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Job Summary

We are looking for an experienced DGM Cell Maintenance to lead the overall maintenance and reliability function for a large-scale battery cell manufacturing facility. The incumbent will be responsible for strategic maintenance planning, equipment reliability, plant uptime, preventive and predictive maintenance, technical excellence, and team leadership across cell manufacturing operations.

The role requires strong expertise in automated manufacturing equipment, maintenance strategy development, operational excellence, and commissioning of advanced manufacturing facilities.

Key Responsibilities

1. Strategic Maintenance Leadership

- Develop and implement the overall maintenance strategy for cell manufacturing operations.
- Lead end-to-end maintenance functions covering mechanical, electrical, instrumentation, automation, and utilities.
- Ensure high equipment availability, reliability, and operational efficiency across the manufacturing plant.
- Establish maintenance policies, SOPs, systems, and performance benchmarks.

1. Equipment Reliability & Maintenance

- Oversee preventive, predictive, and breakdown maintenance activities for critical cell manufacturing equipment.
- Ensure equipment reliability across electrode manufacturing, cell assembly, electrolyte filling, formation, ageing, and testing processes.
- Drive equipment uptime improvement through RCA, FMEA, MTBF, MTTR, and OEE monitoring.
- Identify recurring equipment failures and implement long-term corrective and preventive actions.

1. Technical & Automation Expertise

- Provide technical leadership for PLC, SCADA, HMI, servo drives, robotics, and industrial automation systems.




- Oversee maintenance of coating, calendaring, slitting, vacuum drying, winding, stacking, and electrolyte filling machines.
- Ensure reliability of formation, ageing, and cell testing equipment.
- Drive automation upgrades, equipment modifications, and technology improvement projects.

1. Plant Setup & Project Management

- Lead equipment installation, commissioning, and stabilization for recent manufacturing lines.
- Coordinate with OEMs, technology partners, contractors, and engineering consultants.
- Ensure timely execution of capacity expansion, modernization, and equipment upgradation projects.
- Drive technical evaluation and selection of new machinery and equipment.

1. Operational Excellence & Cost Optimization

- Drive TPM, Lean Manufacturing, Kaizen, and continuous improvement initiatives.
- Optimize maintenance costs, spare parts consumption, and equipment lifecycle costs.
- Establish annual maintenance budgets and capital expenditure plans.
- Implement predictive maintenance and condition-monitoring systems.

1. Team & Stakeholder Management

- Lead and develop a team of maintenance managers, engineers, supervisors, and technicians.
- Build technical capabilities through structured training and skill development.
- Collaborate with Production, Process Engineering, Quality, EHS, and Supply Chain teams.
- Review maintenance performance through periodic KPI and management review meetings.

1. Safety & Compliance

- Ensure adherence to EHS policies, electrical safety, machine safety, and statutory requirements.
- Establish safe maintenance practices, permit-to-work systems, and lockout/tagout procedures.
- Ensure compliance with internal audits, quality systems, and applicable industrial standards.

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