Mechanical Section Head

🔧 Hiring: Mechanical Section Head – Operations & Maintenance (Thermal Power Plant)

📍 Rabigh, Saudi Arabia

Lead the mechanical maintenance function at a major thermal power plant. Oversee preventive, corrective, and outage-related mechanical maintenance, ensuring safe, reliable, and efficient operations that support continuous power generation.

What you’ll do:

• Plan and execute all types of mechanical maintenance, including monthly/annual outages and major overhauls.
• Ensure availability of strategic spare parts and consumables, managing requisitions within budgetary limits.
• Apply deep knowledge of thermal power plant systems to troubleshoot and resolve mechanical issues.
• Supervise and guide maintenance teams in executing mechanical work orders through CMMS (SAP).
• Oversee preventive and corrective maintenance of boilers, turbines, pumps, piping, and other critical mechanical equipment.
• Ensure compliance with environmental, health, and safety standards, including hazard identification, risk assessments, and IMS requirements.
• Monitor and report on maintenance performance, implementing corrective and preventive actions for deviations.
• Conduct competency gap analysis, provide on-the-job training, and evaluate staff performance.
• Drive effective resource utilization and continuous improvement initiatives.

What we’re looking for:

• Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering (Master’s preferred).
• 10–12 years of relevant experience in mechanical maintenance for power plants or heavy industrial facilities.
• Strong knowledge of conventional thermal power plant systems, outage planning, and O&M practices.
• Proficiency in SAP (end-user level) and computer literacy (MS Outlook, etc.).
• Familiarity with ISO 9001, 14001, and OHSAS 18001 systems is preferred.
• Strong leadership skills with the ability to manage and motivate maintenance teams.
• Excellent communication skills in English.

📩 Apply now and take the lead in ensuring safe, reliable, and efficient mechanical operations at one of Saudi Arabia’s key power plants.