Role: Shift In-charge - Production - Battery / Vehicle
Location: Hosur Plant
Reporting to: Production Manager - Battery / Vehicle
Team Name: Manufacturing Operations
About the Team and the Role
The Battery Production team at Ather is responsible for driving day-to-day manufacturing operations, maintaining rigorous SQCDM benchmarks, and ensuring seamless battery assembly execution.
This role is for a Shift In-charge who will lead shop-floor operations, champion continuous improvement initiatives, and foster a disciplined, high-performance work setting across shift teams.
Responsibilities
- Lead and align shift production personnel to consistently achieve daily SQCDM (Safety, Quality, Costs, Delivery, and Morale) key performance indicators.
- Plan on-the-job training (OJT) and execute associate multiskilling across all workstations to guarantee optimal workforce deployment.
- Enforce 100% adherence to standard operating procedures, maintain 5S shop-floor hygiene, and ensure workplace safety compliance.
- Allocate and optimize 3M resources (Man, Machine, Material)



to meet production volume targets while conducting variance analysis and corrective actions.
- Maintain line readiness for internal process and inventory audits as well as external ISO certification audits (IMS).
- Drive associate recruitment, shift performance appraisals, structured counseling, and grievance resolution to sustain positive team morale.
- Partner with cross-functional stakeholders on engineering change management processes, including MQ1, SOR, DAP, FTR, CR, and IA workflows.
- Collaborate with the Spec Ops team on containment strategies to eliminate line stoppages, improve SPR, and drive assigned Development & Sustenance EPICS to timely closure.

Experience and Qualifications
- Relevant qualification in Engineering or Manufacturing
- Professional experience with 4-8 years as a Shift In-charge within the auto industry

Must Have Competencies
- Application of Lean Manufacturing methodologies

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