Job Description

1. Strategy & Governance
   • Define C&I strategy, standards, and SOPs aligned to plant goals (safety, throughput, quality, energy, cost).
   • Establish and enforce engineering standards (ISA/IEC), documentation, and change control (MOC).
   • Develop and manage C&I budget (capex & opex), spares strategy, and obsolescence roadmap.
2. Operations & Reliability
   • Ensure high availability of DCS/PLC/SCADA, SIS/ESD, F&G, and field instruments.
   • Lead preventive/predictive maintenance, calibration compliance, loop checks, and troubleshooting.
   • Track and improve MTBF/MTTR, alarm rationalization, and bad‑actor elimination.
3. Projects & Commissioning
   • Lead C&I scope for brownfield/greenfield projects: URS, FEED/detail engineering, vendor selection, FAT/SAT, installation, commissioning, and handover.
   • Manage contractors and system integrators; ensure on‑time, on‑budget, right‑first‑time delivery.
4. Safety & Compliance
   • Maintain functional safety lifecycle for SIS (e.g., SIL verification/validation, proof testing).
   • Drive PHA/HAZOP/LOPA actions; ensure compliance with relevant standards and regulations.
   • Own instrument integrity, hazardous area compliance (ATEX/IECEx), and electrical/earthing interfaces.
5. Automation & Optimization
   • Own control strategy, APC/advanced controls, loop tuning, historian/MES interfaces, and reporting.
   • Lead digital and OT/IT initiatives (e.g., asset performance management, condition monitoring).
6. Cybersecurity & OT
   • Implement and sustain industrial cybersecurity controls, patching, backups, disaster recovery, and network segmentation in collaboration with IT/OT.
7. People & Stakeholder Management
   • Build team capability (coaching, training, succession planning).
   • Partner with Production, QA, EHS, Procurement, and Finance to meet business KPIs.
   • Manage vendor performance and AMCs; negotiate service scope and SLAs.

• Plant uptime (%) and critical system availability
• MTBF/MTTR for C&I assets; alarm rate & standing alarms
• Calibration compliance (%) and audit findings closed on time
• Project delivery (OTIF: on‑time, in‑full) and cost variance
• SIS proof test completion (%) and functional safety nonconformities
• Change success rate & MOC compliance (%)
• Energy/utility optimization (savings) and automation‑driven OEE improvement
• Cybersecurity posture (backup success, patch currency, incident count)
• Team development (training hours, multi‑skilling matrix coverage)

• Education: B.E./B.Tech (Instrumentation/Control/Electronics/Electrical with controls focus) or equivalent.
• Experience: 8–12+ years in C&I/Automation with at least 3–5 years leading teams or large projects.
• Industry: Process or manufacturing (chemicals, pharma, oil & gas, power, FMCG, metals, etc.).