Role & responsibilities
- Lead the Engineering & Maintenance function for the entire manufacturing plant, ensuring high equipment availability, reliability, safety, and cost efficiency.
- Develop and implement preventive, predictive, and breakdown maintenance strategies for all plant equipment and utilities.
- Ensure reliable operation and maintenance of dryers, UHT systems, aseptic filling lines, evaporators, boilers, compressors, pumps, conveyors, and other process equipment.
- Lead mechanical, electrical, instrumentation, automation, and utilities maintenance activities.
- Plan and execute plant shutdowns, preventive maintenance, overhauls, and major repair activities with minimum production disruption.
- Ensure reliability and availability of boilers, steam systems, chillers, cooling towers, RO, STP, ETP, HT/LT electrical systems, and other utilities.
- Implement condition monitoring and predictive maintenance techniques such as vibration analysis, thermography, and oil analysis.
- Drive RCA, MTBF, MTTR, OEE, and equipment reliability improvement initiatives.




- Lead engineering projects, CAPEX, equipment installation, commissioning, modification, and improvement projects.
- Manage spares inventory, maintenance budgets, contractors, and vendor relationships effectively.
- Ensure compliance with plant safety, statutory requirements, food safety, and engineering standards.
- Support and ensure compliance with FSSC 22000, BRCGS, HACCP, GMP, and other food safety requirements related to engineering and maintenance.
- Drive energy efficiency, utility cost reduction, continuous improvement, and maintenance cost optimization initiatives.
- Develop and mentor the Engineering & Maintenance team, establish KPIs, and build a solid reliability-focused culture.
- Maintain accurate maintenance records, dashboards, KPIs, and management reports.

Preferred candidate profile
- 1218 years of overall experience in Engineering & Maintenance, preferably in Food Processing / Beverage

📌 Engineering And Maintenance Manager (Dindigul)
🏢 Indi Coconut
📍 Dindigul