General Manager - Manufacturing Engineering

Job Description:

Role : GM / AVP Manufacturing Engineering.

Experience : 20+ years.

Location : Hubballi, Karnataka.

Job Responsibilities:

- Lead, develop and grow a diversely skilled engineering team with process focused verticals.

- Lead the process development of precision engineering parts involving CNC machining, stamping / press operations, finishing operations (like blasting, polishing, tumbling etc) and small component assembly.

- Drive a team of fixture designers, CAM programmers, cutting tool developers, process qualification engineers & assembly line engineers for a very large scale operation.

- Collaborate with operations, quality and other process and design teams to integrate learnings across the line into a scalable product.

- Lead cycle time optimization initiatives and continuous improvement of cutting path / tool selection / MCM programming and achieve the targeted capacities and product cost.

- Lead the development of cleaning and surface finishing processes (including but not limited to processes like ultrasonic cleaning, sand blasting, surface treatment etc.)

- Champion the strong use of statistical tools (like JMP and Minitab) to analyze process data & lead systematic DMAIC approach for process improvement.

- Work closely with sub-tier Designs for Manufacturing (DFMs) impacting process design and development fixtures, cutting tools, stamping tools, jigs, injection moulds, inserts etc.

- Routinely interact with customer to present process findings, data and analysis; recommend process. improvements and ideas for improving yields and process consistency.

- Get involved in cross functional discussions to review and approve procurement of machines and equipment (including capital ROI analysis) as and when new processes or products are added.