# Maintenance Supervisor - Water Cup Production Line

> Elite Talent · Baghdad, Iraq · Full-time · Posted 2026-08-26

**Workplace:** on_site

## Description

### Job Description: Maintenance Supervisor – Water Cup Production Line

**Department:** Engineering and Maintenance  
**Industry:** Packaged Water / Water Cup Manufacturing  
**Employment Type:** Full-time  
**Number of Vacancies:** 1  
**Reports To:** Factory Manager / Operations Manager  
**Direct Reports:** Senior Maintenance Technicians and Mechanical Maintenance Technicians

Preferred Nationality: Indian/Iranian

### Job Purpose

Lead the maintenance function for high-speed thermoforming/Form-Fill-Seal water cup production lines. The Maintenance Supervisor will develop maintenance plans, manage the technical team, respond hands-on to major breakdowns, improve machine reliability, and ensure critical spare parts are available.

### Key Responsibilities

-   Prepare daily, weekly, monthly, quarterly, preventive, and shutdown maintenance plans.
-   Assign maintenance activities and supervise their safe, timely completion.
-   Lead troubleshooting during major breakdowns and recurring machine failures.
-   Conduct root-cause analysis and implement permanent corrective actions.
-   Reduce unplanned downtime and improve equipment reliability and availability.
-   Coordinate maintenance schedules and machine interventions with production.
-   Prepare maintenance checklists, SOPs, equipment histories, and technical reports.
-   Monitor equipment condition and recommend repairs, overhauls, or replacements.
-   Develop critical spare-parts lists for the complete production line.
-   Forecast spare-parts requirements and establish minimum and maximum stock levels.
-   Monitor spare-parts consumption, failure frequency, and component service life.
-   Prepare accurate technical specifications for purchasing spare parts and services.
-   Evaluate the technical suitability of proposed replacement components.
-   Train senior technicians, mechanical technicians, and selected production employees.
-   Ensure compliance with safety, food-hygiene, and lockout/tagout requirements.
-   Maintain proper housekeeping and tool control during maintenance activities.

## Requirements

### Required Technical Experience

Candidates must have direct, hands-on experience maintaining thermoforming/FFS machines that form, fill, and seal water cups, including:

-   Plastic-film feeding, tracking, and tension control
-   Heating and thermoforming stations
-   Forming molds, vacuum systems, and cooling arrangements
-   Water-filling mechanisms, nozzles, pumps, and volume adjustment
-   Lid-film feeding and alignment systems
-   Heat-sealing temperature, pressure, and timing control
-   Cutting, punching, and cup-discharge systems
-   Pneumatic cylinders, valves, regulators, and air preparation
-   Bearings, chains, sprockets, timing belts, shafts, and gearboxes
-   Linear guides, conveyors, lubrication systems, and machine alignment
-   Mechanical synchronization of high-speed production equipment

Experience with **Thermonox, Beta-Pak, or technically similar high-speed machines** is strongly preferred.

### Required Qualifications

-   Diploma or bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering, Mechatronics, Industrial Maintenance, or a related discipline.
-   Minimum 7–10 years of relevant maintenance experience.
-   Demonstrated supervisory experience in a production environment.
-   Strong mechanical troubleshooting and root-cause-analysis ability.
-   Ability to prepare preventive maintenance plans, SOPs, checklists, and reports.
-   Working knowledge of maintenance KPIs, downtime analysis, and spare-parts control.
-   Ability to read mechanical drawings, manuals, parts diagrams, and specifications.
-   Willingness to work hands-on and respond to breakdowns outside normal hours when required.

### Critical Selection Requirement

General maintenance experience alone is not sufficient. Candidates whose experience is limited to bottled-water filling lines, RO plants, automotive maintenance, building maintenance, utilities, or unrelated factory equipment will not qualify unless they also have substantial direct experience with thermoform/FFS water cup production machines.

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