Job Description

Function
LAYOUT DESIGN
Job posted on
Jul 29, 2025
Employee Type
White Collar - Confirmed
Experience range (Years)
4 years - 8 years

Job description:

: Foundry ME Engineer

Position:

Foundry ME Engineer

Reporting to:

Layout & Warehouse Engineering Lead

No. of Direct Reports:

Nil

No. of Indirect Reports:

Nil

Key Purpose of the Job :

The role holder is responsible for defining and establishing manufacturing capacity for production lines in Elgi foundry. Identifying and implementing productivity, automation, manpower optimization and safety improvments proejcts are critical to the role holder.

Educational Qualification / Experience required :

Engineering Degree / Diploma in Production / Mechanical / Industrial discipline Exposure in Lean manufacturing Experience of 3 to 4 years (for BE) or 5to 6 years (for diploma) in process / industrial engineering Should possess knowledge in material handling equipment

Key Responsibilities :

1. Responsible for design, facilitation and implementation of existing / new manufacturing methods in production


2. Responsible for study and implementation of capacity management activities for planned and projected production requirements and business objectives

3. Plan, develop and implement projects to improve productivity, manpower optimization and automated manufacturing facilities, reduction in employee fatigue and improve safety

4. Ensure documentation of processes in authorized formats and provide inputs / feedback on process changes / improvement activities

Task Analysis:

Indicative Tasks

1. Responsible for design, facilitation and implementation of existing / new manufacturing methods in production

Study requirement for manufacturing improvements, changes, gaps in production along with production, quality and other functions



Prepare and provide plan on timelines, milestones and other stages including trial runs and implementation



Design manufacturing process / process flows including production cycle time reduction, increase in automation, elimination of non value adding activities based on business priorities and requirements



Define in detail stage wise production process for approvals from various stakeholders including alternate process flows as necessary and relevant



Ensure rigorous trial and error testing of new process is carried out and attend to any issues, bottlenecks that arise during testing procedures



Facilitate trial in live scenarios on shop floor along with production and quality to observe the functioning of defined process



Provide necessary inputs to carpenters, fabricators for facilities creation as per requirements



Design fixures and tooling for the new / existing products and processes as required by prodcution process



Support production by providing right material handling methods



Study process gaps / issues and provide analytics on observed process gaps, output failures / drop and failures in trial runs



Resolve issues with process design as per defined guidelines to ensure error free implementation in production process



Support production in migration of process, prepare guideline, SOPs, process flows, charts, illustration notes for implementation including shop floor facilities for execution



Collaborate on process design, facilitation, implementation requirements and tasks with ME and other functions for smooth transition to new processes / changes in existing processes



Conduct sustenance audits on implemented processes periodically to address issues / gaps, as defined and relevant

2. Responsible for study and implementation of capacity management activities for planned and projected production requirements and business objectives

Analyze short / long term capacity increase requirements for planning and implementing projects to address / achieve production output 1F + 2T (Firm and Tentative) production plans across various lines



Understand production requirements and short and long term business objectives



Measure, study, analyze output capacity in defined process for comparison and capacity planning



Map existing capacity against projected business requirements for estimations for decrease / increase in capacity and capability for production capability for product variants



Collate inputs / data / information from production, quality, machine building, NPPO to address production capacity requirements



Implement projects planned on time with approved budget to achive bussiness objectives



Coordinate with prodcution, quality, maintenance and other function for changing of layouts to improve process flow

3. Plan, develop and implement projects to improve productivity, manpower optimization and automated manufacturing facilities, reduction in employee fatigue and improve safety

Review established process on an ongoing basis to identify areas of improvement



Collect inputs from the production and quality team on issues production that can be attributed to process design and flow



Plan and define process improvement, Manufacturing cost reductions projects and conduct feasibility checks on the proposed projects, validity and investment (time and resources)



Convert plan into daily tasks, with clear time schedules and milestones to measure progress



Monitor progress on the plan and ensure adherence to all defined project guidelines and SLAs



Undertake joint validation of the projects and also address rejections and quality gaps



Review inputs received from various stakeholders on projects and incorporate feedback / suggestions for rework



Undertake projects to increase manpower productivity by identifying opportunities for automation and addressing employee fatigue using principles of ergonomics



Update projects stakeholders, on progress, estimated time of delivery and escalate issues / bottlenecks, as necessary

4. Ensure documentation of processes in authorized formats and provide inputs / feedback on process changes / improvement activities

Define, develop and document process flows, process charts, detailed Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs), for production processes for existing / revised / new / proposed processes



Collate drawings / designs for illustrations in SOPs / manuals



Develop necessary documentation including process sheet, visual instructions for processes, various metrics to measure process efficiency and others



Provide inputs on changes in process, requirements on Fixtures / Tools modifications to optimize tool use



Provide inputs to NPPO on process design challenges and process improvements during conceptualization and design of new products



Provide support to Production on developing and implementing lean systems, as appropriate



Undertake activities to achieve defined targets of Elgi Improvement Tracker (EIT) and Higher the Better (HTB) objectives