Maintenance Manager (Oil & Gas / EPC)

Position: Maintenance Manager – Oil & Gas / EPC Location: Abu Dhabi, UAE Industry: Oil & Gas / Engineering, Procurement & Construction (EPC) Department: Maintenance / Operations Reports to: Operations Manager / Project Director (subject to project structure)

Job Purpose

The Maintenance Manager will lead and oversee maintenance activities for equipment, facilities, and assets associated with Oil & Gas and EPC projects. The role is responsible for ensuring equipment reliability, availability, safety, and operational efficiency while meeting contractual obligations, project requirements, and applicable ADNOC standards.

Key Responsibilities

• Maintenance Management: Plan, coordinate, and supervise preventive, predictive, corrective, and breakdown maintenance activities to ensure maximum equipment availability and reliability.
• Maintenance Planning: Develop maintenance strategies, schedules, procedures, and resource plans aligned with operational requirements and project priorities.
• Equipment and Asset Reliability: Monitor equipment performance, identify recurring failures, conduct root-cause analysis, and implement corrective and preventive measures.
• Oil & Gas Facilities: Oversee maintenance activities for relevant plant, process facilities, utilities, mechanical equipment, and associated infrastructure, depending on project scope.
• EPC Coordination: Coordinate with Engineering, Procurement, Construction, Operations, QA/QC, and HSE teams to ensure maintenance requirements are incorporated into project execution and handover.
• ADNOC Compliance: Ensure maintenance activities comply with applicable ADNOC requirements, client specifications, approved procedures, and relevant industry standards.
• HSE Management: Enforce safe working practices, permit-to-work requirements, risk assessments, toolbox talks, isolation/LOTO procedures, and other applicable HSE controls.
• Contractor Management: Supervise maintenance contractors and service providers, monitor performance, and ensure work is completed safely, efficiently, and to the required standard.
• Resource and Budget Control: Manage manpower, tools, spare parts, materials, equipment, and maintenance budgets to optimize cost and productivity.
• Spare Parts and Inventory: Coordinate spare-parts planning, inventory control, procurement, and equipment availability to minimize downtime.
• Documentation and Reporting: Maintain maintenance records, work orders, inspection reports, equipment histories, and performance reports; monitor relevant KPIs.
• Quality Assurance: Ensure maintenance work meets approved technical specifications, quality requirements, inspection criteria, and applicable regulatory standards.
• Continuous Improvement: Identify opportunities to improve asset reliability, reduce downtime, optimize maintenance costs, and enhance operational performance.
• Team Leadership: Lead, mentor, and develop maintenance engineers, supervisors, technicians, and contractors, as applicable to the project structure.

Qualifications and Experience

• Bachelor's degree in Mechanical, Electrical, Instrumentation, or a related Engineering discipline.
• A relevant professional certification in maintenance, reliability, or asset management is an advantage.
• Minimum of 12–15 years of relevant maintenance experience , including substantial experience in Oil & Gas, EPC, industrial facilities, or related environments.
• Demonstrated experience in a maintenance leadership or management role.
• Strong knowledge of preventive, predictive, corrective, and breakdown maintenance practices.
• Experience with maintenance planning, equipment reliability, troubleshooting, root-cause analysis, and maintenance KPIs.
• Familiarity with maintenance management systems such as SAP PM or equivalent CMMS platforms.
• Experience with ADNOC projects and knowledge of applicable ADNOC standards and procedures are highly desirable.
• Strong understanding of HSE requirements, permit-to-work systems, and equipment isolation procedures.

Application Question(s):

• Have you completed a Bachelor's degree in Mechanical, Electrical, Instrumentation, or a related Engineering discipline?
• Do you have minimum of 12–15 years of relevant maintenance experience, including substantial experience in Oil & Gas, EPC, industrial facilities, or related environments?
• We need to fill the role at the earliest. If selected, can you join within one (1) month or sooner?

Work Location: In person