Position: Maintenance Manager
Hierarchy Level: Lead
Functional Family: Operations
Sub Function: Maintenance and Services
Job Location: Chennai

Job Description: 

Leads the maintenance function to ensure high equipment reliability, availability, safety and lifecycle performance
across production machinery. Leads preventive, predictive and corrective maintenance, drives TPM and
continuous improvement, manages maintenance resources and spares, and partners with Production,
Engineering, Quality, EHS and other stakeholders to minimise downtime and support stable manufacturing
operations.
Key Stakeholders / Coordination
• Internal: Production, Industrial Engineering, Quality, EHS, Procurement and Engineering
• External: Equipment suppliers, service vendors and contractors
Job Responsibilities
In alignment with the Maintenance function, the incumbent will:
• Develop and execute preventive, predictive and corrective maintenance strategies to maximise equipment
uptime and improve OEE.
• Own maintenance planning, shutdown schedules, checklists, standard operating procedures and compliance
documentation.
• Drive TPM, autonomous maintenance, reliability improvement and continuous improvement across
manufacturing.
• Analyse recurring breakdowns using structured root-cause analysis and ensure sustainable corrective and
preventive actions.
• Monitor and improve maintenance KPIs – MTBF, MTTR, equipment availability, breakdown trends,
maintenance cost and schedule compliance.
• Lead, coach and develop maintenance engineers and technicians; define skill requirements, training plans,
work allocation and performance expectations.
• Establish critical-spares strategy, optimise spare-parts inventory and coordinate with Procurement and
suppliers to ensure availability while controlling cost.
• Provide maintenance input for new equipment selection, installation, commissioning, acceptance, validation
and handover to operations.
• Collaborate with Production, Industrial Engineering, Quality, EHS and other functions to resolve equipment
issues and support production priorities.
• Ensure adherence to safety, environmental, statutory and company requirements, including safe work
practices and contractor controls.
• Drive automation, energy efficiency, utility optimisation, maintenance digitalisation and cost-reduction projects
with measurable impact.
• Manage maintenance budgets, service contracts, external vendors and equipment lifecycle plans.

• Support audits and management reviews with accurate maintenance records, risk assessments, action
tracking and improvement plans.
• Support Environmental Management System (EMS) goals – drive energy and utility optimisation (compressedair
leak arrest, efficient motors, idle-time shutdown), ensure used oil, coolant, batteries and e-waste are
disposed only through authorised channels, and ensure contractors follow EMS requirements.

Qualifications: 

• Bachelor's degree in Mechanical, Electrical, Mechatronics or related engineering; postgraduate qualification in
management or engineering is advantageous.
• 12–15 years of maintenance experience in manufacturing, including leading maintenance teams and functions.

Technical Expertise / Skill Sets
• Facility Maintenance, Production equipment maintenance, troubleshooting and reliability engineering.
• Preventive / predictive maintenance and process optimisation.
• TPM and autonomous maintenance.
• People leadership – coaching technical teams, setting priorities, safety and reliability culture.
• ERP / CMMS maintenance and spare-parts management; SAP advantageous.