Maintenance Manager

About the Role

Acwa is seeking a Maintenance Manager to lead the maintenance organization for a CCGT power plant in Saudi Arabia. This full-time role focuses on ensuring the safe, reliable, and efficient maintenance of the plant, adhering to approved plans, procedures, company policies, and all applicable safety and regulatory requirements. The Maintenance Manager will oversee all maintenance activities, resources, and the performance of the maintenance team.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead and manage Mechanical, Electrical, and Instrumentation & Control (I&C) teams, ensuring effective workforce allocation, supervision, performance management, and competency development.
• Implement preventive maintenance plans and coordinate corrective maintenance activities to maintain plant reliability, availability, and operational efficiency.
• Ensure effective utilization of SAP/CMMS for maintenance planning, work orders, history tracking, scheduling, and monitoring of all maintenance activities.
• Coordinate maintenance activities across E/M/I&C sections, analyze recurring equipment issues, and lead root cause investigations to improve plant reliability.
• Develop and monitor maintenance and capital budgets, review purchase requisitions, and ensure the availability of critical spare parts and consumables within budgetary requirements.
• Manage and monitor contractors and subcontractors, ensuring compliance with approved maintenance procedures, IMS, HSE requirements, work scopes, and applicable standards.
• Ensure effective implementation of IMS, HSE, environmental, legal, PTW, waste management, PPE, hazard risk assessment, and environmental aspect-impact requirements within the maintenance function.
• Oversee maintenance reporting, emergency preparedness, training, competency development, equipment/instrument calibration, and continuous improvement to support plant and IMS objectives.

Qualifications and Experience

• A minimum of 10 years of experience in a relevant maintenance leadership role.
• Demonstrated experience in managing maintenance activities, resources, and budgets within a power plant environment.
• Proficiency in SAP-based maintenance processes and CMMS.
• Strong understanding of safety, regulatory, and environmental requirements in power plant operations.

Work Environment

This is a site-based role located at a remote power plant in Saudi Arabia.