Lead - Production

Position Title

Lead Production

Position Summary

This role will be responsible for managing day-to-day operations on the shop floor to ensure timely and cost-effective production of power cables while adhering to quality and safety standards. It involves supervising production teams, monitoring equipment and process efficiency, coordinating with cross-functional departments, and driving continuous improvement initiatives to optimize productivity, reduce downtime, and meet customer delivery timelines.

Key Accountabilities / Responsibilities

• Ensure execution of daily/weekly/monthly production schedules as per targets
• Coordinate with planning and inventory items to ensure raw material availability
• Monitoring process parameters for extrusion, stranding, armouring etc
• Ensure adherence to quality standards (any customer specific)
• Supervise production workforce, plan shift schedules and deploy manpower accordingly
• Provide job training to operators and helpers and ensure discipline and productivity
• Minimize machine breakdowns by coordinating with maintenance team
• Track and report machine downtime, analyze root causes and implement corrective actions
• Ensure incident free operations and have safety talks with shop floor associates
• Identify bottleneck processes and support Kaizen/Lean initiatives
• Drive cost safety projects and efficiency improvements
  
  

Critical Success Factors - Essential

• 5 years of experience in manufacturing maintenance role within a metal, cable, or wire manufacturing plant.
• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering (Mechanical/Electrical/Production) or equivalent.
• Strong understanding of power cable manufacturing (RBD, RST, DT, TP)
• Hands-on experience with production planning tools and SAP
• Quality Achievement & Reduction in rejection rates and quality issues, Ensure Zero Physical rework shift wise production.
  
  

Competencies

Behavioural - Impact and Influence

Behavioural - Information Seeking

Behavioural - Initiative

Behavioural - Innovative Thinking

Functional - Financial

Functional - Operational

Functional - People

Functional - Strategic

About Us

Sterlite Electric Limited (SEL) is a leading integrated power transmission developer and solutions provider globally, focused on addressing complex challenges in the sector by tackling the key constraints of time, space and capital.

We believe that electricity access transforms societies and delivers long-lasting social impact. Sterlite is uniquely positioned to solve the toughest challenges of clean energy delivery.

SEL is expanding horizons in the Power Transmission industry by developing an efficient, reliable and resilient transmission ecosystem. Our work impacts communities and businesses by enabling access to reliable, high-quality electricity. With power utilities facing increased pressure due to a rapidly growing population, increased demand and ageing infrastructure, there is an urgent need for augmentation and upgrades.

We help power utilities to tackle their network congestion challenges, by providing solutions that upgrade and uprate corridor intensity. Our strategic solutions through system design, application engineering, complete engineering procurement and construction as well as project management, commissioning and lifecycle services, ensure improved performance in the short and long-term.