Maintenance Engineer
faham
Role: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.
