Sr. Engineer - Mechanical

Eaton Corporation; Pune District; On-site; INR 1,800,000 - 2,400,000; Full time

Job summary

Eaton Corporation in Pune district seeks an experienced Mechanical Engineer to lead cost-out initiatives across metal manufacturing like castings, forgings, sheet steel, stamping, and fabrication. The role requires driving data-driven cost reductions, coordinating with Global Procurement and product teams, and delivering high-impact projects.

The ideal candidate has 8+ years in a technical engineering environment and holds a Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Mechanical Engineering, with strong

Qualifications

• Bachelor or Master in Mechanical Engineering with 8+ years of experience.
• Experience in mechanical metal manufacturing sectors (castings, forgings, sheet steel, stamping, fabrication).
• Experience in multinational engineering environments and cross-functional teams.

Responsibilities

• Lead enterprise-wide cost-out projects for Metal manufacturing processes (castings, forgings, sheet steel, stamping, fabrication).
• Drive VAVE, resourcing, negotiations and part rationalization to achieve measurable cost-out results.
• Generate viable ideas to reduce product costs and stay competitive.
• Drive productivity through supplier consolidation, data improvements, and avoiding part proliferation.
• Develop reusable data analysis insights to support future projects.
• Participate in supplier discussions to generate cost-out solutions.
• Apply DFSS methods to identify risks early and develop robust products.
• Foster new patents/disclosures while supporting new product development and problem solving.

Skills

Value Engineering

Cross-functional collaboration

Data analytics

Interpersonal skills

Education

Bachelor/Master in Mechanical Engineering

Job description

What you’ll do:

" The primary responsibility of this role is to lead and execute various cost out projects related Metal manufacturing processes - Castings, Forgings, Sheet Steel, Stamping, Fabrication etc.) as part Direct Material Productivity (DMP) team. This involves close collaboration with Global Procurement Organization & Product divisions to generate cost out opportunities. The applicant will be responsible for working on various aspects of Direct Material Productivity with the primary goal of identifying, developing, and maintaining services that deliver significant cost out opportunities as well as creating a robust pipeline of executable cost out projects. The applicant should have capability to analyses commodity spend data & leverage data analytics & ideation principles to create new project opportunities. The incumbent needs to have an in-depth knowledge of requirements related to electrical components design and application, including duty cycle attributes. The incumbent needs to have an ability to develop design guidelines for these components along with an ability to develop test protocols."

"List the essential functions (i.e. key responsibilities with expected end results) which must be accomplished in order to fulfill the purpose of your position as described above."

• A. Execute the enterprise wide strategic projects for Metal manufacturing processes -Castings, Forgings, Sheet Steel, Stampings, Fabrication commodities working along with Global Procurement Leaders
• B. Execute the strategic and operational plans for VAVE, Resourcing, Negotiation, Part Rationalization to achieve measurable outputs in terms of cost out goals
• C. Generate new ideas that are technically and commercially viable to reduce overall cost of the products and be competitive in the market
• D. Drive productivity by supplier consolidations, key data improvements & avoiding part proliferation
• E. Identify and develop different knowledge nuggets to run data analysis which can be reused for other projects.
• F. Participate in supplier discussions to generate new ideas and solution to gain cost out
• G. Leverage DFSS methodology to identify technical risks at an early stage of product development and develop robust product that meets customer requirements and specification
• H. Fosters New patents/disclosures while working on New Product development, VAVE and problem-solving projects

Qualifications:

Minimum education for this position is a Bachelor / Masters in Mechanical Engineering, with demonstrated experience in technical engineering organization. (Preferably worked in Mechanical industry - Metal manufacturing processes )

8+ years of experience with multinational engineering organization

Skills:

"Hands on knowledge of Value Engineering principles & its deployment "

Work & interact with global cross-functional and cross-cultural team. Excellent interpersonal skills, ability to clearly communicate to internal/external customers and suppliers.