Hiring Now | Design & Engineering Head @ Rajkot, Gujarat

EPP Composites Pvt Ltd.; Rajkot; On-site; INR 1,500,000 - 2,100,000; Full time

Job summary

EPP Composites Pvt. Ltd. in Rajkot seeks a General Manager Design & Engineering to transform the current design function from schematic drawings to a full in‑house engineering capability.

You will own engineering packages, BOMs, fabrication drawings, design calculations, and automated templates, driving digitalisation across the department. Coordinate with Sales, Tendering, Projects/EPC, Production, QA/QC, Purchase, SAP/ERP, R&D and cross‑functional teams to deliver design ownership for all

Qualifications

• Experience leading design/engineering transformation in heavy manufacturing or composites.
• Strong project management and cross‑functional coordination.
• Experience with CAD, BOM and digitisation of engineering processes.

Responsibilities

• Transform the design department from drafting to complete engineering with digital systems.
• Ensure complete fabrication drawings with BOM, shop drawings and manufacturing instructions.
• Lead customer/consultant engagement for engineering approvals and technical submissions.
• Drive automation, standardisation, and SAP/ERP integration for design data.

Tools

SAP / ERP

Job description

Job Description, Responsibilities, Authority,
Accountability & KPI
General Manager Design & Engineering
EPP Composites Pvt. Ltd.
1. Position Title
General Manager Design & Engineering
2. Reporting To
CMD / Director Operations / COO
The position will functionally coordinate with:
• Sales & Marketing
• Tendering
• Projects / EPC
• Production
• Quality Assurance / Quality Control
• Purchase
• Costing
• SAP / IT
• R&D / CEC
• Site Execution Teams
• Customer / Consultant / Design Consultant / Approval Agencies
3. Purpose of the Position
EPP is appointing a General Manager Design & Engineering to transform the present
design function from a schematic drawing-based working system to a complete in-house
detailed engineering, fabrication drawing, BOM, design calculation, proposal
automation, drawing automation and product engineering system.
At present, the major gaps are:
• EPP prepares schematic / general arrangement drawings but does not consistently
prepare complete fabrication drawings.
• Detailed shop-floor manufacturing drawings are not issued in a structured manner.
• Drawings and designs are not submitted to customers / consultants within
benchmarked timelines.
• Customer / consultant drawing approvals are not obtained within the desired
timelines.
• Production clearance is not issued within required timelines.
• Design review meetings are not conducted, concluded or followed up within desired
timelines.
• Proposal preparation, technical offer preparation, drawing preparation, BOM
preparation and design calculations are still largely manual and person-dependent.
• Engineering data is not fully digitised, standardised or linked with SAP / ERP.
• Repetitive engineering, drawings and proposals are not automated through standard
templates, product configurators or digital libraries.
• Production, dispatch and project execution suffer because of delays in engineering
release, drawing approval and design decision-making.
• There is dependency on individuals instead of a system-driven and digitally controlled
engineering process.
• Drawing gaps lead to production errors, rework, wrong shop-floor interpretation,
costing mismatch, quality issues and delayed delivery.
The GM Design & Engineering shall be responsible for developing a world-class design
and engineering department capable of handling complete design ownership for all EPP
products.
The objective is that every product manufactured by EPP should be supported by complete
engineering documents, including:
• Design basis
• Design calculations
• General arrangement drawings
• Fabrication drawings
• Shop drawings
• Component drawings
• Manufacturing drawings
• Assembly drawings
• Installation drawings
• Bill of Materials
• Material specifications
• Tolerances
• Inspection requirements
• Customer / consultant approval documents
• Drawing revision records
• Production clearance documents
• Design review meeting records
• Production handover documents
• Site support documents
• As-built drawings wherever applicable
• Automated proposal formats
• Product-wise digital design templates
• Automated drawing templates wherever feasible

• Digital BOM and costing inputs
• Digitised approval and document control system

4. Product Scope
The GM Design & Engineering shall develop complete in-house engineering capability for
all major products and verticals of EPP, including but not limited to:
• GRP / GRE / FRP pipes HFW, CFW, Hoop-chop and related piping systems
• GRP / FRP fittings, specials, bends, tees, reducers, flanges and couplers
• Chemical equipment, tanks, vessels, scrubbers, ducts, stacks and pollution control
systems
• FRP / composite tanks and process equipment
• SMC electrical enclosures
• SMC meter boxes and junction boxes
• SMC panel tanks
• Pultruded profiles
• FRP cable trays, ladders, handrails and structural members
• Moulded gratings
• Injection‑moulded composite products
• FRP / composite rebars
• FRP poles
• FRP roofing sheets
• FRP / composite manhole covers
• Underground storage tanks / UGST
• Windmill parts
• Mobility / mass transportation composite parts
• Composite parts for renewable energy applications
• EPC / site‑related engineering and installation details
• New composite applications developed by EPP / CEC / R&D

5. Key Mission of the Role
The GM Design & Engineering shall build a design department that works on global best
practices and ensures:
1. No product goes to production only on schematic drawing.
2. Every product has proper detailed fabrication drawings wherever required.
3. Every drawing is supported by design calculation, BOM and manufacturing
instructions.
4. Drawings and designs are submitted to customers / consultants within benchmarked
timelines.
5. Customer / consultant engineering comments are professionally discussed, resolved
and closed within target timelines.
6. Customer / consultant approvals are obtained within desired timelines through proper
technical follow‑up.
7. Production clearance is issued within internal benchmark timelines.
8. Design review meetings are conducted before production release for all critical
orders.
9. Engineering, design, drawing and proposal activities are digitised and automated
wherever possible.
10. Repetitive drawings, BOMs, calculations and technical proposals are generated
through standard templates, configurators and digital libraries.
11. Design errors, rework and drawing‑related production delays are reduced drastically.
12. EPP develops full in‑house engineering capability for all major product lines.
13. Design department becomes a technical strength of EPP and not only a drawing
support function.
14. Software, systems, design libraries, engineering standards, proposal templates and
databases are developed internally.
15. EPPs design function supports faster sales conversion, accurate costing, better
quality, better manufacturing productivity and improved customer confidence.
16. All engineering activities are carried out as per defined benchmark timelines.

6. Core Responsibilities
A. Design Department Transformation
The GM shall completely restructure and upgrade the design department from a drafting‑oriented department to a complete engineering and digital design department.
He shall:
• Study the existing design process, manpower, software, drawing quality, approval
system and documentation gaps.
• Identify why only schematic drawings are being prepared and why fabrication
drawings are not generated.
• Identify reasons for delay in drawing submission, drawing approval, design review
meetings and production clearance.
• Identify manual, repetitive and person‑dependent engineering activities that can be
automated.
• Develop a structured engineering workflow from enquiry stage to final dispatch.
• Define design deliverables for each product category.
• Create a system where GA drawing, fabrication drawing, BOM, cutting list, bought‑out list, assembly drawing, QC points and dispatch drawings are generated as
standard practice.
• Build product‑wise design checklists and drawing release checklists.
• Introduce maker‑checker‑approver system for all drawings.
• Ensure all critical drawings are reviewed before release to production.
• Make design department accountable for manufacturability and correctness of
drawings.
• Create a culture where drawing quality, engineering discipline, timeline adherence
and digital control are non‑negotiable.
• Create a culture where drawing quality, engineering discipline, timeline adherence
and digital control are non‑negotiable.
• Build product‑wise design checklists and drawing release checklists.
• Introduce maker‑checker‑approver system for all drawings.
• Ensure all critical drawings are reviewed before release to production.
• Make design department accountable for manufacturability and correctness of
drawings.
• Create a culture where drawing quality, engineering discipline, timeline adherence
and digital control are non‑negotiable.

• Create a culture where drawing quality, engineering discipline, timeline adherence
and digital control are non‑negotiable.

B. Detailed Engineering and Fabrication Drawing Development
The GM shall ensure that EPP prepares complete detailed engineering packages, including:
• Design basis report
• Client specification review
• Applicable code and standard compliance
• Design calculations
• General arrangement drawings
• Component‑wise fabrication drawings
• Laminate schedule / thickness schedule wherever applicable
• Nozzle orientation drawings
• Support / saddle / bracket drawings
• Manufacturing drawings
• Assembly drawings
• Installation drawings
• Site interface drawings
• Bill of Materials
• Bought‑out item list
• Fastener / hardware list
• Cutting list / nesting data wherever applicable
• Tolerance requirements
• Inspection and testing points
• QAP input support
• Packing and handling instructions
• Revision history and document control
• Digital drawing package
• Automated BOM wherever feasible
• Digitised design calculation sheet
• Digitised production clearance checklist
No major order should be released to production without proper fabrication drawing and
approved engineering package, except in exceptional cases approved by top management.
C. Customer and Consultant Engineering Finalisation
The GM Design & Engineering shall be directly responsible for technical discussion,
clarification and finalisation of engineering with customers, consultants, design consultants,
project consultants, approval agencies, EPC contractors, OEMs and government /
institutional technical teams.
He shall:
• Personally participate in important technical meetings with customers and
consultants.
• Understand customer specifications, tender requirements, consultant comments and
approval expectations.
• Clarify technical deviations, design basis, drawings, calculations, material
specifications and manufacturing limitations.
• Finalise General Arrangement drawings, fabrication drawings, design calculations,
technical documents and engineering submissions with customer / consultant.
• Ensure timely submission of drawings and designs to customer / consultant as per
benchmark timeline.
• Ensure timely reply to consultant comments and customer observations.
• Maintain proper record of all technical discussions, MOMs, approvals, comments and
revisions.
• Ensure that no verbal commitment is made without proper technical and commercial
understanding.
• Coordinate with Sales, Projects, Costing, Production and Quality before finalising any
technically sensitive commitment.
• Convert customer / consultant comments into controlled engineering revisions
through proper drawing revision and ECN system.
• Ensure final approved drawings are clearly communicated to Production, Quality,
Purchase, Projects and Site teams.
• Protect EPPs technical, commercial and contractual interest while finalising
engineering with external parties.
• Ensure that customer‑approved drawings are received within defined timeline
benchmarks.
• Ensure that production is not delayed due to avoidable delay in customer / consultant
engineering approval.
• Maintain a customer / consultant approval tracker for all approval‑based orders.
• Escalate customer / consultant approval delays in time if they may affect production,
dispatch or project commitment.
• Digitally track all customer / consultant comments, replies, revisions, approvals and
pending matters.
D. Production Clearance and Design Review Discipline
The GM shall ensure that production clearance is issued only after proper engineering
readiness and within the approved internal timeline.
He shall:
• Ensure production clearance is issued within benchmark timelines after completion of
design, approval and BOM readiness.
• Conduct design review meetings for all orders before production clearance.
• Conduct design review meetings immediately after receipt of approved drawings.
• Ensure design review meetings are attended by Design, Production, Quality,
Planning, Purchase, Costing and Project teams wherever required.
• Ensure all design review meetings are documented through MOM.
• Ensure each design review point has a responsible person, target date and closure
status.
• Ensure unresolved technical issues are escalated before they affect production.
• Ensure production does not start based on incomplete drawings, unclear revisions,
unapproved design or verbal instructions.
• Ensure production clearance includes final approved drawing, BOM, manufacturing
instruction, inspection points and special customer requirements.
• Maintain production clearance tracker with planned date, actual date, delay reason
and responsible person.
• Digitise the production clearance checklist and link it with drawing approval, BOM
release and SAP / ERP wherever possible.
E. Engineering, Design, Drawing and Proposal Automation
The GM shall be responsible for creating a roadmap for automation of engineering, design,
drawings, BOM and technical proposals.
He shall:
• Identify repetitive engineering activities that can be automated.
• Develop product‑wise standard design templates.
• Develop standard drawing templates for repeat products.
• Develop parametric drawing models wherever feasible.
• Develop automated BOM generation for standard and repeat products.
• Develop product configurators for selected product families.
• Develop automated design calculation sheets with maker‑checker‑approver control.
• Develop standard technical proposal formats for each product vertical.
• Develop proposal automation for recurring products and tenders.
• Ensure technical proposals are linked with standard product specifications, drawings,
deviations, BOM and costing inputs.
• Reduce proposal preparation time by using standard libraries and approved templates.
• Ensure the latest approved technical data is used in all proposals.
• Eliminate use of outdated drawings, old data sheets and uncontrolled proposal
formats.
• Coordinate with Sales and Costing teams to ensure technical proposal automation
supports faster and more accurate offer submission.
• Create a digital technical proposal library containing approved product descriptions,
technical specifications, drawings, testing standards, certificates, deviations,
compliance statements and installation references.
• Ensure automation does not compromise engineering accuracy, customer requirement
or commercial safety.
F. Digitisation of Engineering and Drawing System
The GM shall lead digitisation of the entire design and engineering function.
He shall establish:
• Central digital drawing repository
• Controlled drawing numbering system
• Digital revision control
• Digital drawing approval workflow
• Digital customer / consultant approval tracker
• Digital production clearance tracker
• Digital design review MOM and action tracker
• Digital engineering delay ageing report
• Digital BOM database
• Digital design calculation library
• Product‑wise drawing library
• Product‑wise proposal library
• Standard technical datasheet library
• Common engineering document management system
• Integration with SAP Rise / ERP wherever feasible
• Access control, backup and document security
• Dashboard for design department performance
• Pending drawing / approval / clearance ageing dashboard
• Alert and escalation system for delayed engineering activities.
The GM shall ensure that the design department moves from individual file‑based working to
a centralised, traceable, controlled, and digitally monitored engineering system.
G. Product‑Wise Engineering Ownership
The GM shall develop full design capability for all EPP product verticals.
1. GRP / GRE / FRP Pipes and Fittings
He shall:
• Develop design calculations for pressure, stiffness, vacuum, burial depth, surge and
external loads.
• Prepare pipe layout drawings, fitting drawings, joint details and installation drawings.
• Develop standard drawings for bends, tees, reducers, flanges, couplers, manholes and
specials.
• Support EPC / site teams with laying, jointing, hydrotesting and support details.
• Create product‑wise design library for standard diameters, pressure classes and
stiffness classes.
• Develop automated pipe / fitting drawing templates wherever feasible.
• Support customer / consultant approval for pipe system engineering.
2. Chemical Equipment and Process Equipment
He shall:
• Prepare detailed design for tanks, vessels, scrubbers, ducts, chimneys, stacks, hoods,
FRP lining and process equipment.
• Develop laminate schedules, nozzle details, manway details, lifting lug details, saddle
/ support drawings and site erection drawings.
• Coordinate with process, production and QC teams for manufacturable and
inspectable designs.
• Ensure all critical equipment drawings are supported by design calculations and
material specifications.
• Discuss technical comments with customer / consultant and finalise engineering
within target timelines.
• Develop standard design calculation templates and drawing libraries for repeat
equipment.
3. SMC Electrical Enclosures and Panel Tanks
He shall:
• Create mould‑wise and product‑wise design standards.
• Prepare full component drawings, assembly drawings, drilling drawings, hardware
details and installation drawings.
• Support sales and government tender teams with product technical documents, PQ
drawings and approval documents.
• Develop standardisation to reduce variation and improve production efficiency.
• Support DISCOMs, government departments, consultants, OEMs and approval
agencies with technical finalisation.
• Develop automated proposal and technical compliance formats for standard enclosure
and panel tank products.
4. Pultrusion, Gratings and Structural Products
He shall:
• Develop profile drawings, loading tables, support span details, assembly drawings and
installation details.
• Create design manuals for cable trays, ladders, handrails, gratings, platforms and
other pultruded structures.
• Support new application development with structural calculations and product
validation.
• Prepare customer‑friendly engineering documents and installation drawings.
• Develop standard proposal formats, load tables and automated datasheets.
5. UGST, FRP Rebar, Manhole Covers, Roofing Sheets, Poles and New Products
He shall:
• Build design standards, drawings, testing requirements and application documents for
each product.
• Coordinate with R&D / CEC for new product development, product validation and
application engineering.
• Develop installation manuals and customer‑facing technical literature.
6. Windmill, Mobility and Advanced Composite Products
He shall:
• Establish modern engineering practices for high‑precision composite parts.
• Develop CAD models, mould drawings, process drawings, tooling drawings and
inspection templates.
• Build capability for simulation, weight optimisation, manufacturability review and
customer engineering coordination.
• Ensure design documentation meets the expectations of OEM customers and global
clients.
• Create controlled digital engineering records for every advanced composite product.
7. Global Best Practices in Design and Engineering
The GM shall adopt and implement global best practices, including:
• Design for Manufacturing and Assembly (DFM/DFA)
• Design for Quality and Inspection
• Stage‑gate design review system
• Engineering change management
• Drawing revision control
• 3D CAD modelling wherever required
• Finite Element Analysis / structural analysis for critical products
• Standard product libraries
• Design automation and parametric templates
• Product data management system
• Engineering document control
• Cost‑conscious design
• Value engineering
• Design risk analysis
• Failure Mode and Effects Analysis (FMEA)
• Root Cause Analysis for design‑related failures
• Lessons‑learned database
• Standard drawing numbering system
• Standard tolerances and manufacturing notes
• Product‑wise design manuals
• Customer approval tracking
• Consultant comment closure tracking
• As‑built drawing system
• Benchmark timelines for engineering deliverables
• Weekly engineering delay ageing review
• Time‑bound production clearance system.
• Proposal automation system
• Drawing automation system
• Digital engineering dashboard
• SAP / ERP‑linked engineering workflow wherever feasible.
The GM shall ensure that EPPs engineering practices match the expectations of large customers, EPC companies, government departments, consultants, OEMs and export customers.
8. Software and Digital Engineering Development
The GM shall identify, implement and institutionalise suitable software and digital tools for complete in‑house engineering.
He shall evaluate and implement suitable tools for:
• 2D drafting
• 3D modelling
• Product design
• Structural analysis
• Pipe design
• Tank and vessel design
• Laminate design
• Mould and tooling design
• BOM generation
• Drawing revision control
• Engineering document management
• Design library creation
• Proposal automation
• Drawing automation
• Product configurator
• Automated calculation templates
• Automated technical datasheet generation
• Integration with SAP Rise / ERP
• Costing support
• Design automation for repetitive products
• Customer approval tracking
• Consultant comment tracking
• Production clearance tracking
• Design review meeting tracking
• Engineering dashboard and KPI monitoring
The GM shall work with the SAP / IT team to ensure that drawings, BOMs, material codes, revisions, specifications, proposal data and production routings are properly integrated with SAP Rise wherever feasible.
9. Internal Engineering Facility Development
The GM shall develop internal capability so that EPP is not dependent on external parties for routine engineering.
He shall:
• Build a competent design team for each product vertical.
• Identify skill gaps in existing design manpower.
• Recruit / train design engineers, draftsmen, product engineers and checking engineers.
• Develop internal design standards and manuals.
• Create a central design library.
• Create product‑wise drawing banks.
• Create templates for common products.
• Develop training modules for design engineers and production teams.
• Create a technical knowledge management system.
• Build internal capability for design calculations and product validation.
• Support in‑house laboratory / testing / CEC with engineering inputs for product development.
• Build internal capability to handle customer / consultant engineering discussions without overdependence on external consultants.
• Build internal automation capability for engineering, drawings, BOMs, calculations and technical proposals.
10. Coordination with Sales and Tendering
The GM shall support Sales and Tendering teams by providing accurate, fast and standardised technical documents.
Responsibilities include:
• Review customer specifications at enquiry stage.
• Identify deviations, risks and missing technical information.
• Prepare technical offers and design inputs for costing.
• Support tender drawings, PQ documents and technical clarifications.
• Support government tenders, DISCOM tenders, EPC tenders and OEM requirements.
• Provide quick but accurate design support for sales conversion.
• Ensure that what is committed to the customer is technically feasible and
manufacturable.
• Prevent wrong commitments due to incomplete technical review.
• Attend pre‑bid / post‑bid technical discussions wherever required.
• Provide technical clarifications to consultants and customers within committed timeline.
• Develop automated proposal formats for standard products.
• Develop technical compliance templates for tenders and repeat customers.
11. Coordination with Production
The GM shall ensure that drawings are easy to manufacture, clear and complete.
He shall:
• Conduct design‑to‑production handover meetings for critical orders.
• Ensure production receives complete fabrication drawings and BOM.
• Resolve shop floor drawing queries quickly.
• Visit production areas regularly to understand practical manufacturing issues.
• Modify design practices based on manufacturing feedback.
• Reduce drawing‑related rework and delays.
• Ensure all drawings clearly mention critical dimensions, tolerances, material details and inspection points.
• Ensure design supports productivity, repeatability and quality.
• Ensure no production starts on incomplete or unclear drawings, except under written approval from competent authority.
• Ensure production clearance is issued within defined timeline after engineering readiness.
• Ensure delay in production clearance is reviewed weekly with reason and corrective action.
• Digitally record production clearance and design handover for traceability.
12. Coordination with Quality
The GM shall ensure that design and quality work together.
He shall:
• Provide drawing inputs for QAP.
• Define critical‑to‑quality dimensions.
• Support inspection formats.
• Review design‑related NCRs.
• Participate in customer complaint analysis.
• Modify designs where required to prevent repeated failures.
• Ensure that inspection and testing requirements are clearly mentioned in drawings.
• Maintain design‑related corrective and preventive action records.
• Support customer / consultant inspection and technical approval wherever required.
• Digitise quality‑related drawing requirements and inspection inputs wherever possible.
13. Coordination with Purchase and Costing
The GM shall support Purchase and Costing teams with accurate technical data.
He shall:
• Prepare accurate BOMs and bought‑out item specifications.
• Standardise materials and components to reduce purchase complexity.
• Support vendor development with drawings and technical specifications.
• Assist in value engineering and cost reduction.
• Ensure design changes are reflected in BOM and costing.
• Prevent cost leakage due to wrong design assumptions or incomplete engineering.
• Ensure technically correct inputs for material procurement.
• Support automated BOM and costing linkage wherever feasible.
• Ensure proposal inputs, design inputs and costing inputs are consistent.
14. Engineering Change Management
The GM shall introduce a formal Engineering Change Note / Engineering Change Request
system.
No design change should be made verbally or informally.
The system must cover:
• Reason for change
• Drawing revision
• BOM impact
• Cost impact
• Production impact
• Customer approval requirement
• Consultant approval requirement
• Stock impact
• Quality impact
• SAP / ERP update
• Proposal impact
• Design library impact
• Approval authority
• Implementation date
• Communication to all concerned departments.
15. Design Documentation and Control
The GM shall implement a strong document control system.
He shall ensure:
• Unique drawing number for every drawing
• Proper revision history
• Controlled drawing release
• Obsolete drawing withdrawal
• Customer‑approved drawing record
• Consultant‑approved drawing record
• Internal approved drawing record
• As‑built drawing preparation
• Soft copy and hard copy control
• Common server / PDM / PLM storage
• Access control
• Backup and data security
• Complete traceability from enquiry to final approved drawing to production release
• Proposal revision control
• Design calculation revision control
• Digital document approval workflow
• Linkage between drawing, BOM, proposal, costing and production clearance
16. Authority
The GM Design & Engineering shall have the authority to:
1. Stop release of any order to production if detailed engineering is incomplete.
2. Reject incomplete or technically unclear sales inputs before design starts.
3. Ask Sales / Projects / Customer / Consultant for missing technical information.
4. Approve internal design standards and drawing templates.
5. Approve drawing release after proper internal checking.
6. Define design manpower requirement and recommend recruitment.
7. Recommend required software, hardware and engineering tools.
8. Recommend external consultant support where specialised expertise is required.
9. Initiate design correction or revision where required.
10. Call cross‑functional design review meetings.
11. Call technical meetings with customers and consultants wherever required.
12. Escalate unresolved technical risks to top management.
13. Freeze standard designs for repeat products.
14. Approve standardisation of components and materials from engineering point of view.
15. Hold design team members accountable for drawing errors, delays and incomplete documentation.
16. Recommend training and skill development programmes for design manpower.
17. Refuse verbal or informal design changes unless routed through proper ECN / approval system.
18. Escalate customer / consultant approval delays affecting production or dispatch.
19. Withhold production clearance if drawings, BOM, approvals or technical inputs are
incomplete.
20. Seek immediate management intervention where drawing approval or production
clearance delay may affect delivery commitment.
21. Recommend and implement engineering, design, drawing and proposal automation
tools after management approval.
22. Freeze and control standard proposal formats, drawing templates, calculation
templates and technical datasheets.
23. Stop use of outdated, uncontrolled or unauthorised proposal / drawing / design
formats.
24. Ensure that the design department moves from individual file‑based working to
a centralised, traceable, controlled and digitally monitored engineering system.
25. Ensure that the design department becomes a highly skilled, efficient, digital and high‑quality engineering team.

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2024‑06‑06: The company remains open and positions are active. No closing notices are present. Therefore, the posting is not expired.