You will join an an international, high-tech logistics environment. You will be responsible for the daily coordination and further optimization of the maintenance of heavy rolling equipment at a container terminal. In this management role, you will ensure that the equipment remains safe, reliable, and cost-efficiently available in a complex 24/7 operational environment. You will combine strong technical insight into maintenance management with a pronounced hands-on leadership style.
You will lead supervisors and technical maintenance teams, bring structure to the maintenance organization, and actively work on improving maintenance processes and equipment performance.
What you do
- Coordinate daily maintenance activities and monitor the technical availability and reliability of rolling equipment.
- Lead maintenance supervisors and technical teams, ensuring clear priorities, efficient work organization, and a strong safety culture.
- Optimize preventive and corrective maintenance processes, with particular attention to work preparation, planning, fault follow-up, and backlog management.
- Analyze maintenance KPIs (availability, unplanned downtime, fault frequency, planning compliance) and translate them into concrete improvement actions.
- Work closely with Maintenance Planning, Reliability Engineering, Automation, and Operations to solve structural technical problems.
- Monitor the quality of maintenance plans and the correct use of the maintenance management system (Maximo).
- Follow up on maintenance budgets, critical spare parts, and the performance of external maintenance partners and suppliers.
- Stimulate continuous improvement and increase the efficiency and maturity of the maintenance organization.
- Ensure structured reporting and knowledge transfer to guarantee the continuity of maintenance activities.
Profile
- Bachelor's or Master's degree in Electromechanics, Industrial Sciences, or a comparable technical field, or equivalent by experience.
- At least 8 to 10 years of relevant experience in maintenance management within an industrial, logistics, or other asset-intensive environment.
- Demonstrable experience in leading and coaching maintenance supervisors and technical maintenance teams.
- Thorough practical knowledge of preventive and corrective maintenance, maintenance planning, work preparation, fault analysis, and continuous improvement.
- Experience with EAM/CMMS systems; knowledge of Maximo is a significant asset.
- Experience with rolling equipment, heavy mobile equipment, or terminal equipment is a strong advantage.
- Familiar with KPI-driven maintenance management, budget monitoring, and contract and supplier management.
- A visible, pragmatic, and decisive people manager who is close to the shop floor and knows how to motivate teams.
- Analytical and results-oriented, able to quickly bring structure and priorities to a technically complex maintenance environment.
- Fluent communication in Dutch and English.
Practical
- A challenging assignment within an international logistics environment.
- A responsible management position with a direct impact on the reliability, safety, and performance of an extensive equipment park.
- Combination of operational maintenance management with people leadership and structural process improvements.
- Working in a technically challenging 24/7 environment, with close collaboration between Maintenance, Engineering, and Operations.
- Support from a community of technical specialists and managers, with opportunities for training and knowledge-sharing sessions.
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