Maintenance Manager

We are looking for a Maintenance Manager for the plant producing Liquid CO in the Navoiy Region, Uzbekistan.

Our Industrial Gases business supports our clients by providing their essential gases via pipelines, tankers and packaged gas cylinders; each product manufactured from raw materials produced by large air separation and liquefier plants.

As our Maintenance Manager for Liquid CO, you will

You will lead a team of 3.

Ensure all maintenance work is carried out according to Air Products safety procedures, ensuring KPIs are met or exceeded.

Ensure that effective predictive and integrity based maintenance programs are followed that are consistent with regional programs, reducing unplanned shutdowns and ultimately enhancing overall plant profitability and reliability

Make timely and correct decisions based on fact and sound judgement, to keep plant downtime to a minimum, in both planned and un-planned situations.

Locate and develop local resources (contractors, vendors, etc.) for improved plant support.

Ensure the Preventative Maintenance system is appropriate for the equipment and periodically evaluate the program’s effectiveness and modify accordingly to ensure that optimum reliability/cost benefits are maintained.

Have systems in place such that un-planned (emergency) breakdown. situations are dealt with in a safe, efficient and cost-effective manner in order to get the equipment operational with the minimal disruption to plant on-streams.

Offer front line leadership to contractors and the maintenance team in all situations, pulling together and co-ordinating the appropriate resources to deal with all maintenance related issues.

Gather all relevant information in order to help ensure that all maintenance is carried out in the most cost-effective manner, taking into account the cost of execution relative to downtime and business area needs.

Prepare yearly and multiannual maintenance budget and control it’s execution.

If you are interested in the role, please apply here (at the end of this page). Please provide your CV in English.

As the Maintenance Manager, you already are or have

Fluency in English and Russian/Uzbek is required

Engineering degree mechanical/electrical/instrumentation

Minimum 5 years’ experience of maintenance within engineering environments such as the power, petrochemical, steel, oil and gas industries, waste management or material handling.

Good written, verbal and interpersonal communication skills across all levels (technical and non-technical)

Knowledge and experience of preventative maintenance systems, budgeting, planning and cost management

Ability to troubleshoot and make good and timely decisions in a pressurized situations

Proven track record of good man management skills

Flexibility in terms of changing priorities, workload and working hours

In order to get back to you on your application in a compliant and fast and productive way – we look forward to receive your details via the APPLY option on our website or job board this role is posted on.

We thank all applicants in advance for their interest; however, only those applicants who are being considered for an interview, or are currently employed by Air Products, will be contacted.

You will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, colour, religion, national origin, age, citizenship, gender, marital status, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, disability, or veteran status.

At Air Products, we work in an environment where diversity is essential, inclusion is our culture, and each person knows they belong and matter. Come and grow with us!

We look forward to hearing from you!

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