Site Maintenance and Utilities Lead

Head Maintenance & Utility - Baddi Plant

Internally, the role is designated as Site Maintenance and Utilities Lead responsible for driving plant maintenance excellence, equipment reliability, preventive and predictive maintenance, utilities management, and the Progressive Maintenance (PM) pillar under our IL6S framework.

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ROLE PURPOSE

As a member of the Plant Leadership Team (PLT), the Progressive Maintenance & Utilities Lead will lead the Progressive Maintenance (PM) Pillar within the Integrated Lean Six Sigma (IL6S) framework and drive the plant's journey towards a Zero Breakdown Culture.

This role is responsible for building maintenance capability, improving equipment reliability, strengthening utilities performance, driving energy efficiency, and embedding world-class maintenance practices across the plant.

The role is focused on coaching, capability building, and technical leadership rather than day-to-day maintenance execution.

Key Responsibilities

Progressive Maintenance Leadership

• Lead the Progressive Maintenance Pillar and drive equipment reliability across the plant.
• Establish and sustain preventive, predictive, and condition-based maintenance practices.
• Drive breakdown elimination and continuous improvement initiatives.

Capability Building

• Develop maintenance capability across engineering and operations teams.
• Coach technical leaders and strengthen organizational expertise in reliability and maintenance excellence.
• Support capability transfer through Autonomous Maintenance initiatives.

Reliability & Operational Excellence

• Improve equipment availability, maintenance effectiveness, and operational performance.
• Lead root cause analysis and drive sustainable corrective actions.
• Improve key reliability metrics including OEE, MTBF, and MTTR.

Plant Leadership

• Own maintenance and infrastructure budgets.
• Support capital projects, plant expansions, and equipment investments.
• Provide technical expertise to improve future plant design and asset reliability

Technical & Utilities Governance

• Provide leadership across maintenance, utilities, electrical, instrumentation, and automation functions.
• Ensure reliable and efficient operation of critical plant infrastructure and utility systems.
• Support modernization, automation, and reliability improvement initiatives.

Safety, Compliance & Sustainability

• Ensure compliance with safety, statutory, and environmental requirements.
• Drive energy optimization and sustainability initiatives across the site.
• Champion safe maintenance practices and technical governance

What Success Looks Like

• Reduced equipment breakdowns and downtime.
• Improved reliability, maintenance effectiveness, and plant performance.
• Strong PM Pillar maturity within the IL6S framework.
• Improved utility reliability and energy efficiency.
• Enhanced technical capability across the organization.
• Best-in-class safety and compliance performance

IDEAL CANDIDATE PROFILE

• Bachelor's Degree in Mechanical, Electrical, Instrumentation, Electronics, or Industrial Engineering.
• 10+ years of experience in Maintenance, Reliability, Engineering, or Plant Technical Operations.
• Strong hands-on maintenance foundation with progression into maintenance leadership roles.
• Experience working within Total Productive Maintenance (TPM), Integrated Lean Six Sigma (IL6S), or similar operational excellence frameworks.
• Proven track record of driving reliability improvements, capability building, and maintenance excellence in highly automated manufacturing environments. Strong leadership, coaching, stakeholder management, and systems-thinking capabilities.

WHY JOIN

This is a high-impact Plant Leadership Team role offering the opportunity to shape maintenance strategy, influence plant-wide performance, build technical capability, and drive world-class reliability and operational excellence