Head of Operations

Borgwarner Emission System; Chennai; On-site; INR 2,500,000 - 4,500,000; Full time

Job summary

Borgwarner Emission System in Chennai seeks a Head of Operations to supervise a section of senior engineers and assistants, ensuring daily production targets, safety, and overall operations excellence across modules.

The role also oversees environment, health & safety and facilities, leads cost reduction initiatives, CAPEX control, and coordination with process, test and quality stakeholders for continuous improvement and on-time project delivery.

Qualifications

• Experience leading a large engineering/production team.
• 15+ years of engineering experience, with a track record in operations.
• Proven ability to manage multiple stakeholders and drive improvements.

Responsibilities

• Oversee daily production attainment and operations safety.
• Manage environment, health & safety and facilities matters.
• Drive cost savings initiatives, CAPEX controls and project quotes.
• Coordinate validation parts and packaging for tests and launches.
• Lead plant wide KPIs and continuous improvement programs.

Skills

People management

Operations leadership

Cross-functional collaboration

Safety & EHS oversight

Budgeting & cost control

Education

Engineering degree

Job description

Head - Operations

This position Manages a section of Senior / Engineers and Senior / Engineering Assistants to oversee daily production attainment, safety and operations excellence across modules. The incumbent will also manage environment, Health & Safety and Facilities related matters in the plant.

Roles & Responsibility

• Plant wide manufacturing expense controller
• Work with respective (Process/Test/Quality) stakeholders to drive down plant scrap within budget
• Work with respective (Process/Test/Quality) stakeholders to plant FTQ targets
• Plant Wide KPI consolidation .
• Support new launch engineering builds
• Plant Wide CAPEX controller
• Lead plant wide cost savings initiatives
• Plant Capacity /Layout Forecast Planning across all modules((Viper/ECU/Inverter/CSP/Pressure Sensors)
• Plant OE consolidation/improvement
• New project /business quote CCET/CAPEX /conversion cost study
• New project MSD setup with core teams
• Office relay out & seats allocation for new joiner
• New program/ packaging change development/evaluation
• New project packaging conversion cost study
• Drive packaging cost reduction & improvement activities
• Coordinate validation parts and packaging material for packaging validation tests
• EHS/Facilities
• Ensure compliance with applicable legal and regulatory requirements
• Actively engage employees from multiple levels and functions in committee
• Develop and retain documentation of health and safety procedures and performance
• Integrate effective health and safety training in the job training of all employees
• Increase safe behaviors through observation, data gathering, feedback and planning
• Identify best practices and implement continual improvement
• Measure and periodically audit health and safety performance so appropriate improvements can be made
• Develop and retain documentation of Energy Management procedures and performance
• Assessment and Setup of facilities for ME & SDEC equipment within target deadline
• Analyze facilities supply (N2, Energy, Compressed Air, etc) and make suitable suggestion to reduce cost
• Intermediary between landlord and BWSG on equipment setup, facilities issue and OPEX
• Review & provide advise on facilities set up requirement prior to execution
• Intermediary between BWSG and global team for facilities and sustainability issue
• Provide immediate action when equipment experience downtime due to facilities supply

Education and Experience (Minimum Qualifications)

• Degree in Engineering
• Min 15 years of experience in Engineering preferred
• Demonstrated track record in people management

Experience Level

Senior Level