Deputy General Manager

Job Description

Key Competence & Responsibilities:

1. Development and implementation of Engineering programs, policies, standards and procedures to ensure efficient and safe operations. 
2. Drive Engineering excellence in BU.
3. Achieve high safety standards and safe working practices. 
4. Ensure continual improvement leadership at all levels of the organization through the development of programs, standards, hierarchy of controls, training, and implementation of best practices.
5. Ensure Control & Co-ordination in engineering activities for the container terminal and provide technical support to engineering personnel ensuring that the engineering department provides a fully functional, effective, and flexible workforce, maintaining high standards of workmanship.
6. Managerial experience in a container port environment with exposure to ZPMC, Kone, Noell, Kalmar container handling equipment would be an advantage.
7. Ensure adherence to Engineering & Reliability Framework to meet strategic objectives at a BU level.
8. To adopt LEAN methodologies to target waste reduction in all Engineering activities.
9. Ensure GEAR updates & upkeep Targets of KPI’s & have familiarization with maintenance ERP. 
10. Ensure regular updates on Engineering Risk Register and allocate necessary investment and resources to manage the risks following the Enterprise Risk Management Framework.
11. To Prepare a 5-year plan, annual maintenance capital (Capex) and expense budgets (Opex).
12. Ensure that BUs follow the equipment technical specifications as prescribed   in     I-Spec for Equipment procurement and advise on service level agreements with tenderers and service providers.
13. Ensure Life Cycle plans are maintained for critical assets to link the required investment to support the assets to their retained risk.
14. Support Head -Engineering to provide high quality, cost effective, maintenance services. 
15. Review corrective action program(s) to mitigate identified high risk operations by determining the needed course of action and ensure implementation of the risk reduction controls.
16. Ensure Total Cost of Ownership approach throughout the asset lifecycle; the BU EAMS (Enterprise Asset Management System) shall follow the global Engineering strategy for standardization and the EAMS configuration shall follow the global standards.
17. Ensure Electrification and Decarbonization KPIs are met as per Target. 
18. Ensure Engineering data accuracy across businesses. Provide timely reports on key performance and productivity trends within the region. 
19. Ensures productive and efficient use of engineering resources and work closely with the workforce and ensure productivity and efficiency within the maintenance team conforms to DPW standard.
20. Provides reports for Senior Management within the department, monitor KPI & SLA.
21. Develop and trains sub-ordinate for higher roles and responsibilities.
22. Ensure the environmental and occupational health and safety work practices comply with statutory and corporate policies and procedures. Establishing and maintaining proper SOP and RA for Engineering

Qualifications & Experience

B.E. /B Tech. in Mechanical with MBA could be added advantage or Class One Marine Engineer from reputed institute. 

• Master Mariner with minimum of 10 years’ experience
• 05 Years as a Manager in a large Container seaport, or large logistics conglomerate with extensive experience in handling heavy loads, equipment’s, and complex workflows.
• Should be aware of latest norms, regulations, best practices in handling heavy loads, hazardous containers/ cargoes, safe working procedures, regulatory & statutory compliances.
• Good interpersonal skills, oral/written communication skills, excellent team building capabilities, planning, negotiation, and decision-making skills including ability to prepare high level reports for Executives and external parties.
• Should be able to work independently in a multi-cultural environment with strong awareness of formal and informal organizational structures.
• A strong working knowledge of employee and industrial relations frameworks and excellent skills in assessing risk at both organizational and individual levels.