General Manager - Plant Engineering and Utilities

Allison Transmission; Chennai District; On-site; INR 2,000,000 - 3,000,000; Full time

Job summary

Allison Transmission is seeking a General Manager for Plant Engineering and Utilities in Chennai, responsible for steering utility operations and maintaining productivity levels. This role necessitates a Bachelor’s degree in Engineering and a minimum of 15 years of experience in the automotive manufacturing or heavy engineering sectors.

The ideal candidate will have strong leadership skills, knowledge of ISO systems, and capability in project management. Responsibilities include ensuring compliance with regulations and driving continuous improvement within the team.

Qualifications

• Minimum of 15 years in Automotive manufacturing or Heavy Engineering industry.
• Certification in Energy domain is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Steering Utilities operations in achieving productivity levels.
• Operating the electrical and mechanical utility systems.
• Implementing maintenance systems incorporating Total Productive Maintenance.
• Tracking capacity utilization of utilities and cost management.
• Enhancing competency of the facility team through training.

Skills

Leadership skills

Knowledge on ISO system

Experience in Mechanical & Electrical systems

Project management capability

Analytical skills

Proficient in MS Office tools

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering or Mechanical Engineering

Job description

General Manager - Plant Engineering and Utilities:

• Steering Utilities operations (110Kv; 8.0 MW) in achieving the targeted productivity levels.
• Operating the electrical and mechanical utility systems and delivering performance to set budget.
• Implement and sustain maintenance system effectively incorporating the principles of Total Productive Maintenance.
• Ensuring performance of maintenance Parameter trends (%BD; MTTR and MTBR) and implementing corrective actions to minimize repetitive failure and improve the maintainability.
• Track and report capacity utilization of utilities & cost management performance.
• Enhance the competency of facility team through periodic evaluation and through delivery of continuous on/off the job training.
• Drive the cross functional team to monitor, improve and sustain Specific Energy of product lines. Maintain equipment/product wise energy performance trends and update periodically.
• Maintain compliance to Integrated Management System requirements and drive continuous improvement through TAGE projects.
• Elimination of critical constraints and elimination of single point failure potential as key focus.
• Ensure timely compliance to all regulatory requirements in Utilities domain.
• Execute project activities as and when capex funding is approved for capacity enhancement.
• Implement kaizen (layout changes) for manufacturing & support in setting up lean layouts. Provide all support required for manufacturing to carry out the business operations.
• Maintain good documentation of system technical, drawings and periodic updation for changes.

Education Requirement:

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering or Mechanical Engineering domain.
• Minimum of 15 years in Automotive manufacturing industry or Heavy Engineering industry.
• Certification in Energy domain is preferred.

* Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities, and activities may change at any time with or without notice.

Required:

• Experience of handling both Mechanical & Electrical system across utilities on large scale.
• Knowledge on ISO system covering quality, environmental and safety.
• Leadership skills with a flair for team building, mentoring, and coaching.

Preferred:

• Project management capability preferred.
• Analytics knowledge to improve process efficiency.
• Good knowledge of MS Office tools.