Plant General Manager

To provide overall direction to the plant teams and lead all the activities within the plant to ensure the safe, reliable and efficient operations of the plant, optimum utilization of resources and delivery of uninterrupted supply of Power / Water in accordance with the defined standards, whilst fulfilling all contractual obligations in order to maximize revenue.

• Develop the plant strategy in line with NOMAC’s Operations and Maintenance strategy to ensure vertical alignment and horizontal integration with other interfacing departmental strategies across.
• Regularly report to the Manager on the operational and maintenance activities of the plant, challenges and issues faced, mitigations taken, etc. as required, to keep them informed and updated on the plant’s activities.
• Prepare board presentations that include financial figures, plant warranty issue and operational and manpower issues etc., in order to keep them up to date of all statistics and records relevant to the plant.
• Provide overall direction to plant operations and maintenance teams to meet approved production objectives while providing technical guidance and expertise to ensure timely resolution of issues and recommend changes to approved procedures considering technological developments and changing business conditions.
• Plan and direct for minor and major changes within the plant and its respective processes to ensure a safe working environment while also maintaining plant efficiency levels, as per the approved procedures.
• Have a thorough understanding of the contractual obligations and clauses with the Project Company and ensure that they are continuously met at all times.
• Oversee the implementation of effective and economical methods and techniques in order to identify improvements and/or new technological changes to advance operating methods within the plant.
• Identify opportunities of improvement and contribute to organisational and departmental change initiatives, programmes and projects taking into account best practice and standards in the business environment.

• A Bachelor degree holder in Engineering.
• Minimum 15 years’ experience in managing a production plant, with operational experience in the power and water desalination sector including RO experience
• Techno-commercial know-how with extensive knowledge of contracts and agreements
• Extensive leadership skills and excellent planning ability
• Extensive experience and know-how of conceptual and analytical thinking and excellent presentation skills
• Extensive knowledge of the operations in water desalination and power generation plants and of NOMAC operations
• Excellent communication, influencing and motivating skills
• Mentoring, coaching and people management skills
• Strong planning, organizing, and integration skills