Plant Manager

Role & responsibilities

• Convert the order book into an executable monthly production plan and commit despatch dates against

customer delivery schedules.

• Drive the unit from its present partial-commissioning state to the 150 MT per month target through

layout, manpower deployment, shift design and bottleneck elimination.

• Lead commissioning and productionisation of the SLTL 6 kW fibre laser, the JFY 2,250 kN press brake,

the SNE 38 CNC tube bender and the Blastclean pass-through shot blast and painting line, including

operator training and cycle-time establishment.

• Own manufacturing cost per tonne. Control consumable, gas, electrode, wire, abrasive, paint and power

consumption against issued norms and report monthly variance.

• Control plate and section yield. Approve nesting plans, monitor scrap and offcut recovery, and hold yield

against the standard released by Design.

• Chair the daily production meeting: plan versus actual, WIP ageing, hold and rework status, manpower

attendance and next-24-hour commitments.

• Build and lead the shop organisation - recruit, induct, skill-map, train and appraise engineers,

supervisors, welders, fitters, grinders, blasters, painters and operators.

• Own preventive and breakdown maintenance for cranes, welding plant, compressors, CNC equipment,

blasting and painting plant and utilities; maintain equipment history and spares minimum levels.

• Own the L&T vendor evaluation submission and comparable customer qualification packs - company

and QC organograms, QMS procedures, equipment and calibration lists, welder and QC inspector lists,

past project record, storage and facility declarations.

• Provide and maintain the customer-facing facilities required at qualification: seating for the customer QC

and third-party inspector, computer, printer, scanner and internet connectivity.

• Enforce material traceability discipline - heat numbers, mill test certificates and identification transfer at

every cutting operation, by hard punch or low-stress punch as the specification requires.

• Manage the plant operating budget, capital proposals and monthly MIS to the Chief Operating Officer.

• Drive 5S, Lean and continuous improvement, with root-cause analysis and closed-loop corrective action

on every internal rejection and customer complaint.

Preferred candidate profile

• Fabrication Industries Experience required
• Local candidate more preferrable.