Deputy General Manager - Operations

Key Responsibilities

• Provide overall leadership to Engineering & Maintenance across 4 factories and 9 plants, ensuring safe, reliable and efficient plant operations, while building a strong, competent and high-performing engineering team.
• Provide technical leadership to Mechanical, Electrical, Civil and Instrumentation functions.
• Establish and drive common engineering, maintenance and reliability standards across all 9 plants.
• Drive equipment reliability, preventive/predictive maintenance, plant availability and reduction of breakdowns and repeat failures; monitor MTBF, MTTR and maintenance KPIs.
• Provide technical leadership for critical breakdowns, major shutdowns, CAPEX projects, modifications, debottlenecking and reliability improvement initiatives.
• Drive maintenance cost optimisation, energy efficiency and effective asset life-cycle management.
• Ensure compliance with ISO systems, Responsible Care, statutory requirements, EHS and process safety standards across all plants.
• Independently lead / facilitate HAZOP, HIRA, MOC and Pre-Startup Safety Review (PSSR) for new projects, modifications and plant changes, including effective closure of recommendations.
• Ensure engineering and maintenance activities are aligned with process safety and risk management requirements.
• Build a high-performing team through people development, coaching, competency building, performance management, succession planning and talent development.
• Establish competency standards and training plans for Engineering & Maintenance teams and promote knowledge sharing across factories.
• Drive a culture of safety, accountability, ownership, continuous improvement and engineering excellence.
• Standardise and replicate engineering best practices across the 4 factories and 9 plants.
• Collaborate with Factory Heads, Production, EHS, Quality, Projects, Procurement and Corporate functions to deliver business priorities.

Key Skills

• Plant / equipment availability and reliability
• Reduction in breakdowns and repeat failures
• Preventive maintenance compliance
• MTBF / MTTR improvement
• Maintenance cost and energy optimisation
• CAPEX / shutdown project delivery
• ISO / Responsible Care / statutory compliance
• HAZOP / PSSR / MOC action closure
• Engineering standardisation across 9 plants

Key Competencies

• Technical: Engineering & Maintenance | Reliability | Process Safety | HAZOP / HIRA / MOC / PSSR | ISO | Responsible Care | CAPEX & Projects | Utilities | Statutory Compliance.
• Leadership: Strategic thinking | People leadership | Coaching & mentoring | Stakeholder management | Decision making | Problem solving | Continuous improvement | Safety leadership.

Qualifications & Experience

• BE / B.Tech in Mechanical Engineering from a reputed institution.
• 15-20 years of relevant experience in Engineering & Maintenance, preferably in the Chemical / Agrochemical / Specialty Chemical industry.
• Minimum 3-5 years of experience in a leadership / lead role, managing multidisciplinary Engineering & Maintenance functions.
• Experience in managing Mechanical, Electrical, Civil and Instrumentation teams in a multi-plant manufacturing environment will be preferred.

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