Key Responsibilities
- Production Management:
- Plan, schedule, and monitor daily/monthly machining production.
- Ensure production targets are achieved as per customer requirements.
- Optimize machine utilization, manpower, and production capacity.
- Coordinate with PPC, Quality, Maintenance, Stores, and Dispatch.
- Machine Shop Operations:
- Manage CNC, VMC, HMC, VTL, conventional machines, and other machining equipment.
- Ensure proper machine loading and production sequencing.
- Monitor cycle time, setup time, rejection, rework, and productivity.
- Identify and eliminate bottlenecks and production losses.
- Manpower Management:
- Allocate operators, setters, and helpers according to production requirements.
- Monitor attendance, discipline, productivity, and performance.
- Develop operators/setters through training and skill improvement.
- Ensure adequate manpower for all shifts.
- Quality Control:
- Ensure production is carried out according to drawings, specifications, and control plans.
- Coordinate with the Quality Department to control rejection and rework.




- Ensure first-piece approval and in-process inspection requirements are followed.
- Take corrective action for recurring quality issues.
- Tooling & Consumables:
- Control cutting tools, inserts, fixtures, gauges, and machining consumables.
- Monitor tool life and optimize cutting parameters.
- Reduce tooling costs and unnecessary consumption.
- Coordinate for timely availability of tools and fixtures.
- Maintenance Coordination:
- Coordinate with Maintenance for preventive and breakdown maintenance.
- Minimize machine downtime and ensure quick restoration of machines.
- Monitor machine condition and report recurring breakdowns.
- Cost & Productivity Improvement:
- Reduce machining cost through cycle-time reduction and process improvement.
- Improve OEE, machine utilization, productivity, and overall equipment efficiency.
- Implement Kaizen, 5S, Lean Manufacturing, and continuous improvement initiatives

📌 Machine Shop Manager (Phagwara)
🏢 CASTECH AUTO PRIVATE
📍 Phagwara