Job Title: Sr. IE Executive

About the Role (Overview)

The Industrial Engineer will be responsible for production floor efficiency, costing accuracy and

manpower planning. The role involves calculating accurate garment costs, improving output through

line balancing, and optimizing manpower utilization to reduce wastage and cost.

How You Will Add Value (Core responsibilities)

1. Production Costing

- Prepare detailed garment costing for each style, covering fabric consumption, trims,

accessories, CMT (cut-make-trim), packing and overheads.

- Calculate SAM (Standard Allowed Minute) and derive per-piece labour cost from it.

- Analyse variance between actual and standard cost and report findings to Management.

- Monitor fabric consumption and marker efficiency to reduce fabric wastage.

- Support the Merchandising/Costing team with quotations and target costing for new styles.

- Prepare daily, weekly and monthly cost-per-piece reports.

2. Manpower Management & Planning

- Plan department-wise manpower requirements (cutting, stitching, checking, finishing,

packing) based on style, order quantity and delivery date.

- Create and maintain an operator skill matrix and deploy operators on operations that match

their skills.

- Analyse daily manpower deployment, absenteeism and shortages, and prepare replacement

plans.

- Give HR transparent data for hiring (number of workers required and skill type).

- Coordinate with HR/Payroll to design piece-rate and incentive structures.

- Control overtime and reduce idle time.

3. Line Balancing Productivity





- Conduct time study, method study and motion study.

- Prepare Operation Breakdowns (OB) and remove bottlenecks through line balancing.

- Track line efficiency, operator efficiency and overall plant efficiency.

- Reduce cycle time through layout improvements, work aids and folders/attachments.

- Implement Lean tools (5S, Kaizen, Kanban, Value Stream Mapping).

4. Layout Planning & Floor Management

- Plan and design production floor layouts (cutting, stitching, finishing, packing) for smooth

material flow, minimal movement and optimum space utilisation.

- Update line layouts as per style and order changes, and plan machine placement and

workstation arrangement.

- Prepare layout drawings (AutoCAD or Excel-based) and get them approved by

Production/Plant Head.

- Ensure layouts follow safety norms, ergonomics and 5S standards.

- Identify and remove material handling delays, bottlenecks and unnecessary movement on the

floor.

5. Reporting & Coordination

- Prepare daily MIS reports covering production vs. target, efficiency, DHU and downtime.

- Coordinate between Production, Quality, Merchandising, Planning and HR teams.

- Support the Planning team with capacity planning and order loading.

What You Bring to The Team (Experience & Education)

- B.E./B.Tech/Diploma in Industrial, Production or Textile Engineering (or Apparel Production).

- 3 to 6 years of experience in knit garments, innerwear or apparel manufacturing.

Pay: ₹50,000.00 - ₹60,000.00 per month

Work Location: In person

📌 Sr. Industrial Engineer (Sachin)
🏢 Meraki
📍 Sachin