Utility Technical Lead

About the role

Lead the planning, operation, optimization and statutory compliance of all plant utilities, ensuring high reliability, cost efficiency, sustainability and seamless coordination with government authorities.

Key responsibilities

• Ensure 100% utility availability and drive uptime improvement actions.
• Own preventive, predictive and condition‑based maintenance programmes and lead advanced root‑cause analysis.
• Manage end‑to‑end utility systems including compressed air, cooling towers, HVAC, water treatment and electrical infrastructure.
• Develop and execute energy‑efficiency road‑maps, optimise consumption (kWh, Nm³, KL) and lead sustainability initiatives.
• Act as single point of contact with Pollution Control Board, Electrical Inspectorate and other authorities, handling licences, audits and compliance.
• Implement ESH governance, LOTO, PTW and support zero‑incident culture.
• Oversee vendor contracts, validate technical solutions and ensure cost‑effective execution.
• Drive digitalisation through utility dashboards, IoT monitoring and data‑driven decision making.

Required profile

• BE/B.Tech in Electrical or Mechanical engineering.
• 10–12 years of experience in plant utilities and maintenance.
• Proven track record in independent utility management, government liaison and energy/cost optimisation.

Required skills

• Compressed air system design and leak analysis.
• Cooling tower performance optimisation.
• HVAC load calculations and air balancing.
• Water treatment operations (RO, DM, dosing control).
• Electrical load calculations, DG synchronization and power factor control.
• Preventive, predictive and condition‑based maintenance planning.
• Vibration analysis, thermography and condition monitoring.
• Data trend analysis for utility consumption.
• SCADA, BMS and IoT‑based monitoring.
• Reliability engineering tools (FMEA, RCM).
• Project and Capex management.