Position: HOD - Rubber Mixing / Compounding Department

Location: Umargaon, Gujarat

Key Responsibilities
- Lead and manage the Rubber Mixing & Compounding Department, ensuring safe, effective, and cost-effective operations.
- Develop, optimize, and approve rubber compound formulations based on product requirements and customer specifications.
- Drive formulation development for synthetic rubber compounds, ensuring consistent quality, performance, and manufacturability.
- Oversee laboratory trials, validation, and production scale-up of new and modified rubber compounds.
- Monitor and optimize compound quality, process parameters, raw material utilization, and batch consistency.
- Evaluate and qualify new or alternative raw materials to improve quality, reduce cost, and ensure supply continuity.
- Provide technical leadership in resolving formulation, mixing, and processing-related issues on the shop floor.
- Collaborate with Production, Quality, Tooling, R&D;, Purchase, and Sales teams to support new product development and customer requirements.




- Ensure compliance with quality standards, customer specifications, and statutory requirements.
- Maintain formulation records, SOPs, technical documentation, development reports, and process standards.
- Lead continuous improvement initiatives focused on productivity, cost reduction, waste minimization, and process optimization.
- Develop, mentor, and evaluate the performance of engineers, chemists, supervisors, and operators within the department.
- Plan departmental manpower, training, and resource allocation to achieve operational excellence.
- Skills
- Strong expertise in synthetic rubber compounding and formulation development (NBR, EPDM, CR, SBR, Silicone, FKM, etc.).
- In-depth knowledge of rubber polymers, chemicals, fillers, curing systems, processing aids, and mixing processes.
- Strong understanding of Banbury/Internal Mixers, Two-Roll Mills, Kneaders, and related compounding equipment.
- Good knowledge of ASTM

📌 Hod - Rubber Mixing / Compounding Department (Umargam)
🏢 Western Rubbers India
📍 Umargam