Sr. Engineer - Production Foundry

MAHLE GmbH; Chennai District; On-site; INR 400,000 - 750,000; Full time

Job summary

MAHLE India Private Limited is seeking a production-focused professional to oversee shift and line operations, ensuring adherence to production plans, quality systems, and safety rules across foundry and pre-machining processes. The role involves monitoring, continuous improvement, and collaboration with cross-functional teams in a high-volume manufacturing setting.

The candidate will drive TPM, CIP, and automation initiatives, maintain setup records, perform regular inspections, and lead

Responsibilities

• Shift, Day, Weekly & monthly Production plan achievement, adherence
• Quality system adherence
• Gravity die casting, Melting, Metal treatment process control adherence record maintenance
• Set up record, Set up time adherence control
• First off approval record review, Approval
• Daily inspection record review, Approval
• Ensure safety adherence (PPE, Safety rules) confirmation
• No stoppage of Pre- Machining, Machining due to casting shortage/Delay
• Hourly production monitoring in Casting, Pre-Machining, Action plan to improve OEE
• LCR follow up, receiving of die with confirmation of closure status
• Monthly production loss analysis, action plan
• Implementation of TPM,5’S best practices
• Implementation of CIP Projects, Line balancing, VSM, VSD
• Implementation of Scrap analysis and reduction Projects
• Implementation of Cycle Time Improvement Projects
• CIP Project Tracking and identification new idea and progress monitoring and Monthly review
• Foundry OEE
• Foundry Rejection
• Plan Vs Actual adherence
• Completion of CIP, Digitalization, Cost saving Projects
• Completion of Automation projects

Job description

Together, we move the world—we’ve been doing it for over 100 years. At MAHLE, as a leading international development partner and systems supplier to the automotive industry, we pursue the objective of making mobility more efficient, more environmentally friendly, more convenient, and more economical. As part of our dual strategy, we are working both on the intelligent combustion engine for the use of hydrogen and other nonfossil fuels and on technologies for fuel cells and e-mobility.
MAHLE generated sales of €11.3 billion in 2025. Employing just under 65,000 people at 127 production locations and 11 technology centers, the company is represented in 28 countries. (as at: 12/31/2025). Join our MAHLE team! #weshapefuturemobility

• Shift, Day, Weekly& monthly Production plan achievement, adherence
• Quality system adherence
• Gravity die casting, Melting, Metal treatment process control adherence record maintenance
• Set up record, Set up time adherence control
• First off approval record review, Approval
• Daily inspection record review, Approval
• Ensure safety adherence (PPE, Safety rules) confirmation.
• No stoppage of Pre- Machining, Machining due to casting shortage/Delay
• Hourly production monitoring in Casting, Pre-Machining, Action plan to improve OEE
• LCR follow up, receiving of die with confirmation of closure status.
• Monthly production loss analysis, action plan
• Implementation of TPM,5’S best practices
• Implementation of CIP Projects, Line balancing, VSM, VSD
• Implementation of Scrap analysis and reduction Projects
• Implementation of Cycle Time Improvement Projects
• CIP Project Tracking and identification new idea and progress monitoring and Monthly review

Key Result Area:

• Foundry OEE
• Foundry Rejection
• Plan Vs Actual adherence
• Completion of CIP, Digitalization, Cost saving Projects
• Completion of Automation projects

Your future at MAHLE

As a team player and someone who thinks ahead, you can deploy all your skills with us. In cooperation with colleagues from different countries and areas, you contribute in designing the mobility of the future. When selecting MAHLE, you choose trend-setting technologies and strategies. Are you interested in working with us and developing efficient and environmentally-friendly solutions, optimising existing products, and turning innovative ideas into reality? Then MAHLE is the right address for you.

Kind regards,
Swati Kshirsagar
MAHLE Holding (India) Private Limited
Human Resources (HA1.IN.4)
2nd floor CORPORAT, One Elpro park, CTS number 4270, Elpro compound, 411033 Maharashtra Chinchwad, India
[e-mail] , www.mahle.com
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