Production Supervisor

M M Industrial Controls; Karnataka; On-site; INR 420,000 - 660,000; Full time

Job summary

M M Industrial Controls is seeking a Production Supervisor to oversee day-to-day fabrication line operations, ensuring targets, product quality, workplace safety, manpower utilization, and on-time delivery as per the production plan.

You will supervise sheet metal fabrication processes and coordinate with planning, quality, maintenance, and stores to ensure smooth production flow, while managing manpower and shift handovers across day and night shifts.

Qualifications

• Diploma in Mechanical Engineering or BE in Mechanical Engineering.
• Relevant experience in production supervision in a manufacturing environment.
• Experience with sheet metal fabrication processes like cutting, punching, shearing, bending, welding, and assembly preferred.

Responsibilities

• Supervise daily fabrication line activities to achieve planned production targets.
• Monitor sheet metal fabrication processes (cutting, punching, shearing, bending, welding, assembly).
• Allocate work, monitor attendance, discipline, productivity, and performance of production personnel.
• Coordinate with planning, quality, maintenance, stores to ensure smooth production flow.
• Maintain shift handover, report downtime, rework, and deviations to manager.

Skills

Fabrication processes knowledge

Manpower management

Shift planning & coordination

Quality control understanding

Measurement & inspection

Safety compliance

Education

Diploma in Mechanical Engineering

BE in Mechanical Engineering

Job description

1. Job Purpose

To supervise and manage day-to-day fabrication line operations, ensuring production targets, product quality, workplace safety, manpower utilization, and on-time delivery are achieved as per the production plan.

2. Key Responsibilities

Production & Operations

• Supervise daily fabrication line activities to achieve planned production targets.
• Monitor sheet metal fabrication processes, including cutting, punching, shearing, bending, welding, and assembly, as applicable.
• Ensure optimum utilization of manpower, machines, tools, and materials.
• Coordinate with planning, quality, maintenance, stores, and other departments to ensure smooth production flow.
• Monitor production output, machine downtime, rejection, rework, and process bottlenecks.
• Ensure proper shift handover and continuity of production between day and night shifts.

Quality Control

• Ensure components are manufactured as per approved drawings, specifications, and work instructions.
• Monitor in-process quality and coordinate with the Quality Department to resolve defects.
• Minimize rejection, rework, and material wastage.
• Ensure operators follow standard operating procedures and quality requirements.

Manpower Management

• Allocate work to operators and helpers based on production requirements and skill levels.
• Monitor attendance, discipline, productivity, and performance of production personnel.
• Provide on-the-job training and guidance to operators.
• Ensure effective manpower deployment across fabrication lines during both shifts.

Safety & Housekeeping

• Ensure compliance with PPE requirements, machine safety, and established EHS procedures.
• Maintain 5S, housekeeping, and cleanliness across fabrication work areas.
• Report unsafe conditions, near misses, accidents, and equipment abnormalities.
• Ensure safe handling of sheet metal, tools, and fabricated components.

Documentation & Reporting

• Maintain shift-wise production reports, downtime records, rejection reports, and manpower details.
• Track daily production performance against targets and report deviations to the reporting manager.
• Ensure proper material traceability and adherence to production documentation requirements.

3. Educational Qualification

• Diploma in Mechanical Engineering or B.E. in Mechanical Engineering.

4. Experience

• Relevant experience in production supervision within a manufacturing environment.
• Experience in sheet metal fabrication will be an added advantage.
• Candidates with exposure to cutting, punching, shearing, bending, welding, and fabrication assembly processes will be preferred.

5. Required Skills & Competencies

• Good knowledge of fabrication processes and manufacturing operations.
• Ability to manage production teams and achieve shift-wise targets.
• Basic understanding of engineering drawings and measurement instruments.
• Knowledge of quality standards, rejection control, and productivity improvement.
• Good communication, coordination, problem-solving, and decision-making skills.
• Ability to work independently and manage rotational day and night shifts.