Casting Production Engineer

Key Responsibilities

1. Plan, schedule, and monitor daily casting operations to meet production plans and customer delivery commitments.
2. Monitor production output, productivity, labour efficiency, and resource utilization, and address gaps against target.
3. Track machine utilization, cycle time, and Overall Equipment Effectiveness (OEE) to identify opportunities to improve performance.
4. Analyse production losses, downtime, bottlenecks, and capacity constraints, and coordinate actions to minimize their impact.
5. Work with production supervisors to allocate manpower effectively, balance production lines, and respond to changing priorities.
6. Monitor and report key production indicators, including output, scrap, rejection rate, yield, downtime, and schedule attainment.
7. Coordinate the resolution of production issues relating to processes, equipment, materials, tooling, or manpower.
8. Work with the Maintenance Department to address equipment failures, reduce unplanned downtime, and improve equipment reliability.
9. Coordinate with Process Engineering and Tooling Engineering during new product launches, process trials, and engineering changes.
10. Ensure production activities follow approved standard operating procedures, control plans, work instructions, and production schedules.
11. Lead and support continuous improvement activities to improve productivity, quality, delivery performance, and manufacturing cost.
12. Review production records, shift reports, and manufacturing documents to ensure they are accurate and maintained on time.
13. Participate in root cause analysis and corrective actions for production issues, and follow up to confirm their effectiveness.
14. Promote compliance with safety, health, environmental, and company requirements across production operations.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree in Mechanical, Manufacturing, Metallurgical, Industrial Engineering, or a related discipline; equivalent relevant experience may be considered.
• 2–5 years of experience in production or manufacturing, preferably in a casting environment.
• Understanding of production planning, manufacturing processes, and production performance indicators.
• Experience monitoring output, scrap, yield, downtime, and equipment performance.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, including the ability to identify production issues and coordinate practical corrective actions.
• Able to read and interpret engineering drawings, production documents, and work instructions.
• Effective communication and coordination skills, with the ability to work across Production, Maintenance, Process Engineering, Tooling, and Quality teams.
• Proficient in Microsoft Office; experience with ERP or manufacturing systems is an advantage.