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About the Maintenance Coordinator Role

Hempel A/S is seeking a Maintenance Coordinator to support maintenance operations in Makkah. This full-time position involves coordinating various maintenance activities to ensure equipment reliability and operational efficiency.

Role Overview and Responsibilities

The Maintenance Coordinator will be responsible for overseeing and coordinating preventive, predictive, and corrective maintenance activities. A key aspect of this role is ensuring strict compliance with safety, environmental, and quality standards while maximizing equipment reliability and uptime within production lines. This position requires a proactive approach to managing maintenance schedules, allocating resources, and controlling costs, including spare parts inventory optimization.

• Maintain compliance with safety, environmental, and quality standards.
• Coordinate preventive, predictive, and corrective maintenance activities.
• Ensure equipment uptime and operational efficiency in production lines.
• Manage maintenance scheduling and resource allocation.
• Control maintenance costs and optimize spare parts inventory.
• Support continuous improvement initiatives and plant reliability programs.
• Facilitate communication between planning, production, quality, procurement, HSE, and maintenance teams.
• Develop weekly and monthly maintenance schedules to minimize production disruption.
• Create, prioritize, and track work orders through ERP systems.
• Ensure routine inspections and servicing of equipment such as dissolvers, mixers, pumps, mills, compressors, and filling machines.
• Respond to equipment failures and coordinate corrective actions to restore operations quickly.
• Monitor inventory levels of critical spare parts and ensure availability without overstocking.
• Manage external service providers, contractors, suppliers, and OEMs.
• Maintain maintenance records, logs, and KPIs, and prepare periodic reports.
• Participate in root cause analysis (RCA) and reliability improvement projects.

Qualifications and Experience

Candidates should possess a Bachelor’s degree in Electrical, Mechanical, or Industrial Engineering. High Diploma holders with substantial relevant experience may also be considered. The role requires 3–7 years of experience in maintenance coordination, preferably within manufacturing environments such as paint, chemical, or process industries. Familiarity with ERP systems and a strong understanding of preventive and predictive maintenance practices are essential.

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical, Mechanical, or Industrial Engineering preferred; High Diploma with strong experience considered.
• 3–7 years of experience in maintenance coordination within manufacturing, preferably paint, chemical, or process industries.
• Hands-on experience with rotating and process equipment including dissolvers, mixers, pumps, compressors, and filling systems.
• Familiarity with ERP systems.
• Strong understanding of preventive and predictive maintenance practices.
• Knowledge of HSE standards in chemical environments.

Required Skills and Competencies

Successful candidates will demonstrate strong planning, organization, communication, and coordination skills. The ability to perform problem-solving and analytical thinking is crucial. A basic knowledge of electrical and mechanical systems is required, along with the capacity to work under pressure and manage multiple priorities effectively.

• Strong planning, organization, communication, and coordination skills.
• Problem-solving and analytical thinking abilities.
• Basic knowledge of electrical and mechanical systems.
• Ability to work under pressure and manage priorities.

Work Location and Type

This is a full-time position based in Makkah, Saudi Arabia.