Maintenance Manager

Key Responsibilities

Strategic & Leadership Responsibilities

• Define and implement the overall maintenance strategy covering preventive, predictive,

breakdown and condition-based maintenance.

• Lead, mentor and develop maintenance teams across mechanical, electrical,

instrumentation and utility functions.

• Drive reliability-centered maintenance (RCM), TPM, OEE improvement and asset lifecycle

management.

• Prepare annual maintenance budgets, CAPEX proposals and cost control plans.
• Align maintenance objectives with production, quality, safety and delivery targets.

Plant & Equipment Maintenance

• Ensure optimum uptime and performance of CNC machines, fabrication equipment,

foundry machines, shot blasting systems, dust collectors, compressors, utilities and

material handling systems.

• Plan and execute preventive and predictive maintenance schedules to minimize

breakdowns.

• Analyze root causes of failures (RCA, 8D) and implement permanent corrective actions.
• Manage installation, commissioning and stabilization of new machines and facilities.

Utilities & Infrastructure

• Oversee maintenance of utilities including power distribution, DG sets, compressors,

HVAC, water systems and ETP/STP.

• Ensure uninterrupted utility availability with energy efficiency and conservation

initiatives.

• Manage civil, building and infrastructure maintenance activities.

Safety, Statutory & Compliance

• Ensure compliance with Factories Act, Electricity Act, Boiler Act, Environment norms,

safety standards and all applicable statutory requirements.

• Implement safety systems such as LOTO, SOPs, permits, audits and emergency

preparedness.

• Coordinate with statutory authorities, auditors and third-party inspectors.

Cost Control & Spares Management

• Optimize maintenance costs through planning, standardization and vendor development.
• Manage spares planning, inventory optimization and critical spares identification.
• Negotiate AMCs, service contracts and vendor agreements.

Continuous Improvement & Digitalization

• Drive TPM pillars, Kaizen, Lean initiatives and Six Sigma projects in maintenance.
• Implement CMMS/SAP PM effectively for planning, history tracking and analytics.
• Monitor KPIs such as MTBF, MTTR, OEE, downtime, maintenance cost per unit.

Cross-functional Coordination

• Work closely with Production, Quality, Projects, Purchase and EHS teams for seamless

operations.

• Support audits, customer visits and technical reviews related to maintenance systems.

Required Experience, Skills & Competencies

• Proven leadership experience heading maintenance in heavy engineering / machine

building / foundry environments.

• Strong knowledge of mechanical, electrical and automation systems.
• Expertise in TPM, RCM, OEE, root cause analysis and reliability engineering.
• Hands-on experience with SAP PM / CMMS.
• Strong vendor management, negotiation and project management skills.
• Excellent analytical, problem-solving and decision-making abilities.
• Strong communication, people management and stakeholder coordination skills.