What are the Key Deliverables in this role?

Financial Outcomes

• Achieve targeted OEE, machine uptime.
• Asset efficiency, optimized wastages.
• Drive process improvements, packaging value engineering.
• Optimized spares and maintenance cost.

Customer Service

• Achieve targeted OTIF and agreed service levels with customers.
• Reduction in customer/consumer complaints.
• Engineering support for timely roll out of NPD projects

Internal Processes

• Set and monitor the performance of the plant equipment’s against standards and targets in areas such as equipment uptime, MTTR, MTBF etc.
• Reduction in machine wastages
• Leading In house kaizen activities.
• Engineering related support for all internal and external audits of the unit.
• Ensure high levels of productivity & engagement within Technical Crew teams.
• Ensure plant wastage due to equipment breakdowns are to the minimum as per targets.
• To ensure and drive systems such as Root cause analysis, Corrective action, and preventive action system in place to ensure continuous improvement.
• Technical support for safety & EMS management to drive closure of Safety and quality requirements of the factory.
• To overview Spares Planning & Procurement, Vendor selection and performance evaluation.
• Should be able to interact with internal stakeholders like production, Safety, quality, HR and resolve the issues in day-to-day activities.
• Drive / collaborate in Improvement Initiatives.
• Kaizen, 5S etc. to improve plant efficiency.
• To monitor capex spends, cashflow and ensure to meet the capex target timelines.
• To Support in Project activities of the plant.
• Adherence to preventive maintenance schedule.
• Documentation of preventive maintenance formats, line monitoring reports, line changeover formats, breakdown records and history cards.
• Involving in changeover activities and optimize changeover time.
• Monitoring actual Vs target shift output and monitor line losses & breakdowns.
• Ensuring machine performance to meet product specifications & quality standards.
• Frequent plant rounds including utility areas to ensure smooth running of machinery and production operations.

Innovation and Learning

• Lead projects Mainly on NPD, packaging changes & Value based reengineering, technology upgradation etc.
• Develop project objectives by reviewing project proposals and plans and conferring with management.
• Building technical competency among the technical crew and multi-skilling them.
• Completes technical studies and prepares cost estimates.
• Cross implementation of improvement projects.

What are the Critical success factors for the Role?

• Diploma in Mechanical/ Electrical/ Electrical & Instrumentation -10-12 + years of engineering/ Maintenance / Projects experience in a reputed FMCG manufacturing industry.

(or)

ITI in Fitter/ Electrical/ Electronics & Instrumentation – 15-20 + years of engineering/ Maintenance /Projects experience in a reputed FMCG manufacturing industry.

• Experience in managing Engineering within Manufacturing Operations &Hands on Experience in Maintenance of Mechanical, Electrical, Civil & instrumentation areas, especially in Food Packaging Industry,
• Computer proficiency with CAD, MS office.

What are the Desirable success factors for the Role?

• Knowledge of manufacturing and packaging of tea and tea products preferably in Packaging (Tea Bags, Packets etc.)
• Good communication skills (English /Malayalam)
• Proven experience in design to development of machine components /parts – Hands on experience basic machine tool operations (welding, cutting, drilling, grinding, sheet metal works and machining operations).
• Strong management and leadership skills.