Metallurgy/Production Manager-Steel Melting Shop (SMS)

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Job Purpose:

A Production Manager for an Induction Furnace in a Sponge Iron/Billet Steel Melting Shop (SMS) oversees daily operations, focusing on achieving production targets, ensuring quality (metallurgical standards, chemical composition), optimizing costs (power, materials, yield), managing manpower/safety, and coordinating with maintenance for smooth, efficient, and safe furnace and casting processes from raw material charging to molten metal transfer for billets.

Here are the core responsibilities:

1. Production & Operations

• Planning & Scheduling: Develop and execute daily/weekly production plans, ensuring target achievement.
• Furnace Management: Supervise induction furnace operations, including charge mix preparation, melting parameters, and tapping.
• Process Control: Monitor key parameters for stable operations, ensuring timely tapping and transfer to LRF/CCM (Ladle Refining Furnace/Continuous Casting Machine).
• Manpower: Lead shift teams, deploy staff, and conduct training on Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs).

2. Quality Assurance

• Metallurgy: Ensure molten metal meets required chemical composition and grade specifications.
• Defect Analysis: Analyze casting defects, process deviations, and implement corrective/preventive actions (CAPA).
• Coordination: Work with Quality Control, LRF, and CCM teams for seamless casting and quality checks.

3. Cost & Energy Optimization

• Resource Monitoring: Track consumption of power, raw materials, and refractories.
• Yield Improvement: Implement initiatives to reduce rejections, re-melts, and maximize yield.
• Cost Reduction: Identify and implement energy-saving and cost-optimization measures.

4. Maintenance & Equipment

• Liaison: Coordinate with Mechanical & Electrical teams for preventive and breakdown maintenance.
• Equipment Health: Monitor furnace, crane, and auxiliary equipment performance.

5. Safety & Compliance

• Safety Protocols: Enforce strict safety standards, conduct risk assessments, and promote a safe work environment.
• Statutory Compliance: Ensure adherence to ISO, OH&S, and environmental norms.

6. Reporting & MIS

• Documentation: Maintain accurate records of production, downtime, and consumption.
• Reporting: Prepare performance reports (daily, weekly, monthly) for management review.

Job Types: Full-time, Permanent

Pay: ₹70,000.00 - ₹100,000.00 per month

Work Location: In person