Business Development Lead

Job Title: Plant Head – Solapur Manufacturing Facility

Location: Solapur, Maharashtra

Department: Operations / Manufacturing

Reporting To: Operations Head

Education: B.E. / B.Tech in Mechanical/Electrical/Production or related field; MBA/PGDM preferred.

Experience: 11–15 years, with at least 5 years in a senior leadership role in plant/factory operations.

Brief Job Description:

The Plant Head will be responsible for leading end-to-end factory operations at Thermax’s Solapur plant, with a focus on achieving operational efficiency , Monthly outputs , ensuring statutory and regulatory compliance, fostering a culture of safety and quality, and driving continuous improvement.

The role demands strong leadership in production, maintenance, HR/ER, supply chain coordination, quality assurance, and administration.

Key Roles & Responsibilities: 

A. Plant Operations Management

• Oversee daily manufacturing activities to ensure Monthly outputs in line with the Business planning ,timely delivery, quality output, and cost control.
• Lead production planning, execution, stores & inventory management and monitoring in alignment with sales forecasts and customer orders.
• Ensure machine uptime, process reliability, and throughput maximization through effective maintenance coordination.

B. Administration & Compliance 

• Implement company policies, SOPs, and statutory rules across all functional areas.
• Handle factory licensing, labor laws, EHS regulations, and other government compliances.
• Conduct periodic audits (internal & external) for process and statutory adherence.

C. Industrial Relations & Workforce Management

• Lead harmonious industrial relations (IR) with union and non-union workforce.
• Address grievances, disciplinary matters, and ensure workforce motivation and productivity.
• Coordinate with HR for recruitment, training, performance evaluation, and legal compliance.

D. Health, Safety & Environment (HSE) 

• Drive a zero-accident culture; ensure compliance with ISO 14001, ISO 45001, and safety norms.
• Conduct safety drills, toolbox talks, and enforce use of PPE and safe work practices.

E. Continuous Improvement & Digitization 

• Drive lean initiatives, Kaizens, TQM, TCM, TPM, and 5S to improve productivity and efficiency.
• Support digitization of plant operations, asset tracking, energy monitoring, and data-driven decisions.

F. Stakeholder Coordination 

• Liaison with supply chain, sales, project management, quality, commercial and finance teams for smooth plant operations.
• Host customer visits, audits, and ensure factory readiness to meet client-specific requirements.

G. Asset & Inventory Management

• Manage assets, maintenance schedules, spares planning, and disposal as per company guidelines.
• Ensure accurate stock levels and efficient utilization of materials and consumables.
• Responsible for overall inventory management including raw materials, WIP, finished goods, consumables, and spares, ensuring optimal stock levels, minimum working capital, and alignment with production schedules.
• Should be able to operate ERP-based material control and support SCM in improving inventory turnover ratio

H. Reporting & Documentation

• Prepare and present daily/weekly/monthly MIS reports to management.
• Maintain accurate documentation of production, maintenance, safety incidents, and legal compliances.
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Desired Profile & Skills:

• Knowledge Areas: 
• Factory Act, Labour Laws, and Environmental Regulations
• ISO, TPM, TCM, TQM, Lean Manufacturing
• Budgeting, Cost Control, and CAPEX Planning
• Technical Skills: Knowledge of manufacturing and plant maintenance; Proficiency in MS Office, ERP/SAP, CMMS tools.
• Leadership Attributes: 
• Strong decision-making and problem-solving skills
• Excellent communication and interpersonal abilities
• Ability to build teams and drive performance
• Crisis management and conflict resolution capability

We are looking for a skilled and proactive SDET II who can lead the design and development of

robust automation frameworks, mentor junior QA engineers, and take strategic ownership of test

infrastructure across the platform.

As a SDET II, you will –

• UI and API Automation Testing: Develop, maintain, and enhance automated test suites

for both UI and API layers to ensure product quality and scalability.

• BDD and TDD Frameworks: Write and execute automated tests using BDD (Behavior

Driven Development) and TDD (Test Driven Development) methodologies with tools

such as Cucumber.

• Performance Testing: Design and execute performance tests to ensure applications meet

scalability, reliability, and speed requirements.

• Automation Tool Expertise: Utilize industry-leading automation testing tools such as

Selenium/Playwright etc., Postman, Rest Assured, TestNG, etc.

• Collaboration: Work closely with developers, product managers, and other stakeholders

to understand product requirements and build effective test strategies.

• Continuous Integration: Integrate automated tests into CI/CD pipelines to facilitate

continuous testing and deployment.

• Problem Solving: Apply strong analytical skills to debug and resolve issues across the

testing lifecycle and suggest improvements to increase efficiency and test coverage.

As a SDET II, you must have –

• API Automation: Proven experience in automating API (e.g. Playwright, Rest Assured)

tests.

• BDD and TDD: Hands-on experience with BDD and TDD frameworks, especially with

tools like Cucumber and JUnit/TestNG.

• Problem Solving: Strong problem-solving abilities with a deep understanding of

debugging and optimizing test processes.

• Automation Framework Development: Ability to develop and maintain scalable,

reusable, and reliable automation frameworks.

• Version Control & CI/CD: Familiarity with Git, Jenkins, or other version control and

CI/CD tools.

Good-to-Have Skills:

• Playwright: Knowledge of Playwright for end-to-end testing is highly desirable.

• JavaScript: Familiarity with JavaScript for writing automation scripts and working with

modern web technologies.

• Docker: Experience with Docker for containerization and managing test environments.

• Linux: Proficiency in working with Linux-based environments for testing and

troubleshooting.

5+ years of experience designing, developing, validating, and automating ETL processes 3+ years of experience traditional ETL tools such as Visual Studio, SQL Server Management Studio, SSIS, SSAS and SSRS 2+ years of experience with cloud technologies and platforms, such as: Kubernetes, Spark, Kafka, Azure Data Factory, Snowflake, ML Flow, Databricks, Airflow or similar Must have experience with designing and implementing data access layers Must be an expert with SQL/T-SQL and Python Must have experience in Kafka Define and implement data models with various database technologies like MongoDB, CosmosDB, Neo4j, MariaDB and SQL Serve Ingest and publish data from sources and to destinations via an API Exposure to ETL/ELT with using Kafka or Azure Event Hubs with Spark or Databricks is a plus Exposure to healthcare technologies and integrations for FHIR API, HL7 or other HIE protocols is a plus

Skills Required :

Designing, Developing, ETL, Visual Studio, Python, Spark, Kubernetes, Kafka, Azure Data Factory, SQL Server, Airflow, Databricks, T-SQL, MongoDB, CosmosDB, Snowflake, SSIS, SSAS, SSRS, FHIR API, HL7, HIE Protocols

We are looking for a front-end developer who will be responsible for developing and designing front-end web architecture, ensuring the responsiveness of applications, and working alongside graphic designers for web design features, among other duties.

Roles & Responsibilities:

● Develop and implement responsive and intuitive user interfaces for web applications using HTML, CSS, and JavaScript frameworks (e.g., React, Angular, Vue.js, Node.js)."

● Designing user interactions on web pages.

● Developing SDKs.

● Ensuring cross-platform optimization for mobile phones.

● Collaborate with UI/UX designers, back-end developers, and other stakeholders to transform design concepts into functional, feature-rich web interfaces

● Designing and developing APIs.

● Meeting both technical and consumer needs.

● Collaborate in an Agile development environment, participating in sprint planning, stand-ups, and other team meetings.

Qualifications & Skills:

● 5-9 years of experience in the relevant field.

● Proficiency with fundamental front-end languages such as HTML, CSS, and

JavaScript/Typescript

● Proficiency with JavaScript frameworks such as React-JS.

● Familiarity with database technology such as MySQL or Postgres.

● Knowledge of GitHUb, Docker,Project Versioning,SCSS/SASS style framework will be an added advantage

● Excellent verbal communication skills.

● Good problem-solving skills..

● Attention to details.

Why should you join:

● You prefer working in small groups. We're a start-up, and we think smaller teams have a lot of power. There is less management overhead and more discussion about the important work

● You care about the end-user and developer experience, as well as how the backend affects them. Rather than taking the path of least resistance, work backwards from what the user experience requires

● We offer competitive pay (above market average). We've received adequate funding from a number of well-known fintech investors, and we're planning to stay in the game for the long haul. It will be an exciting and interesting adventure ahead, and we are looking forward to working with some fantastic teammates!

What's on offer:

● Best in class compensation package

● Stock options for long term wealth creation

● Group health insurance that covers your family

● A vibrant, open and fun work culture

Minimum of 8 years of experience of which, 4 years should be of applied data mining

experience in disciplines such as Call Centre Metrics.

 Strong experience in advanced statistics and analytics including segmentation, modelling, regression, forecasting etc.

 Experience with leading and managing large teams.

 Demonstrated pattern of success in using advanced quantitative analytic methods to solve business problems.

 Demonstrated experience with Business Intelligence/Data Mining tools to work with

data, investigate anomalies, construct data sets, and build models.

 Critical to share details on projects undertaken (preferably on telecom industry)

specifically through analysis from CRM.

Responsibilities:

• Hand on experience in Golang/Python/Ruby on Rails /Node.Js
• Must have at least 1+ years of experience in Team Handling

What are we looking for? :

- Experience of upto 3 years in PHP or other backend programming languages.

- Understanding of MVC structures, OOPs concepts and Frameworks.

- Experience working with Linux, Nginx or Apache and Git, REST APIs.

- Experience with Third party API integrations and using various vendor libraries.

- Have knowledge of Database schemas, structures and migrations.

- Experience in Laravel would be a huge plus.

What you will be doing?:

- Collaborate with team members and solve new challenges through tech and research.

- Take end-to-end ownership of delivering new modules - analyze customer usage & feedback, review business requirements, develop functionalities and test code.

- Write clean readable code and also follow best practices for efficiency and performance.

- Self learn and work independently, Also collaborate with the team when required.

- Communicate constructively and value user experience and feedback.

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What can you expect to learn?:

- Exposure to latest web technologies and frameworks like Angular, Laravel, PHP, Magento, PWAs, REST APIs, Elastic search and Web services.

- Develop custom functionalities and modules in Laravel to implement business ideas and user requirements.

- Best coding practices and various methodologies to optimize performance and produce the best quality product. Various caching techniques and optimization standards.

- Microservices architecture and Scalability using cloud services, Automation of manual tasks using linux and shell scripting, Data migrations, SQL and Version control tools like bitbucket.

Perks : 

- Competitive salary

- Flexible work hours

- No dress code

- Group outings

- Supportive work culture