Plant Manager Plastic Recycling

Sarthee Consultancy; India; On-site; INR 600,000 - 1,200,000; Full time

Job summary

Sarthee Consultancy in India seeks a Production/Plant Manager to optimize plant production for plastic recycling, planning production activities to meet customer requirements.

The role emphasizes safety, risk management and continuous improvement to enhance quality, yield, and efficiency across operations with cross-functional collaboration.

Qualifications

• Experience in leading plastic recycling production environments.
• Strong focus on safety, regulatory compliance and risk assessment.
• Ability to drive process improvements and cost reductions.
• Proven leadership of operators and engineers.

Responsibilities

• Lead continuous improvement of the production process to improve quality, quantity, efficiency and yield.
• Identify and mitigate unsafe conditions and major risks; ensure safety procedures.
• Perform risk assessments for OHS hazards and ensure contract workers follow safety rules.
• Conduct Root Cause Analysis of breakdowns and implement corrective actions.
• Ensure compliance with Pollution Control Board and Factory Act.
• Coordinate with maintenance, safety, process, instrumentation, electrical to uphold safety standards.
• Ensure availability of raw materials and finished goods through cross‑functional communication.
• Modify SOPs and manage changes to continuously improve processes.
• Maximise plant and utility utilization to meet volume, quality, and cost targets.
• Lead JSA, monitor deviations and enforce corrective measures.
• Develop and manage a team of operators, supervisors and engineers.
• Support PSSR, HAZOP, and HIRA exercises with the team.
• Handle customer complaints about finished goods deviations.
• Drive 5S, Kaizen and other productivity/quality initiatives.
• Lead ISO9001, ISO14001, ISO45001 audits and ensure zero major NC.
• Experience in waste management and materials recovery in plastics is a plus.

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