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Ecolab

Provides water, hygiene, infection prevention solutions

Maintenance Manager

Mechanical Maintenance and Reliability EngineeringUpdated on Nov 13
Full-timeBarueri - State of São Paulo, BrazilNo salary listedIn-person

About the Job

Requirements

  • A completed higher-education degree in Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Mechatronics Engineering, or Automation is required.
  • Solid experience in industrial maintenance and/or industrial engineering in a manufacturing environment is required.
  • Prior experience leading multidisciplinary technical teams is required.
  • Experience preparing business cases and CAPEX justifications is required.
  • Experience with projects involving automation, capacity increases, productivity, cost reduction, and bottleneck elimination is required.
  • Experience working with regional or global teams, including presenting and technically defending investments in English, is required.
  • Advanced or fluent English, with the ability to lead meetings and present projects to global teams, is required.

Responsibilities

  • Manage the Maintenance and Industrial Engineering areas, ensuring safety, asset reliability, operational continuity, and development of production infrastructure.
  • Manage a team of approximately 15 professionals, including a maintenance leader, technicians/specialists, and industrial engineers.
  • Develop and implement the plant maintenance strategy, balancing preventive, predictive, and corrective maintenance.
  • Ensure the reliability and availability of key production equipment, including mixers, tanks, pumps, transfer systems, filling machines, and industrial utilities.
  • Monitor and improve indicators such as OEE, availability, MTBF, MTTR, maintenance backlog, preventive-plan compliance, and maintenance costs.
  • Lead failure analyses and improvement plans using methodologies such as RCA, 5 Whys, and root-cause analysis.
  • Lead the plant engineering project portfolio, from defining scope and business cases through implementation, startup, and handover to Operations.
  • Manage projects related to CAPEX, capacity expansion, productivity, automation, asset replacement, obsolescence, safety, quality, and process improvement.
  • Control project schedules, budgets, risks, suppliers, and performance.
  • Work collaboratively with Production, EHS/SHE, Quality, Supply Chain, Finance, and other corporate areas.
  • Support preparation and prioritization of the plant’s medium- and long-term CAPEX and investment plan.
  • Manage suppliers, engineering companies, integrators, and technical service providers.
  • Ensure maintenance interventions and projects meet internal safety, quality, and compliance requirements.
  • Prepare and present projects, results, risks, and investment needs to local, regional, and global leadership, including presentations in English.
  • Develop the team technically and strengthen a culture of ownership, operational discipline, continuous improvement, and failure prevention.

Desired Qualifications

  • Practical knowledge of industrial equipment, especially mixers and agitators; tanks and storage systems; pumps and transfer systems; filling machines; and industrial utilities and infrastructure.
  • Knowledge of maintenance strategy and management, including preventive, predictive, and corrective maintenance; maintenance planning and scheduling; backlog management; spare-parts management; failure analysis; and asset reliability.
  • Knowledge of indicators such as MTBF, MTTR, OEE, availability, and maintenance-plan adherence.
  • Experience managing industrial projects, including scope definition, budgeting, scheduling, risk management, execution, and startup.
  • Experience with CAPEX and supplier/contractor management.
  • Ability to technically assess alternatives and turn operational problems into structured improvement or investment projects.
  • Additional education in Reliability, Lean Manufacturing, TPM, or Asset Management.
  • Postgraduate qualification or MBA in Project Management, Maintenance Engineering, Industrial Management, or related areas.

About the Company

Ecolab

Provides water, hygiene, infection prevention solutions

Ecolab provides water, hygiene and infection prevention solutions and services to about three million commercial locations in more than 170 countries. It combines cleaning, sanitizing, disinfection, and water-treatment products with on-site service and data-driven insights to help customers improve safety, cleanliness, and efficiency. Its global scale and breadth across food, healthcare, hospitality and industrial markets, plus a large field service network, differentiate it as an integrated partner rather than a one-off supplier. Its goal is to help customers run safer, cleaner operations while using water and energy more efficiently and reducing environmental impact.

Company size
10,001+
Company stage
IPO
Headquarters
St Paul, MN
Founded
1923

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