Golden Rock Railway Workshop - Organization Structure

Organization Structure

• CWM: Goldenrock Railway Workshop is headed by one Sr. Administrative Grade Officer, designated as Chief Workshop Manager (CWM). He is the overall in-charge for complete activities. He is assisted by five Junior Administrative Officers, seven Sr. Scale Officers and 18 Junior Scale Officers. (Incumbent Officer : Sri. P. Mahesh)

• Dy. CME/X class: Deputy Chief Mechanical Engineer/X -class is responsible for POH / conversion of X class locomotives. In view of the UNESCO's world heritage site status given to the Nilgiri Mountain Railway Nilgiri Mountain Railway, maintaining and augmenting the rolling stock for this railway has gained significance. The Golden rock workshops has been entrusted with the responsibility of carrying out the POH of X class locomotives (special locomotives which have a toothed cog which engages with the racks available in the railway track in very steep gradients)and manufacturing of new locomotives. At the time of POH, the original coal-fired boiler of the loco is converted into oil fired loco without altering the external looks to preserve the heritage value. The conversion has become necessary in view of the logistics, economy and availability of coal for the loco. At present the workshop has also bagged the order for manufacturing 4 numbers of X class locomotives. In view of the international importance of this railway, the senior most JAG officer of the workshop has been entrusted with the responsibility of this activity (Incumbent Officer: Sri. P. Ravindra Babu)

• Dy. CME/DSL: Deputy Chief Mechanical Engineer/Diesel is overall in-charge for complete Periodical Overhauling (POH) activities of diesel locomotives and its allied shops viz. EBR, CLP, CMS & HERS. He is also looking after activities related to export locomotives, overhauling of Public Sector Locomotives and steam locomotives. He is assisted by one Sr. Scale and three Junior Scale Officers. (Incumbent Officer: Sri. D. Ramachandran)

• Dy. CME/P: Deputy Chief Mechanical Engineer/Production is overall in-charge Production Shops viz Wheel Shop, Fabrication and Smithy Shop, Machine Shop, Foundry and DSL Component Shop. He is also looking after Production, Planning and Control Organization. He has been appointed as Management Representative for International Quality and Environmental Management Systems (ISO 9001 & ISO 14001). He is assisted by one Sr. Scale Officer and two Junior Scale Officers. (Incumbent Officer: Sri. G. Chandrasekaran)

• Dy. CME/Carriage & Wagon: Deputy Chief Mechanical Engineer/Carriage and Wagon is overall in-charge for periodical overhauling of Carriages and manufacture of wagons. He is assisted by one Sr. Scale and two Jr. Scale Officers. (Incumbent Officer: Sri. D.Jayaraman)

• Dy.CEE/S: Deputy Chief Electrical Engineer is in-charge for maintenance of all the Electrical equipments and machineries available in the shop. He is also looking after the Train Lighting activities. He is assisted by two Junior Scale Officers. (Incumbent Officer: Sri. R.V.Swaminathan)

• Dy.CMM: Deputy Chief Material Manager is overall in-charge for procurement of raw material and spare parts, stocking and issuing activities. He is assisted by one Sr. Scale and three Jr. Scale Officers.(Incumbent Officer: Post vacant)

• Sr.AFA: Senior Accounts and Financial Advisor is a Sr. Scale Officer looking after Accounts and Finance aspects of GOC Shop. He is assisted by two Jr. Scale Officers.(Shri. S. Sundararajan)

• WPO: Workshop Personnel Officer is also a Sr. Scale Officer looking after recruitment, promotion, transfer, retirement and welfare measures. He maintains industrial relationship with trade unions also. He is assisted by one Jr. Scale Officer. (Shri. T.R. Raghavendran)