Senior Maintenance Engineer (F/M/X)

About the role 

Our Maintenance Engineering & Reliability team, composed of 23 people, is integrated into the Maintenance Department and focuses on Overall Equipment Effectiveness (OEE) through continuous improvement by creating root cause analysis and proactive solutions in collaboration with Preventive/Predictive Maintenance and production availability. 

As a Senior Maintenance Engineer, you will be technically responsible for the reliability of the mechanical assets on the site. You will work with Project Engineering to ensure the reliability and maintainability of new and modified installations, optimizing Life Cycle Costs and support in the definition of Asset Maintenance and Spare Parts Strategies. 

You will be accountable for: 

• Develop and implement technical solutions aligned with internal customer needs, enhancing asset reliability, productivity, and availability. 

• Perform advanced analysis of performance indicators (MTBF, MTTR, failure rates, historical costs) and recommend corrective and preventive actions. 

• Define detailed scopes for maintenance, inspection and engineering services, ensuring technical clarity and compliance with standards. 

• Drive continuous improvement through process analysis and performance monitoring. 

• Support HSE initiatives and organizational culture programs. 

• Establish and review maintenance strategies according to equipment criticality, ensuring reliability, safety, performance and life‑cycle cost optimization. 

• Translate maintenance policies into operational actions through standardized preventive and corrective work orders. 

• Act as a technical interface with Engineering, Construction and Projects, ensuring maintainability and reliability requirements for new assets and modifications. 

• Validate technical compliance of asset and system deliveries in alignment with project performance and safety criteria. 

• Prepare technical scopes, master plans and procedures, providing technical responsibility for projects and improvements. 

• Evaluate and apply emerging technologies to improve productivity and industrial competitiveness. 

• Produce technical specifications, reports, and recommendations in compliance with legal and normative requirements. 

• Manage inspection levels and technical receiving processes, ensuring quality and traceability. 

• Analyze and propose standardization of equipment and components to improve efficiency and reduce variability. 

• Perform technical evaluations of suppliers and support spare‑parts strategy definition. 

• Provide internal customers with technical solutions that improve reliability, productivity, and operational performance. 

We offer a permanent contract based on onsite working mode. 

 About you 

• Mechanical Engineering degree or relevant 

• CREA registered 

• At least 12 years of experience in technical areas of industrial engineering/maintenance 

• Competencies: 

• • Reliability-centered maintenance. Experience with the use of structured tools and methodologies applied to failure reduction, reliability increase, and variability reduction (RCM, FMEA, Six Sigma, etc.) 

• Problem-solving experience in rotating equipment 

• Advanced English (written and spoken) 

• Behaviors: 

• • Results and customer-oriented

  • Proactive cooperation

  • Teamwork and creativity 

About the pay and benefits 

• Attractive and equitable pay for all: compensation is determined within a range to foster your development in the role. While the Brazil base pay reasonably expected for this role is R$ 171,200.00 R$ 271,500.00 ("Periculosidade"/Hazard allowance and 13th salary already included). Your salary may ultimately be higher or lower based on your skills and experience. Additionally, we provide a competitive total rewards package that includes a bonus and/or other incentives.
• Solvay Cares program: minimum of 16 weeks of parenting leave for all employees and package with healthcare, disability and life insurance coverage.
• Prioritization of well-being: Solvay Solidarity Fund to support employees through hardship, work-life balance promotion, flexible approach to work part-time or hybrid work arrangements (depending on the type of job), employee assistance program with access to physical and psychological support.
• Professional development: prioritization of internal talents for career progression, access to a training platform, opportunities to join Employee Resource Groups (ERG) for experience sharing and mentorship and free language courses in 24 languages.