The Company:
Our client is a well-established international food manufacturing group with operations across multiple global markets. In Vietnam, the company operates a large-scale, export-oriented production facility and maintains strong standards in food safety, technical compliance and operational excellence.
Role & Responsibilities:
Lead the Engineering, Maintenance, Utilities and Facilities function, managing a sizeable technical team.
Develop and implement preventive, predictive and corrective maintenance strategies for food processing, thermal-processing, packaging and supporting equipment.
Improve equipment reliability, plant uptime and OEE while reducing breakdowns through maintenance planning and root-cause analysis.
Oversee the CMMS, spare-parts inventory, maintenance schedules and technical documentation.
Ensure the safe, reliable and efficient operation of critical utilities, including industrial refrigeration and cold storage, boilers and steam systems, compressed air, water treatment, wastewater treatment and electrical distribution.
Manage engineering and capital projects, including new production lines, equipment installation, plant upgrades and expansion.
Drive energy-saving, cost-reduction and continuous-improvement initiatives through TPM, Lean and other reliability practices.
Ensure technical and legal compliance for refrigeration systems, boilers, pressure vessels and electrical equipment under Vietnamese regulations.
Partner with Production, Quality and SHE teams to ensure engineering and maintenance activities support food safety and international customer-audit requirements.
Manage engineering and maintenance budgets, contractors and external service providers.
Develop and coach the Engineering and Maintenance team while reporting operational performance to plant and regional management.
Requirements:
Bachelor’s Degree in Mechanical, Electrical, Refrigeration, Industrial Engineering or a related discipline.
Minimum 8 years of engineering or maintenance experience within food processing, FMCG or cold-chain manufacturing.
At least 3–5 years of experience in an engineering or maintenance management role.
Strong hands-on knowledge of ammonia refrigeration, cold storage, boilers and steam systems.
Experience with thermal-processing or retort equipment would be highly preferred.
Solid knowledge of CMMS, preventive and predictive maintenance, TPM, RCM and reliability improvement.
Familiarity with Vietnamese technical-safety regulations covering refrigeration systems, pressure equipment, boilers and electrical systems.
Experience working in an export-oriented manufacturing facility operating under international food-safety or customer-audit standards.
Proven leadership and project-management capability, including experience managing a sizeable technical workforce.
Professional working English and fluent Vietnamese.
Willingness to work permanently at the manufacturing facility in Long An Province.
To apply, please send your updated CV to Hoa Tran at hoa.tran@cornerstoneglobalpartners.com, quoting “Engineering, Maintenance & Utilities Manager” in the subject line, or click Apply Now.
Due to the anticipated high volume of applications, we regret that only shortlisted candidates will be notified.
