Job Description
Job Title:
Sr. Manager - Plant & Machinery
Posting Start Date:
9/1/26
Department:
Plant & Machinery
Job Location:
Jharkhand Pkg 10
Required Travel:
NA
Req Id:
1121
A. P&M Financial Performance & Cost Management
- Drive P&M profit margins against approved targets and ensure financial performance of the division.
- Monitor P&M budgets, operating expenses, repair and maintenance costs, fuel/consumable costs and other asset-related expenditure.
- Ensure budget adherence and identify opportunities for cost optimisation.
- Analyse equipment-wise/site-wise cost performance and initiate corrective actions for adverse variances.
- Improve asset economics through optimum utilisation, cost control and lifecycle planning.
- Monitor and improve Return on Assets (ROA) across all project sites.
B. Equipment Utilisation & Productivity
- Drive optimum fleet utilisation across all projects and locations.
- Identify and reduce idle, underutilised and non-productive equipment.
- Develop equipment utilisation benchmarks and monitor performance against defined targets.
- Ensure timely redeployment of surplus/idle equipment to projects where required.
- Analyse equipment productivity, operating hours, downtime and utilisation trends.
- Drive manpower optimisation in line with equipment productivity and operational requirements.
C. Deployment & Resource Planning
- Ensure timely deployment of P&M assets as per project equipment requirement plans.
- Review project-wise equipment forecasts and ensure availability of appropriate machinery at the required time.
- Coordinate with Project Teams to understand upcoming equipment requirements and deployment schedules.
- Optimise inter-project movement and allocation of machinery to maximise asset utilisation.
- Ensure mobilisation and demobilisation of equipment is planned efficiently and cost-effectively.
D. Maintenance & Reliability Management
- Establish and monitor preventive and predictive maintenance systems across the division.
- Ensure preventive maintenance compliance for critical and high-value equipment.
- Drive reduction in equipment breakdowns, downtime and repeat failures.
- Monitor maintenance cost, MTBF, MTTR, equipment availability and reliability indicators.
- Ensure effective breakdown management and timely restoration of critical equipment.
- Analyse recurring breakdowns and implement root-cause analysis and corrective/preventive actions.
- Standardise maintenance practices and technical processes across project sites.
E. Asset Lifecycle Management
- Develop and implement asset lifecycle strategies covering:
- Acquisition
- Deployment
- Utilisation
- Overhaul
- Replacement
- Redeployment
- Disposal
- Identify assets requiring major overhaul, replacement or disposal based on age, condition, utilisation and economic viability.
- Drive disposal/replacement of obsolete, uneconomical and chronically idle assets.
- Maintain an optimum balance between owned, hired and outsourced equipment.
- Support CAPEX planning and business cases for new equipment acquisition.
F. Critical Spares & Consumables Management
- Ensure availability of critical spares and consumables required for uninterrupted equipment operations.
- Establish critical spare identification and minimum/maximum stock norms.
- Monitor stock-outs, slow-moving and non-moving spares.
- Coordinate with SCM and Stores for timely procurement and availability of critical spares.
- Optimise inventory levels while ensuring equipment availability.
- Develop contingency plans for critical/high-lead-time components.
G. Project Support & P&M Bottleneck Resolution
- Provide proactive P&M support to project teams for uninterrupted execution.
- Identify and resolve P&M-related bottlenecks impacting project progress.
- Coordinate with Project, SCM, Stores, Finance, HR and other functions for timely resolution of operational issues.
- Escalate critical equipment-related risks and implement appropriate recovery plans.
- Ensure P&M resources are aligned with project execution priorities.
H. Specialised Equipment Management
Provide oversight and performance monitoring of specialised P&M functions, including:
- Piling Equipment
- Girder Launching Systems
- Crusher Plants
- Earthwork Fleet
- Other specialised/high-value construction equipment
Responsibilities include:
- Equipment availability and productivity monitoring.
- Technical performance evaluation.
- Maintenance planning.
- Resource and manpower optimisation.
- Cost and utilisation monitoring.
- Resolution of technical/operational bottlenecks.
- Deployment planning in accordance with project requirements.
I. Vendor & AMC Management
- Manage performance of equipment vendors, OEMs and AMC service providers.
- Define and monitor vendor/AMC performance parameters and SLAs.
- Ensure timely preventive maintenance and service support under AMC arrangements.
- Evaluate vendor performance on quality, response time, cost and equipment uptime.
- Negotiate and optimise AMC/service costs in coordination with SCM.
- Take corrective action against underperforming vendors.
J. P&M MIS & Performance Reporting
- Ensure timely submission of accurate P&M MIS and utilisation reports.
- Establish standardised divisional P&M dashboards and performance metrics.
- Monitor and report:
- Equipment utilisation
- Equipment availability
- Idle equipment
- Breakdown hours
- Maintenance cost
- Fuel/consumable performance
- Fleet productivity
- ROA
- P&M profitability
- Budget vs. actual expenditure
- Preventive maintenance compliance
- Provide management with actionable insights and recommendations based on P&M data.
K. Safety, People Development & Continuous Improvement
- Drive a strong P&M safety culture across all project locations.
- Ensure compliance with equipment safety procedures, statutory requirements and organisational safety standards.
- Promote regular operator, mechanic and technical team safety training.
- Develop P&M talent through structured training, coaching and capability-building initiatives.
- Identify high-potential employees and develop succession plans for critical P&M positions.
- Establish a culture of accountability, performance management and continuous improvement.
- Implement best practices, standardisation, automation and technology-driven P&M solutions.
- Drive Kaizen/continuous improvement initiatives to improve productivity, reliability and cost efficiency.