About the role
Responsibilities:
- Manage end-to-end production of acidic and basic castables and steel casting fluxes.
- Control critical parameters: PSD, binder/additive dosage, moisture, mixing sequence, homogeneity, flowability.
- Ensure compliance with product quality parameters (flow, setting time, CCS, HMOR, slag resistance, flux melting behavior).
- Drive production planning, yield improvement, rejection reduction, and cost optimization.
- Ensure compliance with EHS, IMS (ISO 9001/14001/45001) and statutory requirements.
- Lead and develop production teams; manage shifts and manpower planning.
- Implement Lean, TPM, Kaizen, and 5S initiatives.
- Coordinate with Quality, R&D, Maintenance, SCM, Planning, and Dispatch.
- Support new product trials, audits, and customer technical visits.
Experience, Skills & Competencies:
- Refractory castable formulations & processing
- Intensive mixers, batching plants, packing systems
- Understanding of steel casting flux performance
- Working knowledge of SAP (PP/MM)
- B.E./B.Tech in Ceramic Engineering Experience
- 10-18 years of experience in refractory manufacturing
- Minimum 8 years in acidic and Basic Production