Manager - Engineering - Surface Treatment & Paint Technology

Division

Engineering

Department

Surface Treatment

Level / Grade

L3

Functional Area

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Job Title

Manager Surface Treatment

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Reporting

Functional reporting to : Div. Manager Surface Treatment

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Background

i) Educational Qualification

• B.Tech/B.E. Paint Technology

Desirable: Engineering Graduate

ii) Experience

Minimum: 5 years

Maximum: 8 years

iii) Age Limit

Minimum: 25

Maximum: 35

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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.

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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

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Likely sources

Organization example

Honda Motorcycles & Scooter India , TVS Motors , Tata Motors , Honda Cars India , Maruti Suzuki