Main responsibilities and tasks:

• Lead Value Engineering studies on cast, machined and forged compressor parts and commodities, in close cooperation with Engineering, Product Management and Category Managers (Procurement).

• Develop and maintain detailed bottom-up should-cost models for castings, forgings and machined parts – covering raw material, process routing, cycle times, Machine Hour Rates (MHR), labour, energy, tooling, yield/scrap, overheads and profit structures – to define the cost baseline and identify use cases.

• Build and maintain MHR databases, commodity cost modules and cost libraries with documented assumptions.

• Benchmark supplier quotations against internal should-cost models and support fact-based cost negotiations.

• Validate manufacturing assumptions with Engineering.

• Assess manufacturing feasibility and drive Design-to-Cost / Design-for-Manufacturing (DFM) improvements across casting, machining and forging (e.g. material substitution, near-net-shape, process routing, tolerance and tooling optimisation).





• Train buyers and engineers on cost drivers.

• Establish close relationships and a safe setting with project stakeholders to discuss insights, align on targets and agree savings opportunities.

• Produce the documents required to present should-costing study results, including a final report with cost evaluation, recommendations and study finalisation.

• Provide clarifications and assistance to decision makers during the decision-making process.

• Prepare project charter, project closure, regular reports, KPI tracking and planning for the assigned projects.

• Report on progress and roadblocks to project stakeholders and the Value Engineering Global Manager.

• Attend follow-up sessions with Management when required.

• Support process implementation and interface definition across the Systems Division of Burckhardt Compression.

• Drive forward the Value Engineering and should-costing process with suppliers and 3rd parties.

📌 Product Cost Engineer (Pune)
🏢 Burckhardt Compression
📍 Pune