Company Description TIL Limited, established in 1944, is one of India’s leading manufacturers of material handling and infrastructure equipment, known for durable products, innovative design, and skilled craftsmanship. Headquartered in Kolkata, the company has regional offices in Delhi, Mumbai, and Chennai, along with area offices across the country and two advanced manufacturing plants in Kamarhatty and Kharagpur, West Bengal. Both factories have R&D; centers equipped with modern software and technologies and are certified under ISO 9001:2015 and DIN EN ISO 3834 for international quality standards.
TIL serves a wide range of industries including ports, construction, mining, oil and petrochemicals, steel, railways/airports, power, pharma, and defense, supported by global alliances with Manitowoc Company Inc. and Hyster (Hyster-Yale Group Inc.), USA. The company is also committed to corporate social responsibility, contributing to societal, community, and environmental initiatives.
Role Description The Fabrication Manager – Operations is a full-time, on-site role based at TIL’s state-of-the-art plant in Kharagpur, West Bengal. This role oversees daily fabrication activities, including planning, organizing, and controlling production workflows to meet quality, safety, and delivery targets.
The Fabrication
Manager is responsible for supervising fabrication teams, allocating resources, coordinating with design, production, and quality departments, and ensuring adherence to welding and fabrication standards. The role includes monitoring equipment performance, implementing process improvements, reviewing technical drawings,
and resolving operational issues to optimize productivity and reduce downtime.
The Fabrication
Manager also ensures compliance with ISO and safety requirements, maintains documentation, supports audits, and contributes to training and development of the shop-floor workforce.
Qualifications
- Strong fabrication and welding knowledge, including experience with structural fabrication processes, welding procedures, and interpretation of engineering drawings and technical specifications.
- Demonstrated operations and production management skills, including workflow planning, resource allocation, and continuous improvement in a manufacturing or heavy engineering setting.
- Experience in quality and safety management, with familiarity in ISO standards, inspection practices, safety regulations, and implementation of standard operating procedures.
- Team leadership and people management capabilities, including supervising shop-floor teams, coaching and mentoring, performance monitoring, and fostering a collaborative work environment.
- Effective communication and coordination skills to work closely with design, R&D;, procurement, and maintenance teams and to manage vendor or contractor interfaces as needed.
- Proficiency in using production and fabrication-related software/tools; comfort with basic MS Office and manufacturing reporting systems.
- Bachelor’s degree or diploma in Mechanical Engineering, Production Engineering, or a related discipline; prior experience in fabrication operations within material handling or infrastructure equipment manufacturing is preferred.
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📌 Fabrication Manager - Operations (Kharagpur)
🏢 TIL
📍 Kharagpur