Electrical Maintenance Lead (O&M)

Adani; Anantapuram; On-site; INR 2,500,000 - 4,500,000; Full time

Job summary

Adani Renewable Energy Forty Two Limited in Tadimarri, Andhra Pradesh seeks a Senior Electrical Maintenance Head for hydro/PSP plants. You will oversee electrical maintenance, lead maintenance teams, and ensure regulatory and safety compliance across plant systems.

You will develop maintenance strategies to maximize reliability, lead RCA investigations, manage maintenance budgets, and drive improvements through digital upgrades and asset optimization.

Qualifications

• B.E./B.Tech in Electrical Engineering is required.
• 15+ years of electrical maintenance experience in hydro power.
• Experience leading large teams and plant maintenance.
• CMMS experience and analytics knowledge preferred.
• Advanced maintenance management certifications are a plus.

Responsibilities

• Oversee electrical maintenance across hydro/PSP plants.
• Lead maintenance teams, budget control, and contract mgmt.
• Develop maintenance strategy for reliability and efficiency.
• Lead RCA investigations and implement corrective actions.
• Ensure regulatory and environmental compliance.
• Prepare and maintain maintenance reports and records.
• Drive digital transformation and modernization projects.

Skills

Electrical maintenance leadership

Hydro/PSP plant knowledge

Regulatory compliance

Risk assessment

Team management

Maintenance strategy

Root Cause Analysis

Education

B.E./B.Tech in Electrical Engineering

Advanced certifications in maintenance management

Energy manager/auditor certification (preferred)

Tools

CMMS

Analytics tools

Job description

• 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 electrical 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 electrical 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 (including minimization of APC consumption) and yearly agreed Plant/Machines Availability targets.
• Delegates and assigns work tasks to electrical maintenance team to maintain optimum plant performance.
• Support O&M head in plant improvement projects, modernization initiatives, digital transformation, and automation upgrades.
• Maintains plant critical spares inventory of your area, to meet the exigencies.
• Lead, train and develop electrical maintenance team at Plant and prepare a detailed training calendar for electrical maintenance team accordingly.
• Develop and execute risk management strategies to mitigate maintenance related risks and ensure compliance with internal audits.
• Prepares and maintains plant electrical 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.
• Ensures Cybersecurity requirements and compliance for Plant process control system

Qualifications

• B.E/B.Tech in Electrical Engineering
• 15+ years of experience in electrical maintenance within hydro power generation sector.
• Strong knowledge of Statutory and regulatory requirements pertaining to Hydro/PSP Plants.
• Must have electrical maintenance experience of large-scale hydropower/ pump storage power plants.
• 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
• Advanced certifications in maintenance management or other power generation technologies or energy manager and auditor certification are preferred.

Job Info

• Job Identification 58880
• Posting Date 09/30/2026, 04:30 AM
• Locations Adani Renewable Energy Forty Two Limited, Tadimarri, Andhra Pradesh, 515631, IN