Maintenance Manager job description

About the job

We are looking for a maintenance manager to lead the maintenance team, set preventive maintenance programmes and manage spare parts, contractors and budget, cutting downtime and keeping equipment and facilities safe and ready.

Duties and responsibilities

• Set the annual preventive and predictive maintenance plan for all equipment and facilities and follow it through
• Lead the electrical and mechanical maintenance teams, assign work and shifts and assess performance
• Oversee the maintenance management system (CMMS), work orders and equipment records
• Analyse repeat failures and their root causes and act to prevent them
• Prepare the maintenance budget and track spending and critical spares stock, allowing for supply lead times
• Engage maintenance contractors and suppliers and check the quality of their work
• Ensure safety procedures, permits to work and isolation are followed in all maintenance work
• Report regularly to management on equipment availability, downtime and costs

Working conditions

• Call-outs for major breakdowns outside working hours

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in mechanical or electrical engineering
• At least 6 years of experience in maintenance management, including at least 2 years leading a team

The years of experience follow the level you choose when posting.

Skills

• Maintenance management
• Preventive and predictive maintenance
• Maintenance management systems (CMMS)
• Root cause analysis
• Budget management
• Contractor management
• Leadership

Preferred

• A maintenance and reliability certificate such as CMRP
• Experience managing maintenance in factories, hotels, hospitals or oil facilities
• Experience with the maintenance module of an ERP system