Mechanical Manager

Key Responsibilities & Activities

• Design, schedule, and execute a comprehensive Preventive Maintenance (PM) program to minimize unscheduled downtime.
• Oversee Corrective Maintenance (CM) actions, ensuring rapid troubleshooting, root-cause analysis, and minimal operational disruption.
• Balance PM and CM resources effectively to optimize the maintenance schedule.

Active People & Team Management

• Actively lead, mentor, and support local shop and field technicians.
• Manage workload distribution and prioritize maintenance tasks based on operational urgency.
• Utilize and maintain a competency matrix to identify skills gaps and coordinate necessary technical training.
• Conduct regular performance appraisals and foster a culture of accountability.

Planning, Budgeting & Cost Control

• Contribute to and execute the yearly maintenance business plan in alignment with the broader operations strategy.
• Develop, justify, and manage the annual maintenance department budget (including spare parts inventory, tools, and external service contracts).
• Optimize maintenance costs and manage capital investments for technical workshop infrastructure.

SHE-Q (Safety, Health, Environment & Quality)

• Ensure all maintenance operations comply strictly with company and regional SHE-Q standards.
• Lead and manage technical "toolbox" safety meetings addressing shop-specific risks.
• Conduct routine workplace and tooling inspections to ensure a clean, safe work environment.

Reporting & Technical Insights

• Generate and analyze periodical reports regarding asset availability, mean time to repair (MTTR), and maintenance backlogs.
• Provide management with timely, business-critical insights regarding fleet risks or required capital expenditure (CapEx) investments.

Administration & Procurement

• Review and approve team time-sheets and technical data entry.
• Capture and process purchase orders (POs) for spare parts, specialty tools, and third-party vendor services.
• Verify and process maintenance-related vendor invoices.