Job summary
Area Maintenance Manager role with KBR in Jubail responsible for leading maintenance for the Mixed Feed Cracker/Steam Cracker area. The role manages teams and contractors, oversees CMMS-based execution, and supports planning, turnarounds and reliability improvements.
Key responsibilities
- Lead maintenance for the Mixed Feed Cracker (MFC)/Steam Cracker area to ensure safe, reliable operations.
- Manage mechanical, electrical, instrumentation and rotating equipment maintenance including preventive, predictive and corrective work.
- Ensure maintenance activities are recorded and reported through the CMMS.
- Support planning, scheduling and reliability teams with optimisation and bad-actor analysis.
- Lead maintenance planning and execution for turnarounds, major shutdowns and emergencies.
- Supervise day-to-day maintenance teams and contractors, ensuring HSE compliance.
- Prepare weekly maintenance reports and attend maintenance review meetings.
- Develop team capability via technical coaching and job-specific training with HR.
Requirements
- Mandatory hands-on maintenance experience in Ethylene Cracker/MFC units.
- Experience minimum depends on qualification: Bachelor 10 years, Diploma 15 years, High School 20 years.
- Strong knowledge of gas turbines, compressors, pumps, furnaces and heat exchangers.
- Proven experience managing turnarounds, shutdowns and maintenance contracts.
- Familiar with CMMS, maintenance planning, RBI, RCA and predictive maintenance.
- Excellent leadership, communication and stakeholder management.
- Ability to deliver results in multicultural environments.
Skills
CMMSRBIRCAPredictive maintenanceMaintenance planningTurnaround managementReliability engineeringRotating equipmentHSETeam leadership
Source: Workday. Last checked as open: 13 Nov 2026. You apply directly with the employer.
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