Maintenance Manager (m/f/d) (80-100%)
- 23 September 2026
- 100%
- Permanent position
- German (Fluent), English (Fluent)
About the job
To strengthen the team in the area of maintenance and production, we are looking for our client - a leading company in the field of industrial and medical gases - for a committed, conscientious and technically proficient individual as Maintenance Manager (m/f/d) at the production site in the Utzenstorf / Koppigen area.
In this role, you will take responsibility for the preventive as well as corrective maintenance of the production facilities (ASU) and ensure a safe, efficient and smooth operational process.
General Information
Start date: Immediately / by arrangement
Type of employment: Permanent position
Work location: Area Wiler near Utzenstorf (Canton Bern)
Workload: 80-100% (weekly working hours: 41 hours at 100%)
Home office: Presence on site required (home office only possible by individual arrangement)
Tasks & Responsibilities
Maintenance planning: Independent planning, organisation and coordination of all preventive, corrective and predictive maintenance measures for the air separation units (ASU).
Operational excellence & safety: Ensuring a safe, reliable, quality-compliant and environmentally friendly operation of all maintenance activities on site.
Project & turnaround management: Coordination and technical support for technical modifications, on-site engineering projects as well as participation in turnaround management (TAR).
Process optimisation: Driving continuous process improvements using your affinity for automated systems to increase plant efficiency and availability.
Documentation: Maintenance, updating and provision of all plant documentation, including operating manuals and standard operating procedures (SOPs).
On-call duty & deputising: Taking over and participating in on-call duty to ensure uninterrupted gas supply as well as deputising for the plant manager when required.
Knowledge & Requirements (Must-Haves)
Education: Successfully completed technical training or technical studies (e.g. mechanical engineering, electrical engineering, process engineering or systems engineering; FH/HF/HF diploma).
Professional experience: Solid practical experience in maintenance within a process-oriented industrial environment (e.g. chemical, petrochemical, process engineering or gas industry).
Technical understanding: Good understanding of process engineering plants and components (e.g. compressors, pumps, turbines, distillation columns as well as pneumatics and hydraulics).
Language skills: Business fluent German (level C1) as well as very good English skills (level C1) for international and interdisciplinary collaboration.
Personality: Solution- and implementation-oriented personality with a strong safety awareness, high personal responsibility and structured working method.