Function Head - Electrical & Instrumentation, Captive Power Plant

Business Overview: 

Aditya Birla Group is a strong global player in the metals sector. Hindalco Industries Limited is the metals flagship company of Aditya Birla Group.  

Hindalco is the global leader in flat-rolled products and the world's largest recycler of aluminium. Hindalco is also world’s largest aluminium company by revenue, and among the leading producers of primary aluminium in Asia. It accounts for 74% of total sales outside India, making it the largest downstream player in India.

Hindalco operates across the value chain, from bauxite mining, alumina refining, coal mining, captive power plants, and aluminium smelting to downstream rolling, extrusions, and foils. It serves key sectors such as aerospace and defence, building and construction, electricals, and electronics, automotive and transport, beverage packaging, consumer durables and kitchenware, pharmaceuticals and food packaging, EV and renewables, refractories, and ceramics.

Novelis is the world’s largest supplier of aluminum sheet to the automotive industry, and leading supplier of high-quality rolled aluminium products to the aerospace industry. It is also the largest aluminium recycler and FRP producer in the world. Every year, it recycles over 84 billion cans.

Hindalco’s copper business, Birla Copper, is one of the leading producers of copper in India. It is the leading producer of LME grad copper cathodes and continuous cast copper rods, along with gold, silver, and DAP fertilisers. Birla Copper is also India’s largest private producer of gold. 

Key Responsibilities:

• Business Excellence: Ensure the reliability of all Electrical & Instrumentation equipment in the captive power plant through maintenance, CAPEX project oversight, and the formulation and monitoring of standard practices across all areas.
• Cost: Partner in planning, budgeting, and implementing Electrical & Instrumentation upgrades and maintenance. Drive cost savings through low-cost power imports, process improvements, and vendor development to reduce rework and ensure timely delivery.
• Cash: Collaborate on cost projections, optimize working capital, prevent power outages through proactive maintenance, reduce maintenance costs with internal resources, and ensure optimal power factor to enhance profitability and incentives.
• Customer: Ensure efficient breakdown maintenance, critical spare management, vendor collaboration, seamless data sharing, and quick response times to support internal customers.
• Sustainability & Compliance:Lead energy-saving initiatives and ensure statutory compliance.
• Implement sustainable practices and digitization projects.
• Maintain environmental and safety certifications.
• Optimize power consumption and support green initiatives.
• Safety: Implement safety standards and develop safety mechanisms to achieve zero reported incidents. Foster a culture of safety through active participation and adherence to standards.
• People Development: Ensure timely recruitment, performance improvement, competency building, and multiskilling. Manage team engagement, contractual workforce training, and well-being in line with company guidelines.

Requirements  - Experience of 15-18 years

Reporting to - Plant Head - CPP

Reported by - DH - 400 KV,DH - Electrical (Switchyard), SH - Generator Elec Switch Gear , SH - Elec Motors & ESP, SH - Township Elec, SH - C&I (3 positions), AH - C&IE WeighBridge

Unit Location Brief 

Aditya Aluminium is a smelter-power plant complex at Lapanga in Sambalpur district of Orissa with 360,000 tonnes smelter supported by a 6 x 150 MW coal based captive power. Like Mahan this also employs AP 36 technology supplied by Aluminium Pechiney.

Alumina is primarily sourced from Utkal Alumina, a 100% subsidiary of Hindalco.