Sr. Maintenance Technician
Job Fit Check
Base Career helps you apply smarter for this job.
Key skills for this role
About the Role
Lucid Motors is seeking a Sr. Maintenance Technician for its Paint Shop in Riyadh. The role involves leading maintenance technicians, ensuring safe and efficient operation of paint shop equipment, and driving continuous improvement.
Key Skills for This Role
Responsibilities
- Lead, assign, and supervise electrical, mechanical, and automation technicians across shifts
- Ensure maintenance activities are executed safely, efficiently, and as per priority
- Coordinate preventive, corrective, and predictive maintenance activities across all paint shop assets
- Act as first escalation point during major breakdowns and ensure fast, structured recovery
- Provide hands on technical support for complex mechanical, electrical, and automation issues
- Guide root cause analysis (RCA) and ensure robust corrective and preventive actions
- Enforce strict compliance with LOTO, PPE, electrical safety, machine safety, and hazardous area requirements
- Monitor breakdown trends, MTBF, MTTR, and downtime KPIs; drive continuous improvement
Requirements
- Diploma in Electrical, Mechanical, Automation, Mechatronics, or related discipline
- 5 6 years of maintenance experience in automotive manufacturing or paint shop environments
- Hands on experience across electrical, mechanical, and automation maintenance
- Willingness to work shifts and provide on call support
Full Job Posting
About Lucid
- At Lucid, we are creating exceptional mobility experiences through innovation to drive the world forward.
- Built on Lucid’s proprietary technology and software defined vehicle architecture, our award winning vehicles bring our 'Compromise Nothing™' approach to the global automotive market.
- We achieve this through deep vertical integration, with design, engineering, and production happening in house across our global offices and manufacturing facilities.
Role Summary
- Sr. Maintenance Technician in Paint Shop is responsible for leading and coordinating electrical, mechanical, and automation maintenance technicians to ensure safe, reliable, and efficient operation of all paint shop equipment and systems.
- The role provides technical leadership across pre treatment, E coat, primer, basecoat, clearcoat, ovens, conveyors, inspection systems, utilities, and ASRS.
- The Team Leader plays a key role in breakdown management, preventive maintenance execution, team development, and continuous improvement.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead, assign, and supervise electrical, mechanical, and automation technicians across shifts.
- Ensure maintenance activities are executed safely, efficiently, and as per priority.
- Coach and mentor technicians to improve technical capability and problem solving skills.
- Manage shift handovers, workload balancing, and on call response.
- Coordinate preventive, corrective, and predictive maintenance activities across all paint shop assets.
- Act as first escalation point during major breakdowns and ensure fast, structured recovery.
- Ensure effective coordination between mechanical, electrical, and automation disciplines.
- Support commissioning, upgrades, and modifications of paint shop equipment.
- Provide hands on technical support for complex mechanical, electrical, and automation issues.
- Guide root cause analysis (RCA) and ensure robust corrective and preventive actions.
- Support troubleshooting of PLC controlled systems, robots, ovens, conveyors, utilities, and safety systems.
- Verify system stability and process readiness before equipment handover to production.
Minimum Qualifications
- Diploma in electrical, Mechanical, Automation, Mechatronics, or related discipline.
- 5 6 years of maintenance experience in automotive manufacturing or paint shop environments.
- Hands on experience across electrical, mechanical, and automation maintenance.
- Willingness to work shifts and provide on call.
Skills
- Strong working knowledge of mechanical, electrical, and automation systems.
- Understanding of paint shop: Conveyors, ovens, pumps, fans, booths, and utilities; PLC based systems, industrial robots, and safety circuits.
- Ability to read and interpret mechanical drawings, electrical schematics, and control logic.
- Familiarity with predictive maintenance tools and condition monitoring.
- Proven ability to lead multi disciplinary maintenance teams.
- Strong decision making skills during breakdown and production critical situations.
- Structured problem solving and RCA capability.
- Effective communication across technical and non technical teams.
- High safety awareness and accountability mindset.
Apply for this job in 1 click
Skip the repetitive application forms
Install the Base Career Chrome Extension and autofill job applications across major job boards with your profile.
Trusted by over 500,000 job seekers on Base Career
More from this employer
More jobs at Lucid Motors
Mechanical Maintenance Technician
Saudi Arabia, KSA
The Mechanical Maintenance Technician in Paint Shop is responsible for the preventive, corrective, and predictive maintenance of all mechanical equipment within the automotive p...
Automation Maintenance Technician
Saudi Arabia, KSA
Position Overview: The Paint Shop Automation Maintenance Technician is responsible for maintaining, troubleshooting, and improving automated systems within the paint shop to ens...
Tandem Press Operator (Servo)
Saudi Arabia, KSA
The Tandem Press Operator (Servo) is responsible for operating and maintaining advanced servo-driven press lines, ensuring the efficient shaping and forming of high-quality meta...
Mix Room Technician
Saudi Arabia, KSA
The role involves preparing and mixing automotive paints, ensuring quality compliance, maintaining equipment, and supporting inventory management in a safe environment.
Sr. Advisor, Parts Planning
Saudi Arabia, KSA
Responsible for demand forecasting, inventory planning, and optimizing supply chain for OEM spare parts while ensuring service levels and minimizing risks.
Finesse Technician
Saudi Arabia, KSA
The role involves inspecting, identifying, and correcting paint defects on vehicles, ensuring quality standards while maintaining safety and production efficiency.
Laboratory Technician
Saudi Arabia, KSA
Responsible for laboratory testing and analysis of automotive paint materials, ensuring quality and compliance with standards, requiring knowledge of chemical engineering and pa...
Maintenance Manager
Saudi Arabia, KSA
The role involves leading maintenance strategies, ensuring equipment reliability, and managing a team to support production efficiency and safety.
Mechanical Maintenance Technician
Saudi Arabia, KSA
Automation Maintenance Technician
Saudi Arabia, KSA
Tandem Press Operator (Servo)
Saudi Arabia, KSA
Mix Room Technician
Saudi Arabia, KSA
Sr. Advisor, Parts Planning
Saudi Arabia, KSA
Finesse Technician
Saudi Arabia, KSA
Laboratory Technician
Saudi Arabia, KSA
Maintenance Manager
Saudi Arabia, KSA