Welding Engineer - Senior

Cummins India; Satara; On-site; INR 900,000 - 1,500,000; Full time

Job summary

Cummins Inc. in India seeks a Welding Process Lead to design, document, and implement welding processes on the shop floor. You will lead multi-project initiatives, ensure safety, and align with manufacturing and product specifications while promoting continuous improvement.

The role requires demonstrated expertise in welding principles, process documentation, and collaboration across internal teams and external partners, with on-site readiness and a focus on cost-effective, high-quality results.

Qualifications

• College, university, or degree in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Math) or related field, or equivalent experience required.
• This position may require licensing for compliance with export controls or sanctions regulations.

Responsibilities

• Lead multiple projects to design and implement welding processes to meet safety requirements, manufacturing goals, business goals, and product specifications.
• Apply welding principles to improve manufacturing equipment and processes for multiple projects.
• Utilize continuous improvement tools while following Cummins standards.
• Develop welding standards and working methods.
• Communicate with and influence key external stakeholders, business leaders, and functional members.
• Collaborate with internal and external resources on multiple project assignments.
• Advance knowledge of welding principles as applied to Cummins and coach key stakeholders.
• Maintain relationships and coach stakeholders.

Skills

Collaboration

Communication

Safety Fundamentals

Drawing Interpretation

Welding Automation

Welding Codes

Welding Processes

Diversity & Inclusion

Machine Programming

Manufacturing Knowledge

Process Layout

Process Documentation

Ergonomics & Workplace Design

Education

STEM degree

Job description

Job Summary

Leads the design, documentation, and implementation of welding processes for manufacturing.

Key Responsibilities

Leads the work for multiple projects to create and implement all aspects of welding processes to ensure safety requirements, manufacturing goals, business goals, and product specifications are met. Leads by applying the knowledge or use of welding principles and practices to improve manufacturing equipment and processes for multiple projects. Leads the use of continuous improvement tools while following the Cummins standards. Leads the development of welding standards and working methods. Leads the communications with and influences key external stakeholders, business leaders, and functional members. Works with internal and external resources on multiple project assignments. Leads the advanced knowledge of welding principles and practices as they are applied to Cummins. Maintains relationships and coaches key stakeholders.

Competencies

• Collaborates - Building partnerships and working collaboratively with others to meet shared objectives.
• Communicates effectively - Developing and delivering multi-mode communications that convey a clear understanding of the unique needs of different audiences.
• Health and Safety Fundamentals - Champions and models proactive health and safety behaviors by identifying, reporting and participating in actions to improve health and safety in order to build an interdependent culture and contribute to an injury-free workplace.
• Drawing Interpretation - Integrates product design and manufacturing equipment engineering drawings to support the design and development of an optimal manufacturing process that meets product design specifications.
• Knowledge of Welding Automation - Identifies the proper types of automated welding processes to be used by integrating them into the design, and process control in the manufacturing of a part or component to ensure quality into the process.
• Knowledge of Welding Codes - Interprets the codes in the welding industry by using the right code within an operation in a design for manufacturing to be compliant with industry regulations.
• Knowledge of Welding Processes - Demonstrates understanding of the multiple welding processes used within the organization by properly designing for the appropriate manufacturing process to produce process robustness for quality and cost effectiveness.
• Values differences - Recognizing the value that different perspectives and cultures bring to an organization.
• Machine Programming - Creates factory floor machine programs by designing and implementing solutions to improve usage of machine and overall operation.
• Manufacturing Knowledge - Demonstrates the knowledge of manufacturing by correctly implementing changes in current processes, equipment, and applications to meet the function's needs and contribute towards continuous improvement.
• Process Layout - Creates and/or modifies an optimized manufacturing process by incorporating knowledge of equipment, human interfaces, sequences of production steps, and facilities requirements in order to reduce process time and waste.
• Process Documentation - Produces written manufacturing procedures in proper sequence which are followed correctly by all approved stakeholders to establish continuity in processes and standardization.
• Ergonomics Process and Workplace Design - Designs, creates or adapts processes and workstations by implementing ergonomic controls through the application of the Cummins ergonomic design guidelines to reduce risk and deliver ergonomically designed work.

Education, Licenses, Certifications

College, university, or degree in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Math) or related field, or equivalent experience required.

This position may require licensing for compliance with export controls or sanctions regulations.

Experience

• Intermediate level of relevant work experience required.
• Should support VPI and VPCR programs and ensure the mfg. readiness
• Should understand GD&T and give the input to the DQR and DFM for VPI and VPCR Programs
• Should be able lead cost reduction and Quality improvement project
• Introduce the new and latest technology related to welding project
• Should be able to lead the Mfg. project

Job

Manufacturing

Organization

Cummins Inc.

Role Category

On-site with Flexibility

Job Type

Exempt - Experienced

ReqID

2434317

Relocation Package

No

100% On-Site

No