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Job Location - Jalan Complex, Gate no - 1. Howrah.

Local Male Candidates Prefer.

Rod Mill Production Manager: Job Responsibilities

1. Production Planning & Control

- Plan and execute daily, weekly and monthly rod mill production targets.
- Ensure production meets required quantity, quality and delivery schedules.
- Prepare production plans according to customer orders and raw-material availability.
- Monitor mill output, production rate, yield and material consumption.
- Minimize production losses, rejection, cobbles and downtime.

2. Rod Mill Operations

- Supervise the complete rolling process from billet charging to finished wire rod/coils.
- Monitor reheating furnace, roughing mill, intermediate mill, finishing mill, laying head and coil handling operations.
- Ensure correct rolling temperature, speed, pass schedule and dimensional parameters.
- Monitor mill parameters and optimize production efficiency.
- Troubleshoot operational problems and coordinate corrective actions.

3. Manpower Management

- Manage operators, supervisors, technicians and contract manpower.
- Allocate manpower according to shift and production requirements.
- Prepare shift schedules and ensure proper workforce utilization.
- Train employees on machine operation, quality, safety and process procedures.
- Evaluate employee performance and identify training requirements.

4. Quality Control

- Ensure finished wire rods meet required size, chemistry, mechanical properties and surface quality.
- Coordinate with the Quality/QA department regarding process and product quality.
- Investigate customer complaints, rejection and quality deviations.
- Implement corrective and preventive actions.
- Maintain production and quality records.

5. Maintenance Coordination

- Coordinate with Mechanical, Electrical and Instrumentation teams for preventive and breakdown maintenance.
- Monitor critical equipment condition and reduce unplanned downtime.
- Participate in root-cause analysis of repeated equipment failures.
- Ensure proper availability of rolls,



guides, bearings and other critical spares.
- Plan shutdown maintenance activities with the maintenance team.

6. Safety & Compliance

- Ensure strict compliance with plant safety rules and SOPs.
- Conduct toolbox talks and safety briefings.
- Identify operational hazards and implement preventive measures.
- Ensure proper use of PPE and secure working practices.
- Investigate and report accidents/incidents and implement corrective actions.

7. Cost & Productivity Improvement

- Control consumption of power, fuel, water, rolls, lubricants and other consumables.
- Improve yield, productivity and Overall Equipment Effectiveness (OEE).
- Reduce scrap, scale loss and process wastage.
- Identify opportunities for automation and process improvement.
- Implement Lean/Kaizen/5S initiatives where applicable.

8. MIS & Reporting

- Prepare daily production reports and shift performance reports.
- Track KPIs such as:
- Production MT/day
- Yield %
- Mill utilization %
- OEE
- Rejection %
- Downtime
- Energy consumption/MT
- Rolling speed
- Billet-to-coil conversion

- Present production performance to senior management.

9. Inventory & Material Coordination

- Coordinate billet/raw-material availability with stores and purchase teams.
- Monitor availability of rolls, guides, consumables and critical spares.
- Control material handling and minimize inventory-related production interruptions.

10. Team & Cross-Functional Coordination

- Coordinate with Maintenance, Quality, PPC, Stores, Purchase, Electrical, Instrumentation and Dispatch departments.
- Conduct daily production review meetings.
- Resolve production-related issues quickly.
- Ensure smooth shift-to-shift handover.

Key Skills Required

- Rod/wire rod rolling mill process knowledge
- Production planning and control
- Rolling mill operation
- Team and manpower management
- Quality management
- Preventive/breakdown maintenance coordination
- Cost reduction and productivity improvement
- Safety management
- KPI/MIS reporting
- Problem-solving and decision-making
- Knowledge of 5S, Kaizen, Lean Manufacturing and TPM

📌 Production Manager - Rod Mill (Howrah)
🏢 Jainco Transmission
📍 Howrah