Maintenance Manager – Lead Large-Scale Facility Operations

About the role

Responsible for leading the complete maintenance function, ensuring equipment reliability, availability, safety, preventive maintenance and cost control across a large‑scale continuous‑operation facility. The role oversees a multi‑trade team and coordinates with production, procurement and engineering to maximise uptime.

Key responsibilities

• Develop and implement preventive, predictive and corrective maintenance strategies.
• Lead maintenance planning, scheduling, shutdowns and breakdown response.
• Drive root‑cause analysis (RCA) and corrective actions for recurring equipment failures.
• Manage maintenance of electrical systems, generators, pumps, refrigeration, mechanical equipment, diesel engines, hydraulics, fleet, fabrication, utilities and facilities.
• Maintain asset registers, maintenance history and work orders through ERP/CMMS.
• Control maintenance budget, spare parts, consumables, contractors and procurement.
• Evaluate repair vs. replacement decisions and support CAPEX/lifecycle planning.
• Lead and develop a 30+ member multi‑trade maintenance team, ensuring training, performance management and clear accountability.
• Ensure compliance with PTW, LOTO, PPE, statutory inspections and safety requirements.
• Monitor and report equipment availability, downtime, PM completion, repair time, reliability and maintenance cost.

Required profile

• 8+ years of engineering and maintenance experience, with at least 4 years managing 20+ multi‑trade personnel.
• Degree in Mechanical, Electrical, Industrial or related Engineering; professional registration preferred.
• Experience in industrial, manufacturing, agro‑industrial, agriculture or food‑processing continuous‑production environments.
• Strong background in preventive maintenance, reliability, asset management, budgeting and contractor management.
• Hands‑on knowledge of ERP/CMMS and maintenance KPIs.
• Proven leadership, analytical and problem‑solving abilities, comfortable working in a remote operational setting.

Required skills

• ERP/CMMS operation
• Root Cause Analysis (RCA)
• Preventive, predictive and corrective maintenance techniques
• Asset register and maintenance history management
• Budget and cost control
• Spare parts and consumables management