Job description
A technically outstanding maintenance leader who can walk into a dairy manufacturing facility and immediately understand the process from Milk Intake to Finished Product.
Demonstrate a proven track record of inspiring people, developing future leaders, shaping strategy, and building a reliability culture that places people, safety, quality and operational excellence at the centre of every decision.
Must-Have Requirements
Leadership
- Proven experience leading large maintenance teams in a manufacturing environment.
- Build succession plans for key maintenance positions.
- Mentor supervisors and emerging leaders.
- Demonstrated ability to inspire, coach, mentor and develop others.
- High Emotional Intelligence (EQ) with strong self-awareness and interpersonal skills.
- Ability to effectively influence cross-functional stakeholders.
- Strong communication and conflict-resolution skills.
- Strategic mindset balanced with operational execution capability.
Technical Experience
- Minimum 10+ years maintenance leadership experience within food, beverage, dairy, Pharma or FMCG manufacturing.
- Minimum 5 years in a Maintenance Manager or equivalent senior leadership position.
- Expert understanding of dairy processing technologies.
- Demonstrated experience of liquid processing and packaging equipment.
- Strong knowledge of:
- Pasteurization
- UHT systems
- Homogenization
- Heat treatment technologies
- Cheese production equipment
- Evaporation and sterilization systems
- Advanced understanding of electrical, mechanical, automation and instrumentation disciplines.
Skills
Reliability Management
Proven experience:
- Develop and execute a site-wide Maintenance Excellence strategy.
- Reliability-Centered Maintenance (RCM)
- Preventive Maintenance programs
- Predictive Maintenance technologies
- Root Cause Analysis
- Asset Criticality Assessments
- Maintenance Planning & Scheduling
- Maintenance KPI frameworks
Business Experience
- Budget management responsibility.
- Contractor management experience.
- Capital project management experience.
- Continuous Improvement leadership experience.
- Strong financial and commercial acumen.
Digitalisation & Smart Maintenance
- Leverage modern digital tools to improve maintenance performance.
- Champion predictive technologies and Industry 4.0 initiatives.
- Drive effective use of:
- Maintenance & Asset AI
- SAP PM or similar platform
- SAP Fiori or similar platform
- CMMS
- Power BI
- Reliability Analytics Tools
- Condition Monitoring Systems
- Develop KPI dashboards to support data-driven decision making.
- Utilize maintenance data to identify trends and improvement opportunities.
Favorable Requirements
Safety, Quality & Compliance
- Lead by example in all aspects of Safety and Food Safety.
- Ensure compliance with:
- FSSC 22000
- BRCGS
- ISO 45001
- Environmental Regulations
- Qatar Regulatory Requirements
- Ensure maintenance activities support CCP and OPRP requirements.
- Maintain audit readiness at all times.
- Lead contractor management and permit-to-work compliance.
- Own site maintenance risk assessments and safe systems of work.
Qualifications
The following would make an exceptional candidate stand out:
- Degree in Engineering, Reliability, Operations Management or Business Administration (MBA).
- Certified Maintenance & Reliability Professional (CMRP).
- Certified Reliability Engineer (CRE).
- Lean Six Sigma Green Belt or Black Belt.
- TPM Practitioner Certification.
- Advanced Automation or Industry 4.0 qualifications.
- Experience managing multinational workforces.
- Experience implementing SAP PM or SAP Fiori maintenance solutions.
- Experience managing OEM performance contracts.
- Experience with advanced condition monitoring programs.
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