Manager - Engineering - Surface Treatment & Paint Technology

Division Engineering Department Surface Treatment Level / Grade L3 Functional Area 1 Job Title Manager Surface Treatment 2 Reporting Functional reporting to : Div. Manager Surface Treatment 3 Background i) Educational Qualification . Paint Technology Desirable: Engineering Graduate ii) Experience Minimum: 5 years Maximum: 8 years iii) Age Limit Minimum: 25 Maximum: 35 4 Job Role & Responsibilities Role: Planning & Development of paint & Robotic painting process, Equipment, validation for 2wh and CV Parts Responsibilities: Process Planning • Design Robotic Painting Process with Robot teaching for new parts , robotic painting parameters and standardization of process with achieving PQS-CTQ points for Sheet metal parts & polymer parts • Develop New Colour paints with targets of minimum coats , lowest cost using low cost raw materials along with paint suppliers to achieve shade matching and PQS, CTQ • Explore AI driven processes Defect free fast product Introduction • Process Improvements for Cost Reduction /Productivity /Delivery Time based on material , Equipments , Energy efficiency • To establish necessary Poka-Yoke/interlocks for fool proof manufacturing process of painting of sheet metal parts. Flawless Manufacturing & Product quality enhancement • Study & resolve quality issues reported by plant & field • Improve process reliability to get zero defect part supplies. • Aesthetics improvement of visible parts. Cost reduction & Capital Investment avoidance • To generate VAVEs for part cost reduction • Right sizing of equipment for Capital investment avoidance. Green processes • Standardisation of painting process through documentations like IPO , PPAP , PFMEA , APQP • Explore Resource conservation. 5 Competency Requirements Technical/ Functional: -Knowledge & hands on experience of Robot Teaching / programming for painting of parts , preferably 2wh parts - Knowledge & hands on experience for paint spraying and circulation equipments like pumps , spray guns , bells , promix - Knowledge & hands on experience in development of new paints , testing parameters for appearance and durability like DOI , Orange peel , Colour measurement , Weather resistance , Salt spray tests etc. - Hands on experience/ analytical ability in resolving paint defects , field failures and competence for countermeasures to resolve -Knowledge & Hands on experience in various Pretreatment and painting processes including Tri-cationic Phosphating , non chrome ptretreatment , Liquid painting , CED coating , Powder coating & paint raw materials Behavioral Polite, Sincerity , Team working , Good communication, Good listening capability Specific expertise required for functional area: Robot teaching skills for painting 6 Likely sources Organization example Honda Motorcycles & Scooter India , TVS Motors , Tata Motors , Honda Cars India , Maruti Suzuki