Lead Mechanical Boiler (Rotary)

Company Overview: Adani Power Limited (APL), part of the diversified Adani Group, is India’s largest private thermal power producer. APL integrates advanced technologies across its supercritical assets. This position is based at the Mahan Energen Limited (Nigrie, MP) facility, a flagship ultra-supercritical thermal power plant driving world-class reliability, efficiency, and safety standards. Job Purpose: The Lead - Mechanical Boiler (Rotary) is responsible for managing resource distribution, technical workflows, and engineering strategies for Boiler Rotary assets and coal mills. This role ensures maximum equipment availability, spearheads annual and capital overhauls within strict budget parameters, and maintains absolute compliance with corporate environment, health, and safety protocols. Key Responsibilities: 1. Maintenance Strategy & Execution • Workflow Leadership: Oversee the Boiler Rotary equipment and coal mill maintenance team to facilitate safe, cost-effective, and highly reliable operations. • Overhaul Execution: Plan, schedule, and execute annual maintenance, outages, and major capital overhauls within defined budget constraints and manpower allocations. • Asset Optimization: Implement targeted engineering modifications to enhance plant availability, improve auxiliary power consumption, and protect heat rate metrics. • Breakdown Resolution: Prioritize work notifications, leading daily preventative, predictive, and breakdown maintenance on heavy rotating machinery. 2. Commercial & Vendor Management • Inventory Control: Balance active inventory valuations against the immediate availability of critical spares to mitigate stock-out risks. • Cross-Functional Synergy: Collaborate with internal departments (Stores, Techno-Commercial, Central Engineering) and external service partners. • Quality Assurance: Monitor contractor deliverables, conducting regular technical audits to verify alignment with strict original equipment manufacturer (OEM) standards. 3. Occupational Health, Safety & Environment (OHS) • Field Supervision: Enforce rigid safety boundaries across unit rotary areas and coal pulverizers through routine safety field audits. • Risk Management: Draft and review Job Safety Analysis (JSA) documents; immediately action Corrective and Preventive Actions (CAPA) following internal safety audits. • Permit Compliance: Secure strict compliance with Permit to Work (PTW) frameworks, lock-out/tag-out (LOTO) procedures, and safe workspace practices. Qualifications & Experience • Education: Bachelor of Engineering (B.E.) or Bachelor of Technology (B.Tech) in Mechanical Engineering from a recognized university. • Overall Experience: 8 to 16 years of industrial maintenance experience within the power or heavy manufacturing sector. • Domain Expertise: Minimum of 4+ years in a leadership or senior supervisory role managing high-capacity boiler rotating equipment (e.g., Induced Draft/Forced Draft fans, regenerative air preheaters, coal pulverizers /mills) inside a large thermal power plant. • Location Readiness: Willingness to operate on-site at Nigrie, Dist. Singrauli (Madhya Pradesh). Technical & Behavioral Competencies • Deep technical command over laser alignment, balancing, and clearances of heavy rotating machinery. • Proven exposure to techno-commercial workflows, materials management (SAP PM/MM modules), and commercial contract drafting. • Strong leadership traits required to direct large contractual workforces and cross-functional engineering teams during tight turnaround windows.