Site Maintenance Leader (Head) - Heavy Engineering Domain

Role & responsibilities

We are seeking an accomplished Sanand Site Maintenance Leader to lead the maintenance strategy, asset reliability, and infrastructure development for a large state of the art heavy manufacturing facility specializing in nuclear turbines and generators.
This executive leadership role is responsible for ensuring world-class maintenance performance across an existing brownfield manufacturing facility while supporting significant site expansion initiatives. The successful candidate will drive maintenance excellence, operational transformation, asset reliability, and organizational capability, ensuring the site is positioned for long-term growth.

Key Responsibilities

• Maintenance & Asset Management
• Brownfield Operations & Site Expansion
• Transformation & Continuous Improvement
• Leadership & People Management
• Financial & Stakeholder Management

Preferred candidate profile

Qualifications & Experience

• Bachelors degree in mechanical, Electrical, Industrial, or related Engineering
• 20+ years of progressive maintenance leadership experience within heavy manufacturing or process industries.
• Demonstrated success leading maintenance organizations in industries such as nuclear, power generation, turbine manufacturing, heavy engineering, steel, mining, oil & gas, aerospace, or other capital-intensive manufacturing environments.
• Proven experience managing brownfield manufacturing facilities and supporting large-scale expansion or capital investment projects.
• Strong expertise in asset management, reliability engineering, predictive maintenance, maintenance planning, and operational excellence.
• Experience leading large multidisciplinary maintenance organizations and managing complex contractor networks.
• Demonstrated success leading organizational transformation and change management initiatives.
• Experience working in unionized manufacturing environments with strong employee and labor relations skills.
• Six Sigma Black belt Certification will be an added advantage

Leadership Competencies

The successful candidate will demonstrate:

• Strategic maintenance and asset management leadership combined with strong hands-on operational expertise.
• A proven ability to lead maintenance transformation and deliver sustainable business improvements.
• Exceptional people leadership, with the ability to build, inspire, coach, and develop high-performing teams.
• Strong communication, stakeholder management, and influencing skills across all organizational levels.
• Sound commercial and financial acumen with experience managing significant maintenance and capital budgets.
• A collaborative leadership style with a strong commitment to safety, operational excellence, quality, and continuous improvement.
• The ability to lead through complexity and organizational change while maintaining high levels of employee engagement and operational performance.