Role & responsibilities

Key Responsibilities

1. Refractory Planning & Management
- Prepare and implement annual and monthly refractory maintenance plans for all SMS units.
- Schedule relining, patching, fettling, and gunning operations in coordination with production and maintenance teams.
- Ensure optimum utilization of monolithic, shaped, and unshaped refractories.
- Track and analyze refractory life, wear rate, and consumption across all SMS areas.
- Identify causes for premature refractory wear or failure and initiate corrective/preventive actions.
- Optimize slag composition, metal temperature, and operating parameters to enhance refractory performance.
- Benchmark refractory KPIs such as life, cost per ton, and specific consumption against industry standards.
- Lead trials and evaluate recent refractory materials and vendors.

2. Performance Monitoring & Optimization
- Review refractory consumption data regularly and prepare cost and performance reports.
- Implement best practices and standard operating procedures (SOPs) for refractory installation, drying, and maintenance.




- Monitor drying and preheating cycles for ladles and tundishes.
- Maintain furnace lining charts, ladle life records, and tundish refractory history sheets.
- Conduct root cause analysis (RCA) for refractory failures and drive improvements.

3. Material Procurement & Vendor Coordination
- Prepare monthly refractory demand forecasts based on production schedules.
- Coordinate with procurement and stores to ensure timely availability of refractory materials.
- Conduct vendor evaluation, technical audits, and performance reviews.
- Ensure quality inspection of refractory materials at receipt and during installation.

4. Installation, Maintenance & Supervision
- Supervise refractory lining, gunning, and fettling activities in EAF, LF, VD, CCM, ladles, and tundishes.
- Ensure adherence to design drawings, refractories layout, and SOPs during installation.
- Coordinate with mechanical, production

📌 Senior Manager (Pune)
🏢 Sarthee Consultancy
📍 Pune