Vacancy for Unit Manager - HSS

Join us as a Unit Manager- Production Engineering Services based HSS Factory in Pune to be responsible for develop and implement competitive/stable production methods and production equipment for the production based on strategy and working environment regulations Lean Six Sigma deployment and mindset, replication and sharing of best practices.

About the Company:

In Alfa Laval, we are every single day contributing to a more sustainable future for our planet through engineering innovation. Our global team designs and implements the refining, recycling and purifying process that allow our customers to be better themselves. You will find our work in leading applications for water purification, clean energy, food production, waste processing, pharmaceutical development and much more. The people of Alfa Laval enjoy the freedom to pursue ideas and the resources to see those ideas to become reality, in an environment that welcomes drive, courage and diversity. The result is a company where we all can be very proud of what we do.

Our core competencies are in the areas of heat transfer separation, and fluid handling. We are dedicated to optimizing the performance of our customers' processes. our world-class technologies, our systems, equipment and services must create solutions that help our customers stay ahead. Please feel free to peruse our website www.alfalaval.com.

The position / About the Job:

In this job the Unit Manager would be responsible for:

Key Tasks and Responsibilities:

• Supervising the manufacturing processes, ensuring quality work is done in a safe, efficient manner.
• Liaising with other engineers to develop plans that improve production, costs, and labor required.
• Diagnosing problems in the production line and providing recommendations and training.
• Establishing safety procedures and protocols that take the workers' well-being into account, and that also minimize the carbon footprint.
• Keeping abreast of advancements in engineering and production and sharing knowledge with co-workers.
• Identifying, documenting, and reporting unsafe practices.
• Drawing up production schedules and budgets for projects.
• Scheduling meetings with relevant departments and stakeholders.
• Analysing all facets of production and making recommendations for improvement.
• Obtaining any materials and equipment required.

Core competence:

• Active Black Belt
• Experience from LSS Black Belt projects.
• Manage the DMAIC project portfolio linked to strategically prioritized areas.
• Understanding of the manufacturing process of machining, forming & joining. Hands on experience on these processes would be added advantage.
• Experience with CAD software.
• Proficiency in MS Office.
• Proven experience in the engineering field.
• Superb analytical, problem-solving, and critical thinking skills.
• Strong leadership abilities.
• Superb written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to make decisions under pressure.
• Great attention to detail and organizational skills.
• Drawing reading and understanding of GD &T
• Project management experience with reporting metrics of cost, time and other resources.

Social skills/behaviour:

• Influence factory management teams.
• Managing network; understand how to form, drive, motivate and socialize network members and stakeholders.
• Classified by Alfa Laval as: Business
• Drive for results
• Customer focus
• Judgement and decision making

Who you are?

As a person who is responsible for securing that the unit meets short to mid-term goals and customer expectations. Actively work with operational interfaces, communicate, and coordinate.

What you can be?

Qualifications & experience:

• Bachelor of Engineering in Mechanical /Production or equivalent experience. 
• Leadership and management skills and experience.
• 15 years of experience in a production/manufacturing company.
• Experience from improvement tools, e g 5S, Lean Six Sigma, Kaizen

• Project work experience

Why should you apply:

• We offer you an interesting and challenging position in an open and friendly environment where we help each other to develop and create value for our customers.
• Exciting place to build a global network with different nationalities.
• Your work will have a true impact on Alfa Laval’s future success, you will be learning new things every day.

"We care about diversity, inclusion and equity in our recruitment processes. We also believe behavioral traits can provide important insights into a candidate's fit to a role. To help us achieve this we apply Pymetrics assessments, and upon application you will be invited to play the assessment games.

Interested? Please apply for the position.