Job Description:

1. Plant Operations Management:

- Lead and manage end-to-end ELV recycling operations including vehicle receipt, inspection, depollution, dismantling, shredding, segregation, storage, processing, and dispatch.

- Ensure compliance with ELV recycling guidelines, environmental norms, and approved dismantling procedures.

- Drive maximum recovery of ferrous metals, non-ferrous metals, plastics, rubber, glass, batteries, tyres, and reusable automotive components.

- Optimize plant productivity, recovery rates, turnaround time, and operational efficiency.

- Establish and monitor production plans, processing schedules, and material recovery targets.

- Ensure effective preventive and predictive maintenance of shredders, balers, cranes, cutting equipment, depollution systems, and other plant machinery.

- Develop and implement SOPs to ensure consistency, quality, and safety in operations.

- Monitor inventory of vehicles, recovered materials, reusable parts, and finished scrap products.

2. Procurement & Commercial Management:

- Develop sustainable sourcing channels for End-of-Life Vehicles through OEMs, dealerships, fleet operators, insurance companies, aggregators, government auctions, and institutional customers.

- Build strategic relationships with vehicle owners, scrap dealers, transporters, and procurement partners.

- Negotiate commercial agreements with suppliers and customers to maximize profitability.

- Monitor commodity prices, scrap markets, recycled material demand, and recovery economics.

- Ensure optimum realization from recovered materials and reusable components.

- Oversee billing, inventory reconciliation, weighment, dispatch documentation, and commercial controls.

- Work closely with finance teams to improve profitability, cost optimization, and working capital efficiency.

3. Regulatory Compliance & Sustainability:

- Ensure complete compliance with ELV regulations, vehicle scrappage policies, environmental laws, pollution control norms, and factory regulations.

- Manage vehicle deregistration and documentation processes as per applicable government guidelines.

- Ensure safe handling, storage, and disposal of hazardous materials including oils, coolants, batteries, fuel residues, refrigerants, and airbags.

- Coordinate with government authorities, transport departments, pollution control boards, auditors, and certification agencies.

- Maintain all statutory records, licenses, permits, and regulatory documentation.

- Promote circular economy initiatives and environmentally responsible recycling practices.

- Drive sustainability programs focused on waste minimization and resource recovery.

4. Strategic Growth & Business Expansion:

- Identify opportunities for expansion of ELV processing capacity and operational capabilities.

- Evaluate and implement advanced recycling technologies, automation, and digital tracking systems.

- Explore opportunities in:

1. Automotive parts refurbishment and resale

2. Battery recycling

3. Tyre recycling

4. Plastic recycling

5. E-waste recycling

6. Metal recovery and downstream processing

- Develop strategic partnerships with OEMs, insurance companies, fleet operators, and recycling ecosystem stakeholders.

- Support management in investment planning, feasibility studies, and capacity enhancement projects.

5. Safety, Quality & Risk Management:

- Establish and maintain world-class safety standards across plant operations.

- Drive a strong safety culture focused on zero accidents and zero environmental incidents.

- Ensure safe dismantling and handling of vehicles and hazardous materials.

- Conduct regular safety audits, risk assessments, and emergency preparedness drills.

- Implement quality standards for recovered materials and reusable automotive components.

- Ensure compliance with ISO, EHS, and sustainability management systems where applicable.

6. Team Leadership & Administration:

- Lead multidisciplinary teams across operations, maintenance, procurement, quality, logistics, EHS, administration, and commercial functions.

- Build a high-performance culture focused on accountability, productivity, safety, and continuous improvement.

- Develop succession planning and capability-building initiatives for plant personnel.

- Ensure effective manpower planning, contractor management, and industrial relations.

- Foster employee engagement and operational discipline across all levels.

Key Skills & Competencies:

- Strong expertise in ELV recycling and automobile dismantling operations

- Deep understanding of material recovery and recycling processes

- Knowledge of automotive systems, components, and dismantling methodologies

- Strong commercial negotiation and vendor management skills

- Knowledge of metal, plastic, battery, and component recycling economics

- Understanding of vehicle scrappage regulations and compliance requirements

- Strategic planning and business development capabilities

- Strong leadership and team management skills

- Financial acumen with focus on profitability and cost control

- Excellent analytical, problem-solving, and decision-making abilities

- Strong stakeholder management and regulatory liaison capability