Factory Engineering Manager

Job Title: Factory Engineering

Job Function: Supply Chain        

Location: PAN India

Req ID: R-1164987           

About This Opportunity:

Lead engineering excellence at our manufacturing facility! As Engineering Manager, you'll drive innovation, optimize operations, and lead high-performing technical teams. This strategic role combines hands-on project leadership with long-term asset management, directly impacting our factory's success across Production, Quality, Cost, Delivery, Safety, Morale, and Innovation (PQCDSMI) metrics.

You'll have overall responsibility for engineering projects, maintenance operations, utilities, production lines, processing plants, and facilities—ensuring our manufacturing operations run at peak performance.

What You'Ll Do

Strategic Leadership & Innovation

• Lead and develop technical and maintenance teams delivering Projects, Innovation, Infrastructure, and Services across the site
• Champion innovation implementation, evaluating design alternatives for manufacturing excellence in alignment with USCC/category technology standards
• Partner with Category and Engineering Excellence teams to drive technology upgrades and regional network innovation delivery
• Build organizational expertise in Product, Process, and Packaging relevant to our asset base

Asset & Project Management

• Develop and deploy comprehensive plans to maximize asset utilization while supervising maintenance operations
• Prepare and manage Capital budgets and Capital Expenditure Proposals aligned with cluster and category requirements
• Execute the capital projects portfolio from approval through closure, applying TPM principles for Early Equipment Management
• Lead Early Equipment Management and Planned Maintenance TPM pillars, including SIMAS application
• Optimize maintenance costs, MTBF (Mean Time Between Failures), and MTTR (Mean Time To Repair) for all production lines

Operational Excellence

• Collaborate with Operations Teams to drive site and line efficiencies while reducing waste
• Establish and maintain effective preventative maintenance systems for plant and services (TPM-based)
• Plan and execute breakdown maintenance activities with minimal disruption
• Optimize spare parts safety stock levels aligned with working capital targets
• Implement control measures ensuring system accuracy in spare parts accounting and consumption
• Manage engineering contractors while ensuring statutory and legal compliance

Infrastructure & Sustainability

• Create and implement continuous improvement plans for energy, water, treatment, steam, and all infrastructure services
• Execute Energy Efficiency programs and sustainability initiatives
• Manage infrastructure contracts and contractor relationships

Safety & Quality

• Own safety for all project-related operations, maintaining and establishing safe working procedures
• Manage Health, Safety, and Environmental aspects throughout the project lifecycle—from design (PHA, HAZOPS, MDSAS) through equipment selection, implementation, commissioning, and handover
• Ensure all work meets the highest quality standards at the lowest possible cost

Budget & Standards Management

• Oversee Projects, Innovation, and Maintenance budgets
• Implement and manage engineering standards across the site
• Drive securing, rationalization, and standardization of engineering spares

People Development

• Coach and develop teams on technical and technology issues
• Build capabilities across the organization

Key Success Behaviors

• Bias for Action – Make decisions quickly and drive initiatives forward with urgency
• Building Talent & Teams – Develop people and create high-performing, collaborative teams
• Accountability & Responsibility – Own outcomes and deliver on commitments

What You Bring -

Education & Technical Background

• Bachelor's degree in engineering (B.E./B.Tech) 
• Strong technical foundation with practical application experience

Preferred Professional Experience

• Preferred experience of managing shopfloor operations in the FMCG sector with multiple supervisors and blue-collar workforce.
• Driving operational improvements and managing change.

Location-Based Role: This will be a site-based position with minimal travel requirements.

Your Network & Partnerships

You'll collaborate with a diverse range of internal and external partners like Finance, R&D, Quality, HR, IT, Planning, and Procurement, unions, Factory leadership, Suppliers and equipment vendors etc.

A Day in the life of a Factory Engineer

🌅 9:00 AM - The Asset Guardian Awakens - Your day starts with a factory walk-through, checking on your "lifelines" – the production lines, utilities, and processing plants. You review overnight maintenance reports and assess asset utilization like an orchestra lead preparing for a symphony performance.

⚡ 11:00 AM - Innovation War Room - Time to channel your inner tech visionary! You dive into innovation implementation plans, evaluating cutting-edge design alternatives for manufacturing processes. Today might bring technology selections or collaborate with regional networks on breakthrough solutions.

💰 12:00 PM - The Budget Strategist - Switch to CFO mode as you prepare expenditure proposals and manage project budgets. You're juggling numbers, coordinating with cluster teams, and making those million-euro decisions that shape the factory's future.

🔧 2:00 PM - Project Maestro in Action - Post-lunch, you're leading capital project implementations from conception to closure. Engaging TPM principles, Early Equipment Management, and ensuring every goal is hit perfectly.

🛡️ 4:00 PM - The Safety Champion - Your superhero cape comes out as you oversee project safety operations, review HAZOPS studies, and manage Health, Safety & Environmental aspects. From PHA assessments to equipment selection, you're a co-guardian of safe working procedures.

🌱 5:00 PM - The Sustainability Pioneer - End your day implementing Energy Efficiency programs and sustainability projects. You're not just managing infrastructure (energy, water, steam) – you're engineering a greener tomorrow while coaching your team on cutting-edge technology.

📊 6:30 PM - The Performance Optimizer - Final dashboard review: spare parts optimization, contractor management, and working capital targets. You ensure system accuracy while planning tomorrow's breakthroughs!

Every day, you're not just managing engineering – you're architecting the future of manufacturing excellence! 🏭✨ #UMakeItHappen

Ready to be the engineering brain behind India's most trusted brands?

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