Maintenance & Engineering Services Director

Maintenance & Engineering Services Director

Join AAF Latinoamérica as the Director of Maintenance & Engineering Services to lead the maintenance department, manage capital projects, and drive continuous improvement in plant operations.

• Manage day‑to‑day activities of the maintenance team and external contractors, establishing goals, priority plans, and performance evaluations.
• Lead Cap Ex execution: prepare and oversee facility capital asset projects, ensuring proper funding, documentation, and project completion.
• Develop strategic capital and expansion plans to meet sales growth and equipment replacement needs.
• Document and standardize maintenance processes, including capital start‑up plans, SOPs, and preventive maintenance programs.
• Ensure compliance with regulatory requirements related to waste disposal, facility permits, fire codes, and safety systems.
• Maintain operating and capital budgets, collaborate with leadership for cost containment, and develop long‑term savings strategies.
• Provide safety leadership, collaborating with EH&S to enforce policies and promote a safety‑first culture.
• Coordinate special projects, calendars, presentations, data analysis, and reporting to support plant performance.

• Minimum 10+ years of maintenance and manufacturing leadership experience.
• Engineering degree required.
• Proven track record delivering multi‑million dollar projects from inception to completion.
• Experience with CMMS, preventive maintenance practices, and capital project management.
• Strong communication, cross‑functional teamwork, and leadership skills.
• Ability to interpret engineering drawings, schematics, ladder logic diagrams, and write PLC programs.
• Physical ability to lift up to 50 pounds, climb stairs, and move equipment with a dolly or pallet jack.