Senior Engineer- Production

Role & responsibilities :-

• Plan, supervise, and control daily production activities in the press shop.
• Achieve production targets as per the production plan while maintaining required quality standards.
• Operate and monitor hydraulic/pneumatic press machines and related equipment.
• Ensure proper setting and changeover of dies, fixtures, and tools.
• Monitor machine performance, cycle time, productivity, and downtime.
• Identify and resolve production issues, machine abnormalities, and process-related problems.
• Coordinate with Quality, Maintenance, Tool Room, and Stores for smooth production flow.
• Ensure proper handling, storage, and identification of dies, tools, raw materials, and finished components.
• Monitor rejection, rework, scrap, and material wastage and implement corrective actions.
• Follow and improve 5S, Kaizen, Lean Manufacturing, and continuous improvement activities.
• Ensure compliance with SOPs, work instructions, process parameters, safety, PPE requirements.
• Maintain production records, shift reports, downtime reports, rejection reports, and other required documentation.
• Train and guide operators and helpers on process, quality, safety, and machine operation.
• Support preventive maintenance activities and coordinate with the maintenance team for breakdowns.
• Participate in root-cause analysis and corrective/preventive action activities.
• Support new product development, process trials, die trials, and process improvements when required.

Required Skill Set:

• Good knowledge of press shop manufacturing processes.
• Knowledge of sheet-metal stamping, blanking, bending, piercing, forming, and drawing processes.
• Understanding of press machines, dies, fixtures, and tooling.
• Knowledge of production planning and shop-floor management.
• Knowledge of quality tools such as 7 QC Tools, 5 Why, and Root Cause Analysis.
• Knowledge of 5S, Kaizen, Lean Manufacturing, and TPM.
• Good problem-solving and analytical skills.
• Ability to read engineering drawings.
• Good communication, coordination, and team-management skills.
• Knowledge of computers
• Able to Work in shifts