Maintenance Management

• Develop and implement preventive, predictive, and corrective maintenance programs for all cold end equipment.

• Ensure high equipment availability and minimize production downtime.

• Plan and schedule maintenance activities in coordination with production.

• Analyze equipment failures and implement permanent corrective actions.

Equipment Responsibility

Manage maintenance of:

• Lehrs (annealing lehrs)

• Cold end conveyors

• Inspection machines

• Bottle handling systems

• Case packers

• Palletizers

• Shrink wrappers

• Stretch wrappers

• Robot systems

• Automatic labeling equipment

• Conveying systems

• Compressors and pneumatic systems

• Servo and motion control systems

Reliability Engineering

• Monitor equipment performance using KPIs.

• Conduct Root Cause Analysis (RCA) for recurring failures.

• Implement Reliability Centered Maintenance (RCM) principles.

• Improve Overall Equipment Effectiveness (OEE).

• Drive continuous improvement projects.

Team Leadership

• Lead, coach, and develop maintenance engineers, supervisors, and technicians.

• Assign daily maintenance work.

• Conduct performance evaluations.

• Identify training needs.

• Promote teamwork and accountability.

Spare Parts Management

• Optimize critical spare parts inventory.

• Coordinate with purchasing for procurement.

• Reduce maintenance costs through effective inventory management.

Safety & Compliance

• Ensure compliance with plant safety policies.

• Enforce Lock-Out/Tag-Out (LOTO) procedures.

• Conduct risk assessments.

• Ensure compliance with environmental regulations.

• Participate in safety audits.

Budget Management

• Prepare annual maintenance budget.

• Control maintenance expenditures.

• Evaluate contractor performance.

• Identify cost-saving opportunities.

Continuous Improvement

• Support Lean Manufacturing initiatives.

• Implement TPM (Total Productive Maintenance).

• Lead Kaizen activities.

• Improve maintenance planning and scheduling.

Documentation

• Maintain maintenance records within the CMMS.

• Develop maintenance SOPs.

• Prepare technical reports.

• Track maintenance KPIs and generate monthly reports.

Key Performance Indicators (KPIs)

• Equipment Availability (%)

• Cold End OEE

• MTBF (Mean Time Between Failures)

• MTTR (Mean Time To Repair)

• Preventive Maintenance Compliance (%)

• Breakdown Frequency

• Maintenance Cost per Ton

• Spare Parts Inventory Accuracy

• Safety Incident Rate

• Production Downtime due to Maintenance

Requirements

Qualifications

Education

• Bachelor's degree in electrical engineering, Mechatronics Engineering,

Experience

• 15-20 years of maintenance experience in glass container manufacturing.

• At least 3–5 years in a supervisory or managerial role.

• Strong experience with cold end equipment maintenance.

Technical Skills

• Cold End process knowledge

• Mechanical maintenance

• Electrical systems

• PLC troubleshooting (e.g., Siemens, Allen-Bradley)

• Servo drives and motion control

• Pneumatic and hydraulic systems

• CMMS software (e.g., SAP PM, Maximo)

• Predictive maintenance techniques

• Root Cause Analysis

• TPM, Lean Manufacturing, and Six Sigma principles

Leadership Competencies

• Team leadership

• Decision-making

• Planning and organizing

• Problem-solving

• Communication skills

• Conflict management

• Coaching and mentoring

• Continuous improvement mindset

Working Conditions

• Manufacturing environment with rotating production schedules.

• Exposure to heat, noise, dust, and moving machinery.

• May require on-call support during equipment breakdowns and planned shutdowns.