Role & responsibilities

Production Planning and Execution

- Prepare daily, weekly, and monthly production plans based on sales orders, material availability, machine capacity, and delivery schedules.

- Ensure production targets are achieved in terms of quantity, quality, cost, and delivery timelines.

- Allocate manpower, machines, tools, dies, and materials effectively across production lines.

- Monitor work-in-progress and take corrective action against production delays or bottlenecks.

- Coordinate with planning, stores, purchase, quality, maintenance, and dispatch departments.

Manufacturing Operations

- Supervise manufacturing processes such as sheet-metal forming, deep drawing, cutting, trimming, beading, brazing, impact bonding, welding, polishing, buffing, assembly, and packaging.

- Ensure machines are operated according to approved process parameters and standard operating procedures.

- Identify process losses, excessive rejection, rework, downtime, and productivity gaps.

- Improve production flow, workstation layout, line balancing, and material movement.

- Ensure correct usage and maintenance of dies, fixtures, jigs, tools, and production equipment.

Quality Control

- Ensure that all products meet approved specifications, drawings, quality standards, and customer requirements.

- Coordinate with the quality team for in-process inspection and final product approval.

- Investigate defects, rejections, rework, customer complaints, and recurring quality issues.

- Conduct root-cause analysis and implement corrective and preventive actions.

- Maintain process-control records and ensure traceability of production batches.

Machine and Maintenance Coordination





- Monitor machine performance, breakdown frequency, cycle time, and utilization.

- Coordinate with the maintenance department for preventive, predictive, and breakdown maintenance.

- Ensure production equipment is maintained in safe and productive working condition.

- Support installation, commissioning, and trial runs of new machines and production lines.

- Maintain critical spare requirements in coordination with maintenance and stores.

Productivity and Process Improvement

- Implement Lean Manufacturing, 5S, Kaizen, Poka-Yoke, line balancing, and waste-reduction initiatives.

- Improve output per person, machine productivity, production yield, and overall equipment effectiveness.

- Reduce cycle time, setup time, rejection, rework, energy consumption, and material wastage.

- Standardize successful processes through work instructions and SOPs.

- Participate in cost-reduction and value-engineering projects.

Team Management

- Supervise production supervisors, operators, technicians, helpers, and contract manpower.

- Assign daily responsibilities and monitor individual and team performance.

- Train operators on machine operation, quality standards, safety procedures, and process discipline.

- Maintain workforce discipline, attendance, shift handovers,



and workplace coordination.

- Encourage teamwork, accountability, and continuous improvement on the shop floor.

Safety and Compliance

- Ensure compliance with factory safety rules, machine-guarding requirements, and personal protective equipment standards.

- Conduct toolbox meetings and safety awareness sessions.

- Report and investigate accidents, near misses, unsafe acts, and unsafe conditions.

- Ensure proper housekeeping, safe material handling, and compliance with 5S standards.

- Maintain production documentation required for internal audits, customer audits, and statutory compliance.

Required Qualifications

- Bachelors Degree or Diploma in Mechanical Engineering, Production Engineering, Industrial Engineering, or a related discipline.

- Minimum 5 years of experience in production or manufacturing operations.

- Experience in cookware, kitchenware, stainless steel, aluminium, sheet-metal, consumer durables, auto components, or engineering manufacturing will be preferred.

Technical Knowledge

- Production planning and shop-floor control

- Sheet-metal and mechanical manufacturing processes

- Deep drawing, press shop, welding, brazing, polishing, buffing, and assembly operations

- Engineering drawings, tolerances, measuring instruments, and process specifications

- Root-cause analysis and problem-solving techniques

- Preventive maintenance and machine-utilization monitoring

- Lean Manufacturing, 5S, Kaizen, Poka-Yoke, and continuous improvement

- ERP, production reporting, and Microsoft Excel

- ISO and quality-management-system documentation

📌 Mechanical Engineer (Production) (Palghar)
🏢 Vinod Cookware
📍 Palghar