Leading the Manufacturing Engineering Department in operating with a high level of efficiency, integrity and enthusiasm, striving to achieve excellence (and avoid mediocrity) in all endeavors. Be a creative and proactive contributor on the management team, focused on continuous improvement.

This role must be viewed as operationally focused working closely with the Test and Quality Engineering leads in tandem with the Manufacturing Shift Lead to drive process test optimization, improvement and execution to plan.

The Manufacturing Engineering Lead shall lead and manage the Manufacturing Engineers and Machine Support Engineers coordinating day to day activities in support of the manufacturing plan.

Display expert knowledge of the corporate Manufacturing Engineering workplace.

Share information on the corporate environment with the Manufacturing Engineering (ME) function.

Display expert knowledge of the internal and external engineering environment.

Share information on the external environment with the ME function.

Support the Engineering Manager in the evaluation and equipment needs for today and future needs.

Support the engineering manager with labour forecasting and skills needs in line with new business requirements.

Undertake technology benchmarking and drive' best in class' engineering solutions.

Lead and Manage the Manufacturing Engineering Function.

Individual Performance Management:

Agree clear performance metrics.

Review performance metrics and progress continuously.

Identify training / development needs on an ongoing basis.





Provide 1 to 1 coaching to facilitate individual excellence.

Team Performance Management:

Drive a mindset of innovation and continuous improvement throughout the Manufacturing Engineering function.

Create and manage a succession plan for the Manufacturing Engineering function.

Drive motivation levels within the Manufacturing Engineering function.

Drive consistency of approach and performance.

Ensure that an effective forum for the exchange of ideas and information exists within the Manufacturing Engineering function.

Review the absence profile and employee turnover within the Manufacturing Engineering function.

Facilitate/ Coach the Manufacturing Engineers and Machine Technicians with regards to their roles & responsibilities within the team.

Support Business Development through assessing the needs of potential customers in conjunction with the Engineering Manager and Engineering Leads.

Drive the Manufacturing Engineering function to provide existing customers with improved business solutions.

Drive 'internal customer focus' mindset within Engineering teams.

Drive continuous improvement in areas of cost, quality and delivery.





Analyse and prioritise areas for Manufacturing Engineering improvement e.g. machine uptime, efficiency improvements.

Create a continuous improvement culture throughout the Manufacturing Engineering team with proactive presence online focusing on key improvement areas.

Work with engineering disciplines and manufacturing to establish service level agreements.

Drive as key focus both the site and global objectives through Focus, commit deliver and Lean deployment.

Ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions.

Ability to operate a personal computer including using a Windows based operating system and related software.

Advanced PC skills, including training and knowledge of Jabil's software packages.

Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals.

Ability to compute rate, ratio, and percent and to draw and interpret graphs.

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📌 Lead Test Engineer Manufacturing (Pune)
🏢 Jabil
📍 Pune