The Process / Reliability / Maintenance Manager is responsible for optimizing production processes, improving equipment reliability, and overseeing maintenance operations to ensure safe, efficient, and cost-effective plant performance. The role focuses on minimizing equipment downtime, improving operational efficiency, implementing preventive and predictive maintenance strategies, and driving continuous improvement across production and maintenance activities.

Key Responsibilities

- Oversee process optimization, equipment reliability, and maintenance activities to achieve operational targets.
- Develop and implement preventive, predictive, and corrective maintenance strategies to minimize equipment downtime.
- Monitor equipment performance, analyze failures, and implement root cause analysis and corrective actions.
- Identify opportunities to improve production efficiency, process stability, equipment availability, and product quality.
- Lead reliability improvement initiatives, maintenance planning, and asset performance management.
- Manage maintenance budgets, manpower, spare parts, tools, and equipment resources.
- Establish and monitor key performance indicators (KPIs), including equipment availability, downtime, maintenance costs, and production efficiency.
- Coordinate with production, engineering, quality, and other departments to resolve operational issues.
- Lead, train, and develop engineering, process,



and maintenance teams to improve technical capabilities and performance.
- Ensure compliance with company procedures, quality standards, and workplace safety requirements.
- Evaluate equipment upgrades, process improvements, and new technologies to enhance operational performance.
- Prepare technical reports, maintenance plans, performance reviews, and recommendations for management.
- Drive continuous improvement initiatives to reduce costs, improve productivity, and extend equipment service life.

Requirements
- Degree or equivalent qualification in Engineering or a related technical discipline.
- Proven experience in process engineering, equipment reliability, maintenance management, or plant operations.
- Strong knowledge of preventive and predictive maintenance, troubleshooting, and root cause analysis.
- Experience in process optimization, equipment performance monitoring, and continuous improvement methodologies.
- Strong leadership, project management, analytical, and problem-solving skills.
- Ability to manage budgets, resources, maintenance schedules, and cross-functional teams.
- Familiarity with CMMS, reliability analysis tools, and performance monitoring systems.
- Knowledge of workplace safety, quality management, and operational risk control.
- Solid communication and decision-making skills with a results-oriented mindset.

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📌 Process / Reliability / Maintenance Manager (Kozhikode)
🏢 IB Construction
📍 Kozhikode