Operations Lead for the Biochar COE

Heartfulness; Chegur; On-site; INR 420,000 - 720,000; Full time

Job summary

Heartfulness in India seeks a Site Supervisor for the Biochar COE in Telangana. You will manage supervisors and 15-20 workers within a year, ensuring smooth operations, attendance, quality, productivity and discipline on site.

You will coordinate with boiler supervisors, liaise with farmers to source cotton stalks at low cost, maintain clean and safe operations, and travel to regional installations as needed. Telugu, Hindi, and English skills are desirable.

Qualifications

• Experience managing a team on a field site.
• Ability to train batches of people on agriculture subjects.
• Good knowledge of agriculture and farmer coordination.
• Willingness to travel to regional biochar installations.

Responsibilities

• Manage supervisors and Labour at the Biochar COE (15-20 people in one year’s time)
• Coordinate with boiler supervisor and operators to ensure continuous work, round-the-clock
• Liaise with local farmers to source cotton stalks, keeping procurement costs low
• Maintain clean and safe operations at the COE
• Ability to run independently and with little supervision
• Flexibility to travel extensively to regional installations of biochar

Skills

People management

Site coordination

Training

Multilingual

Agriculture knowledge

Travel flexibility

Job description

• Manage supervisors and Labour at the Biochar COE (Will be 15-20 people in one year’s time)
• Manage proper working rhythm, procedure, attendance, quality of work, productivity and discipline amongst workers
• Coordinate with boiler supervisor and operators to ensure that work is being continued non-stop, round-the-clock
• Setup the Biochar COE site for the biochar equipment to be installed
• Liaise with the local farmers to source cotton stalks, taking care to keep the cotton stalk procurement as low as possible
• Maintain clean and safe operations at the COE
• Ability to run independently and with little supervision
• Ability to speak in Telugu, Hindi, English will be a plus
• Good knowledge of agriculture and should be able to work closely with farmers is a big plus
• Training skills: Ability to train batches of people on agriculture subjects will be a plus
• Flexibility to travel extensively to Regional installations of biochar, and take up roles in those locations.