Head - Blasting & Painting

Department: Production / Shipbuilding Operations
Location: Pipavav, Gujarat

Lead all blasting, surface preparation, painting, coating, and preservation activities for shipbuilding and ship repair projects, ensuring compliance with quality, safety, environmental, and project requirements while achieving production targets.

• Plan, schedule, and manage blasting and painting activities to meet project timelines.
• Allocate manpower, equipment, materials, and subcontractors effectively.
• Drive productivity, quality improvements, and cost optimization initiatives.
• Coordinate with fabrication, outfitting, QA/QC, planning, and project teams.

• Ensure compliance with SSPC, ISO 12944, NACE/AMPP, IMO, and classification society standards.
• Supervise surface preparation (Sa 2, Sa 2.5, Sa 3), coating application, and DFT compliance.
• Conduct inspections including surface profile checks, holiday testing, adhesion testing, and coating assessments.
• Investigate coating failures and implement corrective actions.

• Ensure safe execution of blasting and painting operations, including confined space work.
• Enforce PPE, permit-to-work systems, and environmental compliance.
• Monitor ambient conditions such as humidity, dew point, and steel temperature.
• Conduct safety audits and risk assessments.

• Manage departmental budgets, equipment utilization, and paint inventory.
• Minimize wastage and control consumable costs.
• Oversee maintenance of blasting and painting equipment.
• Develop workforce capabilities through training and certification programs.

• Liaise with clients, classification societies, consultants, and paint manufacturers.
• Support procurement, commercial, and project teams in technical evaluations and material selection.

• On-time completion of blasting and painting activities.
• Rework and paint repair percentage.
• Productivity per man-hour.
• Coating quality acceptance rate.
• HSE performance.
• Budget adherence and equipment utilization.

• Bachelor's Degree in Mechanical, Marine, Production Engineering, or related field.
• Diploma in Paint Technology preferred.
• NACE/AMPP Coating Inspector Level 2 preferred.

• 16+ years in shipbuilding, offshore fabrication, marine repair, or heavy industrial painting.
• 6–10 years in a leadership role managing large-scale blasting and painting operations.
• Experience with commercial vessels, naval ships, offshore structures, or marine fabrication projects.

• Marine coating systems and corrosion protection.
• Surface preparation standards (Sa 2, Sa 2.5, Sa 3).
• Airless spray painting technologies.
• QA/QC for marine coatings.
• Production planning, resource management, and cost control.
• Strong leadership, problem-solving, and stakeholder management skills.

• NACE Level 2 Coating Inspector or FROSIO Level 3.
• Painting Supervisor Certification.

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