Shift Leader- Assembly

Location: Vadodara, India

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This Position reports to:

Assistant Manager Production

**Your role and responsibilities**

In this role, you will have the opportunity to supervise daily motor assembly operations, achieve production targets, ensure product quality and workplace safety, and manage shop-floor manpower effectively.. Each day, you will provide regular feedback and make recommendations to management regarding issues within the production line, including production line organization, shifting priorities, and possible critical situations. You will also showcase your skills by cooperating with the unit supervisor to create an effective work environment and reinforcing production schedules and quality.

The work model for the role is: **#Li\_Onsite**

This role is contributing to the Motion business for High Power division based in Vadodara, India

You will be mainly accountable for:

• Execute daily production plans and monitor plan versus actual output.
• Supervise motor assembly activities as per SOPs, work instructions, and engineering drawings.
• Ensure compliance with safety standards, 5S, and quality requirements.
• Monitor assembly defects, rework, productivity, and cycle time. Allocate staffing and manage attendance, shift deployment, and overtime.
• Coordinate with PPC, Stores, Quality, and Maintenance to resolve production issues and material shortages.
• Maintain production records, WIP status, and SAP/ERP transactions, as applicable. Support root-cause analysis, Kaizen, Lean Manufacturing, and continuous improvement initiatives. Ensure timely completion of work orders and handover of assembled motors for inspection.

**Qualifications for the role**

• Full time engineering in Electrical or Mechanical.
• 2 to 5 years of experience with basic knowledge of mechanical/electrical assembly processes and engineering drawings.
• Lean Manufacturing, Continuous Improvement, Productivity Improvement, Kaizen, 5S. Understanding of VSM, VSD Kanban, Poka-yoke, OEE, builds effective, skilled, and productive teams. Basic MS Excel and ERP/SAP knowledge preferred.
• Understanding of production planning, quality control, and shop-floor safety.
• Willingness to work in shifts. Manages relationships with stakeholders in their own area of responsibility and ensures alignment.

**Key Performance Indicators**

• Production plan completion and productivity.
• First-time-right quality and rework reduction.
• Manpower utilization and overtime control.
• Safety compliance and 5S performance.
• Timely work-order completion.

**More about us**

ABB Motion provides pioneering technology, products, solutions and related services to industrial customers to increase energy efficiency, improve safety and reliability, and maintain precise control over processes. The portfolio includes motors, generators and drives for a wide range of applications in all industrial sectors.

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