Area Maintenance Manager – MFC (Cracker)

Title: Area Maintenance Manager – MFC (Cracker) KBR Sustainable Technology Solutions (STS) provides holistic and value-added solutions across the entire asset life cycle. These include world-class licensed process technologies, differentiated advisory services, deep technical domain expertise, energy transition solutions, high-end design capabilities, and smart solutions to optimize planned and operating assets. Responsibilities: - Lead all maintenance activities for the **Mixed Feed Cracker (MFC)/Steam Cracker** area, ensuring safe, reliable, and efficient plant operations in accordance with Company standards. - Manage mechanical, electrical, instrumentation, and rotating equipment maintenance for Cracker units, including preventive, predictive, corrective, and shutdown maintenance. - Ensure effective execution and reporting of maintenance activities through the CMMS system. - Support Planning & Scheduling and Reliability teams in maintenance optimization, bad actor analysis, and reliability improvement initiatives. - Lead maintenance planning and execution during turnarounds, major shutdowns, and emergency maintenance. - Manage day-to-day maintenance teams and contractors while ensuring compliance with all HSE requirements. - Prepare weekly maintenance reports and participate in maintenance review meetings. - Develop team capability through technical coaching and job-specific training in coordination with HR. Qualifications: - Minimum 15 years' experience in Oil & Gas / Petrochemical maintenance – Diploma. - • Minimum 20 years' experience in Oil & Gas / Petrochemical maintenance – High School. - Minimum 10 years' experience in Oil & Gas / Petrochemical maintenance – Bachelor Degree. - Saudi Nationals Only - * **Mandatory hands-on maintenance experience in Ethylene Cracker/MFC units. Candidates without Cracker maintenance experience will not be considered.** - Strong knowledge of gas turbines, compressors, pumps, furnaces, heat exchangers, boilers, columns, piping systems, and critical rotating equipment used in Cracker plants. - Proven experience managing plant turnarounds, shutdowns, maintenance contracts, and reliability improvement programs. - Strong knowledge of CMMS, maintenance planning, RBI, RCA, and predictive maintenance techniques. - Excellent leadership, communication, and stakeholder management skills. - Ability to deliver business results while working in a multicultural environment. Belong. Connect. Grow. with KBR!