Smart Meter - Production Manager

Job Title/Designation: Production Manager / Asst or Deputy Manager.

1. Education BE Electrical and Electronic Engineering / MBA.

2. Age - 30 to 40 Years.

3. Years of Experience – Minimum 10-15 years

4. Area of Exposure – Smart Meter / Energy Metering
5. Preferred Industry – Smart meter Industry / Manufacturing Industry.

Skills Required:

A) Job Skills:

1. Should be able to maintain product quality in manufacturing shop floor

2. Should have the knowledge and hands on experience of Metering Test Methods, testing equipment, and its maintenance

3. Should have strong knowledge on Energy Meter Debugging

               4. Understand the electrical and electronics technical terms.

               5. Should have expertise in SMT/TH soldering and reworking activities.

               6. Ability to troubleshoot failure issues at shop floor and customer returns from field.

               7. Production of products as per quality standards and meet the quantity requirement       .                Shared by Sales.

 8.Should be able to handle online quality issues with corrective and preventive actions.

B) People Management:

1. Should be able to handle minimum 100 people at shop floor

2. Ensure Safety of employees by teaching, monitoring safe test procedures and practices.

3Man, Material and Machine utilization Planning to be carried out.

 4.Managing the resources effectively for the production activities.

 5.Planning schedules, assigning work and training to the employees.

3. Co-ordinating with purchase and stores for raw materials, WIP, FG and stock statements.

4. Responsible for rework activity and need to train contract manpower on the same.

5. Must have strong drive and decisive ability to make thing happen under limited supervision.

C) SOP:

1. Supervising the production activities and ensuring that all activities are carried out as mentioned in Standard Operating Procedures

2. Production of products as per quality standards and meet the quantity requirement shared by Management

3. Should be able to handle quality issues with corrective and preventive actions.

4. Responsible for preparing work instructions and test methods

5. Preparing various Batch, daily and monthly test reports & customer wise test reports.

6. Knowledge and implementation experience should be there for ISO 14001, 5S, Kaizen, Poke-yoke, Six sigma, Lean Manufacturing

7. Knowledge of SAP or ERP etc.

E)  Co-ordination:

1) External Team:

i) Vendors

ii) Certifying agencies

iii) Service Providers/Equipment Vendors

iv) End Customer Representative

2) Internal Team:

i) R&D

ii) Quality

iii) SCM

iv) Sales

v) Logistics

F) Soft Skills:

1) Should be good in Writing skill, Communication Skill, Team Building & Self-Motivation.

2) Required educational Qualification-BE/BTech/BSc/MBA with minimum 10-15 years’ experience in Energy Meter Manufacturing.

The position needs a calm temperament as this is a high-volume production item and requires good conflict management skills.