Dy General Manager - Maintenance

VARUN BEVERAGES LIMITED; Suratgarh; On-site; INR 1,500,000 - 2,500,000; Full time

Job summary

VARUN BEVERAGES LIMITED in Suratgarh, India, seeks a Maintenance-Head to manage the maintenance department, assets, and budget across shifts. The role ensures continuous production, Japan?

No, focuses on downtime reduction, and compliance with GMP, FSMS, and safety standards within a beverage manufacturing setting. The ideal candidate has 20–25 years in the beverage industry, a B.Tech in Electrical/Electronic/Instrumentation, and strong leadership across maintenance teams.

Qualifications

• Education: B.Tech in Electrical/Electronics/Instrumentation with relevance to maintenance.
• Experience: 20–25 years in Beverage industry.
• Requirements: maintenance leadership and GMP/FSMS familiarity.
• Knowledge: ISO-22000, GMP, HK, pest-control practices.

Responsibilities

• Lead maintenance department across multiple shifts (3–6 direct reports).
• Oversee upkeep of manufacturing assets and maintenance budget/resources.
• Ensure plant availability and on-time completion of maintenance activities.
• Implement GMP, FSMS, and regulatory requirements; manage hazardous waste storage.
• Monitor equipment lubrication, safety, electrical drawings/diagrams, and PRP/OPRP/CCP verifications.

Skills

Teamwork

Under pressure

Analytical

Communication

Coordination

Interpersonal

Education

B.Tech (Electrical/Electronic/Instrumentation)

Job description

Job Description:

JOB DESCRIPTION

1, PURPOSE OF THE JOB:

Job Context:

• Responsible for managing all aspects of the maintenance department. This includes managing the upkeep of all manufacturing assets, managing maintenance budget and resources and assisting in the design and installation of new systems. Maintaining all the assets of the company in good condition. In addition this position is responsible for managing multiple shifts of Maintenance Supervisors and mechanics.
• To ensure continuous production-no plant stoppage due to any spares/consumables/lab items and trained manpower.
• To produce qualitative product with higher productivity by reducing down time.
• To ensure repair and maintenance cost not to exceed the budget.
• To set and achieve plant mechanical efficiency targets and raw material yields.

Challenges:

2, DETAILS OF THE JOB:

• Job Role/ Title: Maintenance-Head
• Level: M05
• Business Unit: Suratgarh
• Function: Maintenance and Utility
• Country: India
• Work Location: Suratgarh
• Reporting Manager: Plant Manager
• Manager’s Manager: Regional Chief Technical Officer
• Matrix Manager:
• Team Size: 3-6
• No. of Direct Reportees: 3-6

3, KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES:

• Reduce Filler downtime 5% in comparison to last year. To ensure all responsibility for maintenance activities of all line & utility equipment’s, in the plant. All responsibility for availability, issue of spares, raw & packaging material specifications. To Ensure completion of all types of maintenance activities in timely.
• Timely maintenance of equipment’s- 90%. To ensure effective implementation of Food Safety Management System.
• No LTA. To ensure all monitoring, maintaining and improvement of the plant QM rating results, All responsibility for implementation of GMP, HK & pest-control activities in plant, To upgrade and any change in the verification of PRPs, OPRPs & CCPs in reference to FSMS and statuary/regulatory requirement. To ensure that all the Hazardous wastes are being stored as per legal as well as statutory requirements.
• 100% of corrective actions closed out within specified time-frame. To ensure all type of communication regarding quality and legal aspects with company corporate and other related departments. Direct responsibility to adhere external testing calendar of plant for various areas as per Company and legal standards.
• Follow-up maintenance of power conveyor, crate conveyor, bottle conveyor, gear boxes, conveyors lubrication & pumps. Monitoring of Electrical safety as per schedule. All electrical drawings & PNI diagram to be maintained in a file.Minimize DG Operation.
• Knowledge & implantation of ISO-22000, GMP & GHK. Responsibility for the conformance of specification of the finished goods leaving the plant. Handle consumerconcerns related to product integrity, with the consumer response department.

4, KEY INTERFACES

5, EDUCATION & EXPERIENCE

Indicate the education level, previous experience, specific knowledge, skills and abilities required to meet minimum requirements for this Job..

• Education Qualification (Highest) with Target Institute(s): B. Tech(Electrical/Electronic/Instrumentation
• Desired Certifications: B. Tech.
• Experience Range: 20 -25 years’ experience in Beverage industry
• Desirable experience: 20 Years

6, SKILLS REQUIRED:

• Functional Skills: Proven ability to work in team-working style in complex, inter-dependent organization. Ability to work under pressure and meet the desired deadlines. (Expert)
• Behavioural Skills: Imagination & Creativity; High Analytical Ability; Strong Communication skills; Co-ordination Skills; Interpersonal skills. (Expert)
• General Awareness: Knows the fundamental or general understanding of concepts.
• Working Knowledge: Has broad job knowledge; knows and applies the full range of concepts and practices. Has broad / working knowledge of the subject. Candidate should use these concepts in day to day practices.
• Functional Expert: Candidate is certified functional expert with strong knowledge on concepts.
• Mastery: Candidate is subject matter expert and has command over the subject/ concepts.

Requirements: