Maintenance Manager

Job Title: Maintenance Manager Company: Shahi SAP Module: SAP PM Roles & Responsibilities: The Maintenance Manager is responsible for leading the plant engineering team and overseeing all mechanical, electrical, and instrumentation maintenance activities. This role ensures maximum plant availability, equipment reliability, and optimal utility operations while maintaining strict compliance with safety, environment, and engineering standards in a batch processing chemical manufacturing environment. Roles and Responsibilities: * Maintenance Strategy: Develop, implement, and monitor Preventive, Predictive, and Breakdown maintenance schedules for all plant machinery and utilities. * Team Leadership: Supervise, mentor, and evaluate the performance of maintenance engineers, shift supervisors, and external contractors. * Utility Management: Oversee the continuous operation and maintenance of critical plant utilities including boilers, cooling towers, chillers, air compressors, and water treatment plants. * Shutdown Planning: Plan and execute planned annual or periodic plant shutdowns safely, within budget, and on schedule to minimize production downtime. * Inventory & Spares Management: Manage engineering stores by ensuring optimum stock levels of critical operational spares, reducing inventory costs. * Statutory Compliance: Ensure all machinery and pressure vessels comply with local statutory rules (e.g., Factory Inspectorate, Pollution Control Board, Boiler Regulations). * Capex & Budgeting: Prepare the annual maintenance budget, track maintenance expenditures, and justify capital expenditure (CAPEX) for plant expansions or upgrades. * Root Cause Analysis: Lead troubleshooting and Root Cause Analysis (RCA) for recurring breakdowns or equipment failures to implement permanent engineering solutions. Work Location: Hosur, India Availability: Full time

* Education: B.Tech / B.E. in Mechanical Engineering or Electrical Engineering from a recognized university. * Experience: 1 year of progressive engineering and maintenance experience, * Industry Sector: Hands-on experience in Textile Chemicals, Speciality Chemicals, or the Petrochemical Industry . * Technical Skills: Deep knowledge of chemical plant equipment (reactors, glass-lined vessels, agitators, pumps, piping networks) and electrical distribution systems (transformers, HT/LT panels, DG sets). * Management Skills: Proven expertise in budget control, vendor management, project execution. Key Skills: Plant Maintenance, Preventive Maintenance Salary: Not disclosed