O&M (Civil- Hydropower/Pump Storage)

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

Job summary

The Head Civil at Adani Group leads civil infrastructure maintenance for the PSP Hydro facility in Chitravati, Andhra Pradesh, ensuring safe operation and optimal power generation.

You will oversee dam safety compliance, EWS, budget management, and modernization initiatives, coordinating with O&M heads to drive reliability and continuous improvement. The role requires 12–20 years of dam/civil maintenance experience and CMMS proficiency.

Qualifications

• BE/B.Tech in Civil Engineering with 12+ years in dam civil maintenance.
• Strong knowledge of regulatory requirements (CWC, CEA, Dam Safety Act, NBC).
• Experience in hydropower/pump storage plants and EWS requirements.
• Proficient in CMMS and data-driven performance/risk analysis.

Responsibilities

• Ensure full compliance with Indian regulatory dam maintenance standards.
• Oversee dam safety program and communication with authorities.
• Prepare safe operation docs for civil infra and dam systems.
• Manage Early Warning System operation per CEA/CWC guidelines.
• Implement HSS requirements, risk assessments and reporting.
• Maintain plant civil infrastructure reports and checklists.
• Budget planning for civil infra and cost optimization.
• Lead civil team and develop training calendar.
• IMS documentation and internal audits compliance.

Skills

Dam safety compliance

Hydropower operations

CMMS experience

Risk assessment

Analytics tools

Education

B.E./B.Tech in Civil Engineering

Tools

CMMS

Analytics tools

Job description

Work Location: Chitravati

Role

The Head Civil is responsible for overseeing the overall civil infrastructure maintenance of the PSP Hydro facility in Chitravati, Andhra Pradesh. This role is pivotal in ensuring optimal power generation, operational efficiency, civil maintenance, compliance to the Dam safety act, and continuous improvement within the pump storage plant. The position aligns with Adani Groups mission to drive sustainable energy solutions and supports PSP Hydros strategic focus on operational excellence, risk management, and stakeholder collaboration.

Responsibilities

• Ensures full compliance to Indian Regulatory framework requirements for dam civil maintenance and HSS (i.e. in line to CWC, CEA, DSA, national building code, international / Indian standard etc. requirements).
• Responsible for overall dam safety program at plant site, including safeguarding compliance with all applicable relevant requirements and communication in accordance with Dam safety act.
• Responsible for documentation preparation pertaining to safe and efficient operation and dam / intake and other civil infrastructure in line with the Indian Statutory and regulatory requirements.
• Responsible for operation and maintenance of Early Warning System (EWS) in line with the applicable CEA / CWC guidelines.
• Ensures implementation of HSS requirements, risk assessment, monitoring, inspections, maintenance, community safety (in line with the DSA/CWC requirements) and reporting to State/Central dam safety authority.
• Maintenance for complete plant civil infrastructure, including daily, monthly, quarterly, and annual reports and checklists.
• Preparation and implementation of silt management plan at plant level.
• Prepare and manage plant civil infrastructure budget, work to optimize the costs and maximize production. This includes developing and tracking the monthly, quarterly, and annual civil infrastructure budget.
• Delegates and assigns work tasks to civil team to maintain optimum plant operations.
• Support O&M head in plant improvement projects, modernization initiatives, digital transformation, and other applicable upgrades.
• Maintains plant critical spares inventory to meet the exigencies, in co-ordination with plant maintenance heads.
• Lead, train and develop civil team at Plant and prepare a detailed training calendar for plant civil team accordingly.
• Develop and execute risk management strategies to mitigate Operational risks and ensure compliance with internal audits.
• Prepares and maintains plant civil maintenance records and presents the same to the management on need basis.
• IMS implementation, documentation preparation and updating, pertaining to your area.

Required qualifications & experience

• B.E/B.Tech in Civil Engineering.
• 12-20 years of experience in the Dam construction/Civil work maintenance for hydropower plants or pump stroage plants.
• Strong knowledge of Statutory and regulatory requirements pertaining to Hydro and PSS Plants (CWC, CEA, Dam safety act, national building code, international / Indian standard etc.).
• Well conversation with GLOF, LLOF, geological hazards, dam break study, transient analysis, physical modeling studies, EWS requirements etc.
• Well conversant with the reporting requirements to the state / central dam safety authority in line with the CEA, CWC and DSA requirements etc.
• Operations experience of large-scale pump storage power plants is preferred.
• Experience with CMMS (Computerized Maintenance Management Systems) for Plant maintenance works.
• Knowledge of analytics tools for performance optimization and risk assessment.