Industrial Engineering

Hindustan Platinum; Navi Mumbai; On-site; INR 900,000 - 1,500,000; Full time

Job summary

Hindustan Platinum in Navi Mumbai is seeking an experienced Production Excellence professional to lead problem solving, process stability, and productivity initiatives. You will drive RCA, SOP discipline, man-power optimization, automation opportunities, and data-driven decisions to improve yield and reduce downtime.

The role collaborates with Production, Maintenance, Quality, Tool Room, and NPD teams to implement standardized processes, line ramp-ups, and cost reductions across multiple shifts.

Qualifications

• Identify and resolve daily production issues using structured problem solving.
• Define and enforce SOPs to ensure consistency across shifts and machines.
• Drive Lean initiatives to reduce cycle times and improve yield.

Responsibilities

• Identify, analyze, and resolve daily production issues.
• Perform root cause analysis (RCA) using structured tools (5 Why, Fishbone, etc.).
• Eliminate recurring problems, not just temporary fixes.
• Support shift teams in troubleshooting critical issues.
• Define, implement, and enforce standard operating procedures (SOPs).
• Monitor process parameters and control limits.
• Drive process standardization and repeatability.
• Analyze manpower deployment and identify reduction opportunities.
• Lead continuous improvement projects using Kaizen, 5S, SMED, TPM.
• Support preventive and predictive maintenance to reduce downtime.
• Track efficiency, downtime, productivity, and quality losses using data.
• Coordinate with Production, Maintenance, Quality, Tool Room, and NPD.

Skills

Problem Solving

Data Analysis

Cross-functional Coordination

Education

Engineering degree in Mechanical/Automation

Tools

PLC/HMI systems

Production monitoring tools

Job description

Exp: 4- 12 years

Location: Navi Mumbai

1. Production Problem Solving

• Identify, analyze, and resolve daily production issues
• Perform root cause analysis (RCA) using structured tools (5 Why, Fishbone, etc.)
• Eliminate recurring problems, not just temporary fixes
• Support shift teams in troubleshooting critical issues

2. Process Stability & SOP Discipline

• Define, implement, and enforce standard operating procedures (SOPs)
• Ensure consistency across:
• Shifts
• Operators
• Machines
• Monitor process parameters and control limits
• Drive process standardization and repeatability

3. Productivity & Manpower Optimization

• Analyze manpower deployment and identify reduction opportunities
• Drive:
• Work balancing
• Line optimization
• Multi-skilling
• Improve output per man-hour
• Reduce dependency on highly skilled operators

4. Automation & Digitization

• Identify opportunities for:
• Semi-automation
• Full automation
• Low-cost automation
• Work with Automation / CAPEX teams to:
• Define requirements
• Implement solutions
• Validate improvements
• Support integration of:
• PLC / HMI systems
• Production monitoring

5. Process Improvement & Cost Reduction

• Lead continuous improvement projects
• Focus on:
• Cycle time reduction
• Scrap reduction
• Yield improvement
• Energy / consumable optimization
• Implement Lean tools:
• Kaizen
• 5S
• SMED
• TPM

6. Quality Improvement

• Reduce:
• Internal rejection
• Customer complaints
• Work with Quality team to:
• Implement poka-yoke
• Improve process capability (Cp/Cpk)
• Strengthen in-process controls

7. Equipment & Process Reliability

• Support preventive and predictive maintenance
• Reduce:
• Machine downtime
• Minor stoppages
• Improve:
• Machine utilization
• Stability of critical processes

8. Data-Driven Production Management

• Track and analyze:
• Efficiency
• Downtime
• Productivity
• Quality losses
• Drive decisions based on data, not assumptions

9. Cross-Functional Coordination

• Work closely with:
• Production
• Maintenance
• Quality
• Tool Room
• NPD
• Ensure smooth:
• Product transfer
• Process changes
• Line ramp-ups