Maintenance Engineer

Maintenance Engineer Faham's factory in Dubai Investments Park produces doors, closets and joinery for homes and projects across the UAE. We're looking for a Maintenance Engineer who takes ownership of machine uptime and reliability, and who is equally comfortable with a PLC program and a breakdown on the shop floor. The role You'll keep our production machinery safe, reliable and available, owning preventive and predictive maintenance, fast breakdown recovery and hands-on PLC troubleshooting and programming across the plant. Key responsibilities • Build and run the PM plan for production machines, dust extraction, compressors and utilities • Diagnose and fix PLC, HMI, drive and sensor faults on CNC, edge-banding, pressing and finishing lines • Lead breakdown response and run root cause analysis (5 Whys, fishbone) for permanent fixes • Track MTBF, MTTR, downtime, OEE and PM compliance • Manage critical spares, OEM service providers and contractors • Enforce LOTO, permit-to-work and machine guarding, and lead maintenance technicians across shifts • Support new machinery installation, commissioning and CAPEX decisions Must have • Bachelor's degree in Mechanical, Electrical or Mechatronics Engineering • 5+ years in industrial maintenance, ideally in woodworking, furniture or panel manufacturing • Hands-on PLC troubleshooting and programming: Siemens S7 / TIA Portal essential; Allen-Bradley or Beckhoff an advantage • Experience maintaining CNC machines, edge banders, presses or similar automated lines • Proven use of maintenance KPIs to drive decisions Nice to have • CMMS experience and condition monitoring (vibration, thermography) • Pneumatics, hydraulics and dust extraction knowledge • Valid UAE driving license • Arabic or Hindi/Urdu for shop-floor communication What success looks like: breakdowns falling month on month, repeat failures permanently fixed, and production trusting maintenance to keep the lines running to plan. Show more Show less