Head - Engineering

Adani; Ahmedabad District; On-site; INR 1,800,000 - 3,000,000; Full time

Job summary

A large engineering firm is looking for a seasoned professional to oversee multidiscipline engineering activities related to mechanical and process engineering. The ideal candidate will possess over 25 years of experience, including leadership roles in petrochemical projects. This position requires a strong understanding of safety studies and project management, including cost control and schedule management. The role is based in Ahmedabad, Gujarat, and caters to excellence in engineering processes and compliance with health and safety standards.

Qualifications

• Minimum 25+ years of work experience with relevant experience of minimum 5 years in a similar role.
• Hands-on experience with project reporting, review, analysis, and control.
• Sound knowledge of procurement, construction, and operation of a petrochemical plant.
• Handled large petrochemical projects including piping and process activities.

Responsibilities

• Oversee multidiscipline engineering activities related to mechanical and process engineering.
• Execute design reviews and various studies during project detail engineering phase.
• Support team to finalize layouts and ensure compliant project execution.
• Ensure safe, cost-effective engineering processes, change control and vendor coordination.

Skills

Safety Studies - HAZOP, HAZAN, SIL verification

Project Reporting and Control

Engineering Management

Procurement and Construction Knowledge

Piping and Process Activities

Process engineering

Vendor management

Cost control

Change management

Scheduling & quality

Education

B.Tech / B.E in Chemical/Mechanical Engineering

Master's degree preferred

Job description

Oversee and manage the multidiscipline engineering activities related to Mechanical Equipment, Electrical, Instrumentation, Civil, Piping and Process Engineering.

Planning, initiating, executing, and monitoring engineering with respect to time, cost and quality including technical (engineering) and techno-commercial coordination with all stakeholders.

Performing design review, 3D models review HAZOP, HAZID and SIL & other various studies during project detail engineering phase.

Establishing new procedures, modifying existing procedures to make them more cost and technically effective, and establishing various engineering processes and systems, including interactions among engineering disciplines, in order to attain engineering excellence

Ensuring to provide engineering and reliability technical assistance for all rotating equipment and associated systems, fixed equipment and piping systems, instrumentation and safety shutdown systems, and electrical power distribution systems.

Overlooking for organization’s manufacturing processes and procedures and also initiate, direct, through the efforts of the process engineering group all process activities to ensure optimum use of resources, equipment, materials, and facilities

Review CAPEX, OPEX and other stage gate documents for seeking top management approval for the Project engineering.

To Ensure execution of piping & plant Layout: execute basic design of all critical and non-critical piping systems; conducted detailed design and study of piping systems as per codes and standards entailing isometrics & pre-fabrication drawings, specification study, vendor selection & finalization, schedule for development, and final approval

Provide effective analysis and forecast the project engineering progress and establish procedures that ensures that the status of the project is known to team.

Support team to finalize layouts, and technical specifications for Hassle-free implementation of the project.

Ensure internal resources and third parties/Licensors/Vendors for the flawless execution of the project.

Suggest project team for appropriate action after Risk Assessment and Mitigation Plan, if any.

Advise engineering & project team for better health, safety and environment plans, programs, and procedures and ensure compliance.

Contribute to developing of the project engineering strategy and procedures, engineering control systems, necessary course correction measures, and ensure the achievement of the same through regular review mechanism.

Advise actions to mitigate the impact and likelihood of health and safety risks.

Oversee management of Change orders, concession requests and scopes etc

Organize and attend meetings with Top level management and Project controls.

Ensure Kick-Off Meetings with Licensor, DEC and various vendors and coordinating for deliverables are in place

Ensure follow up on the minutes of meeting.

Ensure effective management and communication between all the departments of Project, Engineering & Others

Resolving conflicts arising among various stakeholders.

Presenting project engineering status and various MIS to management and highlighting any potential risk and opportunity to management.

Qualifications

B. Tech / B.E in Chemical/ Mechanical Engineering from a reputed institute/ university. masters degree in the same is preferred.

Minimum 25+ years of work experience with relevant experience of minimum 5 years in the similar role in a large/ mid sized organization.

Experience in conducting safety Studies - HAZOP, HAZAN, SIL verification etc.

Understood, handled & designed the large petrochemical project related to engineering, piping and process activities

Hands on experience with project reporting, review, analysis and control of cost – bulk qty, resources & change management, schedule & quality etc

Sound experience of engineering management and knowledge of procurement, construction & operation of a petrochemical Plant

Exposure to project engineering planning and execution as well as thorough understanding of the product manufacturing process.

Job Info

• Job Identification 41651
• Posting Date 01/20/2026, 06:44 AM
• Locations Shantigram, Ahmedabad, Gujarat, 382421, IN

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