Project & Maintenance Lead

Nutreco; Meşelik; On-site; TRY 350,000 - 520,000; Full time

Job summary

Nutreco is seeking an experienced Maintenance Engineer to lead mid- and long-term maintenance planning across our facilities. You will coordinate with area managers to minimise downtime, plan complex maintenance, and supervise both in-house and external technicians.

The role requires strong analytical skills, PM expertise, and willingness to travel internationally. The ideal candidate has a strong background in electrical, mechanical, or industrial engineering, plus experience with automation

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in a related engineering discipline.
• Relevant experience in industrial maintenance or technical project management.
• Experience in industrial automation systems and maintenance management.
• Experience planning and monitoring technical/investment projects.
• Knowledge of preventive maintenance and maintenance planning.
• Experience in energy efficiency and cost optimization.
• Experience managing contractors and external service providers.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, including root cause analysis.
• Ability to plan and monitor projects using PM methodologies.
• Familiarity with Gantt charts and digital reporting.
• Proficiency in MS Office, especially Excel, Word and PowerPoint.
• Strong written and spoken English.
• Ability to collaborate with local and global teams.
• Willingness to travel domestically and internationally.

Responsibilities

• Maintain mid/long-term maintenance planning with budget considerations.
• Coordinate scheduled activities with operations to minimize disruption.
• Plan, prioritise, schedule, and manage maintenance programs, shutdowns, and repairs.
• Set and adjust production/packaging equipment for efficient transitions.
• Ensure availability of materials, parts, and tools; plan execution with departments.
• Supervise maintenance staff; assign tasks and ensure safety measures.
• Oversee external technicians and evaluate work quality.
• Monitor progress and resolve issues to maintain timelines.
• Troubleshoot mechanical, electrical, and control systems to resume production quickly.
• Develop preventive maintenance schedules and inspect assets.
• Report serious maintenance findings to production management; perform timely repairs.
• Drive continuous improvement through TPM/AM/PM practices.
• Ensure compliance with safety and quality regulations; manage spare parts and inventories.

Skills

Analytical skills

English communication

Project management

MS Excel

Team collaboration

Travel flexibility

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Electrical / Mechanical / Mechatronics / Industrial Engineering or related engineering discipline

Tools

Gantt charts

Project tracking tools

Digital reporting platforms

Excel

Word

PowerPoint

Job description

Job Description

Maintenance planning:

o Prepares the mid and long term maintenance planning for the assigned area, including budgets

o Liaises with functional or operational area managers throughout the organisation to coordinate scheduled maintenance activities with their operations.

o Plans, prioritises, schedules, and manages all maintenance activities (planned maintenance programmes, shut-downs, or emergency repairs) to rectify break-downs and malfunctions and minimise business disruptions.

Maintenance management:

o Prepares / prioritizes maintenance activities with regard to malfunctions, maintenance, repairs and modifications, in such a way that the work can be performed in an efficient and safe manner and the production department(s) encounter minimal nuisance and / or stagnation.

o Assist in setting, re-setting and adjusting production and packaging equipment of complex product and format transitions, so that production can proceed undisturbed.

o Assesses the nature of the maintenance, and study of the drawings and manuals, ensures the availability of necessary materials, parts and tools and ensures the planning of the execution with relevant departments

o Manages all technical maintenance and repair work to be performed by the employees of the maintenance department, plans the work, providing assignments and tasks, and arranging the activities. Instructs on methods and procedures and ensures the necessary safety measures are taken, so that repair and service activities are completed accurately, safely, and on-time.

o Supervises external technicians, providing assignments, checking safeguards and evaluation of the work performed

o Monitors the execution in qualitative and quantitative terms, checking the progress and evaluating the results. Resolves difficulties.

Troubleshooting:

o Troubleshoots any mechanical, electrical and technical control of production equipment, utility equipment, and refrigerating systems and in offices and warehouses, through received messages, such that the work in terms of technology and safety can be resumed and any stagnation is limited to a minimum.

o Locates the cause of the disturbance, determines whether mechanics of third parties must be hired, assesses the nature and extent of faults and determines whether immediate repair is necessary and possible. If needed ensures immediate (emergency) repairs are executed

Preventive / planned maintenance:

o Prepares preventive maintenance schedules and carries out inspections in the context of preventive and corrective maintenance / overhaul, so that the technical underperforming conditions are timely identified and corrective actions can be taken

o Assesses the state of maintenance and reports of serious findings to the production management; directly repairs (impending) defects if possible

o Ensures the planning and execution of corrective maintenance arising from the inspections, at scheduled times

Continuous improvement:

o Researches, evaluates, and recommends new equipment, tools and processes in maintenance and production in order to enhance the capabilities of production and / or maintenance.

o Monitor the cost and effectiveness of activities to optimise resources, prioritise spending, and achieve timeliness, reliability, and safety standards.

o Roll out best practices of Maintenance (TPM, AM, PM)

Compliance:

o Ensures compliance with all operating, safety, quality, risk and health regulations.

o Manages spare parts compliance and inventory levels and management and consumptions.

o Monitors working practices and adherence to safety procedures to ensure safety of employees working in the area (incl. some key procedures linked with

ATEX, Work at height, LOTO and Confined space, Work Permits etc)

QUALIFICATIONS AND EXPERIENCE

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical, Electrical and Electronics, Mechanical, Mechatronics, Industrial Engineering or a related engineering discipline.
• Relevant experience in industrial maintenance, engineering or technical project management.
• Experience in industrial automation systems, maintenance processes and maintenance management systems is preferred.
• Experience in planning, implementing and monitoring technical and investment projects.
• Knowledge of preventive maintenance, maintenance planning and maintenance performance improvement.
• Experience in energy efficiency, cost optimization and continuous improvement initiatives is an advantage.
• Experience in managing contractors, external service providers and technical suppliers is preferred.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, including root cause analysis and preventive action planning.
• Ability to plan, coordinate and monitor projects using project management methodologies and tools.
• Familiarity with Gantt charts, project tracking tools and digital reporting platforms.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office applications, particularly Excel, Word and PowerPoint.
• Strong written and spoken English communication skills.
• Ability to collaborate effectively with local and global teams.
• Willingness and availability to travel domestically and internationally.