Central Maintenance Services Lead

Are you our next creator of change?

This is for you who wants to have a real impact on creating a healthier planet for our children every day.  At Neste, you will be working for the world’s leading producer of sustainable aviation fuel and renewable diesel and a forerunner in developing renewable and circular feedstock solutions for polymers and chemicals. Let’s create transformation for a sustainable future together.

We are looking for you 

Central Maintenance Services (CMS) Lead

to join our Maintenance team at the Singapore refinery!

You will focus on leading the team around facilities, workshop, warehouse and material supplier management for refinery maintenance and Turnaround (TA) operations. In this job you will work closely with your maintenance organisation peers, mainly Area Leads, Planning & Scheduling and TA manager, and Refinery Operations especially to ensure safe working conditions. 

In our team, you will experience a culture of collaboration and positive spirit within. You will also enjoy joining the ramp up of SAP in early 2025. Together with you and your expertise, we can make an impact today and keep our promises for tomorrow. 

Reasons to join

Real impact right now. We work in an inspiring and evolving business environment, where everything we do serves one purpose: to create a healthier planet for our children. To drive a growing impact as a global leader in renewable and circular solutions we live by our values every day; we care, we have courage, we cooperate.

Safety and caring. We value safety always and everywhere. We want our work to feel good and do good. At Neste, we nurture a culture where everyone is welcome and feels safe, respected, and encouraged to be their unique true selves. 

Exciting growth. Transformation brings new possibilities and fosters our courage and curiosity. As a global growing company, we support personal development with versatile learning and career opportunities. Collaboration is the key, and we believe in flexible, smart ways of working. 

More about the job

Your role in our team as CMS Lead:

• Lead cross-functional team of warehouse, facility, safety and contractor management personnel of 8 direct reports and 20 indirect persons
• Ensure effective and efficient allocation of common resources and warehouse inventory for maintenance, projects and TAs
• Maintenance budget management within assignment amount to accomodate for preventive and corrective maintenance 
• Drive initiatives to enhance productivity and cost effectiveness 
• Ensure compliance with fire safety regulations and maintain relevant licenses
• Meet warehouse inventory material availability based on planned maintenance, project and TA work
• Oversee creation and maintaining of material item master data including numbering, description and other characteristics
• Any other tasks as required    

Keys to success in this role / The best combination to succeed in this role

• Engineering Degree with 10 years relevant experience in Oil and Gas industry or Engineering Diploma with 15 years relevant experience 

• 2-3 years experience in managing a Team

• Maintenance, TA and projects process knowledge

• Material contracts management

• Proven experience from complex stakeholder environments

• KPI reporting 

Other strengths we value are openness, willingness to learn and collaborative team spirit in a complex stakeholder environment 

Let’s get you started

Wondering whether we are a match or not? Take a short test at neste.com/game. 

We look forward to receiving your CV and application (with a salary request) by October 2024

If you have any questions regarding the process or the position, please get in touch with Michael Ahti, Maintenance Manager.

We will do our best to contact you within 2 weeks after the application time has ended. The recruitment process will include interviews and a possible aptitude assessment. (The person selected for the position must pass a health examination including a drug test. A security clearance is obtained with their consent.)

About Neste

Neste creates solutions for combating climate change and accelerating a shift to a circular economy. With over 75 years of refining expertise, we are now the world’s leading producer of sustainable aviation fuel and renewable diesel and a forerunner in developing renewable and circular feedstock solutions for polymers and chemicals. We have set aspirational targets for climate, biodiversity, human rights, as well as our supply chain and raw materials. Our ambition is to make the Porvoo oil refinery in Finland the most sustainable refinery in Europe by 2030. Together with our partners we are aiming at a carbon neutral and nature positive value chain by 2040. Our success is created by 5,400 professionals working in 16 countries. Read more: neste.com.  Get inspired by our story.