Mechanical Maintenance Manager/Head

Position: Head Mechanical Maintenance
Department: Engineering / Maintenance
Industry: Dairy / Food Processing

Key Responsibilities:

• Lead the Mechanical Maintenance function for the dairy manufacturing plant and ensure high equipment availability and reliability.
• Plan and execute preventive, predictive and breakdown maintenance of plant machinery and equipment.
• Handle maintenance of dairy processing equipment such as milk processing lines, pasteurizers, homogenizers, separators, evaporators, filling/packing machines, CIP systems, pumps, compressors, boilers and other mechanical equipment.
• Ensure minimum equipment downtime through effective breakdown analysis, RCA and corrective actions.
• Develop and implement annual/monthly maintenance plans, schedules and shutdown maintenance activities.
• Lead planned shutdowns/annual maintenance and ensure timely completion of critical maintenance activities.
• Manage maintenance of utilities and associated mechanical systems, including boilers, refrigeration systems, compressors, DG-related mechanical systems, pumps and pipelines.
• Identify opportunities for energy saving, process improvement and maintenance cost optimization.
• Manage spare parts planning, inventory control and ensure availability of critical spares.
• Coordinate with Production, Quality, Projects, Purchase and EHS teams for smooth plant operations.
• Evaluate and manage AMC, contractors and external maintenance agencies.
• Drive installation, commissioning and modification of new machinery and equipment.
• Ensure compliance with safety standards, statutory requirements and company maintenance procedures.
• Prepare and monitor the maintenance budget, CAPEX and OPEX for the department.
• Lead, train and develop the mechanical maintenance team and ensure effective manpower deployment.
• Maintain proper documentation, maintenance records, SOPs, checklists and equipment history