The Electrical & Instrumentation (E&I) Maintenance Manager is responsible for leading and managing all electrical, instrumentation, automation, and control system maintenance activities across Air Liquide operations to ensure safe, reliable, compliant, and cost-effective plant performance.
The role is accountable for developing and executing maintenance strategies that improve equipment reliability, plant availability, energy efficiency, and operational integrity while ensuring compliance with statutory, safety, and Air Liquide engineering standards.
The incumbent will lead multidisciplinary maintenance teams and contractors while driving continuous improvement, asset integrity, digital maintenance practices, and operational excellence within industrial gas production, filling, storage, and distribution facilities.
Key Responsibilities
Maintenance & Reliability Management
Asset Integrity & Compliance
Automation & Control Systems
Safety, Health & Environmental Leadership
Leadership & People Management
Budget & Performance Management
Qualifications
1. Bachelor’s Degree or National Diploma in Electrical Engineering, Instrumentation Engineering,
2. Electronic Engineering, or related discipline.
3. Government Certificate of Competency (GCC Factories) advantageous.
4. Trade Test in Electrical or Instrumentation discipline advantageou s.
Experience
1. Minimum 8–10 years’ maintenance experience within industrial, petrochemical, manufacturing, gas, chemical, mining, or energy environments.
2. Minimum 5 years’ experience in a leadership or maintenance management role.
3. Experience with industrial gas operations, process plants, compressors, cryogenic systems, or bulk gas facilities advantageous.
4. Strong experience in PLC, SCADA, DCS, instrumentation, and electrical distribution systems.
Technical Skills
1. Strong knowledge of reliability engineering and asset management principles.
2. Experience with CMMS systems such as SAP PM, Maximo, or similar.
3. Knowledge of predictive maintenance technologies and condition monitoring.
4. Understanding of electrical protection systems and industrial automation.
5. Knowledge of statutory compliance and engineering standards.
Competencies
1. Strong leadership and people management capability.
2. Strategic and analytical thinking.
3. Problem-solving and decision-making skills.
4. Excellent stakeholder engagement and communication skills.
5. High level of safety awareness and operational discipline.
6. Ability to work in high-risk industrial environments.
7. Key Performance Indicators (KPIs)
8. Plant electrical and instrumentation availability.
9. Maintenance compliance and backlog management.
10. Reduction in unplanned downtime.
11. Safety and compliance performance.
12. Maintenance cost performance versus budget.
13.Reliability improvement initiatives implemented.
14. Calibration and statutory compliance completion rates.
15. Team performance and capability development.
Our Differences make our Performance
At Air Liquide, we are committed to build a diverse and inclusive workplace that embraces the diversity of our employees, our customers, patients, community stakeholders and cultures across the world.
We welcome and consider applications from all qualified applicants, regardless of their background. We strongly believe a diverse organization opens up opportunities for people to express their talent, both individually and collectively and it helps foster our ability to innovate by living our fundamentals, acting for our success and creating an engaging environment in a changing world.
Air Liquide is a world leader in gases, technologies and services for industry and healthcare. Present in 72 countries with 67,800 employees, the Group serves more than 4 million customers and patients. Oxygen, nitrogen and hydrogen are essential small molecules for life, matter and energy. They embody Air Liquide’s scientific territory and have been at the core of the Group’s activities since its creation in 1902.
Taking action today while preparing the future is at the heart of Air Liquide’s strategy. With ADVANCE, its strategic plan for 2025, Air Liquide is targeting a global performance, combining financial and extra-financial dimensions. Positioned on new markets, the Group benefits from major assets such as its business model combining resilience and strength, its ability to innovate and its technological expertise. The Group develops solutions contributing to climate and the energy transition—particularly with hydrogen—and takes action to progress in areas of healthcare, digital and high technologies.
Air Liquide’s revenue amounted to more than 27.5 billion euros in 2023. Air Liquide is listed on the Euronext Paris stock exchange (compartment A) and belongs to the CAC 40, CAC 40 ESG, EURO STOXX 50, FTSE4Good and DJSI Europe indexes.
