Introduction

Reporting to the Senior Operations & Maintenance Manager, the Maintenance Superintendent is responsible for leading the site's maintenance organization to ensure safe, reliable, and cost-effective operations.

What are you going to do 

  • Lead, coach, and develop maintenance personnel
  • Manage hiring, performance reviews, training, and succession planning
  • Promote a culture of accountability, safety, and continuous improvement
  • Ensure employees are trained and competent in all assigned tasks
  • Drive technical skill development and quality execution across the maintenance team

Maintenance & Reliability

  • Manage maintenance planning, scheduling, and execution activities
  • Optimize equipment utilization and reliability
  • Maintain equipment to design standards and operational requirements
  • Develop preventative and predictive maintenance strategies
  • Create long-term asset management and lifecycle plans
  • Drive root cause analysis (RCA) and reliability improvements
  • Ensure maintenance KPIs and performance targets are achieved
  • Lead safety initiatives and promote a strong safety culture
  • Ensure compliance with OSHA regulations and company policies
  • Conduct maintenance audits focused on safety and quality
  • Lead incident investigations and corrective action programs
  • Manage SOP reviews, JHAs, and safe work practices
  • Participate in hazard assessments and risk evaluations
  • Partner with operations, safety, process, and quality teams to maintain safe production

Budgeting & Cost Control

  • Develop annual, monthly, weekly, and daily maintenance plans
  • Manage maintenance budgets and cost forecasts
  • Analyze budget variances and implement corrective actions
  • Identify opportunities for cost reduction and efficiency improvements
  • Ensure maintenance spending remains within budget targets
  • Educate teams on proper cost allocation and financial accountability
  • Implement Lean, Six Sigma, and continuous improvement initiatives
  • Support ISO compliance and management systems
  • Maintain strong relationships with internal customers and stakeholders
  • Ensure equipment availability supports production and quality objectives
  • Drive 5S and housekeeping programs
  • Support waste reduction, recycling, and sustainability initiatives

Essential skills and knowledge

  • Bachelor's Degree in Mechanical Engineering or a related discipline preferred

Experience

  • Maintenance leadership experience within manufacturing, chemical processing, mining, industrial, or related environments
  • Experience leading and developing multi-craft maintenance teams
  • Approximately 10+ years of experience in a plant processing or industrial manufacturing environment preferred
  • Strong knowledge of maintenance planning and scheduling processes
  • Experience with risk management, incident investigations, and safe work systems
  • Familiarity with CMMS systems and Microsoft Office applications

Closing: 28 June 2026

Apply Now

Are you the perfect match for this vacancy? Apply in 5 minutes and let's get in touch!

your-application-process[1]

Process of your application

Application process & contact

We will now begin examining your application: We will take a close look at your application documents and ask you for additional information if necessary. If your qualifications match our requirements, we will invite you to meet us for the first time.

Project discussion with our customer

If the introductory meeting goes well for you and us, we will arrange a meeting with the customer who has the perfect project for you. This gives you the opportunity to find out more about the customer and the project.

The decision

If you enjoyed the project discussion and the customer is also convinced of your expertise, we will ask you the final and decisive question: Do you want to get started at Brunel?

Introductory conversation with Brunel

In an introductory meeting, we would like to find out more about your interests, ambitions and professional developments. At the same time, we report on working at Brunel and provide information about all career opportunities and prospects.

Welcome to Brunel

Now great times are beginning! With Brunel you have countless opportunities to help shape technological progress. You decide how your career path goes. We support you in every phase of your career. You always have security behind you: Brunel!