Engineering Manager

About AkzoNobel

Since 1792, we’ve been supplying the innovative paints and coatings that help to color people’s lives and protect what matters most. Our world class portfolio of brands – including Dulux, International, Sikkens and Interpon – is trusted by customers around the globe. We’re active in more than 150 countries and use our expertise to sustain and enhance the fabric of everyday life. Because we believe every surface is an opportunity. It’s what you’d expect from a pioneering and long-established paints company that’s dedicated to providing sustainable solutions and preserving the best of what we have today – while creating an even better tomorrow. Let’s paint the future together.

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At AkzoNobel we are highly committed to ensuring an inclusive and respectful workplace where all employees can be their best self. We strive to embrace diversity in a context of tolerance. Our talent acquisition process plays an integral part in this journey, as setting the foundations for a diverse environment. For this reason we train and educate on the implications of our Unconscious Bias in order for our TA and hiring managers to be mindful of them and take corrective actions when applicable. In our organization, all qualified applicants receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age or disability.

• Overall responsibility for maintenance of present & new machines/equipment for Powder Coatings and is also an SRE.
• Develop & implement new process to reduce down time with implementing various concept of maintenance like preventive, predictive maintenance and condition base monitoring.
• Develop, monitor and analysis of department KPI’s
• Indigenization of imported machinery spare parts to reduce the cost and delivery time without affecting quality of spares.
• Up gradation and modification of machines, process and other related system.
• Develop and implement the department strategy to reduce the maintenance cost, downtime.
• Identify the training need through skill matrix mapping and ensure all critical training are provided.
• Define, prepare, lead execute, and monitor the progress of projects to ensure they are implemented on time, within budget, as per quality objectives, and in accordance with HSE&S and operations guidelines.
• Liasoning with government authority like electrical inspectorate, MPMKVVC, weights and measure for compliance
• Contractor Management

• Contribute to BBS program at site
• PTW compliance in coordination with HSE&S department
• Working together with HSE&S department to integrate safety into business process and develop leadership culture in Process Safety Management. This will be done by :

• Identify risks associated to equipment/facilities in place.
• Plan for mitigation to eliminate the risks.
• Develop program to train respective employees on equipment operation.
• Develop critical process to be complied in operating certain equipment and manage to communicate it to respective employees.
• Promote safe work activities in compliance to HSE&S standards and regulations.

• Ensure the implementation of MOC/RA/Hazard study/AIG/PSM
• Ensure time to time audits and rectification of HSE related concerns
• Ensure the SAQ element 2.3, 6.1,6.2, 6.3 are in or above reference level
• Environmental conservation support to HSE department

• Coordination with production, QC, Technical on capex requirement
• Develop a capital budget
• Design, costing, sourcing, installation, commissioning of various equipment, facilities
• Fill the AR form and submit for approval
• Cost monitoring
• Support to rest of the site in India on capex

• Energy management to reduce the carbon footprint by sourcing power from renewable energy, energy saving program

• Develop vendor/supplier/contractor/consultant and liaise with external OEM authorized agencies for rendering services at the right time with quality.
• Analysis of various cost pertaining to spares, breakdowns & working on process improvement.
• Work on reduction on energy consumption & improvement on energy efficiency
• Guiding the team through the new challenges & initiatives and develop a culture of continuous improvement
• Support Manufacturing head for CAPEX of India other Sites
• Part of MOC team AkzoNobel to suggest the core committee on MOC changes
• Compliance in all operation standard and regulatory requirements in every activity within engineering unit.

• Coordinate with various Production teams, Purchase, Distribution, Finance & HR teams.
• Ensure maximum availability of equipment for production
• Site SRE
• Paints and coatings capex management
• Implementation of maintenance strategy in Engg department
• New machinery planning, erection & commissioning.
• New initiatives with regards to Carbon footprint, reduction on energy consumption.
• Ensure that site meets AN HSE Standards and Directives.
• Participate and represent Site in external and internal networks Compliance – Statutory matters.