General Manager - Power Generation Operations

Operation and maintenance of 250MW Thermal Power Plant:

Operation and maintenance of 250MW Thermal Power Plant, in Neyveli, Tamil Nadu, India.

Main Areas of Responsibility:

- HSSE, Human Relations, Industrial Relations, Procurement, Lignite transportation and Government/Stakeholder relations are the main areas of responsibility.

- Develop annual and long-term operating plan in line with the cos strategies and offtakers requirement.

- Ensure requirements of assigned responsibility areas are carried out in a manner that meets expectations and realises strategic objectives of the organization.

The incumbent will have overall responsibility for leading the following core functions.

HSSE:

- Establish and maintain high standards of Health, Safety and Environment.

- Ensure HSSE targets and objectives are achieved, improvement measures are effected and regulatory requirements are complied.

- Provide visible health and safety leadership and direction to administer and manage safe, efficient and reliable operation of the power station.

Operations:

- Plant operations, by adhering to high operating standards, regulatory guidelines and requirements.

- Guide and oversee operations of the plant, through interaction with functional managers.

- Implement prudent operation practices to ensure optimum performance of the Plant to achieve targeted results.

- Ensure all operational and maintenance statistics, data, reports and records are maintained as per and regulatory requirements and reported promptly.

- Achieve power generation targets in line with strategies and Off takers requirement.

- Co-ordination with offtaker to manage power despatch demand and generation.

Maintenance:

- Establish and implement Reliability and Availability Centred Maintenance Policy.

- Continuous functioning of power plant equipment.

- Plan and oversee implementation of adequate programs for maintenance of power plant equipment, including plant outage programs.

- Develop and implement appropriate preventive and planned maintenance programme for Plant and Equipment.

- Co-ordinate Root Cause Analysis for incidents/breakdown/outages with corrective action proposals and implementation of lessons learned.

- Oversee identification, evaluation, and implementation of plant improvement opportunities to develop means for improving the Plant life and/or performance at optimal costs.

- Oversee contractors performance to ensure compliance with all technical and commercial aspects of the agreement.

Projects and Procurement Management:

- Manage projects such as Plant equipment upgrade and process improvement.

- Oversee Companys Procurement Plans; timely, cost effective and quality procurement of Spares, Consumables and other requirements.

- Ensure high ethical standards and business conduct are in place and complied with.

Business Plans and Strategies:

- Develop annual and long-term operating plan in line with strategies and offtakers requirement.

- Responsible for Plant Budgets, including Operations and Maintenance budget, Major Maintenance and CAPEX programs and Plant Administration budgets.

- Planning and budgeting Spares requirement for maintenance of Plant equipment.

- Develop and administer Strategic Objectives and Plans for continuous optimization and effective utilization of resources.

- Risk identification, assessment and implementation of effective mitigation measures.

Human Resources:

- Lead Plant team effectively to reach set objectives and targets, including recruitment, talent management, administering employee development and engagement programs.

- Develop and set Scorecards and Key Results, ensure timely assessment and feedback.

- Establish and implement Succession Plan for key positions.

Administration:

- Ensure compliance of values, policies, procedures and objectives in all areas.

- Administration of staff and functions.

- Manages Plant Residential Housing Colony, its regulations and compliances.

- Administering Companys Corporate Social Responsibility programs.

- Overseeing audits, certification, risk assessment and internal control programs and ensure execution of action plans.

- Maintain good public relations with local leaders, village administrators, government departments and with all stakeholders.

Statutory Compliances:

- Comply regulatory requirements, including Environment, Factories Act and Labour law requirements.

- Ensure conformance with statutory requirements in respect of safety certificates for boilers, cranes, hoists and other equipment.

- Any other duties that may be assigned from time to time by the management.

QUALIFICATIONS (Professional, Technical, Academic):

Essential:

- Full Time graduate degree in Mechanical or Electrical Engineering.

Preferred:

- Certification on HSE Management Systems.

- Degree or certification on Business Management and Administration.