Shift Leader (Production Engineer)

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You will be working as Shift Leader (Production Engineer) and will be part of Motion – IEC LV Motors division business based in Vadodara, India. In this role you will be reporting to the Business Manager – Operations. You will be primarily responsible to ensure efficient and cost-effective production results that meet order demand, specifications, quality and planning targets through the coordination and management of plant equipment, personnel and production processes (quantity, quality, budgeted costs and proper productivity level).

Your responsibilities

• Determining actions to cost issues as necessary in order to manage operations within the budget and resources
• Adhering to set programs, projects, goals and metrics to take the organization to the highest level of operational performance while optimizing working hours throughout Operations. Collaborating with operational excellence teams to integrate lean manufacturing principles into production processes
• Executing plans to reduce non-value added costs, increase revenues and delight customers by delivering products on time with high factory and supplier yields and decreasing product field failure rates. Ensuring that 4Q Program (the standard ABB process improvement methodology) training and methods are implemented into the production
• Providing support to sales during customer visits to explain capabilities of the manufacturing facilities
• Ensuring compliance with group health, safety and environmental directives and that regulations are implemented, while monitoring and reporting progress and results. Assessing risks and safety hazards and implementing plans to ensure people and equipment safety
• Ensuring (with Production Manager support) that the area of responsibility is properly organized, staffed, skilled and directed. Guiding, motivating and developing direct and indirect subordinates within HR policies

Your background

• Diploma in Electrical / Mechanical engineering
• Minimum 3 to 5 years of experience in Rotating Machines, preferably in traction motor manufacturing

More about us

The IEC LV Motors Division is a global market leader focused on helping industries, cities, infrastructure and transportation increase energy efficiency. The division offers a full range of energy efficient low voltage motors, including SynRM (synchronous reluctance) motors to help customers reduce power bills and cut emissions. With rugged designs, a global footprint and application expertise, IEC LV motor solutions have a well-earned reputation of improving reliability and productivity in the most demanding applications. We look forward to receiving your application (documents submitted in English are appreciated). If you want to discover more about ABB, take another look at our website www.abb.com. It has come to our attention that the name of ABB is being used for asking candidates to make payments for job opportunities (interviews, offers). Please be advised that ABB makes no such requests. All our open positions are made available on our career portal for all fitting the criteria to apply. ABB does not charge any fee whatsoever for recruitment process. Please do not make payments to any individuals / entities in connection to recruitment with ABB, even if is claimed that the money is refundable. ABB is not liable for such transactions. For current open positions you can visit our career website https://global.abb/group/en/careers and apply. Please refer to detailed recruitment fraud caution notice using the link https://global.abb/group/en/careers/how-to-apply/fraud-warning. Work model: on site #LI-onsite