ME-III/ ME Manager
Location Derabassi - Punjab, India
FORVIA HELLA is a listed international automotive supplier. As a company of the FORVIA Group, FORVIA HELLA stands for high-performance lighting technology and vehicle electronics and, with the Lifecycle Solutions Business Group, also covers a broad service and product portfolio for the spare parts and workshop business as well as for manufacturers of special vehicles. With currently around 34,000 employees at over 125 locations, the company is active worldwide and generated adjusted sales of €8.0 billion in the fiscal year 2025.
YOUR TASKS
Job Objective
Manufacturing Engineer in New Projects.
Execution of planning and approval of new and complex production equipment in alignment with the product and development process.
Planning and specifying complex working cycles and sequences, taking new and modified production processes and methods into account; planning and arranging for the procurement / manufacture of appropriate operating and testing equipment.
Projecting within the context of development projects in agreement with the superior.
Coordinate and lead the other ME team and also Maintaining over all Projects within development and tracking the development activities and responsible to meet the Project requirement and Project timeline and develop the maintain Project dashboard for all the Projects and Project KPI- QCT target.
Key Responsibilities
Manufacturing Engineering
A. Manufacturing Engineering
Project Targets and Coordination
Agreeing and following up targets with the Project Manager or the Operations Manager and LCM in terms of quality, costs and timing in agreement with the superior and taking existing processes and methods into consideration.
Production Methods Development
Executing in the development of production methods taking the market development for production systems into account and check new systems for their suitability and applicability as set by Hella specific constrains and legal requirements.
Design for Manufacturing
Prepare suggestions for design of components suitable for production in accordance with manufacturing requirements identifying concrete potentials for saving based on the idea of TCO (total cost of ownership); inspiring design or manufacturing engineering changes.
Equipment Planning and Procurement
Plan complex operating equipment based on capacity and staff deployment plans to be drawn up; define type, extent, and number necessary production equipment (including auxiliary and series tools, jigs, testing equipment, special machines); arrange the procurement and/or production of the specified operating equipment.
Determine available internal capacities for the construction of operating equipment; estimate the costs and prepare suggestions for internal or external procurement.
Process Definition and Manufacturing Planning
Define and describe manufacturing sequences, manufacturing capacities and operating equipment data taking into account the planning variables to be determined (workflows, planned times, batch sizes); prepare manufacturing plans using existing systems and methods.
Plan new manufacturing sequences and operating equipment with the help of existing manufacturing processes, taking knowledge from the field of work science, production engineering and economics into account, as well as guidelines and standards. Use digitization to increase efficiency and robustness (e.g. MES, Hydra, iTAC).
Process Changes and Technical Information
Continual editing, interpretation and implementation of relevant technical information from internal and external partners as well as coordination and implementation of process and production equipment changes.
Risk Management
Evaluate risks using the process FMEA and taking customer requirements into consideration as well as developing and implementation of improvement action.
Documentation and Quality Management
Prepare, update and manage production and quality related documentations.
PPAP documentation.
Audit Lead and Preparation.
Audits Involvement in internal and external pre-series audits in production and quality assurance, as well as supporting series auditing in agreement with the superior if appropriate.
Sample Preparation and Validation
Plan and coordinate the preparation of (initial) samples including component recording and provision; monitoring the production of (initial) samples and carrying out acceptance test checks; if appropriate initiating design changes in agreement with the project team.
Escalation Management
Involvement in and/or implementation of defined escalation scenarios whenever deviations from targets occur in manufacturing engineering; showing existing alternative solutions.
Customer Audits
Customer Audit and Audit Preparation.
Change Management
Lead change management (ECN control, costing, feasibility analysis, scheduling etc.).
ECN Coordinator and ECN Documentation.
B. Projecting
Project Reviews and Customer Interface
Participate and Presenting Release meeting in different Project release phase and Customer meeting for Project status for all the Tooling and Assy line and launch readiness.
Project Monitoring and Continuous Improvement
Responsibility for the monitoring the Project task and critical process.
Implementation of improvement / cost reduction action (continuous improvement) with the target to reach the relevant performance KPIs.
To meet the ReDTc (Re-design to cost and TPP target).
Global and Regional Collaboration
Establishing, developing and supporting the global and regional networks.
Collaboration and contributing in global and regional networks and team structures.
RFQ and Cost Estimation
Able to make the RFQ and Handle RFQ and time line preparation.
Good understanding and Knowledge to estimate the Project Cost estimation for Assy line and Tooling for new Project and able to understand the anticipated customer requirement and draft in to requirement sheet.
YOUR QUALIFICATIONS
Job Profile / Requirements :
Education
University degree/ B-Tech or higher.
Additional certification will be Preffered for Management /leadership program/ High level excel and Power Bi, AI tools.
Presentation skill to handle global team and Customers.
Experience
Automotive experience 12+ years.
Automotive Lighting product to handle.
Automotive Customers (including Local and Exports).
Key Competencies
Manufacturing Engineering
New Product Introduction (NPI)
Project Management
Tooling & Assembly Line Development
Production Planning
Capacity Planning
Process FMEA
PPAP Documentation
Audit Management
ECN Management
Cost Estimation
RFQ Management
Continuous Improvement
ReDTc & TPP Target Achievement
Global Stakeholder Management
Customer Interface Management
MES, Hydra, iTAC Knowledge
Power BI, Advanced Excel, AI Tools
Leadership & Team Management
Presentation & Communication Skills
Even if you do not meet all our requirements, do not hesitate to apply to us, because the further development of our employees is very important to us and opens up a wide range of opportunities for you in our company.
FORVIA HELLA stands for the variety of all employees. Inclusion and diversity are firmly anchored in our company culture. We are continuously looking for new team players and welcome applications from all interested parties, regardless of their ethical and social background, age, religion, gender, disability, sexual orientation or identity.
HELLA India Lighting Ltd.
Neha Saini
