Senior Production Engineer

About the role

Senior Production Engineer responsible for managing and optimizing production operations in a large‑scale sugar manufacturing facility, ensuring safe, reliable and efficient plant performance while meeting production and operational targets.

Key responsibilities

• Manage and monitor daily production operations to achieve targets, ensure process stability, product quality and efficiency.
• Lead troubleshooting and root cause analysis of complex process and equipment issues to minimize downtime and production losses.
• Monitor and improve key production KPIs such as production rate, OEE, efficiency, downtime, yield and productivity.
• Coordinate with Maintenance, Process, Quality, Utilities, Warehouse and Engineering teams to ensure reliable continuous plant operation.
• Lead and support shutdowns, maintenance, commissioning, start‑ups and major modification activities across production areas.
• Drive continuous improvement initiatives focused on process optimization, productivity, cost reduction, waste reduction and energy efficiency.
• Apply TPM, RCA, Kaizen, Lean Manufacturing and operational excellence methodologies to enhance equipment and process performance.
• Develop and maintain daily, weekly and monthly production reports and KPI dashboards for data‑driven decision making.
• Participate in production planning, resource allocation, manpower optimization and preparation of operational budgets.
• Provide technical leadership, coaching and support to production engineers, technicians and operators.

Required skills

• Root Cause Analysis
• TPM (Total Productive Maintenance)
• Continuous Improvement
• Production Management
• Shutdown Management
• Project Commissioning Management
• Cost Reduction
• Process Optimization
• Lean Manufacturing
• OEE KPI Management