Role & responsibilities

Key Responsibilities

1. Coke Oven Operation Management

- Manage the entire Coke Oven battery operation: charging, coking, pushing, and quenching.
- Ensure stable oven pressure, temperature uniformity, and adherence to coking time norms.
- Optimize coal charge quality, blend ratio, and moisture content to maintain consistent coke strength (CSR, CRI).
- Coordinate with Coal Handling Plant and By-Product Plant to ensure continuous input and output flow.
- Prevent battery leakages, oven damage, and ensure proper carbonization.
- Plan and execute oven heating-up, repair, and maintenance shutdowns in coordination with maintenance teams.

1. CDQ System Operation

- Supervise CDQ system operation to recover heat from hot coke and generate steam or power.
- Maintain control over coke temperature at CDQ inlet and outlet, circulating gas temperature, pressure, and flow.
- Optimize steam generation and waste heat recovery efficiency.
- Monitor CDQ boiler, fans, gas circulation system, dust collectors, and cooling towers.
- Coordinate with Power Plant Utility Team on steam and power balance.
- Troubleshoot abnormalities including gas leaks, dust accumulation, coke breakage, and uneven cooling.

1. Process Control and Optimization

- Analyze daily production data, coke quality, and CDQ system performance to identify deviations and optimize parameters.
- Support process trials for energy efficiency improvements and enhanced coke quality.
- Collaborate with process control and automation teams to fine-tune DCS logic and instrumentation.
- Implement best practices to minimize fuel consumption and maximize waste heat recovery.
- Support digital monitoring systems (SCADA/DCS) for real-time control.

1. Maintenance and Equipment Reliability

- Participate in planned and preventive maintenance activities with Mechanical, Electrical,



and Instrumentation teams.
- Ensure high equipment availability for charging cars, pushers, quenchers, CDQ boilers, fans, valves, cyclones, and conveyors.
- Prepare and execute shutdown and maintenance schedules.
- Analyze equipment performance and implement reliability improvement strategies.

1. Safety, Health, and Environment

- Enforce compliance with all safety and environmental standards in Coke Oven and CDQ operations.
- Promote PPE usage, confined space entry, and LOTO protocols.
- Minimize fugitive emissions, dust, and gas leakages.
- Drive safety culture through training, toolbox talks, and incident reporting.
- Support ISO 45001 (Occupational Health), ISO 14001 (Environment), and ISO 9001 (Quality) standards.

1. Team Management and Training

- Lead and manage a team of Shift In-charges, Engineers, and Operators.
- Plan manpower and roster for 24x7 smooth operations.
- Conduct skill development sessions on safe and effective operation.
- Drive team performance through motivation and effective KPIs.

1. Documentation and Reporting

- Maintain accurate daily and monthly reports on coke production, quality, CDQ performance, heat recovery, equipment downtime, and maintenance schedules.
- Support audit processes and management reviews with precise data reporting.
- Prepare deviation analysis and develop action plans for process improvements.

Preferred candidate profile

Qualifications and Experience

- B.E./B.Tech in Metallurgical, Mechanical, Chemical, Electrical, or Production Engineering from a recognized institution.
- Manager: 8-12 years of experience in Coke Oven and CDQ operations within integrated steel plants.
- Senior Manager: 12-16 years of experience including process control, operation, and maintenance coordination in coke plants.
- Experience with large capacity coke ovens (above 0.5 MTPA) and energy recovery preferred.

📌 Senior Manager / Manager Coke Oven & CDQ Operation (Mumbai)
🏢 Sarthee Consultancy
📍 Mumbai