Our client, a integral automotive industry leading supplier is seeking a Maintenance Superintendent to lead maintenance activities at its manufacturing plant in Puebla. With more than 600 pieces of equipment, the operation requires a hands-on leader who can build a strong maintenance team, improve equipment reliability, and support uninterrupted production in a Just-in-Time/Just-in-Sequence (JIT/JIS) environment.

Leadership and team development are key priorities for this position, alongside technical experience with cutting and sewing equipment, and facilities maintenance.

Key Responsibilities

- Lead, coach, and develop the maintenance team, establishing clear priorities, accountability, and effective support across shifts.
- Manage preventive, predictive, and corrective maintenance for production equipment and plant facilities.
- Maintain the reliability of conveyor systems, seating assembly equipment, torque-controlled fastening tools, torque measurement systems, industrial sewing machines, and Lectra cutting machines.
- Respond quickly to equipment failures, coordinating troubleshooting and recovery to minimize disruption to JIT/JIS production and customer deliveries.
- Drive root cause analysis and permanent corrective actions to reduce recurring failures, downtime, and maintenance costs.
- Coordinate maintenance of building infrastructure, utilities, and support systems, including electrical distribution, compressed air, HVAC, and fire protection.
- Manage maintenance schedules, spare parts, critical equipment inventories, contractors, and departmental spending.
- Track equipment availability, preventive maintenance compliance,



mean time between failures (MTBF), and mean time to repair (MTTR).
- Partner with Production, Engineering, Quality, and EHS on equipment improvements, new installations, launches, and safe maintenance practices.

Required Qualifications

- Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical, Electrical, Electromechanical, Mechatronics Engineering, or a related field.
- Proven maintenance leadership experience in automotive manufacturing, preferably in cut &sew; operations with JIT/JIS delivery requirements.
- Demonstrated ability to lead technical teams, develop supervisors and technicians, and manage priorities under production pressure.
- Hands-on knowledge of:
- Conveyor systems and automotive assembly equipment.
- Torque-controlled fastening, torque verification, and related measurement systems.
- Industrial sewing machines and Lectra cutting equipment.
- Facilities maintenance and industrial utilities.
- Experience managing a large equipment base, maintenance planning, spare parts, and computerized maintenance management systems (CMMS).
- Strong troubleshooting and root cause analysis skills, with working knowledge of electrical, mechanical, pneumatic, hydraulic, PLC, and automation systems.
- Ability to work across departments and communicate clearly during equipment failures and production recovery.

Preferred Experience

- Combined experience in JIT/JIS assembly and soft trim cutting and sewing operations.
- Maintenance responsibility for a similarly sized operation with hundreds of pieces of equipment.
- Experience implementing TPM, reliability improvements, and structured technician development programs.

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