Science in Engineering
Job description
Responsibilities
  • Acts as head of a Mechanical function for a business unit. Plans, controls and manages all maintenance activities, ensuring that quality and service standards are met and that targets are achieved, or exceeded, all within approved budget levels.
  • Monitors daily progress of Mechanical maintenance activities.
  • Finds better ways to modify or adjust the system to increase the life of running machines.
  • Collects critical repeating problems from subordinates and discusses implementation of better solutions.
  • Follows up critical spares directly to purchase department and suppliers.
  • Prepares annual budget for mechanical maintenance department and follows the same.
  • Keeps correspondence with suppliers to develop cost‑effective spares and reduce the maintenance cost.
  • Prepares monthly report on maintenance activity, spares situation, downtime details, maintenance cost, etc.
  • Supervises and coordinates with machine shop supervisor to develop spares in our own workshop, reducing maintenance spares cost.
  • Follows preventive maintenance monitoring.
  • Performs other tasks as assigned.
Requirements
  • Overall maintenance control of tissue machine. Follow up any preventive maintenance activity, breakdown maintenance activity, and planned maintenance activity.
  • Bachelor of Science in an Engineering discipline, preferably Mechanical.
  • Preferably 8 years in similar function.
  • Advanced English language skills.
  • Strong management and team leadership skills.
  • Well-developed computer skills.
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