MECHANICAL HEAD MAINTENANCE FOR STEEL INDUSTRY

A Mechanical Maintenance Head oversees plant or facility mechanical systems, leads maintenance teams, and ensures machinery reliability and safety compliance. Job Title Head of Mechanical Maintenance (or Mechanical Maintenance Section Head) Job Purpose To lead, plan, and execute mechanical maintenance strategies for industrial equipment, maximizing uptime, controlling maintenance budgets, and ensuring zero-accident safety compliance. Key Responsibilities & Accountabilities Team Leadership & Management: Supervise, train, and allocate manpower for daily, scheduled, and breakdown maintenance tasks. Maintenance Planning & Execution: Develop and implement Preventive Maintenance (PM), Predictive Maintenance (PdM), and Corrective Maintenance schedules. Breakdown & Troubleshooting: Provide technical guidance for fault-finding, emergency repairs, and root-cause analysis (RCA) of major plant machinery, pumps, compressors, and rotating equipment. Budget & Cost Control: Manage the mechanical maintenance budget, track KPIs, and optimize repair and overhaul costs. Spare Parts & Inventory: Ensure optimal spare-parts availability through stock management, vendor coordination, and purchase requisitions. Safety & Regulatory Compliance: Enforce safety standards (such as Lock-Out/Tag-Out [LOTO] and OSHA/local statutory requirements) to maintain a zero-accident work environment. Cross-Functional Coordination: Collaborate closely with production, electrical, and project engineering teams to minimize operational downtime during equipment overhauls.