Civil Maintenance Lead (O&M)

Civil Maintenance Lead (O&M)

• Ensures full compliance to Indian Regulatory framework requirements for dam civil maintenance and HSS (i.e. in line to CWC, CEA, DSA, national building code, international / Indian standard etc. requirements).
• Responsible for overall dam safety program at plant site, including safeguarding compliance with all applicable relevant requirements and communication in accordance with Dam safety act.
• Responsible for documentation preparation pertaining to safe and efficient operation and dam / intake and other civil infrastructure in line with the Indian Statutory and regulatory requirements.  
• Responsible for operation and maintenance of Early Warning System (EWS) in line with the applicable CEA / CWC guidelines. 
• Ensures implementation of HSS requirements, risk assessment, monitoring, inspections, maintenance, community safety (in line with the DSA/CWC requirements) and reporting to State/Central dam safety authority.  
• Maintenance for complete plant civil infrastructure, including daily, monthly, quarterly, and annual reports and checklists. 
• Preparation and implementation of silt management plan at plant level. 
• Prepare and manage plant civil infrastructure budget, work to optimize the costs and maximize production. This includes developing and tracking the monthly, quarterly, and annual civil infrastructure budget. 
• Delegates and assigns work tasks to civil team to maintain optimum plant operations. 
• Support O&M head in plant improvement projects, modernization initiatives, digital transformation, and other applicable upgrades.
• Maintains plant critical spares inventory to meet the exigencies, in co-ordination with plant maintenance heads.  
• Lead, train and develop civil team at Plant and prepare a detailed training calendar for plant civil team accordingly. 
• Develop and execute risk management strategies to mitigate Operational risks and ensure compliance with internal audits.
• Prepares and maintains plant civil maintenance records and presents the same to the management on need basis.
• IMS implementation, documentation preparation and updating, pertaining to your area.

• B.E/B.Tech in Civil Engineering.
• 15+ years of experience in operations and maintenance within hydropower or pump storage plants. 
• Must have expertise in the Dam/Reservoir maintenance.
• Other Professional certifications pertaining to civil engineering is preferred.
• Strong knowledge of Statutory and regulatory requirements pertaining to Hydro and PSS Plants (CWC, CEA, Dam safety act, national building code, international / Indian standard etc.).
• Well conversation with GLOF, LLOF, geological hazards, dam break study, transient analysis, physical modeling studies, EWS requirements etc. 
• Well conversant with the reporting requirements to the state / central dam safety authority in line with the CEA, CWC and DSA requirements etc.  
• Operations experience of large-scale pump storage power plants is preferred. 
• Experience with CMMS (Computerized Maintenance Management Systems) for Plant maintenance works.
• Knowledge of analytics tools for performance optimization and risk assessment.

Experience Level

Senior Level