
- Plan, design, and develop foundry, machining, and finishing plant layouts to support efficient production.
- Design and optimize factory and foundry floor layouts, including machinery, molding lines, pouring stations, and material handling systems.
- Optimize material flow, manpower movement, and equipment placement to improve productivity and reduce cycle time.
- Ensure effective space utilization while maintaining safety, ergonomics, serviceability, and maintainability.
- Prepare detailed 2D and 3D CAD layout drawings, models, simulations, and installation plans.
- Analyze existing layouts to identify bottlenecks, waste, and excessive material movement, and recommend improvements.
- Support new product development and introductions by adapting layouts for new patterns, molds, cores, tooling, and automation.
- Coordinate with production, foundry, machining, quality, maintenance, engineering, and project management teams.
- Ensure layouts comply with Indian and international quality, safety, and environmental standards such as ISO, IATF, and RDSO where applicable.
- Conduct time and motion studies, clearance studies, and feasibility analysis using lean manufacturing principles.
- Optimize layouts to reduce material handling cost, scrap, rework, and operational expenses.
- Interpret technical drawings and specifications to ensure layouts meet customer and process requirements.
- Perform dimensional layout checks, tolerance analysis, and verification to support precision cast components.
- Assist in troubleshooting layout-related issues affecting casting quality and propose corrective actions.
- Collaborate with quality teams on inspection requirements, fixture concepts, and layout validation.
- Maintain accurate layout documentation, drawing records, revisions, and version control.
- Prepare layout proposals, reports, presentations, and cost-benefit analysis for management approval.
- Support capacity expansion, equipment upgrades, and process changes through effective layout planning.
- Coordinate on-site validation and implementation of layouts during project execution.
- Contribute to continuous improvement initiatives by reviewing and updating layouts as production needs evolve.
- Stay updated with industry trends, technologies, and best practices in layout engineering and foundry operations.
- Plant and factory layout planning for foundry, machining, and finishing operations.
- Strong knowledge of foundry processes including molding, core making, melting, pouring, shakeout, and finishing.
- Understanding of casting principles such as shrinkage, gating, risering, and dimensional control.
- Proficiency in 2D and 3D CAD software such as AutoCAD, SolidWorks, and similar tools for layout design and documentation.
- Ability to prepare and interpret detailed engineering drawings, specifications, tolerances, and GD and T.
- Knowledge of material flow planning, material handling systems, and space optimization in heavy industrial environments.
- Familiarity with lean manufacturing, 5S, Kaizen, value stream mapping, and continuous improvement techniques.
- Capability to analyze layouts to identify bottlenecks, waste, safety risks, and productivity gaps.
- Experience in conducting time and motion studies, clearance studies, and layout simulations.
- Understanding of Indian and international quality, safety, and environmental standards such as ISO 9001, IATF 16949, ISO 45001, and RDSO.
- Basic knowledge of dimensional inspection, tolerance analysis, and metrology tools including Vernier calipers, micrometers, height gauges, and CMM.
- Ability to support new product development, tooling changes, automation, and capacity expansion projects.
- Problem-solving and root cause analysis skills for layout, process, and quality-related issues.
- Strong coordination and communication skills to work with production, quality, maintenance, engineering, and project teams.
- Good documentation, drawing control, reporting, and version management skills.
- Project management basics to plan layout changes with minimal production disruption.
- High attention to detail and quality orientation to ensure reliable and safe cast components.
- Time management skills to meet project timelines and delivery commitments.
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