Assistant Manager - Production 1

Objectives of the Position         

• Lead Safety, Health and Environment at work place.
• Coordinating and monitoring the production as per the decided norms, under the directions of Production Manager.
• To supervise and monitor planned production activities in respective shift through a team of workmen, operators and officers to ensure product is processed in time within specified instructions and standards.
• Ensuring smooth functioning of production plant by coordinating with required support and service functions.
• Coordinate with Production Manager to drive improvement projects 
• Implement and Maintain 5S at Work Place

Main Tasks

Related to Production:

• Monitor Process flow, Capacity Utilization, Safety at workplace, Down times due to Breakdowns and Availability of Resources for achieving required productivity.
• Coordinate with production team and manage production with consistent quality as per the target.
• Continuous improvement of processes in coordination with the Process Manager & Production Manager to reduce batch cycle times, increase in yields, increase operational ease and ultimately leading to cost effective production.

Related for EHS:

• Responsible for safe operation of Dispersions plant in respective shift and  Act as a safety representative during shift work
• Contribute to improvement projects namely; 5S, OpEx along with the team. Provide necessary information / training to team members.
• Act as leading incident controller/emergency controller in case of emergency according to site incident management chart, after general shift working hours.
• Ensure safety performance of plant through following EHS practices, procedures defined for the plant.
• Analyze the gap in safety performance and provide relevant tools, resources to close the gap.
• Approve Hot Work / Height Work Permits in the absence of Plant Manager and his deputies.
• Maintain Safety, Health and Environment system in the plant concerning employees and equipment.
• Ensuring proper maintenance of all the norms as per the departmental operating procedures of ISO 9001, 14001 and 50001.
• Guide shop floor personnel towards SHE (Safety, Health and Environment) / Responsible Care / Cleanliness of the plant (5S) /discipline for improving the BASF’s safe work culture. This ensures compliance to statutory requirements, which also includes the training of the subordinates regarding the safety aspects and handling of equipment and hazardous chemicals.
• Ensure that discharge parameters of all the emissions in the plant are within the statutory limits
• Monitor adherence to the PPE usage among the plant personnel and follow work permit system is meticulously.
• Ensure trainings are imparted to company and contract employees according to schedule.
• Ensure the documentation of Responsible care and ISO management systems on continual basis.

Minimum Education and Qualification Required for the Position

• Education:  Bachelor’s degree in chemical engineering / Master’s Degree in Chemistry
• 4- 6 years technical experience, plant / operations management
• Technical & Professional Knowledge:

• Good interpersonal, time management skills with ability to interact in a multiple hierarchical level.
• Continuous improvement techniques and methods including, overall asset effectiveness, Statistical techniques
• Distributed control system operations / Safety instrumented system functions (SIS) for enhanced safety of the operations.