Position: PIPE COATING MANAGER

Candidate profile:

Education and Experience

Required:

• University degree (technical);
• Microsoft Office skills, including Word, Excel, and Outlook;
• Ability to read, interpret, and implement the policies and procedures;
• 20+ years’ experience as a Coating Head in Coating / Painting activities;
• Knowledge of standards’ requirements for different type of coating and testing;
• Knowledge of operations of different coating equipment and ability to lead operation and maintenance works during plant functioning, is a must;
• Good leadership skills to lead a new team to carry out coating works and good communication skills to present in front of clients and to support marketing team on business development;
• Experience on Pipe Plant operations is desirable, not must.

Job Duties and Responsibilities

• Responsible for adherence to the HSE requirements of the company and to maintain highest safety standards for the coating plant operations. To ensure team complies to HSE requirements and to ensure timely reporting and implementation of corrective actions in case of any Safety Incident at the coating plant;
• To ensure plant is operated and maintained in a clean and environmentally friendly manner. Desirable to have highest cleanliness standards required to ensure best production and operation results;
• To support Tubular QA & HSE Team in developing quality procedures of pipe coating & manufacturing and establishing quality standards (ISO 9001:2000 QMS, ISO 14001: Environment Management System, ISO 18001 Health & Safety, etc.).
• To support QC department in production process to ensure final product is in compliance with standard requirements;
• To support QA department in development of Method Statements and QAPs, Specifications, company norms, SOPs for different types of coating operations, procedures for maintaining quality records for customer requirements as well as standard compliance;
• To coordinate with Sales & QAQC teams to develop procedures for PPT, PQT, testing & record keeping norms for specific orders inquiries;
• To develop new Procedures for improvement in yield and reduction in wastage & raw material consumption, lowering of repair / rejection rate with enhancement in quality of the final product & optimization of production cycle;
• To support Procurement and Repair & Maintenance department in development of repair & maintenance plans, inventory norms for equipment spares, regular inspections & checklist for safe operations;
• Support procurement team in developing a strong local & international supplier network for supply of consumables & spares in a timely, qualitative and cost competitive manner supporting uninterrupted operations.
• To plan in coordination with pipe plant & sales team the plant operation & maintenance, production process, shift planning, resource allocation, spares management, consumable inventorying to ensure optimum & cost-effective production schedule with lowest operational costs associated with production downtime, changeovers, repair & maintenance;
• To carry out control of and ensure compliance to planned production schedule. Ensure timely reporting (daily / weekly / monthly) of the production, repair rates, raw material consumption, repairs & maintenance. And to discuss & implement improvement initiatives to optimize the production to reduce fixed & variable costs of operations;
• To supervise and coordinate the personnel management with HR on deployment, shift planning, leave planning, overtime, etc. for all operation & repair workmen;
• To ensure that qualified operations and workmen are on the equipment for coating and coordinate with HR to maintain a pool of qualified personnel for operations;
• To prepare training plan and to impart training to operators and other technical staff in effort to continuously upskill workmen’s qualification and to keep the team motivated;
• To play active role in installation / upgradation of any equipment product line and to support team have a learning plan during the installation, pre-commissioning & commissioning of the new equipment to support successful operations;
• Support management to develop a new product or service and always strive to improve!