A combined or distinct for a Production Executive and a Machine Operator outlines the daily operational, technical, and reporting responsibilities on a manufacturing shop floor.

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1. Machine Operator

- Role Overview: Responsible for safely setting up, operating, and monitoring factory machinery to meet daily production quotas while maintaining product quality.
- Key Responsibilities:
- Machine Setup & Operation: Calibrate, adjust settings (speed, temperature, pressure), and load raw materials or components into automated or semi-automated machinery.
- Quality Control: Conduct first-piece approvals and inspect finished parts using precision tools (calipers, micrometers, or gauges) to check against technical drawings.
- Autonomous Maintenance: Perform daily cleaning, lubrication, visual inspections, and minor troubleshooting.
- Documentation: Log hourly output, rejections, scrap counts, and downtime reasons onto shift sheets or shop-floor ERP terminals.
- Safety & Compliance: Follow lock-out/tag-out (LOTO) rules, wear required personal protective equipment (PPE), and keep the work area clean per 5S standards.
- Qualifications & Skills:
- Education: ITI certificate, vocational training, or High School Diploma (Diploma/Degree in Mechanical or Production Engineering is a plus).
- Experience: 0 to 3+ years in a manufacturing or production plant.
- Technical Skills: Ability to read engineering blueprints, use measuring instruments, and understand basic machine controls (CNC, PLC, or conventional).





________________________________________ 2. Production Executive

- Role Overview: Oversees day-to-day manufacturing line execution, resource coordination, production planning, and shift reporting to achieve monthly Key Result Areas (KRAs).
- Key Responsibilities:
- Production Planning: Break down monthly/daily production targets into hourly and shift quotas for machine operators.
- Resource Allocation: Ensure raw materials, consumables, and tools are staged at the line before shifts begin to prevent machine starvation.
- Performance & Downtime Tracking: Monitor line output against targets, investigate shortfalls, escalate mechanical breakdowns immediately to maintenance, and close ERP production entries daily.
- Quality & Safety Supervision: Enforce in-process rejection limits (typically under target thresholds like 2%), monitor 5S/housekeeping audits, and ensure zero-incident safety compliance.
- Shift Handover: Manage shift-to-shift operator deployment, handle absenteeism gaps from the helper pool, and maintain active handover registers.
- Qualifications & Skills:
- Education: Diploma or Bachelors Degree in Mechanical, Production, or Industrial Engineering (or extensive shop-floor experience rising from ITI/Operator ranks).
- Experience: 2 to 5 years on a manufacturing shop floor.
- Technical Skills: Proficiency in Production Planning & Control (PPC), Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) systems, Lean/5S methodologies, and team leadership.

📌 Machine Operator / Production Executive (Hyderabad)
🏢 LN Pharmaceuticals
📍 Hyderabad