Mechanical Maintenance

Responsibilities

• Ensure reliable, safe and efficient operation of all generating units, auxiliaries, and balance of plant systems. 
• Ensures full compliance with Statutory HSS, environmental and technical requirements from central and state governmental bodies (i.e. CEA, CERC, DSA, SCEI, AP/CPCB etc. compliances).  
• Contribute to developing safe systems of work (SSOW) procedures, including HIRA, PTW, LOTO, JSA etc. for your area. 
• To provide oversight of all mechanical maintenance activities, management of the maintenance teams, financial control, contract management, environmental compliance, regulatory compliance, technical compliance, risk evaluations and relationship management.
• Prepare maintenance strategy to achieve higher reliability (maximized MTTF) and greater efficiency (minimized MTTR) and implement the maintenance plans at plant level accordingly.  
• Lead equipment failure investigations and analysis, establish RCA framework and implement performance monitoring, corrective actions and continuous improvement methodology, for your area.    
• Maintain plant machinery to ensure it’s at acceptable standards, aiming at zero breakdown.
• Preparation of service contract and contract management for mechanical maintenance works outsourced to external service providers. 
• Preparation and implementation of complete plant maintenance reports and checklists, including daily, monthly, quarterly, and annual reports and checklists. 
• Prepare and manage plant maintenance budget, work to optimize the costs and maximize production. This includes developing and tracking the monthly, quarterly, and annual maintenance budgets. 
• Define and monitor maintenance plans to achieve yearly Generation targets and yearly agreed Plant/Machines Availability targets.
• Delegates and assigns work tasks to mechanical maintenance team to maintain optimum plant performance. 
• Support O&M head in plant improvement projects and modernization initiatives.
• Maintains plant critical spares inventory for your area, to meet the exigencies. 
• Lead, train and develop mechanical maintenance team at Plant and prepare a detailed training calendar for mechanical maintenance team accordingly. 
• Develop and execute risk management strategies to mitigate maintenance related risks and ensure compliance with internal audits.
• Prepares and maintains plant mechanical maintenance records and presents the same to management on need basis.
• Inspects and monitors production equipment to ensure operational healthiness, maintain a cost-effective production process, by utilizing optimum resources to achieve generation targets. 
• IMS implementation, documentation preparation and updating, pertaining to your area.

Qualifications

• B.E/B.Tech in mechanical engineering.
• 15+ years of experience in mechanical maintenance within hydropower plants/pump storage plant. 
• Advanced certifications in maintenance management are preferred.
• Professional certification on QA/QC/NDT is preferred. 
• Strong knowledge of Statutory and regulatory requirements pertaining to Hydro/PSP Plants. 
• Maintenance experience of large-scale pump storage power plants is preferred. 
• Managed Team of Engineers and technicians, working as section head for hydro / PSP plant equipment maintenance works for at least 10 years. 
• Experience with CMMS (Computerized Maintenance Management Systems) for Plant maintenance works.
• Knowledge of analytics tools for performance optimization and risk assessment.