Maintenance Operations Manager

We are seeking an experienced Maintenance Operations Manager to lead and control large-scale automotive maintenance and repair operations supporting a diverse fleet of UN-owned vehicles and equipment across Somalia. The position is responsible for fleet readiness, workshop performance, preventive and corrective maintenance, technical quality, manpower deployment, safety, environmental compliance and maintenance reporting across Mogadishu, sector workshops and mobile-maintenance activities.

Roles & Responsibility

• Lead and control preventive, predictive and corrective maintenance programmes for light, heavy, armored and special-purpose vehicles, MHE and earthmoving equipment.
• Provide management oversight to workshop managers, supervisors, technical trades, quality-control personnel, spare-parts staff and mobile maintenance teams.
• Plan maintenance priorities and manpower deployment across Mogadishu, sector workshops, forward operating bases and mobile-maintenance requirements.
• Monitor workshop workload, work orders, maintenance backlog, fleet downtime, overdue repairs, parts holds and repeat failures, and implement recovery actions.
• Ensure inspections, diagnosis, repairs, testing and return-to-service processes comply with contract requirements, manufacturer standards and accepted industry practice.
• Lead technical quality assurance, root-cause analysis, NCR control and corrective-action closure for recurring defects and non-conforming work.
• Coordinate spare-parts forecasting, consumables, tools, diagnostic equipment and specialist/OEM support for mission-critical systems.
• Maintain accountability for UN-owned vehicles, workshop facilities, tools and equipment, including handover, takeover and reconciliation controls.
• Enforce OHS, PPE, fire prevention, safe systems of work, spill response, hazardous-material control and environmental requirements.
• Prepare accurate maintenance reports covering completed work, backlog, downtime, availability, manpower, quality, safety and resource constraints.

Qualifications & Requirements:

• Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering, Automotive Engineering, Automotive Mechanics or a related field.
• A relevant diploma may be accepted with five additional years of qualifying experience.
• Minimum ten years of experience in automotive maintenance and repair works.
• Excellent verbal and written English is mandatory.
• Proven experience managing large-scale and multi-site maintenance operations covering light, heavy, armored and special-purpose vehicles, MHE and earthmoving equipment.
• Strong knowledge of maintenance planning, workshop control, diagnostics, technical quality, work-order management, backlog reduction and fleet-readiness improvement.
• Demonstrated experience leading multidisciplinary and multicultural technical teams in remote, demanding or geographically dispersed operations.
• Working knowledge of OHS, PPE, environmental controls, hazardous materials, waste management and workshop emergency procedures.
• Experience supporting UN, humanitarian, defence, military-support or remote-site fleet operations is advantageous.

If this describes you, then apply now, your next big adventure awaits!

For immediate consideration email an updated resume to [email protected]

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