Own preventive, predictive and breakdown maintenance for potato receiving and preparation, washing, peeling, cutting, blanching, drying, frying, de-oiling, conveying, freezing, grading and packaging equipment within the French Fries plant.

- Inspect and maintain pumps, gearboxes, bearings, drives, chains, belts, conveyors, valves, piping, heat exchangers and associated mechanical assemblies. Coordinate work on OEM equipment with vendors and the production team.

- Plan shutdowns and weekly maintenance with Production; issue work orders, arrange manpower and materials, verify repairs, test equipment and document handover before restart.

- Build and execute equipment-specific PM plans in SAP or the site maintenance system. Track defects, lubrication, condition checks, work order closure, repeat failures and equipment history.

- Lead root cause analysis of recurring failures and implement corrective actions. Monitor downtime, availability, MTTR, MTBF and PM completion to improve line reliability.

- Identify critical mechanical spares, maintain BOMs and minimum stock recommendations,



and prepare technical specifications and purchase requests in coordination with Stores and Procurement.

- Support commissioning and stabilization of the French Fries line, including punch-list closure, OEM coordination, equipment trials, as-built documentation and operator training.

- Lead technicians and contractors on shift and during planned work; develop troubleshooting capability and verify workmanship, housekeeping and protected restoration of equipment.

- Apply permit-to-work, isolation and lockout/tagout, machine guarding, confined-space and hot-work controls as applicable. Escalate mechanical hazards and near misses promptly.

Vacancy: Associate Manager Process Maintenance

- Maintain food safety during repairs: follow GMP, hygienic maintenance practices, foreign-material control, approved food-grade lubricants where required, cleaning and line release in coordination with Quality.

- Coordinate interfaces with refrigeration, steam, compressed air, water, E&I; and automation teams when faults or planned interventions affect process equipment.

📌 Associate Manager - Process Maintenance (Bijnor)
🏢 Agristo Masa
📍 Bijnor