Purpose of Role:

To lead and manage the maintenance, refurbishment, improvement, and performance optimization of press dies used in the production of A-Class sheet metal panels, ensuring consistent product quality, equipment reliability, safety, and manufacturing efficiency. The role is responsible for maximizing die availability, minimizing downtime, maintaining dimensional and surface quality standards, and driving continuous improvement initiatives to support production targets, cost reduction, and customer satisfaction.

Key Responsibilities:

- Ensure optimum health and readiness of all stamping dies for A-Class outer and inner body panels.
- Develop and execute preventive, predictive, and corrective maintenance strategies to maximize die life and performance.
- Lead root cause analysis and implement permanent countermeasures for die-related quality and production issues.
- Maintain A-Class surface requirements by controlling die wear, damage, and dimensional accuracy.
- Drive continuous improvement projects focused on die reliability, process capability, productivity, and cost optimization.
- Manage tool room Operations, die refurbishment activities, and spare parts planning.
- Ensure compliance with safety, quality, environmental, and TPM standards.
- Lead, develop, and mentor maintenance engineers, technicians, and toolmakers to build a high-performance team.
- Collaborate with production, quality, engineering, and new model teams to support new die tryouts, modifications, and model launches.
- Monitor KPIs such as die uptime, MTBF, maintenance cost, quality defects, and overall equipment effectiveness (OEE).

Key Responsibilities

Die Maintenance & Reliability

- Develop and implement preventive, predictive, and corrective maintenance strategies for stamping dies.
- Ensure maximum die availability and reliability to support production schedules.
- Monitor die performance and drive actions to improve die life and reduce breakdowns.
- Manage die refurbishment, overhaul, and engineering change activities.

Quality Assurance

- Ensure dies consistently produce panels meeting A-Class surface and dimensional requirements.
- Lead root cause analysis of die-related quality issues and implement permanent corrective actions.
- Minimize defects such as dents, scratches, splits, wrinkles, surface marks, and dimensional deviations.

Tool Room Management

- Lead tool room operations and die repair activities.
- Ensure availability of critical die spare parts, consumables, and maintenance resources.




- Optimize tool maintenance processes and standardize best practices.

Continuous Improvement

- Drive TPM, Lean Manufacturing, and Continuous Improvement initiatives.
- Identify opportunities for productivity enhancement, downtime reduction, and cost optimization.
- Implement innovative technologies and maintenance practices to improve die performance.

New Projects & Die Tryout Support

- Support new model launches, die commissioning, tryouts, and production ramp-up activities.
- Collaborate with product engineering, quality, and production teams to resolve tooling issues.
- Ensure readiness of dies for production release.

Safety & Compliance

- Ensure compliance with all safety, environmental, and quality management systems.
- Promote a zero-accident culture within the maintenance team.
- Conduct risk assessments and ensure secure maintenance practices.

People Management

- Lead, coach, and develop engineers, supervisors, technicians, and toolmakers.
- Build technical capability and succession plans within the die maintenance function.
- Establish a high-performance, accountable, and engaged team culture.

Key Performance Indicators (KPIs)

- Die Availability (%)
- Die Breakdown Frequency
- Mean Time Between Failures (MTBF)
- Mean Time to Repair (MTTR)
- Press Shop OEE Support
- A-Class Surface Quality Defects (PPM)
- Die Maintenance Cost
- Production Downtime Due to Die Issues
- Tooling Spare Availability
- Safety Performance (Zero Lost Time Accidents)

Education

B.E. / B. Tech - Mechanical Engineering

Diploma in Tool and Die making (Preferred)

Experience

- 12-18+ years of experience in automotive press shop, tooling, or die maintenance.
- Minimum 5 years in a leadership role managing die maintenance teams.
- Strong experience with transfer, tandem, progressive, and large body panel stamping dies.
- Experience in automotive OEM or Tier-1 sheet metal panel manufacturing environment.

Technical Competencies

- Stamping Die Maintenance & Repair
- Sheet Metal Forming Processes
- A-Class Surface Quality Requirements
- Root Cause Analysis (RCA)
- TPM, Lean Manufacturing, and Six Sigma
- Die Tryout & Tool Development




- GD&T; and Dimensional Quality Control
- CAD/CAM and Tool Engineering Fundamentals
- Press Shop Operations and OEE Improvement

Leadership Competencies

- Strategic Thinking
- Team Leadership & Coaching
- Problem Solving & Decision Making
- Stakeholder Management
- Continuous Improvement Mindset
- Results Orientation
- Change Management

Tata Motors is an Equal Opportunity Employer, committed to a fair and transparent hiring process. All recruitment decisions are based strictly on Merit, Role alignment, and Business requirements. It does not solicit or accept any form of payment or gratuity from candidates at any stage of the recruitment process. Any such request received should be considered fraudulent and reported immediately.

About Tata Motors:

Part of the USD 180 billion Tata group, Tata Motors Limited (BSE: 500570; NSE: TATAMOTORS), a USD 52 billion organization, is a leading global automobile manufacturer of cars, utility vehicles, pick-ups, trucks, and buses, offering an extensive range of integrated, smart, and e-mobility solutions. With ‘Connecting Aspirations’ at the core of its brand promise, Tata Motors is India’s market leader in commercial vehicles and ranks among the top three in the passenger vehicles market.

Tata Motors strives to bring new products that captivate the imagination of GenNext customers, fuelled by state-of-the-art design and R&D; centres located in India, the UK, the US, Italy, and South Korea. By focusing on engineering and tech- enabled automotive solutions catering to the future of mobility, the company’s innovation efforts are focused on developing pioneering technologies that are both sustainable and suited to the evolving market and customer aspirations. The company is pioneering India's Electric Vehicle (EV) transition and driving the shift towards sustainable mobility solutions by developing a tailored product strategy, leveraging the synergy between Group companies and playing an active role in liaising with the Government of India in developing the policy framework.

With operations in India, UK, South Korea, Thailand and Indonesia, Tata Motors markets its vehicles in Africa, the Middle East, Latin America, Southeast Asia, and the SAARC countries. As of March 31, 2025, Tata Motors’ operations include 93 consolidated subsidiaries, two joint operations, four joint ventures, and numerous equity-accounted associates, including their subsidiaries, over which the company exercises significant influence.

📌 Senior Manager-Die Maintenance-Press Factory ADPC-PV Operations-TMPV (Ahmedabad)
🏢 TataMotors
📍 Ahmedabad