Head of Facilities Maintenance

🌟 We're Hiring: Head of Facilities Maintenance! 🌟

We are seeking an experienced Head of Facilities Maintenance to lead and manage all aspects of facility upkeep at our client's manufacturing facility located in Gurun, Kedah. The ideal candidate will bring deep expertise in developing maintenance strategies, driving operational excellence, optimizing costs, ensuring regulatory compliance, and supporting uninterrupted manufacturing operations.

📍 Location: Gurun, Kedah ,Malaysia
⏰ Work Mode: Work from Office
💼 Role: Head of Facilities Maintenance

What You'll Do:

• Lead and manage all facilities maintenance activities to ensure the reliability, availability, and operational efficiency of plant infrastructure and utilities.
• Develop and implement preventive, predictive, and corrective maintenance strategies to maximize equipment and facility uptime.
• Ensure compliance with all applicable statutory, environmental, safety, and regulatory requirements, including DOSH, BOMBA, DOE, Suruhanjaya Tenaga and other relevant authorities.
• Manage plant utilities including electrical systems, HVAC, compressed air, water supply, wastewater treatment, fire protection systems, and building services.
• Plan, monitor, and control departmental budgets, maintenance costs, and capital expenditure projects while identifying cost optimization opportunities.
• Lead facility improvement projects, renovations, infrastructure upgrades, and new installation activities to support plant expansion and operational requirements.
• Manage external contractors, service providers, and vendors to ensure quality, safety, regulatory compliance, and timely project delivery.
• Drive continuous improvement initiatives to improve facility reliability, energy efficiency, sustainability, and operational performance.
• Establish maintenance KPIs, monitor performance, analyze trends, and implement corrective actions to improve operational effectiveness.
• Develop and mentor the Facilities Maintenance team through performance management, succession planning, technical competency development, and leadership coaching.
• Collaborate with Manufacturing, Quality, Logistics, Engineering, HR, Finance, Procurement, and Safety departments to support uninterrupted plant operations.
• Develop emergency response and business continuity plans related to facilities, utilities, and critical infrastructure.
  

What We're Looking For:
✅Bachelor's Degree in Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Facilities Management, Civil Engineering, Building Services Engineering, or a related discipline

✅Minimum 8 years experience in facilities maintenance management preferably in a manufacturing environment.
✅ Proven leadership skills in managing teams
✅ Experience managing utilities, infrastructure, building services, contractors, and capital projects.
✅ Excellent problem-solving abilities
✅ Strong knowledge of Malaysian statutory and regulatory requirements related to facilities and occupational safety.

✅Commercial acumen with ability to drive growth and solve complex operational issues

✅ Lean Manufacturing & Continuous Improvement
✅ Effective communication and organizational skills

Salary package: RM16,000.00 plus attractive benefits. 5 working days. 

Only shortlisted candidate will be notified. 

Consultant in-charge: sarah.tan@hunters-in.com.