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Company: Metals
Experience: 5-10 years

Job Purpose

Daily Site inspection, Reporting Unsafe act and condition and follow up with departments for its rectification. Awareness and Training to shop floor employees. Encourage workmen and company employees for reporting Near miss. Campaign on monthly safety theme. Conducting Induction training for visitor as well as contractor workmen.

Job Context & Major Challenges

Job Context: The global aluminum market is valued at USD 87.84 billion in 2021 and is expected to grow 7.5 % (CAGR) from 2022 to 2030. Increase in demand for lightweight and durable extruded products is driving the growth. Top aluminum extruders are investing and creating tough competition.

Hindalco Industries Limited have acquired the extrusion business of SAPA located at Kuppam, Andhra Pradesh with effect from 01 Feb 2022 through Business Transfer Agreement

This plant is first of its kind, across the globe to have mill finish, anodized, powder coated, fabricated products manufactured under one roof. The profiles developed and manufactured are highly complex in nature, having critical die designs, challenging operations, involve highly skilled technicians, special machinery, and processes. This unit has two 8-inch press with a capacity of 16,000 TPA, anodizing 2500 TPA, powder coating 3200 TPA along with various fabrication machinery like manual & robotic welding, CNC cutting & machining centers, Flaring & collaring, assembly lines serving for Building & Construction (25%), Industrial (40%), Exports (25%) Automotive (7%), and Solar segments (3%).

The unit is increasing its business in automated warehouse system, premium anodizing finish products (exports), Solar energy and automotive (domestic) segments by increasing utilization of existing facility with additional shifts for continuous operation, setting up new fabrication facility, additional anodizing tanks and a brand-new extrusion press.

Kuppam Fabrication adds Value on Extruded Aluminium profiles by performing processes like MIG welding, CNC Machining, Cutting, Punching, Forming, Printing, Threading & Assembly for Automotive, Formworks, Solar and Industrial segments. Kuppam Fabrication equipped with 8 Qualified welders, 3 & 4 Axis CNC Milling, Hydraulic and Mechanical Forming & Punching, External 4-start threading, Thermal drilling technologies and it can produce 300 to 400T per month with Rs. 520 NAV(net added value) per man hour.
Kuppam Anodizing and Powder coating adds Value on Extruded Aluminium profiles by giving decorative finish to Aluminium with wide range of colors for Automotive, Construction, Solar and Industrial segments. Kuppam Anodizing has special process called Brit dip, it gives silver finish to aluminium profiles which are widely used in shower cubicles, US based customer called Alumax imports these value-added aluminium profiles (45T per month) from Kuppam plant, apart from this Kuppam Anodizing plant equipped with Italtechno three rectifiers - 2 normal and 1 color which are capable to anodize Natural, bronze, champagne & Black colors with 196T per month capacity.
Kuppam powder coating equipped with Gema’s Electrostatic spraying guns technology which can coat any color in the universal with 260T per month capacity.

Job Challenges: Proper job specific training for workmen prior to start of job.

2. Daily site round and follow up for its rectification
3. Daily induction training by individuals due to lack induction training management.
4. Issuing work permits after ensuring proper safety precautions at site.

Key Result Areas

KRA (Accountabilities) (Max 1325 Characters) | Supporting Actions (Max 1325 Characters)

KRA1 | Sustainability & Resource Management | •Daily site safety round and preparing report for it. •Daily induction training for contractor employees and visitors. • Promotional Activities: Plan, Identify Organize & Conduct Safety • Trainings/promotional programs in order to create awareness and motivate all employees. •Approach and Coach to employees ands follow up for its rectification.
KRA2 | System & productivity improvement studies for cost reduction | •Daily PTW issuing and its inspection at site. •To bring changes in Safety culture in plant by Creating a high level of safety awareness at all times with conducting promotional activity. •Safety standard audit and follow up for its findings. •Promoting Safety awareness and Motivation activities for monthly safety theme. •Operation and Maintenance of Static and mobile Firefighting Equipment. o Supporting and preparing protocols and check list SOP/SMP.
KRA3 | Strategic Projects / Innovation | •Effective implementation of progressive consequence management • Effective implementation of safety systems with 100% compliance by correspondence to Factory inspector requirements. •Implementation of 6 nos. Safety best practice •Co-ordinate and facilitate Project team on safe completion of ongoing Slag project. •Involve in Safety promotional Activities and Improving Safety through digitalization More Safety with less. •Improvement on visuals at site and it upkeeping.
KRA4 | Legal, Statutory & Audit Compliance | •Compliance to Factories Act & Rule norms. Facilitate compliance to Third party findings through audits findings through validation. Emergency preapredness & mock drill. •Ensuring the healthiness of portable fire extinguisher and its timely maintenance.
Preferences | Fluency in Telugu and Hindi is preferred, as this is a shop floor-based position involving frequent workforce interaction.

Skills: Sustainability, Resource Management, Cost Reduction, Strategic Prospecting, Innovation, Legal Compliance, Audit Compliance, Statutory compliance