Plant Manager Plastic Recycling

Sarthee Consultancy; Bengaluru; On-site; INR 900,000 - 1,300,000; Full time

Job summary

Sarthee Consultancy is seeking an experienced production optimization leader for a plastic recycling plant in Bengaluru, Karnataka. You will strategize and plan production activities to meet customer requirements and drive continuous improvement across quality, yield and efficiency.

You will oversee safety, risk assessment, and compliance with environmental regulations, coordinating with maintenance, safety, process, instrumentation and electrical teams.

Qualifications

• Experience in operating or optimizing production in a manufacturing setting.

Responsibilities

• Lead improvements to increase quality, quantity, efficiency and yield.
• Promote safety first and guide contract workers on safety procedures.
• Identify and assess OHS hazards and ensure compliance by workers.
• Perform root cause analysis of breakdowns and deviations to reduce risk.
• Ensure compliance with Pollution Control Board and Factory Act requirements.
• Coordinate with maintenance, safety, process, instrumentation and electrical teams to uphold safety and plant standards.
• Maintain raw materials and finished goods availability through inter-department communication.
• Modify SOPs as needed and implement MOC guidelines for continuous improvement.
• Maximize plant and utility utilization to meet volume, quality and cost targets.
• Conduct Job Safety Analysis and implement corrective actions.
• Develop and manage a team of operators, supervisors and engineers for smooth operation.

Skills

Production optimization

Safety management

Team leadership

Process improvement

Root cause analysis

Quality standards

Job description

Responsible for optimizing plant production to meet the customer requirements by strategizing & planning production activities for plastic recycling

Key Role & Responsibilities

• - Lead and drive continuous improvement of the production process to improve quality, quantity, efficiency and yield
• - Identify, minimize and resolve the unsafe condition, major risks by taking corrective action Inculcate Safety First attitude’ in everyone in the department and provide guidance to contract workman for Safety procedure & hazards
• - Identify the OHS (occupational Health & Safety) hazards and environmental aspects for activities within the plant and carry out risk assessment of the same also, ensure that Contract workers in plant follow proper Safety procedures
• - Carry out Root Cause Analysis of breakdowns & major deviations and make necessary corrections by reviewing process safety to achieve Zero Accidents & Zero Breakdown goal and conduct risk assessment for process and operation with Safety & process team
• - Comply with legal and statutory compliance requirement of State Pollution Control Board & Factory Act
• - Coordinate & follow-up with department like maintenance, safety, process, instrumentation, electrical etc. to maintain the safety standards of all the operative machinery and environment
• - Ensure the availability of raw materials/finished goods by maintaining the necessary communication with other in-house divisions, dispatch/marketing departments
• - Modify existing SOPs(Standard Operating Procedure) in case of change and abide by MOC(Management of Change) guidelines and add value by taking initiatives to continuously improve the process
• - Responsible to maximise utilisation of plants and utilities to meet and exceed the volumes, quality and cost effectiveness
• - Conduct Job Safety Analysis (JSA), monitor any deviation and take corrective measures to curtail risks
• - Manage and develop a team of operators, section-in-charge and engineers for smooth plant operations
• - Maintain & enforce excellent standards housekeeping Participate and provide inputs in PSSR(Pre Startup Safety Review), HAZOP, HIRA
• - Ensure the adherence to Zero Tolerance in Plant Handle & resolve customer complaints for any deviation in finished goods specifications
• - Manage the waste disposal as per statutory environmental compliance Focus on team building and skill development activities by provide the necessary training and guidance to the team, also provide them with on-the-job trainings
• - Coordinate with the projects team for new projects or any modifications in the existing setup
• -Drive the operation excellence initiatives such as 5S, Quality Circle, Kaizen, Poka Yoke etc. in the area of Productivity & Quality Management.
• -Ensure the compliance to ISO9001, ISO14001, ISO45001. Lead the audits as an auditee & ensure no major NC in the audits.
• - Experience of waste management and materials recovery sector, focusing on advanced plastic recycling will be added advantage