Plant Head (Pneumatic)

Location: Noida Sector 27

Job Description – Plant Head
Industry: Pneumatic Products & Industrial Automation Manufacturing
Department:
Manufacturing / Operations
Designation:
Plant Head

Experience:

15–20 Years

Location:

Noida
Reporting To:
Senior Management / Director
1. Job Purpose
We are looking for an experienced and highly capable Plant Head to lead the complete
manufacturing and plant operations of our pneumatic products manufacturing facility.
The candidate will be responsible for end-to-end plant management, including production,
production planning, quality, maintenance, engineering, process improvement, inventory
coordination, manpower productivity, cost control, safety, and timely dispatch.
The ideal candidate should have strong experience in pneumatic, hydraulic, industrial
automation, precision engineering, engineering components, or similar manufacturing
industries, with the ability to understand technical products and manage a multi-functional
manufacturing team.
The Plant Head will be expected to build a high-performance manufacturing culture, improve
productivity and OEE, reduce rejection and manufacturing costs, improve delivery performance,
and continuously enhance manufacturing processes.

2. Product & Technical Environment
The candidate will preferably have experience or working knowledge of products/processes
related to:

● Pneumatic Cylinders

● Pneumatic Valves

● FRL Units – Filter, Regulator & Lubricator

● Pneumatic Tubings

● Pneumatic Fittings

● Solenoid Valves

● Industrial Automation Components

● Customized Pneumatic Products

● Precision Engineering Components

● Assembly and testing of pneumatic products

● CNC/VMC machining and related manufacturing processes

● Pressure testing, leak testing and functional testing

● Product customization and engineering-to-production coordination
Candidates from hydraulic, industrial automation, automotive components, precision
engineering, machine components, or similar industries may also be considered if they
possess strong manufacturing leadership experience.

3.

Key Responsibilities
A. Overall Plant & Manufacturing Management

● Take complete ownership of day-to-day plant operations.

● Plan, organize and control all manufacturing activities to achieve production, quality and
delivery targets.

● Ensure production plans are aligned with sales requirements, customer commitments
and available manufacturing capacity.

● Monitor plant capacity utilization and identify capacity expansion requirements.

● Establish systems for smooth coordination between Production, Planning, Quality,
Purchase, Stores, Maintenance, Engineering, Logistics and Sales.

● Ensure optimum utilization of manpower, machines, materials and production resources.

● Develop systems to improve manufacturing productivity and operational discipline.
B. Production Planning & Execution

● Prepare and monitor daily, weekly and monthly production plans.

● Ensure production schedules are achieved within defined timelines.

● Analyze production bottlenecks and implement corrective actions.

● Improve machine utilization and production throughput.

● Monitor production against planned quantities and investigate deviations.

● Ensure timely completion of customized and urgent customer orders.

● Establish production priorities based on customer commitments and business
requirements.

● Develop capacity planning and manpower planning based on future business
projections.
C. Pneumatic Product Manufacturing

● Develop a strong understanding of manufacturing processes involved in pneumatic
products.

● Ensure proper manufacturing and assembly processes for cylinders, valves, FRLs,
fittings, tubing and customized products.

● Improve manufacturing processes for precision, reliability and repeatability.

● Ensure proper process controls for machining, assembly, testing and finishing
operations.

● Work closely with Engineering/R&D on new product development and product
customization.

● Ensure smooth transition of new/customized products from engineering to production.

● Identify opportunities for standardization and modularization of customized products.
D. Quality Management

● Establish and maintain robust quality systems across the plant.

● Drive reduction in rejection, rework, customer complaints…