• Prepares weekly &daily plan of raw materials/input and products by participating production superintendents.
• Organizes and co-ordinates manufacturing processes to meet planned production target.
• When plan is approved, provides the plan along with implementation programme to production supervisors.
• Closely controls and supervises proper implementation of the programme.
• Reviews weekly and daily production plan to ensure its conformance with capacity of machines; if there is negative deviation from plan, reports to production department Manager with tangible evidences.
• Coordinates; controls and initiate immediate subordinates toward achieving production target.
• Ensures that production process is directed toward producing yields that meet planned product quantity and quality.
• Receives regular reports about quantity and quality of products from supervisors.
• When an encountered product of inferior quality and quantity take corrective measures immediately and reports the case to production department manager.
• Confirms availability of inputs to run machines and production of adequate quality products for Production  department and other customers; seeks remedy for shortage of raw materials and outputs
• Reports about performances of the shift in detail & transparently to the next shift leader and production department manager.
• Confirms the proper functioning of all machines and accomplishment of their preventive maintenances.
• Makes strict expedition regarding absence of raw materials/input and product wastages, economic utilization of all inputs, cleanliness of production instrument & machines and proper cleaning of production area[ floor, ceiling and walls]
• Ascertain fixation of fire extinguisher at a visible location and ensures that causes of accidents are timely avoided
• Ensures that employees are following current good manufacturing practice, use work clothes and instruments properly and product trolleys are place at their proper places.
• Makes follow-up that all machines are functioning; confirm that those non-functional are reported to be maintained.
• Conduct necessary investigation about those machines that generate defective products & maximize wastages; provides technical improvement suggestion; comment on rejection of old machines and instruments and their replacement by new ones.
• Controls that the difference between productions out puts and inputs are in acceptable range; if it is out of the range, investigate the driving factors for the variation and takes appropriate corrective measures.
• Work to ensure that there is healthy relationship among production line workers, request about information demanded currently and in the future.
• Checks the availability of adequate raw/input and packing materials, utilities and machine parts.
• Designs & implements systems to minimize &/or avoid wastage of production inputs and bottle necks.
• Sorts out problems faced during regular production and solves them with the help of service departments, if required.
• Ensures in synchronization with technical department that all production equipment& machines are maintained in good working order.
• Initiates and follows-up the maintenance of production premises and facilities.
• Ensures that there is a general discipline and a conducive- work culture among production staff.
• Makes sure in collaboration with shift supervisors that production personnel are trained as per approved training assessment need schedule
• Appraises production personnel performances with concerned supervisors.
• Lead & organize jobs during machine and instrument installation and commissioning.
• Approves leave requests of supervisors taking into account load & nature of work.
• Prepares and submits periodic reports on all activities of the shift to production  department manager
• Performs all related jobs when instructed by production head.

 Education

• First Degree in Chemical Engineering/ Mechanical Engineering/ Industrial Engineering or related fields

Related Work Experience

• First Degree in Chemical Engineering/ Mechanical Engineering/ Industrial Engineering and 6 years relevant experience