Head of Operation
Responsibilities
- Lead and manage all plant operations, ensuring continuous, safe, and reliable chilled water supply to customers.
- Establish, implement, and continuously improve standard operating procedures, operational policies, and best practices.
- Ensure full compliance with statutory requirements, contractual obligations, ISO standards, and HSE policies.
- Plan and manage manpower deployment, shift rosters, overtime, leave, training, and competency development to support 24/7 operations.
- Build a high-performance operations team through coaching, performance management, and succession planning.
- Oversee the collection, validation, and maintenance of operational, energy, and performance data.
- Analyse plant efficiency, energy consumption, system losses, and other related KPI items, the implement corrective actions where required.
- Review, endorse, and submit monthly operational and performance reports to the management.
- Manage electrical peak demand, plant loading strategy, chiller sequencing, and system optimisation to minimise energy cost.
- Identify and drive OPEX reduction initiatives without compromising reliability or safety.
- Initiate, evaluate, and lead plant improvement, optimisation, and digitalisation initiatives, including feasibility studies and business plan case studies.
- Provide technical input for CAPEX planning, asset lifecycle management, and system upgrades.
- Act as the primary operational interface with customers, regulators, internal stakeholders, and emergency response teams.
- Lead incident response, system recovery, and root-cause analysis during plant upsets, outages, or emergencies.
Qualifications and Experience
- Minimum Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering (Mechanical / Electrical / Electromechanical engineering or equivalent)
- Master’s Degree in Engineering, Energy, or Management is an added advantage.
- Minimum 8–10 years of experience in Operations & Maintenance of utility plants, district cooling systems, power plants, or large-scale M&E systems.
- Minimum 3–5 years in a managerial or leadership role.
- Proven experience managing 24/7 operations, critical infrastructure, and multi-disciplinary technical teams.
or you may send your resume and other related documents to career@megajana.com.my