General Manager-Furnace plant

As a General Manager (GM) at a furnace steel plant in Urla, your primary responsibility is to lead the overall plant operations, achieve production targets, manage teams, and ensure operational excellence across departments. This includes oversight of production, maintenance, quality control, safety, budget management, and effective use of all plant resources. **Core Job Responsibilities:** - Plan, organize, and oversee overall plant operations to meet production targets for furnaces and steelmaking units. - Supervise key departments such as production, maintenance, quality assurance, and logistics. - Monitor raw material utilization, control production costs, and optimize plant efficiency while maintaining product quality. - Ensure smooth functioning and coordination of key units like rolling mills, induction or arc furnaces, and material handling systems. - Implement and review production plans with management to align with company objectives. - Lead, motivate, and develop teams to enhance performance and discipline. - Oversee compliance with safety, health, environmental, and quality standards. - Optimize fuel and power consumption for furnaces and other high-energy equipment. **Specific Technical and Managerial Duties:** - Develop and implement strategies for process optimization, adoption of new technologies, and continual improvement. - Execute preventive and predictive maintenance schedules to minimize downtime and maximize uptime. - Manage, prepare, and control operational budgets to ensure cost-effective resource utilization. - Lead quality control activities to uphold certification standards (e.g., ISO) and conduct regular audits. - Coordinate with vendors to ensure timely procurement and supply of raw materials and spare parts. - Analyze production data and process parameters to troubleshoot issues and implement corrective actions. - Manage customer relationships and represent the company during audits, technical discussions, and client meetings. - Develop and implement systems, procedures, and manuals for furnace operations, adjusting schedules for various grades as necessary. **Skills and Qualifications:** - Demonstrated leadership and decision-making skills with in-depth knowledge of steel plant/furnace operations. - Experience in production planning, process optimization, team management, and cost control. - Strong analytical, communication, and interpersonal skills to handle large teams and manage cross-functional issues. - Engineering degree (Mechanical/Metallurgy/Electrical) with extensive experience in steel plant management is typically required. This role plays a crucial part in ensuring the sustained operational success and profitability of a furnace steel plant located in Urla. (Note: The job type is full-time and the work location is remote.),