Assistant Manager - Operations (Transmission)

Apraava Renewable Energy; Datia; On-site; INR 1,200,000 - 1,800,000; Full time

Job summary

Apraava Renewable Energy is seeking an experienced Operations & Maintenance professional to oversee transmission line OM activities, preventive maintenance planning, and outage coordination at site. The role requires strong knowledge of maintenance practices, Oracle PM/MM, and permit-to-work procedures.

The incumbent will lead contractor teams, ensure safety and compliance, manage spares, and generate routine MIS/Reports for senior management. On-site work in India is required.

Qualifications

• BE/BTech in Electrical with 8 years experience in OM.
• Diploma in Electrical Eng with 15 years experience in OM.
• Minimum 7–8 years in transmission line OM.
• Familiarity with Oracle (Plant Maintenance/ MM) and Permit to Work.

Responsibilities

• Plan and execute preventive maintenance with schedules and OEM recommendations.
• Coordinate with CP/Oracle/SLDC for planned shutdowns.
• Supervise maintenance and document in CMMS.
• Manage OM Contractor teams for patrolling and defect rectification.
• Operate mobile app for defect recording.
• Ensure healthiness of equipment and SOP adherence.
• Identify and remediate CM and breakdown issues to minimize downtime.
• Oversee outage management and reporting.

Skills

Transmission line OM

Maintenance practices

Oracle PM/MM

Permit to work

Communication

Presentation

Influencing

Planning & Coordination

Teamwork

Education

BE/BTech Electrical

Diploma Electrical

Tools

Oracle PM/MM

Job description

PRINCIPAL ACCOUNTABILITIES

Accountabilities Major Activities

• Planning and Execution of preventive maintenance
  • Plan for scheduled maintenance based on maintenance schedule/ TSA agreement/OEM recommendations in co-ordination with SLDC / beneficiaries/CP/Oracle.
  • Co-ordinate with CP/Oracle/SLDC/other utility to avail planned shutdown.
  • Execute planned preventive maintenance activities as per prescribed schedule and procedure.
  • Supervision of jobs and documentation in maintenance system.
  • Manage OM Contractor s team for routine patrolling work and rectifying the defects.
  • Operate the Mobile App for recording the defects.
  • Objective is to ensure the healthiness of equipment and complete the work in accordance with standard operating / maintenance practice.
• Corrective Maintenance (CM) and Breakdown Maintenance
  • Identify the problem and take remedial actions to make equipment available in the shortest possible time.
  • Assess the root cause of failure. Prepare failure analysis report and submit to the superiors.
  • Direct the OM Contractor s team for corrective action.
  • The main objective is to avoid availability loss, repetitive failure, and damage to equipment.
• Condition Monitoring/Outage Management
  • Maintain equipments like (Voltage detector, Earth Tester, Elco meter, etc.) in healthy working status.
  • Supervise maintenance of instruments and testing kits and their calibration as per standard. Maintain all test results for easy access and retrieval.
  • Plan out activities in advance. Coordinate to receive material and manpower on time. Ensure job execution as per schedule and make equipment available as per deadline given by SLDC/authority.
  • Ensure smooth execution of outage in accordance with plan and submit daily/weekly reports to superior for information. Also, prepare and submit an outage report with details of spare and service consumption, cost etc.
  • Periodically review modification/change requirements.
  • The main objective is to avoid availability loss, repetitive failure, and damage to equipment.
• Operation Management
  • Supervise day-to-day operation of transmission line by providing direction to contractor s team for routine maintenance.
  • Ensure transmission line rounds at defined intervals and identify defects. Also ensure that all defects are logged into Oracle/ computerized maintenance system and attended by maintenance staff.
  • Train contract staff for Apraava Energy safety rules permit-to-work system and ensure that all permits /isolations are carried out in accordance with laid down procedure only.
  • Prepare Emergency crisis plan and provide training to all staff members enabling them to counter any emergency /crisis situations.
  • Ensure the team understands and adheres to MCPs SOPs.
• Inventory Management
  • Review of inventory at regular interval. Ensure OM Spares as per CEA guidelines are available at respective stores.
  • Estimate spare requirement for routine maintenance and outages.
  • Initiate procurement process. Evaluate technical quotations and recommend correct technical spares and consumables required at site.
  • Initiate new item codification with sufficient technical information.
  • Inspect the incoming spare/ consumable for its correct specification defined in purchase order.
  • Maintain store with material code for each spares/ consumable and have proper stacking/storing arrangement.
  • Ultimate objective is to organize spare on time and make them available for planned and unplanned maintenance.
• Service tie-ups for equipment maintenance
  • Prepare scope of work for related services. Initiate service requests. Provide all technical details to commercial / Vendor as per Apraava Energy with vendor and ensure timely execution of work.
  • Identify and engage local transport and material handing agencies and enter into rate agreement for hiring services.
  • The above activities are to be performed in order to ensure timely availability of quality services for maintenance.
• Annual Maintenance Contract (AMC) Management
  • Formulate detailed scope of work for annual maintenance contract with defined service requirement, manpower number and competencies. Clearly define performance criteria and measurement mechanism to evaluate same on monthly basis.
  • Monitor safety quality compliance at site as per contract and relevant Apraava Energy standard guidelines.
  • Counsel and train contractor to maintain Apraava Energy standards.
  • Monitor execution of assigned jobs regularly.
  • Review KPIS periodically and endorse monthly invoices.
  • Review AMC contract on yearly basis to accommodate any changes.
  • The Ultimate objective of this activity is to meet contract manpower requirement to perform OM job with safety required quality as per Apraava Energy standard.
• HSSE Management
  • Prepare site specific HSSE objective target in alignment with functional Objective targets. Undertake awareness session with contract staff to appraise about HSSE objective target for its fully compliance.
  • Conduct Toolbox talks, meeting with AMC partners and other service provider.
  • Contribute in preparation of Risk assessment and MCP. Produce JSEAS for all maintenance activities.
  • Conduct site rounds and PJO to monitor SHE compliances during the job and identify gaps.
  • Prepare list of all statutory site requirement and ensure compliance.
  • Contribute to internal external audits.
  • Establish positive and healthy HSSE culture at site through awareness, training and promotion.
  • HSSE management is one of prime responsibility and must be followed religiously.
• Report and Data management
  • Prepare daily, monthly and yearly OM reports and send them to superiors/ other agencies as per direction.
  • Inspect daily logbook, OM records and validate the same.
  • Identify the structure and requirements for appropriate documentation system. Maintain adequate record of technical and statutory data in the DMS System, including invoices.
  • Maintaining the ROW record for the Asset.
  • Prepare site level asset register. Set up regular verification of the identified asset and its preservation plan.
  • Prepare MIS and submit timely information to management.
  • Prepare a calibration schedule for all tariff meters and testing equipment.
  • Prepare provisional revenue of KMTL.
  • Prepare outage and transmission availability of KMTL and submit it to concerned Authorities.
  • Prepare MTC and YTC of KMTL and submit to concerned Authorities. Also look after the corresponding CTU/PGCIL/ NERLDC/POSSOCO for proper communication.

DECISIONS

Decisions made by job holder As per the defined authority matrix Equipment / system element outage requirement

Recommendations to or approval by superior Approval for procurement and budget Approval for any change/modification in equipment/system design, contract and OM practice

INTERACTIONS

Internal Clients Roles you need to interact with inside the organization to enable success in your day-to-day work Commercial, HR Admin, HSSE, Finance function Functional Superior Head- For approvals as per CMAM requirements, defined HR policies and Apraava Energy policies.

External Clients Roles you need to interact with outside the organization to enable success in your day-to-day work AMC partners, other technical service providers, etc. Government agencies, Local bodies, Local administration etc.

SKILLS AND KNOWLEDGE

Educational Qualifications

• Minimum education qualifications for the position: BE/B Tech- Electrical Engineering having 8 years of experience or
• Diploma Electrical Engineering with 15 years experience
• Minimum 3 years of Experience in the OM Sector is desirable for all candidates.

Functional Skills

• Thorough understanding of Transmission line OM activities
• Sound understanding of best maintenance practice prevailing in transmission sector
• Computer literacy, working knowledge of Oracle (Plant Maintenance/Material Management) and Permit to work system
• Communication, presentation and Influencing Skills
• Planning and co-ordination, Teamwork.

Relevant and total years of Experience

• Overall experience: 7 - 8 years transmission line industry.