Maintenance Supervisor Ecuador
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At Maersk, we are looking for a Maintenance Supervisor to lead and oversee the execution of maintenance plans for machinery, equipment, and infrastructure across our operations in Ecuador.
This role will play a key part in ensuring the reliability and continuity of our assets, while promoting safe, efficient, and continuously improving operations. We are looking for someone who combines strong technical knowledge with leadership, sound judgment, and the ability to work independently in a dynamic operational environment.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead and oversee the execution of preventive and corrective maintenance plans for machinery, equipment, and infrastructure.
- Ensure maintenance activities meet established standards for safety, quality, timelines, and cost control.
- Lead, develop, and support the maintenance team, ensuring effective allocation of responsibilities and resources.
- Monitor maintenance performance indicators, identify deviations, and drive corrective actions and continuous improvement.
- Coordinate technical requirements across different operations and manage maintenance priorities.
- Manage suppliers, resources, inventories, and services required for effective maintenance execution.
- Support technical audits, inspections, and certification processes for equipment and infrastructure.
- Partner with Operations, Procurement, HSSE, Projects, People, and other key stakeholders.
- Identify opportunities to improve maintenance processes, reliability, and operational efficiency.
Who We Are Looking For
- University degree in Mechanical Engineering, Electromechanical Engineering, Industrial Engineering with a mechanical focus, or a related field.
- Approximately 2 to 3 years of relevant experience, ideally in maintenance coordination, technical supervision, or a similar role.
- Experience with machinery, equipment, and/or infrastructure maintenance.
- Previous experience leading or supervising technical teams.
- Knowledge of resource management and inventory control.
- Working knowledge of Microsoft Excel.
- Strong organizational skills and the ability to prioritize and make sound decisions independently.
- Strong leadership, communication, and stakeholder management skills.
- Availability to travel between operations in Ecuador according to business needs.
It Would Be Great If You Also Have
- Experience with SAP or other maintenance management systems.
- Knowledge of Power BI.
- Familiarity with continuous improvement methodologies such as Lean, Kaizen, Six Sigma, or 5S.
- Experience within logistics, ports, terminals, heavy equipment, industrial operations, or similar environments.
- Basic to intermediate English proficiency.
What Will Help You Succeed
Beyond technical expertise, we are looking for someone who demonstrates initiative, integrity, ownership, and confident leadership.
You should be comfortable working independently, setting priorities, managing challenging situations, collaborating with different stakeholders, and making sound decisions even when faced with uncertainty.
These attributes align with the role's defined competencies, including integrity, initiative, assertiveness, judgment, organization, quality orientation, and decision-making in uncertain environments. #LI-MP1.
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