Engineering & Maintenance Manager
Confirmed on the employer's own hiring board on Nov 7, 2026. First seen by Alion on Sep 22, 2026. Castrol scores A on the Alion truth index.
Castrol is one of the world’s leading lubricant brands, serving customers and consumers in the automotive, marine, industrial and energy sectors. Castrol brands are recognised globally for their premium quality and high performance, shaped by the company’s commitment to innovation and cutting-edge technology. With products sold in more than 150 countries, Castrol has helped keep things moving onroads and racetracks, air, sea, and space for over 125 years.
Whether you're just starting out or ready for your next big move, you're in the right place to explore an exciting career with Castrol.
Job description
About the team
To provide a maintenance service primarily to Production and a centralized service to all facilities. Manage the maintenance activities to meet ‘manufacturing specification’ machine run efficiency, to optimize machine availability to production and minimize machine related downtime incurred in the production of lubricants. To manage project related engineering activities and ensure HSSE compliance in both installation and commissioning.
Key Tasks
- Provide input into the Plant Business Plan, which includes Capex, Revex, training needs, head count, unit cost, Return on Assets.
- Responsible for attainment of manufacturing unit cost within plan.
- Provide input into setting the key performance indicator targets, which includes customer responsiveness (CR), machine utilization, productivity on the line, machine run efficiency, downtime, response time, safety, cost control.
- Accountable for the attainment of production and maintenance KPIs.
- Communication set targets for maintenance staff as appropriate.
- To meet the CR objective and sales requirement in compliance with ISO standard.
- To minimize machine downtime and lost machine run efficiency to meet KPI targets. Ensure conformance to the ‘lost capacity/downtime’ management systems for investigation, action and reporting requirements.
- To meet ‘response time’s agreed targets as an internal customer service indicator.
- Ensure that all personnel conform to HSSE regulation.
- Prepare and coordinate the annual PM and Calibration annual master plan.
- With the assistance of the Production Manager, be responsible for the planning and execution of planned maintenance to ensure machine availability as per the Weekly Production Schedule.
- Undertake preliminary engineering investigations and actions.
- Continuous improvement of machine uptime efficiency and line crewing productivity, in the production area, including the assigning and following up of solutions to non-conformances.
- Ensure the completion of work instructions and procedures as required. Review, sign off and liase with QA to ensure documentation of work instructions and procedures meet ISO standard.
- Provide Production with online/machine Operator procedures and trouble-shooting guides, as required.
- Train and audit line/machine Operators in the performance of basic preventative maintenance work.
- Provide technical expertise with the Plant in relation to new equipment, training and legalities.
Experience Required
- 7 years of experience in plant maintenance
- Plant Control System knowledge
- Self-motivated and strong leadership skill
- Process instrumentation and control knowledge
- HSSE standard knowledge.
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