Engineering And Maintenance Manager

Role & responsibilities

• Lead the Engineering & Maintenance function for the entire manufacturing plant, ensuring high equipment availability, reliability, safety, and cost efficiency.
• Develop and implement preventive, predictive, and breakdown maintenance strategies for all plant equipment and utilities.
• Ensure reliable operation and maintenance of dryers, UHT systems, aseptic filling lines, evaporators, boilers, compressors, pumps, conveyors, and other process equipment.
• Lead mechanical, electrical, instrumentation, automation, and utilities maintenance activities.
• Plan and execute plant shutdowns, preventive maintenance, overhauls, and major repair activities with minimum production disruption.
• Ensure reliability and availability of boilers, steam systems, chillers, cooling towers, RO, STP, ETP, HT/LT electrical systems, and other utilities.
• Implement condition monitoring and predictive maintenance techniques such as vibration analysis, thermography, and oil analysis.
• Drive RCA, MTBF, MTTR, OEE, and equipment reliability improvement initiatives.
• Lead engineering projects, CAPEX, equipment installation, commissioning, modification, and improvement projects.
• Manage spares inventory, maintenance budgets, contractors, and vendor relationships effectively.
• Ensure compliance with plant safety, statutory requirements, food safety, and engineering standards.
• Support and ensure compliance with FSSC 22000, BRCGS, HACCP, GMP, and other food safety requirements related to engineering and maintenance.
• Drive energy efficiency, utility cost reduction, continuous improvement, and maintenance cost optimization initiatives.
• Develop and mentor the Engineering & Maintenance team, establish KPIs, and build a strong reliability-focused culture.
• Maintain accurate maintenance records, dashboards, KPIs, and management reports.

Preferred candidate profile

• 1218 years of overall experience in Engineering & Maintenance, preferably in Food Processing / Beverage / Dairy / FMCG manufacturing.
• Minimum 5 years of experience in a leadership role managing plant engineering and maintenance functions.
• Bachelor's Degree in Mechanical / Electrical Engineering or a relevant engineering discipline.
• Strong hands-on experience with food processing equipment, process utilities, and automated production systems.
• Proven experience in UHT, aseptic filling, CIP systems, evaporators, dryers, boilers, compressors, chillers, pumps, and utility systems will be highly preferred.
• Strong knowledge of Electrical systems, HT/LT panels, motors, drives, transformers, instrumentation, PLC/SCADA, sensors, and automation.
• Experience in preventive, predictive, condition-based and reliability-centred maintenance.
• Strong understanding of RCA, FMEA, RCM, TPM, CMMS, MTBF, MTTR and OEE.
• Experience in CAPEX planning, project execution, commissioning, shutdown management, and vendor management.
• Knowledge of FSSC 22000, BRCGS, HACCP, GMP, and food safety requirements.
• Strong leadership, people management, analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to work closely with Production, Quality, Food Safety, EHS, and Plant Leadership teams.
• Strong ownership, execution orientation, communication skills, and a data-driven approach to plant reliability and performance.
• Candidates who have worked in a high-speed, automated food processing environment will be preferred.