A Day in the Life
You lead a team of maintenance technicians and engineers — planning and executing preventive and corrective maintenance programmes to maximise equipment uptime and support production targets.
- Coordinate daily maintenance work orders and technician deployment
- Review overnight breakdown reports and prioritise repairs for morning shift
- Conduct equipment walkarounds to identify developing faults before breakdown
- Approve and oversee major planned maintenance shutdowns
- Review and update preventive maintenance schedules in CMMS
- Report maintenance KPIs to engineering management (OEE, MTBF, downtime)
- Manage maintenance spare parts inventory and reorder triggers
- Coach and develop maintenance technicians on fault diagnosis skills
Work Environment
INDOORTeam: MEDIUMUNIFORMRemote: NONE
Industrial factory environment — the supervisor bridges the maintenance workshop and the production floor, managing a team of 5–15 technicians across multiple shift rotations.
Skills Required
Required
Industrial Automation & Control SystemsLeadership
Preferred
Occupational Health & Safety (HSE)
Technical Skills
Maintenance management systems (CMMS)Reliability engineering tools (RCA, FMEA)Budget management for maintenance spendWork order planning and schedulingContractor and vendor management
Soft Skills
Team leadership and shift coordinationData-driven decision-making on maintenance prioritiesCommunication upward to management and downward to teamConflict management under production pressureContinuous improvement leadership
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You lead a team of maintenance technicians and engineers — planning and executing preventive and corrective maintenance programmes to maximise equipment uptime and support production targets.