Maintenance Manager — Roles & Responsibilities
A Maintenance Manager is responsible for ensuring the availability, reliability, safety, and performance of all production machinery, equipment, electrical systems, utilities, and facility infrastructure required for uninterrupted modular furniture manufacturing.
1. Maintenance Management
- Manage the complete maintenance function for the factory.
- Develop preventive, predictive, and breakdown maintenance systems.
- Ensure machines and equipment remain available for planned production.
- Establish maintenance schedules and priorities.
- Monitor maintenance performance and recurring failures.
2. Production Machinery Maintenance
Manage maintenance of equipment such as:
- Panel saw / beam saw
- CNC machines
- Edge-banding machines
- Drilling machines
- Boring machines
- Press machines
- Sanding machines
- Cutting machines
- Assembly equipment
- Compressors
- Dust extraction systems
- Material-handling equipment
- Ensure machines operate within manufacturer specifications.
- Coordinate machine servicing and repairs.
3. Preventive Maintenance
- Prepare annual, monthly, and weekly preventive maintenance schedules.
- Ensure scheduled maintenance is completed on time.
- Maintain machine-wise maintenance checklists.
- Monitor wear parts, lubricants, belts, bearings, blades, cutters, and other consumables.
- Replace components before critical failure where practical.
4. Breakdown Maintenance
- Respond quickly to machine breakdowns.
- Prioritize breakdowns based on production impact.
- Diagnose mechanical, electrical, pneumatic, hydraulic, and control-system problems.
- Coordinate repairs with technicians and external service providers.
- Identify root causes of repeated breakdowns.
- Maintain breakdown history for each machine.
5. Electrical & Utility Systems
Manage maintenance of:
- Electrical panels
- Distribution systems
- Generators/DG sets
- Compressors
- HVAC/ventilation systems
- Lighting
- Water systems
- Pumps
- Fire protection systems
- Dust extraction
- Other factory utilities
Ensure reliable and safe operation of critical utilities.
6. Spare Parts Management
- Identify critical machine spare parts.
- Maintain minimum stock levels for critical spares.
- Coordinate with Purchase for procurement.
- Control spare-part consumption.
- Maintain records of issued and used spares.
- Reduce downtime caused by non-availability of critical parts.
7. Machine Performance & Reliability
Monitor:
- Machine availability
- Downtime
- Mean Time Between Failures (MTBF)
- Mean Time To Repair (MTTR)
- Maintenance cost
- Preventive maintenance compliance
- Repeat breakdowns
Develop corrective actions for poor-performing equipment.
8. Maintenance Team Management
- Lead maintenance engineers, technicians, electricians, and helpers.
- Allocate maintenance activities.
- Monitor attendance and productivity.
- Train personnel in troubleshooting and safe maintenance.
- Develop technical skills within the team.
- Maintain proper shift/standby arrangements where required.
9. Safety & Compliance
- Ensure maintenance work is carried out safely.
- Implement Lockout/Tagout (LOTO) procedures where applicable.
- Ensure electrical safety and machine guarding.
- Ensure technicians use appropriate PPE.
- Maintain safe working practices during repair and servicing.
- Coordinate statutory inspections and safety checks where required.
10. Contractor & OEM Management
- Coordinate with machine manufacturers and authorized service providers.
- Manage external maintenance contractors.
- Obtain quotations for major repairs and services.
- Monitor contractor performance.
- Review service reports and recommendations.
- Ensure warranty and AMC obligations are properly utilized.
11. Installation & Commissioning
- Support installation of new machinery and equipment.
- Coordinate electrical, mechanical, pneumatic, and utility connections.
- Participate in machine commissioning and trial production.
- Verify machine performance before handover to Production.
- Maintain machine documentation and manuals.
12. Energy & Cost Management
- Monitor electricity and utility consumption.
- Identify opportunities for energy reduction.
- Reduce unnecessary machine idle running.
- Control maintenance expenditure.
- Analyze repair-versus-replacement decisions.
- Prepare maintenance budgets and forecasts.
13. Facility Maintenance
In addition to machinery, manage maintenance of:
- Factory buildings
- Office areas
- Doors and shutters
- Flooring
- Lighting
- Plumbing
- Drainage
- Fire systems
- Air-conditioning
- Storage/racking systems
- Other infrastructure
14. Documentation & MIS
Maintain:
- Machine history cards
- Preventive maintenance schedules
- Breakdown reports
- Spare-part records
- Maintenance checklists
- Service/AMC records
- Calibration records where applicable
- Machine manuals
- Maintenance cost reports
- Downtime reports
15. Continuous Improvement
- Identify recurring equipment problems.
- Conduct root-cause analysis.
- Improve machine reliability and availability.
- Introduce condition monitoring where practical.
- Recommend automation and equipment improvements.
- Implement TPM/5S and other maintenance improvement practices.
Key KPIs
A Maintenance Manager can be evaluated on:
- Machine availability %
- Preventive maintenance compliance %
- Breakdown hours
- Mean Time Between Failures (MTBF)
- Mean Time To Repair (MTTR)
- Repeat breakdown rate
- Maintenance cost per unit/project
- Critical spare availability
- Utility downtime
- Energy consumption
- Safety incidents
- Equipment life/uptime
- Production loss due to equipment failure
Pay: ₹20,916.31 - ₹72,142.06 per month
Work Location: In person
