Manager - Field Maintenance

Emirates Global Aluminium is the world’s biggest ‘premium aluminium’ producer and the largest industrial company in the United Arab Emirates outside the oil and gas industry. EGA is an integrated aluminium producer, with operations on four continents from bauxite mining to the production of cast primary aluminium and recycling. EGA employs over 7,000 of these people including more than 1,200 UAE Nationals.

EGA operates aluminium smelters in Jebel Ali and Al Taweelah in the United Arab Emirates, an alumina refinery in Al Taweelah, a bauxite mine and associated export facilities in the Republic of Guinea, a speciality foundry in high strength recycled aluminium in Germany, and a recycling plant in the United States.

The Manager - Field Maintenance is responsible of leading the execution of maintenance activities in one of four key areas:
Red Side Maintenance, White Side Maintenance, Electrical & Instrumentation Maintenance, Shift & Pump Maintenance. The role ensures safe, reliable, and cost-effective maintenance execution to maximize equipment availability, support production targets, and maintain compliance with all regulatory, quality, and safety standards.

Success in this role will be demonstrated by high equipment reliability, reduced downtime, adherence to budget, and improved team capability in supporting continuous refinery operations.

• Implement and ensure compliance with all maintenance policies, procedures, and standards.
• Drive adherence to statutory and legislative requirements (e.g., MOHRE, API codes, electrical safety standards).
• Authorize and implement improvements to procedures, ensuring alignment with EGA’s reliability and safety strategy.

• Manage maintenance budgets across all refinery areas, ensuring resources are effectively allocated to maximize equipment availability.
• Support planning and optimization of major shutdown budgets and resources to minimize production losses and costs.
• Ensure cost control in day-to-day operations and contract workforce utilization.

• Oversee daily preventive, corrective, and predictive maintenance for pumps, mechanical systems, electrical/instrumentation, and refinery process equipment.
• Ensure shift teams are properly resourced, briefed, and supervised to deliver planned and emergency work safely and efficiently.
• Monitor schedule adherence, review deviations, and approve changes to ensure minimal disruption to operations.
• Ensure availability of spares and materials for critical assets.

• Ensure compliance with inspection programs for pressure vessels, tanks, rotating equipment, and E&I systems.
• Drive proactive condition monitoring and predictive maintenance techniques to avoid unplanned downtime.
• Lead inspection and repair activities during planned and unplanned shutdowns, ensuring compliance with API and other relevant standards.

• Coordinate closely with Reliability, Operations, and Major Maintenance teams to align maintenance execution with refinery priorities.
• Lead effective communication between maintenance supervisors, contractors, and cross-functional teams.
• Support RCA investigations and ensure corrective/preventive actions are effectively executed.

• Manage, mentor, and develop supervisors and technicians across all maintenance areas.
• Ensure training and upskilling of team members to reduce dependency on contractors and support cross-skilling initiatives.
• Drive a culture of safety, ownership, and continuous improvement across the maintenance workforce.
• Implement lean maintenance practices to optimize resource use, reduce downtime, and improve reliability.
• Promote digital tools (e.g., CMMS, inspection apps) for better planning, reporting, and tracking.
• Continuously challenge and improve maintenance strategies to deliver cost savings and higher reliability.

• Lead by example in driving EGA’s safety culture and ensuring compliance with life‑saving rules.
• Ensure maintenance work is executed safely, with proper permits, risk assessments, and quality checks.
• Maintain accountability for…