Dgm Plant

**Job Title**: Deputy General Manager (DGM) - Plant

**Department**: Operations / Plant Management
**Location**: Sadomajra, Derabassi
**Reporting to**: General Manager / Vice President - Operations

**Job Summary**:
The DGM - Plant is responsible for overseeing the overall operations of a pesticide manufacturing facility, including production, maintenance, quality, safety, compliance, and resource planning. This role ensures cost-effective, high-quality, and safe production in alignment with business objectives and regulatory requirements.

**Key Responsibilities:1. Plant Operations Management**:

- Lead end-to-end plant operations including formulation, filling, packaging, utility management, and dispatch.
- Ensure production targets are met with consistent quality and efficiency.
- Monitor plant performance metrics and drive continuous improvement.

**2. Strategic Planning & Execution**:

- Collaborate with senior management on annual operational plans, budgets, and capital expenditures.
- Develop and implement strategies for productivity improvement, cost reduction, and capacity expansion.

**3. Regulatory & Statutory Compliance**:

- Ensure all operations comply with relevant regulatory bodies like **CIBRC**, **CPCB**, **BIS**, **GPCB**, and **Factory Act**.
- Facilitate internal and external audits and address non-conformities proactively.

**4. EHS (Environment, Health & Safety)**:

- Establish and enforce strong safety culture and SOPs.
- Ensure hazardous waste handling, effluent treatment, fire safety, and emergency preparedness systems are robust and compliant.

**5. Production & Quality Coordination**:

- Liaise with R&D, QA/QC teams to ensure right-first-time manufacturing and batch quality.
- Address root cause analysis of quality issues and production deviations.

**6. Team Leadership & People Management**:

- Lead a multidisciplinary team including Production, Engineering, Maintenance, EHS, and Logistics.
- Drive training and development programs to enhance team capabilities and compliance culture.
- Promote team accountability and operational discipline.

**7. Maintenance & Asset Management**:

- Oversee preventive and breakdown maintenance of plant equipment and utilities.
- Ensure optimal uptime and reliability of critical assets like reactors, filling lines, boilers, scrubbers, etc.

**8. Inventory & Cost Control**:

- Ensure optimum use of raw materials, packaging, and utilities.
- Monitor OEE, batch yields, material variances, and implement cost-saving initiatives.

**9. Technology & Infrastructure Enhancement**:

- Identify opportunities for automation, process improvement, and capacity enhancement.
- Lead plant modernization or expansion projects, including capex planning and execution.

**Qualifications**:

- **Education**: B.E. / B.Tech in Chemical Engineering or M.Sc. Chemistry (preferred with MBA in Operations or Industrial Management)
- **Experience**: 15-20 years of experience in pesticide/agrochemical manufacturing, with at least 5-8 years in senior plant leadership

**Key Competencies**:

- Deep understanding of agrochemical formulations (EC, SC, WP, WG, SL, etc.)
- Strong knowledge of regulatory compliance and safety standards
- Proven leadership and crisis-handling ability
- Strategic thinking with a hands-on operational approach
- Strong communication and stakeholder management
- Exposure to ERP systems (e.g., SAP)

**Job Types**: Full-time, Permanent

Pay: ₹120,000.00 - ₹1,400,000.00 per year

**Benefits**:

- Health insurance
- Provident Fund

Schedule:

- Day shift

Supplemental Pay:

- Yearly bonus

Work Location: In person