Role & responsibilities

- Plan, organize, and control daily/weekly/monthly die casting production.
- Manage die casting machines, dies, furnaces, trimming and related production processes.
- Achieve production targets as per customer requirements and delivery schedules.
- Monitor OEE, productivity, rejection, rework, downtime, and production efficiency.
- Control and reduce casting defects such as porosity, blow holes, cold shuts, cracks, flash, shrinkage, and dimensional defects.
- Optimize machine parameters including temperature, pressure, injection speed, cycle time, and holding pressure.
- Coordinate with Quality, Maintenance, Tool Room, PPC, Stores, and Purchase departments.
- Ensure proper die maintenance, die changeover, and machine setup.
- Analyze production problems and implement root cause analysis and corrective/preventive actions (CAPA).
- Reduce material wastage, scrap, rejection, energy consumption, and production costs.
- Ensure availability and proper utilization of manpower, machines, dies, raw materials, and consumables.
- Monitor operator performance and allocate manpower according to production requirements.
- Train and develop production supervisors, operators, and other team members.




- Ensure compliance with company safety procedures, PPE requirements, and statutory safety standards.
- Maintain production records, reports, machine downtime records, rejection reports, and other required documentation.
- Conduct daily production meetings and review production performance against targets.
- Implement 5S, Kaizen, Lean Manufacturing, and continuous improvement activities.
- Investigate customer complaints related to production and coordinate corrective actions with the Quality team.
- Ensure production activities comply with the company's quality management system and work instructions.

Preferred candidate profile

- Diploma / B.E. / B.Tech in Mechanical, Production, Manufacturing, or related engineering field.
- Minimum 15 years of relevant experience in manufacturing.
- Solid practical experience in Die Casting Production is mandatory.
- Minimum 6+ years of experience in a supervisory/managerial production role preferred.
- Experience in managing die casting machines, dies, production parameters, and casting defects.
- Experience in production planning, manpower management, productivity improvement, and cost reduction.

📌 Production Manager (Visakhapatnam)
🏢 Fastech Su0026s India
📍 Visakhapatnam