Woodworking Machinery Maintenance Specialist

Concourse Of Civilizations (COC) | ملتقى الحضارات للصناعة; Riyadh; On-site; SAR 180,000 - 280,000; Full time

Job summary

Concourse Of Civilizations (COC) | ملتقى الحضارات للصناعة is seeking a Woodworking Machinery Maintenance Specialist to join our on-site team in Riyadh. You will diagnose faults, perform preventive maintenance, and restore safe, reliable operation of woodworking, joinery, or furniture manufacturing equipment.

Applicants must have minimum 5 years of relevant experience, including 3 years in Saudi Arabia, and be based in Saudi Arabia with immediate joining ability.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical, Electrical, Mechatronics, or related field, or relevant technical diploma with strong practical experience.
• Minimum 5 years of machinery maintenance experience, with at least 3 years in Saudi Arabia.
• Hands-on maintenance experience with woodworking, joinery, or furniture facilities.
• Strong ability to troubleshoot mechanical, electrical, pneumatic, hydraulic, and control systems.

Responsibilities

• Diagnose and repair faults through systematic inspection, testing, and analysis.
• Perform preventive and corrective maintenance in accordance with manufacturer instructions, operating conditions, and maintenance schedules.
• Inspect and maintain bearings, shafts, belts, chains, gears, couplings, feed systems, lubrication systems, and other mechanical components.
• Check machinery alignment, operating settings, and calibration, and verify cutting, machining, or pressing accuracy after maintenance.
• Diagnose electrical and control faults involving motors, sensors, switches, contactors, protection devices, variable-frequency drives, and related components within professional competence and authorisation.
• Read mechanical drawings, electrical diagrams, pneumatic and hydraulic schematics, and equipment manuals.
• Troubleshoot CNC alarms, positioning or referencing issues, sensors, servo and spindle drives, and related systems within demonstrated experience.
• Coordinate with equipment manufacturers or authorised service providers when specialist diagnostics, software access, or major repairs are required.
• Inspect and repair pneumatic and hydraulic circuits, including leaks, valves, cylinders, hoses, pressure regulation, and related components.
• Maintain compressors, compressed-air systems, dust extraction equipment, and relevant production support equipment.
• Inspect paint drying ovens and related heating, ventilation, temperature-control, and safety-interlock systems within demonstrated competence.
• Investigate recurring failures and recommend corrective measures to improve reliability and prevent repeat breakdowns.
• Identify spare parts accurately using specifications, part numbers, and manufacturer documentation; maintain appropriate records and recommend critical spare stock.
• Record faults, maintenance activities, replaced parts, downtime, and follow-up actions.
• Coordinate maintenance priorities and planned shutdowns with production to minimise disruption.
• Support machinery installation, relocation, commissioning, and acceptance checks where required.
• Guide operators on routine checks, correct operating practices, and early reporting of abnormal noise, vibration, overheating, or performance changes.
• Isolate and secure electrical, pneumatic, hydraulic, and other stored energy before maintenance, following safe isolation and lockout/tagout procedures.
• Verify guards, emergency stops, and safety interlocks before returning equipment to service, and conduct controlled post-maintenance testing.
• Investigate recurring failures and recommend corrective measures to improve reliability and prevent repeat breakdowns.

Skills

Troubleshooting

Preventive maintenance

Reading diagrams

Safety awareness

Mechanical aptitude

Education

Engineering degree

Tools

PLC-controlled equipment

Servo systems

Variable-frequency drives (VFDs)

Excel (maintenance tracking)

Job description

Woodworking Machinery Maintenance Specialist

Maintenance Engineers & Senior Maintenance Technicians Welcome

Employment Type: Full-time | On-site

Experience: Minimum 5 years of relevant machinery maintenance experience, including at least 3 years within Saudi Arabia.

Availability: Immediate joining required.

Applicants must currently reside in Saudi Arabia.

ABOUT THE ROLE

Applications are welcome from Maintenance Engineers and Senior Maintenance Technicians with proven experience diagnosing faults, carrying out repairs, and performing preventive maintenance in woodworking, joinery, or furniture manufacturing facilities.

The role requires direct practical work on machinery, effective troubleshooting, and the ability to restore safe, accurate, and reliable operation while reducing production downtime.

MACHINERY & EQUIPMENT SCOPE

The factory equipment includes:

• Wood moulders, spindle moulders, and profiling machines.
• Thickness planers and surface planers/jointers.
• Table saws, sliding table saws, panel saws, beam saws, and other woodworking cutting equipment.
• Woodworking presses and their operating systems.
• CNC woodworking machines and related control and drive systems.
• Paint drying ovens and associated finishing equipment.
• Air compressors, compressed-air treatment equipment, and distribution networks.
• Dust and wood-chip extraction systems.
• Associated motors, transmissions, pneumatic and hydraulic systems, and auxiliary factory equipment.

Applicants should clearly identify the machinery brands, models, and systems they have personally maintained.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Diagnose and repair machinery faults through systematic inspection, testing, and analysis.
• Perform preventive and corrective maintenance in accordance with manufacturer instructions, operating conditions, and maintenance schedules.
• Inspect and maintain bearings, shafts, belts, chains, gears, couplings, feed systems, lubrication systems, and other mechanical components.
• Check machinery alignment, operating settings, and calibration, and verify cutting, machining, or pressing accuracy after maintenance.
• Diagnose electrical and control faults involving motors, sensors, switches, contactors, protection devices, variable-frequency drives, and related components within professional competence and authorisation.
• Read mechanical drawings, electrical diagrams, pneumatic and hydraulic schematics, and equipment manuals.
• Troubleshoot CNC alarms, positioning or referencing issues, sensors, servo and spindle drives, and related systems within demonstrated experience.
• Coordinate with equipment manufacturers or authorised service providers when specialist diagnostics, software access, or major repairs are required.
• Inspect and repair pneumatic and hydraulic circuits, including leaks, valves, cylinders, hoses, pressure regulation, and related components.
• Maintain compressors, compressed-air systems, dust extraction equipment, and relevant production support equipment.
• Inspect paint drying ovens and related heating, ventilation, temperature-control, and safety-interlock systems within demonstrated competence.
• Investigate recurring failures and recommend corrective measures to improve reliability and prevent repeat breakdowns.
• Identify spare parts accurately using specifications, part numbers, and manufacturer documentation; maintain appropriate records and recommend critical spare stock.
• Record faults, maintenance activities, replaced parts, downtime, and follow-up actions.
• Coordinate maintenance priorities and planned shutdowns with production to minimise disruption.
• Support machinery installation, relocation, commissioning, and acceptance checks where required.
• Guide operators on routine checks, correct operating practices, and early reporting of abnormal noise, vibration, overheating, or performance changes.
• Isolate and secure electrical, pneumatic, hydraulic, and other stored energy before maintenance, following safe isolation and lockout/tagout procedures.
• Verify guards, emergency stops, and safety interlocks before returning equipment to service, and conduct controlled post-maintenance testing.

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS & EXPERIENCE

• Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical, Electrical, Mechatronics, or a relevant engineering discipline; or a relevant technical diploma or vocational qualification supported by strong practical experience.
• Minimum 5 years of relevant machinery maintenance experience, including at least 3 years within Saudi Arabia.
• Proven hands‑on maintenance experience in woodworking, joinery, or furniture manufacturing facilities.
• Practical experience maintaining a range of the listed woodworking machines, rather than experience limited to general building maintenance.
• Strong mechanical troubleshooting ability and practical knowledge of electrical, pneumatic, hydraulic, and control systems relevant to woodworking equipment.
• Ability to personally diagnose faults, carry out repairs within competence, and verify equipment performance after maintenance.
• Experience with preventive maintenance, failure investigation, and spare‑parts identification.
• Ability to use appropriate measuring and diagnostic instruments and interpret technical manuals and schematics.
• Strong safety awareness, including energy isolation, stored‑pressure hazards, rotating machinery, dust, and finishing‑area risks.
• Ability to understand technical English in manuals, alarms, and parts documentation and prepare clear maintenance records.
• Good coordination, accountability, problem‑solving, and prioritisation skills.
• Currently based in Saudi Arabia and available for immediate joining and full-time, on‑site work in Riyadh.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

• Practical experience with both conventional woodworking machinery and CNC/beam saw equipment.
• Experience diagnosing PLC‑controlled equipment, servo systems, and variable‑frequency drives.
• Manufacturer or authorised‑service training for relevant woodworking machinery.
• Experience with machine installation, commissioning, alignment, and accuracy checks.
• Experience maintaining paint drying ovens, compressed‑air equipment, and dust extraction systems.
• Familiarity with computerised maintenance systems or structured maintenance tracking using Excel.

PROFESSIONAL REFERENCES

Final‑stage candidates will be asked for two professional references, with a third if available, preferably former maintenance managers, factory managers, or direct supervisors.

After obtaining each reference’s permission, provide their name, job title, organisation where you worked together, professional relationship, and telephone number and/or work email.

References will be contacted with your prior consent. Your current employer will not be contacted without explicit permission.

SELECTION PROCESS

Shortlisted candidates will discuss their machinery experience and repair examples. Assessment may include a practical troubleshooting scenario or a supervised technical assessment using appropriate safety procedures.

Submit only documents and work samples permitted for sharing, with confidential information removed.