Associate Manager Operations & Maintenance - Onsite Operations

In this role, you will be responsible for monitoring VPSA / N-plants plant operations through ROC, dashboards and historian systems, tracking key performance indicators (KPIs) including plant loading, power consumption, product recovery, equipment health, and operational efficiency, identifying process deviations and initiate timely corrective actions with plant teams, generating weekly and monthly performance reports as required and supporting in shift operations. Further, you will be responsible for analyzing operating trends and recommending actions for improving plant reliability, recovery and energy efficiency. Likewise, you will be responsible for conducting benchmarking studies across plants and drive replication of best practices and supporting implementation of process improvement initiatives and cost optimization projects.

Furthermore, you will provide first-level remote technical support for plant operational issues, perform root cause analysis (RCA) for process upsets, equipment abnormalities, and KPI deviations and coordinate with plant teams, engineering, maintenance, and OEMs for issue resolution. Additionally, you will monitor compliance to operational standards, PM plans, and critical operating procedures. Tracking action closure for operational audits, incidents, and improvement recommendations is a part of your responsibility along with ensuring timely escalation of critical operational risks.

Moreover, you are in charge for supporting startup, commissioning, and performance evaluation of new N plants / VPSA plants, assisting in process design reviews (HAZOP / PSSR / FAT), performance testing, and capacity enhancement studies and coordinating with cross-functional teams for implementation of operational improvement projects.