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Welcome to the Personnel Department

Mandate

The Corporate Personnel Department is functioning under the overall controland guidance of Director (P,A&W) with GM(Personnel) as Head of the

Department. There are Five wings in Corporate Personnel Department which are

under the charge of a senior officer namely, Industrial Relations, Personnel

Management, Recruitment, Welfare and Executive Establishment. The G.M

(Personnel) will oversee and coordinate the functions in each wing.

Introduction

The Department is playing key role in streamlining industrial relations, personnel

policies and in implementing all the measures being initiated by the Managementas part of bringing about reforms in the Company in the changed scenario in Gas

Industry. This process entails involving constant communication with workmen

and dealing with unions in a fair and transparent manner with a view to make

them agree to the proposed measures. All efforts are made for timely

implementation of the agreed items in the past settlements so as to avoid usual

complaints from the unions of non-implementation of agreed items. All the

policies relating to promotions/transfers, upgradations, punitive actions are

carried out in a transparent manner so as to create credibility of the management

in the perception of the workmen. Constant efforts are also being made to

improve the existing systems so as to keep pace with the changes by focusing onkey result areas like improving discipline among workmen, minimising flash

strikes, taking action against chronic absentees who are not contributing to the

growth of the Company, improving work culture, etc.

Functions of different Wings

Recruitment Cell

(i) For filling up of regular and backlog vacancies in the executive and non-

executive cadres, action was taken to conduct recruitment tests and selections

were made on the basis of merit and AP Rules of Reservation as issued byGovt.of Andhra Pradesh from time to time. In all fairness, selections are being

held giving total weightage to accuracy and transparency. Entire process of

recruitment is being carried almost totally on computer and the procedures being

followed are fool-proof and the results are announced on the same day.

(ii) Besides the recruitment of personnel, the Recruitment Cell analyses the


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matters to be put up to Andhra Pradesh Legislature Committees on Welfare of

Scheduled Casts/Scheduled Tribes/BCs and also National Commission for SCs

and STs. The Reservation Roster Registers in respect of appointment of various

categories are being maintained. The Recruitment Cell is also taking necessary

steps for arranging Walk-in-Interviews to fill up Medical Specialist vacancies.

Special Drive recruitments are also taken up for filling up of the backlog SC/ST

vacancies.

(iii) It is also to be noted that for conducting a recruitment test on a large scale

like that of Welfare Officer Trainee, a lot of preparatory work, right from the

stage of issue of circular to the stage of offering appointment to the selected

candidates, has been undertaken by Recruitment Cell officials. It is heartening to

note that not withstanding the large number of candidates aspiring for

employment in the Company, all efforts are being taken to ensure error-free

conduct of written test and without any scope for leakage of question papers,

copying or unfair practices in the evaluation of answer sheets. In fact, the wholeprocess has been computerised minimising the human intervention to the bare

minimum.

Industrial Relation Wing

(i) The core function of this wing is to plan and evolve strategies to meet the

situations arising out of industrial unrest in the mines and departments severally

and combinedly..

(ii) This wing, under the overall guidance of Director(P,A&W)/GM(Personnel),

enters into joint discussions with unions, handles strike notices, industrial

disputes, court cases, finalisation of settlements with unions, wage revisions at

JBCCI level, age disputes, disciplinary actions, elections to the Trade Unions

through secret ballot, framing and implementation of Voluntary Retirement

(Golden Handshake) Schemes from time to time, complying with various

provisions of labour legislations, etc.

Personnel Management wing

(i) The Personnel Management wing deals with the service matters of all NCWA

employees. Apart from implementation of various decisions taken by the

Management in the form of Settlements or administrative circulars, one of the

major issues being dealt by this wing is redeployment of surplus workmen in one

area to mostly Bhoopalapally, which is expanding. The incharge of Personnel

Management wing is analysing the proposals being submitted by the Area

authorities for redeployment and arrange meetings of Corporate Re-deployment

Committee consisting of CGM(CP&P), CIE and GM(Personnel) and arrange for

adjusting surplus manpower by posting them in the needy areas.


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But, a department can be organized in any way that makes sense for the customer.

Departments can also be organized by customer, by product, or by region of the

world.

The forward thinking human resource department is devoted to providing effectivepolicies, procedures, and people-friendly guidelines and support within companies.

Additionally, the human resource function serves to make sure that the company

mission, vision, values or guiding principles, the company metrics, and the factors

that keep the company guided toward success are optimized.

The most common Human Resource jobs that are grouped in the Human Resource

Department are the Human Resources Director, Human Resources Generalist, and

Human Resources Assistant. Additionally, some organizations have a Vice

President of Human Resources and employees who are organized around providing

a specific component of Human Resource services including compensation,training, organization development, and safety.

The Operations and Maintenance Department (O&M) is responsible for the

operation and maintenance of the grid.

The Manager Operations and Maintenance heads the department, which comprises:

1. Maintenance

2. Control

3. Protection sections.

Mandate

1. To improve the availability of the transmission network through a planned

preventive Maintenance Strategy

2. To maximize system security by improving on the protection schemes

3. To ensure accuracy of energy metering systems and dispatch facilities to all

UETCL customers

4. To ensure the safety of staff and safeguard Company assets.

5. To insure the maximum availability of the SCADA system in order to

enhance power system control and monitoring

Operation and Maintenance DepartmentIntroduction:


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Technology Experts Company established the Operations & Maintenance Department as one of the maindivisions in the company, based on its belief that sophisticated operation and perfect maintenance indifferent installations play a vital role in increasing productivity, enhancing the development process, andachieving sustainable development in societies. Thus the company was very ardent to have diverselyqualified personnel from water plant operators, including Saudis and overseas Engineers andTechnicians. This enables our company to offer distinguished services in this field to differentbeneficiaries.

Among those beneficiaries are:

y Different WaterTreatment Plants in the Kingdom

y The General Directorate of Waters

y Different projects obtained from The Ministry of Water and Electricity

Technology Experts Company is a strong competitor in the field of Operations and Maintenance for WaterTreatment Plants, where the company now is handling operation and maintenance of Zulfi WaterTreatment Plant through a three (3) year contract with Ministry of Water and Electricity.

Methodology of Work in Operations andMaintenance Department

Regulations and Projects Management:Technology Experts Company follows and applies advance regulations and systems in operations,maintenance and management of water plants. A careful monitoring is done for different devices and

spare

parts (for prediction of failur

es b

efore

it happen) through int

ernational and r

egional syst

emsdeveloped specifically to be used in this field including determination of the perfect time for carrying out

maintenance and replacement operations in the plant.

Qualified Personnel:

TEC possess a number of well qualified staff members including engineers, technicians, and workers whoare specialized in operations and maintenance of water plants and water wells.


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Instruments & Equipment:TEC has a collection of advanced instruments and equipment which are capable of detecting failures andconducting accuratemeasurements in the field of operation and maintenance.

Quality Control System:TEC has a firm Quality Control System to ensure that all work is performed according to regulations andto develop the best feasible operations, procedures, technologies, and policies to provide suchconditions.

Training and Promotion:

TEC is very dedicated to conducting periodic and regular training courses to enhance and develop the

capabilities of all its

employ

ees.T

his is done

through scientific, t

echnical and administrativ

etrainingcourses arranged in collaboration with Technology Experts Training Centre which is serving also the

Saudi Market in other specializations of the company.

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