Maintenance Manager
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NutriK FZE, a subsidiary of the Nutriset Group producing ready-to-use therapeutic and supplementary foods in Nigeria, is hiring a Maintenance Manager in Kano. The role leads all factory maintenance activities, ensuring equipment reliability, safety compliance, and minimal downtime through preventive, predictive, and corrective maintenance programs.
- Lead planning and execution of preventive, predictive, and corrective maintenance across factory equipment and utilities.
- Ensure minimum downtime and coordinate maintenance scheduling with Production teams.
- Develop maintenance policies, SOPs, and department management systems.
- Monitor equipment performance and recommend technical upgrades or replacements.
- Maintain organized maintenance records, work orders, and equipment files.
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Job Title: Maintenance Manager
Maintenance Manager at NutriK FZE
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Sep 21, 2026, 12:06 PM
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NutriK FZE, a proud subsidiary of the globally recognized Nutriset Group, plays a vital role in producing and distributing high‑quality ready‑to‑use foods that support the treatment and prevention of malnutrition across Nigeria. Our mission is driven by purpose: to help save lives and improve the well‑being of children and families in need. We specialize in the production of essential nutritional products including Ready‑to‑Use Therapeutic Food (RUTF), Ready‑to‑Use Supplementary Food (RUSF), and Lipid‑Based Nutrient Supplements (LNS) which support humanitarian and health interventions nationwide.
To strengthen our growing operations, we are recruiting to fill the position below:
Location: Kano
Overall Mission
General objective:
The role ensures minimum downtime, effective preventive and corrective maintenance, proper spare parts control, compliance with safety standards, and continuous improvement of equipment performance.
The Maintenance Manager is responsible for planning, organizing, leading, and controlling all maintenance activities across the factory to ensure safe, reliable, and cost-effective operation of machinery, utilities, buildings, and technical systems.
Responsibilities
- and Tasks
- Maintenance Management and Operations:
- Develop and Create the Department Management system, policy and SOPs
- Ensure timely response to equipment breakdowns, diagnose root causes, and implement permanent corrective actions.
- Support installation, commissioning, modification, and improvement projects for machinery, utilities, and factory infrastructure.
- Develop, implement, and monitor preventive, predictive, and corrective maintenance plans for all factory equipment, utilities, and facilities.
- Plan and schedule maintenance activities in coordination with Production to minimize downtime and production interruptions.
- Maintain maintenance records, work orders, maintenance history, and equipment files in an organized and traceable manner.
- Equipment Reliability and Process Support:
- Ensure critical equipment is identified, inspected, and maintained according to risk level and production impact.
- Recommend technical upgrades, modifications, or replacement of equipment where required to improve efficiency and safety.
- Monitor equipment performance, repeated failures, downtime trends, and maintenance costs to improve reliability and availability.
- Work with Production and Quality teams to maintain stable machine performance and support product quality requirements.
- Conduct root cause analysis for major breakdowns and recurring technical issues, and follow up corrective and preventive actions.
- Utilities and Facility Maintenance:
- Maintain building facilities, workshops, lighting, drainage, plumbing, doors, floors, and other site maintenance requirements.
- Ensure reliable operation of factory utilities including power supply, generators, compressors, water systems, HVAC, pumps, panels, and related infrastructure.
- Plan routine inspection and servicing of utilities and facility assets to avoid operational disruption.
- Monitor utility consumption and support initiatives to reduce energy, water, and maintenance costs.
- Ensure technical services are available to support continuous and safe factory operations.
- Spare Parts, Tools and Contractor Management:
- Review technical specifications, quotations, and service proposals for maintenance purchases and contractor jobs.
- Define minimum and maximum stock levels for critical spare parts, consumables, tools, and maintenance materials.
- Supervise external contractors and service providers to ensure work quality, safety compliance, and timely completion.
- Coordinate with Warehouse and Procurement to ensure timely availability of required spare parts and services.
- Control maintenance tools, workshop equipment, and calibration or inspection
Requirements
- where applicable.
- Occupational Health, Safety and Environmental Compliance:
- Maintain housekeeping standards in maintenance workshops, technical rooms, and work areas.
- Promote safe working practices among maintenance staff, contractors, and operators during technical interventions.
- Ensure guarding, emergency stops, electrical panels, pressure systems, lifting tools, and safety devices are maintained in good condition.
- Participate in risk assessments, incident investigations, safety audits, and corrective action follow-up related to maintenance activities.
- Ensure maintenance activities are carried out in compliance with company HSE requirements, permits to work, lockout/tagout, confined space, hot work, and electrical safety procedures.
- Personnel Management:
- Assign daily tasks, monitor attendance, control overtime, and ensure discipline and productivity within the maintenance team.
- Ensure proper handover between shifts and effective communication of machine status, pending jobs, and priorities.
- Identify training needs and develop technical skills in mechanical, electrical, automation, welding, utility, and troubleshooting areas.
- Lead, supervise, coach, and evaluate maintenance technicians, electricians, mechanics, utility operators, and support staff.
- Promote teamwork, accountability, safety awareness, and continuous improvement within the department.
- Budget, Reporting and Continuous Improvement:
- Analyze maintenance KPIs and recommend actions to improve machine availability, reliability, cost control, and team productivity.
- Lead continuous improvement initiatives such as equipment modification, energy saving, standardization, and reduction of repeated failures.
- Prepare and monitor maintenance budget, repair costs, spare parts consumption, contractor expenses, and technical project costs.
- Prepare regular maintenance reports covering downtime, breakdowns, preventive maintenance completion, spare parts usage, safety issues, and improvement actions.
- Support audits, inspections, management reviews, and compliance
- related to maintenance and engineering activities.
- include lockout/tagout, permit to work, electrical safety, hot work, confined space, and machine guarding.
- Mechanical, electrical, automation, pneumatic, hydraulic, welding, fabrication, and utility systems knowledge.
- How to Apply
- Interested and qualified candidates should:
- Click here to apply online
- Note
- This position is open to Nigerian nationals only.
- Only candidates who meet the selection criteria will be contacted.
- Female candidates are encouraged to apply.
- Application
- Deadline:
- 4th October, 2026.
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- Kano State
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Education
Degree – Bachelor’s Degree or Higher National Diploma in Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Industrial Engineering, Mechatronics, or a related technical field.
Work
Experience
– Minimum 7 years of industrial maintenance experience, including at least 3 years in extrusion operation. 2 - 3 years’
in food manufacturing extruder process
Language skills – English.
Computer skills – MS Word, MS Excel & Outlook
Other required skills:
Extruder process and equipment
Preventive, predictive, and corrective maintenance principles, including root cause analysis and reliability improvement
Knowledge of production equipment, process flow, quality impact of machine condition, and continuous improvement methods.
Spare parts management, maintenance budgeting, contractor control, and technical documentation.
Factory HSE