Senior Project Leader/Team Manager- Maintenance Engineering

Mission: 

• As a Maintenance Engineer, your mission is to coordinate and develop maintenance strategies for our products. You will be an integral part of product development projects, ensuring that designs are optimized from a service perspective—focusing on safety, cost efficiency, and minimizing unplanned downtime. 

• To develop robust maintenance plans, you will work with methodologies such as FMECA (Failure Mode, Effects, and Criticality Analysis) and RCM (Reliability Centered Maintenance). 

• You will also play a key role in: 

• Defining spare parts strategies, including what parts should be stocked 

• Documenting spare part kits in our PLM system 

• Collaborating closely with Research & Development throughout the entire product lifecycle 

• Continuous improvement is central to this role. By leveraging feedback from customers and the service organization, you will help refine both maintenance strategies and product design. 

• Ensure adherence to the team’s KPI and provide a high level of satisfaction and service quality to the customers. 

• Continuously improve and be knowledgeable about the latest trends in this field to provide value addition to the deliverables. 

Job description 

• Analysing large data sets and a solid understanding of maintenance optimization 

• Work within a RAMS engineering framework. 

• Experience with the S-series standards is considered an advantage. 

• Working with Engineering BOMs and product structures. 

• Excellent organisational skills, with the ability to manage fluctuating workloads and conflicting priorities to achieve tight deadlines 

• Interact with customers on regular basis, obtain feedback and implement actions to improve and sustain good customer relations. 

• Manage and upgrade the competencies in line with the latest development. 

• Develop and implement standard methodologies & best practices and upgrade all the internal processes on continuous basis. 

• Monitor and own the team level metrics and report as required. 

• Ensure following of Epiroc values, integrity, and nurture open culture. 

• This position will report to Business Line Manager – Engineering services. 

Educational / Experience Requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree in mechanical / Automobile /other discipline with 12 years minimum of industrial experience in Mining/Earthmoving /Drilling Equipment/off road vehicles. 

• Good knowledge of how to use field data for maintenance development 

• The ability to read and understand product drawings and schematics 

• Experience in FMECA, RCM, and ILS/IPS work is considered beneficial. 

Knowledge requirements 

• The ability to read and understand product drawings and schematics 

• Working knowledge in PLM systems (e.g. Siemens Teamcenter) 

• Problem-solving skills and capability to analyse customer requirements and translate them into actionable tasks. 

• Good engineering judgment and communication skills. 

Personality requirements 

• Enthusiastic, able to work well under pressure, attention to details and strong sense of responsibility. 

• Excellent interpersonal, communication, analytical and organization skills. Self-starter, goal oriented and clear thinking. Team player - open-minded and flexible  

• Ability to understand the big picture while also being able to dive into details when required. 
   

Country and city description 

• India and Bengaluru / Chennai