HEAD – PRODUCTION & PROCESS ENGINEERING

Head of Production – Precision Manufacturing Leadership in Defense Systems

Location: Primarily On-Site at Customer's End (Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh)
Experience: 10–15 years
Industry: Defense Engineering, Heavy Engineering, Mechanical Production
CTC Range: ₹12–18 LPA (based on experience & leadership ability)

RAR Engineering Pvt. Ltd. hiring a high-impact, operations-driven Head of Production to lead mission-critical production operations at our client’s site, where the real work happens—not behind the desk, but on the floor, under pressure, and amidst real-world constraints.

This role is not for the faint-hearted. It demands mental resilience, physical endurance, and unshakeable leadership to drive output from existing teams and infrastructure in a challenging environment. You will represent us at the customer's location and are expected to take full ownership—as if it’s your own factory.

For more about our work, visit: www.shockbuffer.com

This Role Demands

• 100% ownership of production performance at customer-end facilities.
• Leading a rigidly structured, heavily audited, and often uncooperative production environment.
• Ability to push teams, fix operational gaps, enforce discipline, and extract output despite resistance.
• A mentally strong leader who can work long hours and thrive in high-pressure conditions.
• Someone who treats the factory floor as a battlefield and drives results through personal example, not instructions.

Core Responsibilities

• Manage daily production operations, including machining, assembly, metallurgy, testing, and QA, at the customer site.
• Plan, monitor, and improve productivity, quality, and process control while facing real-time shopfloor challenges.
• Troubleshoot issues related to tooling, machining practices, heat treatment variations, and team coordination.
• Drive discipline, documentation, accountability, and team motivation in a legacy-driven and often underperforming environment.
• Take full charge of floor layout, manpower planning, workflow standardization, and output improvement programs.
• Coordinate actively with design, purchase, QA, and client liaisons to ensure seamless project execution.
• Create daily, weekly, and monthly performance review systems, root cause mechanisms, and escalation processes.

Required Profile

• B.E. / M.Tech in Mechanical, Production, or Metallurgy.
• 10–15 years of hands-on experience in precision manufacturing environments, ideally in defense or high-standards public sector setups.
• Must have previously led production teams with end-to-end responsibilities across machining, finishing, and QA.
• Demonstrated ability to work in difficult, layered bureaucratic setups and still deliver measurable performance improvements.
• Strong mechanical foundation with working knowledge of CNC operations, tolerancing, metallurgy, fixturing, and QA methods.
• Experience with TPM, 5S, and lean manufacturing implementation in a live shopfloor environment is critical.

What You Should Know Before Applying

• The work location is customer-controlled—you will be the face and driver of change there.
• The environment will test your technical ability, people management skills, and leadership stamina.
• This role will require long hours, high focus, and day-to-day problem-solving, not just planning.
• Only apply if you’re willing to give 100% of your energy, commitment, and professional capacity to this mission.

Why Join Us?

• Strategic, high-visibility role with direct impact on national defense engineering deliverables.
• Opportunity to lead transformative manufacturing changes on critical indigenous programs.
• Competitive package, performance-linked growth, and long-term leadership prospects.
• Support from a fast-scaling innovation-led company rooted in motion control and defense systems.

Apply at: info@shockbuffer.com
Know more: www.shockbuffer.com

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: From ₹1,500,000.00 per year

Benefits:

• Commuter assistance
• Food provided
• Internet reimbursement
• Paid sick time
• Paid time off

Ability to commute/relocate:

• Adhartal, Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh: Reliably commute or planning to relocate before starting work (Preferred)

Application Question(s):

• Have you previously managed production operations at a customer’s site or in a legacy manufacturing setup with process bottlenecks? If yes, briefly describe the challenges you faced and how you handled them.
• This job requires 100% ownership and strong mental stamina. In your past roles, how have you enforced accountability and extracted output from difficult or resistant teams?

Experience:

• Manufacturing management: 10 years (Required)

Location:

• Adhartal, Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh (Preferred)

Work Location: In person