Sr. Maintenance Technician

Overview

Key Responsibilities

• Lead, assign, and supervise electrical, mechanical, and automation technicians across shifts.
• Ensure maintenance activities are executed safely, efficiently, and as per priority.
• Coach and mentor technicians to improve technical capability and problem-solving skills.
• Manage shift handovers, workload balancing, and on-call response.
• Coordinate preventive, corrective, and predictive maintenance activities across all paint shop assets.
• Act as first escalation point during major breakdowns and ensure fast, structured recovery.
• Ensure effective coordination between mechanical, electrical, and automation disciplines.
• Support commissioning, upgrades, and modifications of paint shop equipment.
• Provide hands-on technical support for complex mechanical, electrical, and automation issues.
• Guide root cause analysis (RCA) and ensure robust corrective and preventive actions.
• Support troubleshooting of PLC-controlled systems, robots, ovens, conveyors, utilities, and safety systems.
• Verify system stability and process readiness before equipment handover to production.
• Enforce strict compliance with LOTO, PPE, electrical safety, machine safety, and hazardous-area requirements.
• Ensure maintenance activities meet OEM standards, plant EHS rules, and regulatory obligations.
• Support audits related to ISO/QMS internal EHS, and customer requirements.
• Ensure preventive maintenance plans are executed with high compliance.
• Monitor breakdown trends, MTBF, MTTR, and downtime KPIs.
• Drive continuous improvement initiatives to improve reliability, availability, and maintainability.
• Maintain accurate maintenance records, shift reports, and escalation logs.
• Coordinate with Production, Process Engineering, Quality, and Facilities teams.
• Support production planning discussions and maintenance prioritization.

Skills

• Strong working knowledge of mechanical, electrical, and automation systems.
• Understanding of paint shop: (Conveyors, ovens, pumps, fans, booths, and utilities) - ( PLC-based systems, industrial robots, and safety circuits).
• Ability to read and interpret mechanical drawings, electrical schematics, and control logic.
• Familiarity with predictive maintenance tools and condition monitoring.
• Leadership & Soft Skills.
• Proven ability to lead multi-disciplinary maintenance teams.
• Strong decision-making skills during breakdown and production-critical situations.
• Structured problem-solving and RCA capability.
• Effective communication across technical and non-technical teams.
• High safety awareness and accountability mindset.