E&I Maintenance Supervisor

You are responsible for ensuring the reliability, availability, safety, and efficiency of all electrical systems, instrumentation, and control equipment across the plant. The role leads a team of technicians in executing preventive, predictive, corrective, and breakdown maintenance activities while ensuring compliance with statutory regulations, safety requirements, maintenance standards, and operational objectives.

Key Responsibilities

• Supervise and coordinate daily maintenance activities for electrical, instrumentation, and control systems, including corrective, preventive, predictive, inspection, testing, and shutdown maintenance.
• Ensure maintenance work is executed according to approved procedures, quality standards, and work instructions.
• Monitor equipment performance and identify opportunities to improve reliability, availability, and maintainability.
• Lead troubleshooting and fault diagnosis activities for electrical and instrumentation equipment and ensure timely restoration of operations.
• Participate in root cause analysis (RCA) investigations and implement corrective actions to prevent recurring failures.
• Conduct equipment inspections, identify defects, and ensure timely follow-up actions are completed.
• Manage and prioritize work orders based on operational requirements and maintenance priorities.
• Coordinate with the Maintenance Planner to ensure manpower, tools, materials, permits, and spare parts are available before work execution.
• Support maintenance shutdowns, turnarounds, and emergency maintenance activities.
• Verify completed maintenance work with relevant stakeholders before work order closure.
• Ensure full compliance with electrical safety regulations, company policies, permit-to-work requirements, Lockout/Tagout (LOTO), and switching procedures.
• Supervise electrical isolation, switching operations, functional testing, and loop checking activities in accordance with approved procedures.
• Ensure all maintenance activities comply with statutory, regulatory, and audit requirements.
• Promote a strong safety culture and ensure safe work practices are consistently followed by the maintenance team.
• Maintain calibration, testing, and verification records for critical instruments and equipment as required.
• Lead, supervise, and coach electrical and instrumentation technicians to achieve maintenance objectives.
• Assign work responsibilities, monitor performance, and provide technical guidance to team members.
• Foster teamwork, discipline, accountability, and continuous improvement within the maintenance team.
• Identify training and competency development needs to enhance team capability and performance.
• Ensure accurate and timely recording of maintenance activities, equipment history, failure analysis, and corrective actions in the maintenance management system.
• Prepare daily maintenance updates, breakdown reports, and periodic performance reports.
• Maintain proper documentation of maintenance records, inspection reports, calibration certificates, and statutory compliance records.
• Review and authorize requests for maintenance materials, spare parts, and consumables within approved authority limits.
• Support spare parts planning and inventory optimization to ensure critical items are available for maintenance activities.
• Initiate purchase requisitions for urgent material requirements when necessary and follow approval procedures.
• Support plant commissioning, modification, and improvement projects related to electrical and instrumentation systems.
• Perform any other duties assigned by the Maintenance Manager or Head of Department.

Job Requirements

• Minimum Diploma or Professional Technical Certification in Electrical Engineering, Instrumentation Engineering, or a related technical field from a recognized institution.
• Certified BO Chargeman issued by the Energy Commission Malaysia is an added advantage.
• Additional competency certifications related to electrical or instrumentation maintenance are advantageous.
• Minimum 10 years of experience in electrical and instrumentation maintenance within manufacturing, chemical, petrochemical, refinery, or heavy industrial environments.
• At least 5 years of experience in a supervisory or team leadership role.
• Strong knowledge of High Voltage (HV) and Low Voltage (LV) electrical supply and distribution systems.
• Good understanding of electrical motors, transformers, switchgears, protection systems, variable speed drives, and power distribution equipment.
• Proficient in industrial instrumentation systems, including pressure, temperature, flow, level, and analytical instruments.
• Knowledge of instrument calibration, verification, functional testing, loop checking, and troubleshooting techniques.
• Familiarity with PLC, DCS, building automation systems, and industrial control systems.
• Understanding of maintenance strategies, including preventive, predictive, and reliability-centered maintenance practices.
• Strong leadership and supervisory skills.
• Effective planning, organizing, and coordination abilities.
• Good problem-solving and root cause analysis skills.
• Strong communication and stakeholder management skills.
• Ability to work under pressure and manage multiple priorities.
• Proficient in maintenance documentation, reporting, and computerized maintenance management systems (CMMS).