Job DescriptionEssential Responsibilities

• Safety & Compliance: Ensure site compliance with EHS requirements; manage permits, inspections, audit and corrective actions; champion LOTO, machine guarding, confined space, and electrical safety; lead incident investigations and root cause analysis. Ensure that all compliance standards are maintained, and regulatory maintenance is executed.

• Maintenance Strategy: Develop and execute preventive and predictive maintenance programs (PM/ PdM) from concept to completion to reduce equipment breakdowns; maintain critical spares strategy; manage asset lifecycle planning, equipment availability improvements, and uptime targets.

• Facilities Management: Oversee building/grounds, utilities (HVAC, compressed air, water, waste water treatment, thermal and electrical power), and site services; manage cleaning, landscaping, waste/recycling, and space planning.

• Utilities & Energy: Monitor and optimize energy usage; lead utility cost reduction, demand management, and sustainability initiatives; coordinate shutdowns and start-ups safely and efficiently; promote and implement energy cost saving projects

• Work Planning & Execution: Lead planning and scheduling (weekly work plans, backlog control); manage work orders, PM compliance, and execution quality.

• Budget & Cost Control: Forecast and manage OPEX/CAPEX budgets and monitor throughout the year (OCPH & CAR).; track spend against plan; develop business cases for upgrades; support technical negotiation of vendor contracts; drive maintenance costs per asset while sustaining availability.

• Contractors & Vendors Management: source, qualify, and manage service providers; enforce safety and quality standards; coordinate onsite work permits and supervision; ensure on-time delivery of services.

• Continuous Improvement: apply FLIGHT DECK tools (5S, TPM, standard work, visual management, Kaizen) to reduce downtime, improve MTBF/MTTR, and increase schedule adherence; implement availability engineering practices and RCAs.

• Asset Data & Documentation: maintain accurate asset registry, drawings, SOPs, PM task lists, and compliance records; ensure CMMS data integrity and reporting.

• People Leadership: lead and develop the facility & maintenance team setting specific goals, coach performance, build skills (electrical, mechanical, controls, HVAC), and foster a safety-first, customer-driven culture.

• Stakeholder Support: partner with Operations and Quality for planned outages, new equipment installation, and process changes; support NPI and capacity expansions; communicate status, risks, and recovery plans. Uses high level of judgment to make decisions and handle complex tasks or problems in areas of operational, product management, manufacturing, technology or engineering. Has ability to assess quality of information given and ask pertinent questions to stakeholders. Able to offer new solutions to problems outside of set parameters and is able to construct and provide recommendations. Uses multiple internal and some external sources outside of own function to help arrive at a decision.

Qualifications/Requirements

• Master’s degree in engineering or related field, or bachelor’s degree with previuos experience

• Proven solid experience in Facilities Management in a complex plant environment and in a matrix organization

• CMMS (e.g., Maximo, SAP PM, etc.), MS Office/Excel, maintenance planning & scheduling, reliability analytics, contractor management

• Experience with TPM, Kaizen, RCA, and condition-based maintenance; demonstrated use of KPIs to drive performance

• Knowledge of business financials

• Strong knowledge of Italian Safety Law and local codes, environmental regulations; permit-to-work and LOTO expertise

• Leadership and influencing skills: communication, problem-solving, negotiation, cross-functional collaboration, prioritization, and time management.

• Ability to analyze complex problems, identify root causes, and implement sustainable corrective actions.

• Build good relationship with external stakeholders such as Arpa, Asi, Municipality and Province.

• Ability to handle diverse activities/projects simultaneously.

• English and Italian fluent.

• Work Visa, in accordance with local regulation, is required.

Desired Characteristics

• Strong oral and written communication skills.
• Strong interpersonal and leadership skills.
• Demonstrated ability to analyze and resolve problems.
• Demonstrated ability to lead programs / projects.
• Ability to document, plan, market, and execute programs.
• Established project management skills.
• Experience leading energy-saving projects and managing energy-efficiency incentives, including project identification, business case development, application/claim process, and savings verification.
• Aerospace, automotive, heavy industrial, or regulated manufacturing environment.

What we offer

Smart working and work life-balance

Avio Aero, when possible, promotes remote work and encourages a good, healthy and satisfying work-life balance. We value our employees’ wellbeing; hence we offer a variety of improvement programs aimed to preserve anyone’s psychological safety and daily needs.

Total Rewards

At Avio Aero, we understand the importance of Total Rewards. As a new joiner to Avio Aero we are pleased to offer the following welcome benefit plan: 

• Performance related bonuses and local bonus scheme

• Flexible benefits platform

• Private medical cover

• Employee assistant program

• Employee special awards (service and recognition)    

• Local special agreements and discounts

• English and languages training for you and one member of your family

• Technical, Leadership and development trainings

Inclusion & Diversity

Avio Aero is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer and we are strongly committed to maintain an inclusive and diverse environment. Every employment decision is taken regardless to national or ethnic origin, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, disability, etc. 

We are not all the same. Just be Yourself AvioAero!

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