Site Maintenance Manager

Oversee and optimise maintenance operations to ensure the integrity, reliability, and efficiency of plant assets throughout their lifecycle. Lead a skilled team to execute maintenance activities effectively in a 24/7 environment, ensuring first-time-right execution in critical situations. Foster a safe, compliant, and cost-effective maintenance culture while aligning practices across sites. Enhance equipment history tracking, work instructions, and spare parts management in SAP, while driving continuous improvement and operational excellence.

Key Responsibilities:

• Enforce compliance with legislation, HSE standards, and corporate policies.

• Provide leadership in safety, maintenance execution, and technical integrity.

• Develop and implement a contractor safety plan.

• Translate business goals into a Maintenance Plan with clear KPIs.

• Deliver maintenance targets within budget, ensuring full PM scope.

• Lead key initiatives, including SAP transition and backlog reduction.

• Optimize work execution across plants, fostering alignment and consistency.

• Ensure workforce competency and leadership development.

You recognise yourself in this:

• You have completed a Master’s degree in Engineering.

• Proven experience in the (petro)chemical industry in relevant functional leadership roles (minimum 10 years).

• Experienced as a leader in a process industry manufacturing environment with a proven track record of operational responsibility.

• Strong leadership background, including managing team leaders.

• Solid experience with budgeting and financial reporting; strong business acumen.

• You take ownership of your work and are confident in taking responsibility.

• Safety is a top priority for you.

• You perform well under pressure.

• Fluent in English and Dutch.

This is what you are looking for in a job:

• A competitive salary, including a 13th month, monthly holiday allowance (>8%), and profit-sharing.

• A socially responsible employer offering a group pension scheme and health insurance with a group discount.

• A wide range of training opportunities for ongoing development.

• A pleasant, open, and informal working atmosphere.

• Generous vacation allowance.

• Freedom to introduce new ideas and take initiative.