Mechanical Engineer

Looking for aMechanical Engineers with minimum 5 years' Operation and Maintenance experience for Wastewater Treatment plants.

Core Responsibilities

• Equipment Maintenance: Oversee the installation and upkeep of critical machinery not limited to submersible pumps, blowers, valves, bar screens, clarifiers.
• Project Management: Manage engineering projects from concept to commissioning including reviewing technical submittals and coordinating with electrical and instrumentation teams.
• Compliance & Safety: Ensure all mechanical systems meet regulatory environmental standards and safety protocols. This includes following API, ASME, and ISO standards.
• Preventive & Predictive Maintenance: Establish and oversee routine maintenance schedules for rotating equipment such as centrifugal and submersible pumps, blowers, disc filters and mixers.
• Corrective Repairs: Lead troubleshooting and emergency repair efforts for critical failures in bar screens, clarifiers, dewatering centrifuges, disc filters and aeration systems to minimize plant downtime.
• Operational Optimization: Monitor equipment / plant performance data and adjust settings-such as flow rates, pressure or chemical dosing-to ensure continuous service and environmental compliance with discharge permits.
• Asset Management: Utilize Computerized Maintenance Management Systems (CMMS) or Enterprise Asset Management (EAM) software to track spare parts inventory, work orders, and total equipment life cycles.
• Systems Supervision: Oversee the daily tasks of mechanical technicians, ensuring that all work follows high safety and quality standards.
• Reporting & Documentation: Maintain detailed operational logs, prepare daily, weekly and monthly performance reports, and update Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) for Mechanical Equipments. Adopt and follow company protocols and procedures in reporting matrix.

Key Technical Equipment Managed

• Process Machinery: Air compressors, gearboxes, valves (pneumatic/hydraulic), and Odor control units.
• Treatment Units: Integrated Pre-treatment, belt filter presses, and UV disinfection systems.

Key Performance Indicators (KPIs)

• Overall Equipment Availability (%)
• Maintenance Cost vs Budget
• Reduction in Unplanned Downtime
• Preventive vs Breakdown Maintenance Ratio
• Mean Time Between Failures (MTBF)
• Energy Efficiency Improvement (%)
• Shutdown Planning and Execution Effectiveness
• Safety Performance (Zero LTI, Audit Scores)

Reporting Structure

• Reports to: Plant Manager / Operations Manager
• Supervises: Junior Engineers/Technicians, Operators, Shift In-Charges for MEP activities
• Coordinate closely with: Chemical, Process and Mechanical Engineers and Production teams.
• Coordinates with Company Management, vendors as required.

Key Skills & Qualifications :

• Education: A bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering.
• Technical Proficiency: Proficiency in interpreting complex P&IDs (Piping and Instrumentation Diagrams), blueprints, and SCADA interface data (Piping and Instrumentation Diagrams).
• Industry Knowledge: Understanding of wastewater-specific processes such as activated sludge, membrane filtration, and ultraviolet (UV) disinfection etc.
• Safety Training: Deep knowledge of confined space entry, lock-out/tag-out (LOTO) protocols, and handling of hazardous chemicals/raw sewage.

This role will feature a hybrid schedule, combining office-based designs / review and engineering coordination work involving on-site deployments at Wastewater Treatment Plant during Construction for inspection, Commissioning supervision and Post Commissioning during the O&M Phase as deemed required.

Engineers must be prepared to respond to 24/7 emergency call-outs and work in diverse weather conditions.