Operation Manager

Job Description:

Accountable for the safe operations of the Ankleshwar plant. Specific responsibilities include:

Coordination of production schedule with Supply chain, plant resources and vendors to ensure that plant can meet the planned production.

Leads the Operations team to ensure that operational/quality issues are resolved in a safe and prompt manner.

Interfaces with Maintenance to ensure that Preventive Maintenance, Corrective Maintenance, shutdowns are well coordinated and to ensure that plant runs reliably.

Ensures good Operational systems in place to ensure that plant is kept in good safe operating conditions.

Leads troubleshooting effort in the event of operational problems and provide advice to the Site manager.

Reviews daily log and works with Production engineer to issue daily production report

Coordinates SAP transactions to ensure proper accounting of plant inventory and reconcile the differences

Leads regular review of Plant Operating procedures to ensure operating instructions are up to date.

Leads regular review of the safety protection systems to ensure that safety systems (like interlocks, One man one Lock etc..) are not bypassed.

Supports Supply chain issues as required.

Responses to plant emergency conditions as the key advisor to Site Manager

Ensures daily Safety toolbox talk is carried out to send a strong safety reminder at the beginning of each day.

Serves as a champion for all safety improvement plans/ideas to raise safety engagement.

Ensures all plants upsets, quality issues are recorded and leads Root cause analysis (RCAs) on the events and issues learning.

Accountable for People development/talent management for Operations. Specific responsibilities include:

Ensures that good progression plans/On the Job training, which is aligned to their career interests, is in place for all Operations associates.

Effective personal development plans are in place to ensure required skill sets are acquired for further advancement.

Ensures regular promotion review cycle takes place to ensure that Operations associates are not falling behind promotion ladder.

Leads regular Operations meeting to maintain good communication with the Operations team.

Ensures the On the Job training program is up to dated and well documented.

Ensure good communication with the Operations team to foster good teamwork and working relationship.

Accountable for the cost & quality management of the Operations. Specific responsibilities include:

Ensures all batch runs are optimized and raw materials yield and Utilities usages are best in class.

Encourages cost savings projects to optimize usages and yields.

Leads annual review of Plant performance with Technical team.

Ensure the product produced meets the specifications and quality requirement

EHS responsibilities:

To follow site EHS procedure and best practices

Read and understand relevant procedure and perform the work safely

Support site EHS in safety campaign, Safety observations to prevent the injuries

Follow the site PSM procedure and implement the PSM culture

Required Knowledge/Skills:

Demonstrate strong Safety leadership and good working knowledge on safe work practices, hazards associated with the chemistry and Operations excellence.

Strong effective communication, human relation and organizational skills to work effectively with team/workgroup or those outside the formal line of authority to accomplish organizational goals.

Possesses strong analytical skills and good technical background.

Strong people management skill

A decision maker.

Required Experience:

14 to 18 years of industrial chemical manufacturing experience in field like petrochemical, Refinery or similar

Required Education:

Bachelor or Master in Chemical Engineering. Any Management course and Black / Green belt Lean six sigma certificate is added advantage..

# Employees Supervised:

Operation Team approx. 100 Associates

Additional Locations:

J-010486