Job Title: Senior Manager – Mechanical Maintenance (Hot Strip Mill)

? Location: Jajpur

? Industry: Integrated Steel Manufacturing

? Experience: 12–15 Years

Job Purpose To ensure maximum equipment reliability, availability, and operational efficiency of the Hot Strip Mill (HSM) by implementing world-class preventive, predictive, and shutdown maintenance practices. The role is responsible for minimizing maintenance costs, achieving zero breakdowns, ensuring statutory compliance, and leading continuous improvement initiatives while developing high-performing maintenance teams.

Key Responsibilities

- Plan and execute preventive, predictive, and shutdown maintenance activities for Hot Strip Mill mechanical equipment.
- Ensure high equipment availability and reliability by minimizing breakdowns and downtime.
- Maintain and troubleshoot critical HSM equipment, including:
- Reheating Furnace
- Roughing Mill
- Finishing Mill
- Down Coiler
- Coil Box
- Hydraulic Systems
- Lead root cause analysis (RCA) and implement sustainable corrective and preventive actions.
- Develop maintenance plans, equipment condition monitoring strategies, and predictive maintenance schedules.
- Plan and manage critical spares, refurbishment, and timely equipment replacement.
- Drive cost optimization while maintaining world-class maintenance standards.
- Identify and implement innovative engineering solutions to improve equipment performance and reliability.
- Ensure compliance with statutory, safety, and environmental regulations.
- Lead, coach, train, and develop maintenance teams to enhance technical competency and operational excellence.
- Coordinate with production, projects,



and engineering teams to achieve plant performance targets.
- Monitor maintenance KPIs such as MTBF, MTTR, equipment availability, maintenance cost, and breakdown analysis.

Key Requirements

- 12–15 years of experience in Mechanical Maintenance within an integrated steel plant.
- Mandatory hands-on experience in Hot Strip Mill (HSM) mechanical maintenance.
- Strong exposure to:
- Reheating Furnace
- Roughing Mill
- Finishing Mill
- Down Coiler
- Coil Box
- Hydraulic Systems
- Expertise in preventive, predictive, condition-based, and shutdown maintenance.
- Experience in maintenance planning, troubleshooting, reliability improvement, and condition monitoring.
- Strong knowledge of hydraulic systems and rotating equipment.
- Exposure to equipment refurbishment, spare parts planning, and lifecycle management.
- Experience in large-scale steel manufacturing operations is essential.

Desired Competencies

- Robust analytical and troubleshooting skills
- Maintenance planning and execution
- Equipment reliability and asset management
- Root Cause Analysis (RCA)
- Team leadership and people development
- Excellent communication and coordination skills
- Continuous improvement and problem-solving mindset
- Safety-first approach with sound knowledge of statutory compliance

Preferred Qualification

- B.E./B.Tech in Mechanical Engineering

Why Join Us?

- Opportunity to work with one of India's leading integrated steel manufacturing facilities.
- Exposure to large-scale, high-speed Hot Strip Mill operations.
- Challenging role with opportunities to lead maintenance excellence and continuous improvement initiatives.
- Collaborative work environment with strong career growth prospects.

📌 Senior Manager – Mechanical Maintenance (Hot Strip Mill) (Jajpur)
🏢 Jindal Stainless
📍 Jajpur