BOROUGE - Abu Dhabi Polymers

Supervisor, Mechanical Maintenance

JOB PURPOSE


The jobholder is responsible for supervising, coordinating, and leading mechanical 
maintenance activities to ensure safe and timely execution, aligning with Borouge's safety and 
quality standards. 
This role includes leading the supervision, coordination, and administration of mechanical 
maintenance technicians to ensure safe and timely execution of tasks, conducting equipment 
troubleshooting, supervising installation, repair, and maintenance jobs across all plants, 
monitoring work execution and quality, ensuring compliance with safety and quality standards, 
and collaborating with various departments to optimize resource use and maintain operational 
efficiency. 


KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES


Work Supervision & Coordination
• Supervise, coordinate, troubleshoot, lead, and administrate the mechanical 
maintenance technicians to ensure safe and timely execution of tasks, aligning with 
Borouge's safety and quality standards. 
• Conduct equipment troubleshooting and decide on corrective actions to ensure proper 
maintenance and minimize downtime. 
• Supervise installation, repairing, and maintenance jobs across all plants to ensure 
operational efficiency. 
• Monitor work execution, checking quality and progress to ensure timely completion. 
• Monitor and inspect maintenance contractors' work to ensure compliance with terms 
and parameters. 
• Ensure quality procedures, vendor instructions, and HSE requirements are followed to 
maintain safety and quality standards. 
Equipment & Safety Management
• Inspect completed jobs for conformity to statutory and company standards to ensure 
compliance. 
• Regularly inspect workshops and workplaces for good housekeeping and organization. 
• Review tools distributed to the team to ensure availability and proper usage. 
• Ensure team members have proper PPEs and adhere to HSE rules to maintain safety. 
• Perform regular toolbox talks to communicate valuable information to the team. 
• Discuss daily maintenance and start-up schedules with planners and operation teams 
to optimize resource use. 
Maintenance Execution
• Ensure execution of scheduled pre-commissioning, commissioning, and start-up 
maintenance activities to maintain equipment reliability. 
• Coordinate and provide technical support to shift personnel for job requirements. 
• Provide day-to-day instructions for safe job execution to ensure adherence to safety 
protocols. 
• Supervise mechanical maintenance jobs to minimize failures and ensure equipment 
reliability. 
• Perform visual, close, and detailed inspections of installed mechanical equipment to 
ensure proper functioning. 
• Observe and approve functional tests and equipment run tests to verify operational 
readiness. 
HSE Compliance
• Participate in safety audits and area walk-downs to ensure compliance with safety 
standards. 
• Review and approve procurement of required spare parts based on equipment criticality 
analyses to ensure availability. 
• Receive and physically inspect delivered spare parts to verify quality. 
• Complete detailed technical feedback in SAP for future failure analysis to improve 
maintenance processes. 
• Verify that required PM plans for equipment maintenance are executed as per 
procedures to maintain equipment reliability. 
• Maintain equipment files with relevant records to ensure proper documentation. 
Collaboration and Communication
• Attend interface meetings with project teams and custodian departments to facilitate 
issue resolution. 
• Participate in the development and review of work instructions and checklists to ensure 
effective maintenance execution. 
• Ensure mechanical equipment and systems can be operated safely and in compliance 
with regulations. 
• Conduct task risk assessments to maintain safety at work locations. 
• Coordinate with different departments to ensure timely completion of maintenance 
jobs. 
• Maintain records of work performed and provide inputs for monthly reports to ensure 
proper documentation. 
Resource & Performance Management
• Perform time entry approval for technicians to ensure accurate timekeeping. 
• Ensure work orders are properly confirmed, and failure codes are recorded in SAP to 
maintain accurate records. 
• Coordinate annual leave plans to ensure even workforce distribution and minimum 
availability. 
• Contribute to the evaluation of contractor technicians and follow up on their 
performance to ensure quality. 
• Determine training needs for team members and ensure adequate on-the-job training 
for skill development. 
• Initiate failure reports and support engineers in root cause analysis to improve 
maintenance processes. 
Borouge Corporate Responsibilities
• Understand and keep abreast about Borouge’s vision, mission, main strategies, and 
objectives, and communicate the same among the respective team, and ensure that the 
team live and exercise Borouge’s values with all colleagues and stakeholders. 
• To keep abreast and knowledgeable about his / her role contribution towards the areas 
of Health, Safety & Environment (HSE), Sustainability, Energy Management, Ethics & 
Regulations, and Quality Management and its respective policies, frameworks, procedures, 
and objectives. 
• Comply, support, and enrich the culture and understanding of it through his / her 
communications with the internal and external contacts. 
• Adhere to the business ethics and Company’s Code of Conduct within the function in 
compliance to the Corporate Policies and guidelines and ensure the same by the respective 
team. 
Departmental Plans
• Supervise the daily activities by the team to meet the department / team plans. 
• Perform all activities in the assigned tasks and adhere to all respective procedures to 
meet team / departmental objectives and ensure the desired compliance by the respective 
team. 
• Keep aware and knowledgeable about the respective processes’ owners, policies, 
procedures, forms, and other relevant information, and communicate the same. 
• Provide with the necessary feedback and observations to the direct supervisor / team 
leader with regards to daily process outputs. 
• Analyse and address any significant variances to support effective performance and 
cost control. 
HSE Excellence
• Keep abreast and knowledgeable on the updates for Health, Safety, Environment, Crisis 
Management, and Risk Registers for all the performed processes, projects, and activities 
within the operating zone. 
• Supervise the acts by the team to ensure compliance with HSE-related procedures, 
practices, and norms in the workspace. 
• Adhere to the safe acts and practices in the workplace to ensure her / his own safety, 
colleagues, and company assets and resources. 
Processes & Systems
• Implement approved the respective policies, processes, systems, standards, and 
procedures to support execution of the work programs. 
• Perform the procedures / SOP in line with the respective processes and activities to 
ensure timely processing. 
• Provide with feedback on updating and implementation of new tools and techniques to 
improve the quality and efficiency of processes. 
• Make sure full compliance to Quality Management System’s controlled documents and 
implemented practices in line with ISO standards to ensure consistency in the respective 
processes. 


QUALIFICATIONS, EXPERIENCE, KNOWLEDGE & SKILLS


Minimum Qualification 
• Diploma or Bachelor's Degree in Mechanical Engineering, Mechanical Technology, or a 
related field. 
• Good command, communication, and technical reporting writing skills in English 
Language. 
Minimum Experience & Knowledge & Skills 
• Minimum of 6 - 9 years of relevant experience in installation, repair, testing and 
maintenance of a wide range equipment items of production facilities in an oil/gas or 
petrochemical industry. 
• Experience in a supervisory or team leader role is essential, with a proven track record 
of leading a team in preventive and corrective maintenance activities. 
• Experience with large-scale industrial equipment such as compressors, turbines, 
pumps, heat exchangers, and rotating machinery. 
• Maintenance and troubleshooting experience on Rotating & Static Equipment in Oil & 
Gas. 
• Hands on SAP basic work management operations related to maintenance. 
• Hands on the documentation and reporting procedures for abnormal conditions. 
• Working knowledge on Operation & Maintenance manuals and engineering 
documents/drawings. to troubleshoot and solve equipment problems and to determine 
optimum equipment functioning. 
• Ability to lead and communicate to a team of multi-cultural, multi-national personnels. 
Professional Certifications 
Preferred to be certified in one of more of the following, or relevant certifications: 
• Certified Maintenance and Reliability Professional (CMRP) • Certified Maintenance 
Manager (CMM)
• API Certification (API 510, 570, or 653) for pressure vessel, piping, or tank 
maintenance. 
• NDT Certifications for Non-Destructive Testing techniques (ASNT Level II) in visual 
inspections, ultrasonic, and magnetic particle testing. 
• HSE Certifications such as NEBOSH or IOSH for safety management.

Jul 27, 2026