Production Head

Role & responsibilities

• Production Planning & Scheduling: Plan and execute daily, weekly, and monthly manufacturing schedules across VRLA battery production lines to meet market demand, optimize resource utilization, and achieve production targets.
• Core Manufacturing Operations: Lead end-to-end lead-acid battery manufacturing processes, including oxide production (Barton and Ball Mill), grid casting, paste preparation, pasting and curing, battery assembly (COS and inter-cell welding), and acid filling and formation.
• Operational Excellence & Productivity: Drive Overall Equipment Effectiveness (OEE), minimize equipment downtime, and implement Lean Manufacturing, Kaizen, and continuous improvement initiatives to reduce lead scrap, material wastage, and production costs.
• Environmental, Health & Safety Compliance: Enforce stringent lead-hygiene practices and ensure the effective operation of air filtration systems, dust collectors, scrubbers, and effluent treatment plants (ETP) in compliance with applicable environmental regulations.
• Occupational Health & Safety: Maintain rigorous PPE compliance, oversee blood-lead level monitoring, and implement robust safety practices to protect employees and ensure adherence to statutory occupational health and environmental standards.
• Quality Assurance & Process Control: Ensure defect-free battery production by monitoring critical process parameters, including grid geometry, paste density, curing moisture, and container sealing integrity. Maintain compliance with ISO 9001, ISO 14001, and ISO 45001 standards.
• Preventive Maintenance & Equipment Reliability: Collaborate with engineering and maintenance teams to plan and execute preventive and predictive maintenance programs for critical equipment, including casting machines, pasting lines, assembly lines, and formation rectifiers.
• Team Leadership & Workforce Management: Lead and develop a large, cross-functional workforce comprising floor managers, engineers, supervisors, and contractual personnel, fostering a disciplined, safety-focused, and performance-driven manufacturing culture.

Preferred candidate profile

• Diploma or B. Tech or in Mechanical Engineering.
• Experience: 15 + years in Lead Battery Manufacturing knowledge.