Maintenance Engineer
Mecca Region, Saudi Arabia
- Job ID:
- R-1179584
- Date posted:
- 04/21/2026
- Job Type:
- Full time
- Job Category:
- Supply Chain
Job Details
JOB PURPOSE
Unilever is the place where you can bring your purpose to life with the work that you do – creating a better business and a better world.
The Maintenance Engineeris responsible forensuring the reliability, availability, and safety of manufacturing and utility assets through effective preventive, predictive, and corrective maintenance practices. The role ensures strict compliance with Safety, Health & Environment (SHE) standards, food safety (GMP, HACCP), and Unilever Engineering & Maintenance standards.
The Maintenance Engineer plays a key role in minimizing breakdowns, improving asset performance,optimizingmaintenance costs, and driving continuous improvement using UMS, AM/PM, and PM methodologies, while coaching and developing technicians and operators.
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES
M – MAINTENANCE STRATEGY & PLANNING
Develop and continuously improve preventive and predictive maintenance plans.
Define asset maintenance strategies based on criticality and OEM recommendations.
Plan and schedule maintenance activities to minimize production losses.
Manage spare parts strategy and inventory with Supply Chain.
Maintain asset and work order data in SAP PM.
E – EXECUTION & EQUIPMENT RELIABILITY
Execute corrective, preventive, and breakdown maintenance safely and effectively.
Lead root cause analysis using 5 Why, Fishbone, and FMEA.
Improve MTBF, MTTR, and overall equipment reliability.
Support commissioning, FAT/SAT, and equipment handover.
Coordinate with contractors and OEMs for specialized activities.
L – LEADERSHIP, SAFETY & CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT
Act as a safety role model ensuring compliance with LOTO and PTW.
Coach and develop technicians and operators.
Deploy TPM pillars including AM and PM.
Lead continuous improvement and cost reduction initiatives.
Other Key Responsibilities
Support energy, water, and waste reduction initiatives.
Ensure GMP and food safety compliance.
Participate in audits and close findings.
Support shutdown planning and execution.
Execution & planning of otherprojectsassigned.
REQUIREDQUALIFICATIONS
Education & Experience
Bachelor’s degree in mechanical, Electrical, or Mechatronics Engineering.
3–7 years of maintenance experience in FMCG or manufacturing industries.
Technical Skills
Knowledge of mechanical, electrical, pneumatics, hydraulics, and automation systems.
Experience with utilities systems.
Working knowledge of RCA,PMand CMMS tools.
BehavioralSkills
Strong safety mindset.
Excellent communication and teamwork.
Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
KPIs & Measures of Success
Asset availability and reliability.
Breakdown reduction and maintenance cost control.
Safety performance with zero incidents.
TPM maturity and audit compliance.
EliminateLoss according to the UMS prioritization process using PM,FIand QC pillar tools and methodologies.
Implement preventative, predictive maintenance and design / automation improvements tomaintainbasic conditions and increase MTBF.
Develop standards to sustain improvements.
Train maintenance crews on technical standards and sustainability of basic conditions
Identifyand extend good practice to other lines.
Key Performance Indicators (as driven by Cost Deployment Analysis):
PM compliance %
Breakdowns (BD Loss%)
MTBF / MTTR (min)
Maintenance Cost (kEuros)
Spare parts cost reduction
Abnormalities Tags Closure %
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS
Knowledge and understanding of Lean principles, manufacturing excellence.
Power BI, Digital Dashboards and CMMS understanding.
Unilever is an organisation committed to equity, inclusion and diversity to drive our business results and create a better future, every day, for our diverse employees, global consumers, partners, and communities. We believe a diverse workforce allows us to match our growth ambitions and drive inclusion across the business. At Unilever we are interested in every individual bringing their ‘Whole Self’ to work and this includes you! Thus if you require any support or access requirements, we encourage you to advise us at the time of your application so that we can support you through your recruitment journey.
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