Technical Lead

APM Terminals; Chennai District; On-site; INR 1,200,000 - 1,800,000; Full time

Job summary

APM Terminals in Chennai is seeking a facility manager to ensure smooth operation of site services and to lead maintenance of refrigeration and ammonia systems. The role involves coordinating shifts, managing inventory, and ensuring compliance with safety and regulatory standards.

You will work with the operations team to optimize asset performance, monitor energy use, and implement preventive maintenance programs across processing areas, docks, and storage facilities.

Responsibilities

• Ensure smooth functioning of facility management, support services, and general site services.
• Operate refrigeration system to meet temperature compliance in all chambers, processing areas, blast freeze, docks, and ante room.
• Manage ammonia system and monitor energy consumption.
• Allocate shifts to operators for managing and running the facility; inventory/stock management.
• Monitor data to analyze refrigeration performance and maintain records for compliance and sharing with customers.
• Own all maintenance activities, charging of equipment, and preventive maintenance per schedule.
• Coordinate with operations manager to meet operational goals, efficiency, and productivity of assets and manpower.
• Provide recommendations for disposal, conversion, or upgrade of equipment.
• Oversee office services to support department operations; liaise with government authorities for approvals (fire, safety, licenses).
• Provide technical advice to senior management.
• Prepare annual budget for facility and management support services.
• Set goals and standards for the facility.
• Comply with HSSE requirements and ensure corrective and preventive actions.
• Follow the highest safety standards with no compromise.
• Promote safety by observing and supporting all safety initiatives.

Job description

APM Terminals

• Ensure smooth functioning in areas of facility management, support services, general services of the site .
• Efficient running of refrigeration system to meet temperature compliance in all chambers / processing area / blast freeze, docks and ante room.
• Responsible for complete management of the ammonia system and energy consumption
• Allocate the responsibility to shift operators for manaing and running the facility. rinciples of Inventory / Stock Management.
• Monitor complete data to analyze performance of refrigeration system and keep maintain the data for compliance and sharing with customers.
• Take complete ownership of all maintenance activities, charging of equipments and carry out preventive maintenance as per schedule.
• Works in tandem with operations manager to fullfill operational goals, efficiency and productivity of assets and manpower.
• Provide recommendation for the disposal, conversion or upgrade of the equipments.
• Oversees office services needed to support department operations, coordinates telecommunications services, building security services, liasion with government departments for necessary approvals for fire, safety, legal metrology, licenses and necessary approvals from local bodies.
• Provide technical advice and recommendations to senior management.
• Prepare annual budget for facility and management support services.
• Determines goals and standards of the facility
• Complying with HSSE Requirements and ensuring Corrective and Preventive Actions.
• Follow the highest safety standards with no compromise.
• Understand and promote the importance of Safety by observing and supporting all safety initiatives strictly and demonstrate commitment towards safety

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