Job Description Deputy General Manager Automation and Energy Management Specialist:

Basic Information on the Role:

Position Name: Deputy General Manager Automation and Energy Management Specialist

Department: Regional Operations & Engineering (ROE)

Location: Mumbai

Position reports to: Regional Engineering Head

Roles & Responsibilities:

Primary Objectives:

- The DGM Automation & Energy Management leads regional technology transformation, electrification, and energy optimisation initiatives across Business Units in SCO, Central Asia, Levant & Egypt, with a strong focus on fuel (litres) and electricity (kWh) efficiency, driving digitalization, decarbonization, and sustainable engineering practices aligned with global strategies.

- The role ensures integrated deployment of advanced systems and lifecycle-based asset strategies, with increasing relevance to data centre infrastructure and energy-intensive operations, while maintaining safety, regulatory compliance, reliability, and engineering excellence.

Key responsibilities:

- Lead regional technology transformation and electrification initiatives, aligned with Global Engineering, digitalization, and decarbonization objectives.

- Develop and execute multi-horizon (short-, mid-, long-term) roadmaps with clearly defined energy intensity (litres & kWh), performance, and efficiency KPIs.

- Drive deployment of advanced systems connected infrastructure, and renewable solutions to enhance asset performance, availability, and optimize fuel and electricity consumption.

- Deliver carbon reduction and energy optimisation programs, including reduction in fuel consumption (litres) and electrical usage (kWh) through electrification, hybrid solutions, and low-emission technologies.

- Support development and optimisation of data centre and high-density electrical infrastructure within the region.

- Apply TCO, lifecycle planning, and reliability engineering to critical regional assets and infrastructure.

- Govern management systems and digital platforms, ensuring integrity of operational, asset, fuel, electricity consumption, and emissions data across enterprise tools (EAMS, GEAR, ESG platforms).

- Leverage & standardize data analytics and predictive insights to reduce energy losses, improve efficiency, and identify optimization opportunities across fuel and power usage.

- Assess and deploy emerging technologies, including AI/IoT-enabled solutions and digital platforms across engineering operations.

- Ensure compliance with technical standards, regulatory requirements, electrical safety, energy norms, ESG policies, and equipment specifications (I-Spec).

- Drive LEAN, risk, and reliability improvement initiatives, with focus on energy efficiency and high-consumption assets.

- Support capital planning, procurement, and vendor governance for projects involving electrification, energy systems, and data centre infrastructure.

- Build engineering capability and stakeholder alignment, supported by regional dashboards including fuel and electricity performance metrics.

Educational, Technical Qualifications, Required Skills:

Key requirements:

- Bachelors degree in engineering (Power Systems or related discipline); MBA or relevant Masters preferred.

- 10 - 15 years of senior engineering leadership experience across ports, infrastructure, logistics, data centres, or heavy industrial environments.

- Strong foundation in electrical engineering, power distribution, and grid-interface fundamentals, with exposure to high energy-demand environments such as data centres.

- Working knowledge of industrial control environments, enterprise engineering systems, and cybersecurity basics.

- Exposure to capital governance, vendor evaluation, and contract administration for large engineering programs.

- Demonstrated ability to operate effectively in multi-country, multi-cultural, matrix organisations.

- Strong executive communication and stakeholder management capability