Support Shift Maintenance - Electrical

Hindalco Industries; Rayagada; On-site; INR 2,800,000 - 4,000,000; Full time

Job summary

Hindalco Industries in Odisha's Rayagada region seeks a senior electrical maintenance leader to plan, direct and optimize maintenance activities for AHP, CHP and BOP systems, ensuring high equipment reliability and plant availability.

You will coordinate preventive, predictive and breakdown maintenance, drive RCA, implement condition monitoring, and lead safety practices while managing budgets, spares, and staffing.

Responsibilities

• Develop annual, monthly and shutdown maintenance plans.
• Monitor execution of preventive and predictive maintenance schedules.
• Ensure timely rectification of equipment failures and abnormalities.
• Optimize maintenance resources to improve equipment availability.
• Analyze recurring failures and implement corrective actions.
• Monitor reliability indicators, downtime and maintenance KPIs.
• Drive root cause analysis for major breakdowns.
• Implement reliability improvement initiatives and condition monitoring practices.
• Coordinate planned shutdown activities with operations and other departments.
• Ensure rapid restoration of equipment during emergency breakdowns.
• Monitor critical equipment health and preparedness.
• Review shutdown performance and implement improvement actions.
• Enforce adherence to PTW and LOTO procedures.
• Conduct safety inspections and risk assessments.
• Ensure compliance with environmental and regulatory norms.
• Promote a strong safety culture within maintenance teams and contractors.
• Prepare and monitor maintenance budgets.
• Identify opportunities for cost reduction and resource optimization.
• Monitor contractor costs and service effectiveness.
• Identify and maintain critical spares inventory.
• Coordinate with procurement and stores for timely availability.
• Monitor stock levels and inventory turnover.
• Standardize spare management practices.
• Guide and supervise engineers, supervisors and technicians.
• Build technical competency through training and coaching.
• Allocate manpower effectively to meet maintenance requirements.
• Foster a culture of accountability and continuous improvement.
• Implement predictive maintenance and condition monitoring tools.
• Leverage CMMS/SAP for maintenance planning and analysis.
• Drive process improvement and automation initiatives.
• Benchmark maintenance practices and adopt industry best practices.

Skills

Electrical maintenance

Preventive maintenance planning

Predictive maintenance

Root cause analysis (RCA)

Safety compliance

Shutdown planning

Budget & cost optimization

Team leadership

Tools

CMMS/SAP

Job description

Job Purpose

To plan, control and direct electrical maintenance activities of AHP, CHP and BOP equipment to ensure high equipment reliability, maximize plant availability, achieve zero breakdowns, and support uninterrupted power plant operations in a safe, cost-effective and sustainable manner.

Key Result Areas (KRAs)

1. Maintenance Planning & Execution

Accountability: Ensure effective planning and execution of preventive, predictive and breakdown electrical maintenance activities for AHP, CHP and BOP systems.

Supporting Actions:

• Develop annual, monthly and shutdown maintenance plans.
• Monitor execution of preventive and predictive maintenance schedules.
• Ensure timely rectification of equipment failures and abnormalities.
• Optimize maintenance resources to improve equipment availability.

2. Equipment Reliability & Availability

Accountability: Improve reliability, availability and performance of AHP, CHP and BOP equipment.

Supporting Actions:

• Analyze recurring failures and implement corrective actions.
• Monitor reliability indicators, downtime and maintenance KPIs.
• Drive root cause analysis (RCA) for major breakdowns.
• Implement reliability improvement initiatives and condition monitoring practices.

3. Shutdown & Breakdown Management

Accountability: Minimize equipment downtime through efficient shutdown planning and breakdown management.

Supporting Actions:

• Coordinate planned shutdown activities with operations and other departments.
• Ensure rapid restoration of equipment during emergency breakdowns.
• Monitor critical equipment health and preparedness.
• Review shutdown performance and implement improvement actions.

4. Safety, Health & Environment

Accountability: Ensure compliance with safety standards and statutory requirements during maintenance activities.

Supporting Actions:

• Enforce adherence to Permit-to-Work (PTW) and LOTO procedures.
• Conduct safety inspections and risk assessments.
• Ensure compliance with environmental and regulatory norms.
• Promote a strong safety culture within maintenance teams and contractors.

5. Budget & Cost Optimization

Accountability: Control maintenance expenditure while ensuring equipment reliability.

Supporting Actions:

• Prepare and monitor maintenance budgets.
• Optimize spare parts consumption and inventory levels.
• Identify opportunities for cost reduction and resource optimization.
• Monitor contractor costs and service effectiveness.

6. Spare Parts & Inventory Management

Accountability: Ensure availability of critical spare parts and maintenance materials.

Supporting Actions:

• Identify and maintain critical spares inventory.
• Coordinate with procurement and stores for timely availability.
• Monitor stock levels and inventory turnover.
• Standardize spare management practices.

7. Team Leadership & Capability Development

Accountability: Develop and lead maintenance teams to achieve operational excellence.

Supporting Actions:

• Guide and supervise engineers, supervisors and technicians.
• Build technical competency through training and coaching.
• Allocate manpower effectively to meet maintenance requirements.
• Foster a culture of accountability and continuous improvement.

8. Continuous Improvement & Digitalization

Accountability: Drive modernization and continuous improvement initiatives in maintenance management.

Supporting Actions:

• Implement predictive maintenance and condition monitoring tools.
• Leverage CMMS/SAP for maintenance planning and analysis.
• Drive process improvement and automation initiatives.
• Benchmark maintenance practices and adopt industry best practices.