Production Engineer

Key Responsibilities

• Plan, organise, and monitor production schedules to ensure timely delivery of components and subassemblies, meeting quality & quantity targets.

• Coordinate with design / process engineering to optimize process flows, fixture designs, tooling, and cycle times.

• Work closely with machining, turning, welding, inspection, and finishing units to ensure that machines are utilized efficiently, setups are optimized, and changeovers are minimized.

• Ensure that production meets the defined quality standards: monitor defects, scrap rates, PPM (parts per million), and take corrective action when deviations occur.

• Implement and follow process standardization, work instructions, SOPs, to ensure consistency of operations.

• Perform capacity & throughput analysis, identify bottlenecks, and propose improvement (layout, manpower, process steps) to improve productivity, reduce lead time.

• Monitor production KPIs: ontime delivery, throughput, equipment utilisation, yield, downtime etc.

• Collaborate with quality department on inspection feedback; ensure rework & rejection are minimised.

• Liaise with maintenance, tool room, supply chain (for tooling, fixtures, raw materials) so that production is not disrupted by lack of inputs.

• Manage cost of production: material usage, tool wear, energy consumption, manpower etc.

• Drive continuous improvement / lean manufacturing initiatives (5S, SMED, Kaizen, value stream mapping, etc.).

• Ensure safety compliance, adherence to HSE norms on shop floor.

Qualifications & Skills

Education & Experience

• Bachelors degree in Mechanical / Production / Industrial / Manufacturing Engineering (or related field).

• Experience of 3 - 5 years (or appropriate for level) in a manufacturing / machining environment, especially component manufacture, preferably in precision machining.

• Handson exposure to CNC machines (VMC, HMC, turning centers), welding, finishing processes.

Technical Skills

• Good understanding of machining processes, process planning, tooling, fixtures etc.

• Ability to read technical drawings, GD&T (geometric dimensioning & tolerancing).

• Familiarity with production planning tools, ERP/MRP, scheduling; experience in estimating cycle times.

• Datadriven mindset: using metrics to monitor performance, quantify improvements.

• Knowledge of Lean / Six Sigma / process optimization methodologies is a plus.

Soft Skills

• Good communication and coordination skills: working across functions (quality, design, maintenance, procurement).

• Strong problemsolving skills, especially under pressure, to address production delays or quality issues.

• Organisation, planning, ability to prioritise tasks.

• Team player, with ability to guide / mentor operators; sometimes shift coordination.

Reporting & Work Conditions

• Reports to Production / Operations Manager or Head of Production.

• Frequent interaction with Quality, Process Engineering, Maintenance, Tool Room, Supply Chain.

• Work primarily on shop floor; may require monitoring multiple work areas.

• Shift work / overtime may be required to meet delivery deadlines.

Key Performance Indicators (KPIs)

• On Time Delivery (% shipments delivered as per schedule)

• Production yield / First Pass Yield / Scrap / Rework rates

• Machine / resource utilisation (capacity utilisation)

• Cycle time adherence and lead time reduction

• Cost of production (process cost, tool cost, manpower)

• Reduction in downtime due to process issues

• Improvement initiatives (number, savings from Kaizen / Lean)

• Quality metrics (PPM, customer returns, defects)