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Graduate Engineer Trainee

2. Line Manager
3. Line Supervisor
4. Design Engineer
5. Procurement Manager
6. Quality Manager
7. Quality Inspector
8. Store Manager
9. HR Manager
10. PPC manager


Graduate Engineer Trainee:
Job Description:
A Graduate Engineer Trainee is a fresh recruit from an institute who utilizes his concept, principles and
theories learnt in the college life to familiarize him with the work environment of the organization and
learn about different roles and responsibilities in the organization through hands-on training and
projects.
1. Education and Certification:
B.E/ B.Tech. from an engineering institute
M.E/ M.Tech
2. IT skills:
Should be familiar with basics of MS Office software like Word, Excel, Powerpoint etc.
Spreadsheets
Knowledge of CAD software (Knowledge is an added advantage)
KRAs of a Graduate Engineer Trainee:
1. Technical Knowledge:
Understand and apply basic concepts learnt during the Bachelors or Masters degree.
Analyze the functions of various machines and interpret their usage, benefits and
limitations.
2. Project Management:
Work under different divisions and learn basic functioning through small projects.
Understand the working of the divisions in the company carry out a critical analysis.
Communicate with different line managers and managers of different divisions to find
the root cause of the problems assigned and solve them within stipulated time.
3. Regulations:
Abide by the rules of the organization related to the safety, discipline and behavioral
aspects.
Understand the norms, rules and regulation prevailing in the automobile industry.
Competency Model:
1. Problem Solving:
Able to identify and define the problem statement properly.
Analyze and achieve the root cause of the problem through observations, logics, tests or
communication with experts etc.
Examine the various options available on various parameters and come up with a
plausible solution.
Act on agreed course of action. If action not possible, recommend the solution to the
manager in-charge.
2. Communication:
Able to listen and understand the problem and ability to analyze it in depth.
Present the recommended solution in an easy, comprehensive and lucid format.
Understand the key deliverables and able to communicate it to the stakeholders
properly.
3. Creativity:
Able to come up with a creative and out of the box solution.
Able to critically analyze the functioning of various departments and recommend
solutions to the problems.
4. Awareness:
Awareness about the automobile sector and knowledge about changes or introduction
of new rules/ norms in the sector.
Awareness about the new technologies coming in the sector.
An analysis of the market. A comprehensive knowledge of the competitors in terms of
their strengths and weaknesses and how they are similar/ different.
LINE MANAGER:
A line manager examines the processes happening on the line and ensures that the processes and
production schedule is followed. He coordinates with managers of different departments to work out a
feasible production schedule maintaining an optimum quality and quantity of vehicles produced.
1. Education and Certification:
Bachelors / Masters degree in Engineering with relevant experience.
Diploma/ MBA from a management institute in Operations
2. IT skills:
Should be familiar with basics of MS Office software like Word, Excel, Powerpoint etc.
Spreadsheets
Knowledge of CAD software (Knowledge is an added advantage)
KRAs of a Line Manager:
1. Production Scheduling:
Coordinate with managers of different divisions and chalk out a feasible production
schedule.
Manage the processes on the line and ensure the production is as per the schedule.
Take care of the quality of vehicles produced out of the line.
Ensure that all the work is completed on line and there is minimum rework.
Ensure the logistics of different materials fitted on the line from various agencies,
suppliers and departments.
Maintain a proper inventory level as per the production schedule.
2. Increase Efficiency of Line:
Identify bottlenecks in the line and try to minimize them.
Map the weak areas or areas from where maximum defects occur and try to resolve the
issues.
Ensure proper machines are used and maintained timely.
3. Manpower Scheduling:
Proper scheduling of Manpower on the basis of requirement, availability and skills.
Transfer of manpower from one station to other in case of a need without hampering
the production schedule.
Motivate employees to take lesser number of holidays and prevent low attendance on
particular days by scheduling their leaves.
4. Project Management:
Take up different projects relevant to the line in terms of increasing quality and quantity
(efficiency)
Minimize the costs of production by taking up small improvement schemes on the line.
Consult and communicate with the workers working on line to know about the
problems faced by them and try to resolve the same.
5. Training and Development:
Take proper training or certification programs to improve skills.
Engage and motivate employees working under to do necessary training.
Coordinate with training division to demand for the training required for the people
working on line.
Competency Model:
1. Achievements of target:
Maintain a steady and optimum production schedule.
Increasing of the efficiency of the line.
Performance in various projects undertaken.
Generate saving through Value Engineering and reduction of production costs as per the
target.
2. Communication:
Communication with managers of different department to schedule the production a
well as the logistics.
Convey the problems occurring on the line to the relevant department.
Analyze and procure new and better technology for the line to increase quality and
quantity.
3. Project Management/ Execution:
Manage different projects undertaken in a particular year and ensure their completion.
Execute the recommended steps as early as possible
Achieve operational and qualitative efficiency.
Design Engineer:
Job Description:
A design Engineer designs on CAD and tests different parts of the vehicle or the vehicle itself. He/ She
takes feedback from other departments like Quality, Service and Production regarding fitment and
failure and try to improve the product accordingly. It is also expected to increase the efficiency of the
existing product from him/ her.
1. Education and Certification:
Bachelor in Engineering (B.E./ B.Tech)
Masters in Engineering (M.E./ M.Tech)
2. IT Skills:
CAD software knowledge:
i. CATIA
ii. AUTOCAD
iii. ANSYS
Basic knowledge of office software like Word, Powerpoint and Excel.
KRAs of a Design Engineer:
1. Technical Knowledge:
Professional degree in designing parts and models.
Favourable qualitative and aesthetic outcomes of the designed products.
2. Design Planning:
Engage imagination, think creatively, innovate and provide design leadership
Awareness of contemporary issues relevant to the existing designs and how they may be
integrated into new designs
Ensure design complies with scope of work and contract requ irements.
Collaborate with and lead other specialists in the field as required
Develop conceptual soft and hard designs
Use the conceptual design to prepare final drawings and technical specifications
3. Regulations:
Aware of various norms, rules and regulations of the automobile industry regarding
environment, compliance and regulatory issues.
4. Project Management:
Consult with production, service and quality managers about the limitations of a design
and the problematic areas.
Capture the failures of the designed parts and analyze them to come up with a better
design.
Optimize the existing design in terms of material, weight and quality.
Offer solutions to other departments with respect to fitment and usage of a part.
Monitor the designed parts closely in terms of quality, progress and costs as closely as
possible.
Competency Model:
1. Design details and drawings:
Understand design techniques, tools, and principles involved in the production of
precision technical parts, assemblies, drawings, and models
Develop conceptual designs from which detailed design drawings and technical
specifications are prepared
Analyze the problem areas in the vehicles and make suitable designs as per
requirements and deliverables.
2. Project Management/ Execution:
Use of various CAD software for checking the feasibility of the design
Identify various limitations of designs and convey that to the stakeholders.
Get data from the failures occurring in the vehicles and change/ modify the design.
Work to create a quality product, free from defects
Evaluate older components and suggest changes wherever necessary.
3. Local Laws:
Be aware of the government rules and norms regarding the vehicle and its standards.
Use the information given in the codes and directories properly.
Inspect and review designs for compliance with latest reviews in rules, regulations and
norms.
4. Estimation:
Estimate the potential costs and map it with the benefits harnessed.
Analyze cost effectiveness of the designed elements and propose cheaper yet quality
solutions.

Procurement Manager:
A Procurement Manager deals with the suppliers of the organization and ensures the timely delivery of
quality and defect free products. He/ She works closely with the Production/ Quality manager to solve
the issues regarding vendor quality.
Educational Qualifications:
Bachelor in Engineering
Master in Engineering
Post Graduate in Operations Management
IT Skills:
Proficient in spreadsheets
Basic awareness of office tools like Word, Powerpoint, Excel
KRAs of a Procurement Manager:
1. Technical Knowledge:
Understands the drawings properly and able to relate 2-D drawings with the actual part.
Able to find out mistakes in the drawing or in the part supplied as per the fitment in the
vehicle.
Keep an up to date knowledge of the design reviews and changes happening in the
designs.
2. Communication:
Proper communication with Production and Quality Managers with respect to product
quality.
Proper communication with the vendor to update it with the recent developments in
the organization with respect to design changes and current issues.
Work with vendors to reduce their cost of production and increase efficiency.
3. Quality Assurance:
Have a random checking of the lots received from the vendors in the plant.
Accept / reject the lot as per the defects found.
Improve the products/ parts failure and defect rate by working closely with the
vendors, production and Quality Managers.
Achieve the target of year on year reduction in the defective parts.
4. Timeliness:
Ensure timely ordering and receipt of parts.
Keep a close eye on the inventory and production schedule and plan the procurement
accordingly.
Competency Model:
1. Design Details:
Analyze the drawings properly and suggest changes wherever necessary to the Design
Team or the vendors.
Should be able to critically analyze the drawings and suggest for improvement w.r.t.
cost, design and quality.
2. Material Handling:
Able to gauge the production schedule and make materials available from the vendors
for production.
Timely order of the materials from the vendors by receiving order from the production
or planning team.
Maintain a proper inventory to capture the fluctuation in demand based on the
historical data and situations.
3. Improvement:
Quality improvement in products through proper planning and vendor management.
Improving the efficiency at the vendors end through proper process improvement.
Improve the quality of product and the lower the rejection rate.
4. Vendor Management:
Selection of vendors on the basis of their capabilities to produce and deliver qulity
products within the stipulated time.
Carry out process improvements at the vendors end.
Regularly communicate the defects observed in the parts to the vendors and take
necessary actions by analyzing the root cause.
Quality Manager:
Job Description:
A quality manager deals with the parts that are procured and fitted in the vehicle and also the quality of
the outgoing vehicle. Also the responsibility of field failures and its resolution comes under his/ her
responsibilities. Process and parts improvement is also a part of his/ her job responsibility.
Educational Qualifications:
1. Bachelors in Engineering
2. Masters in Engineering
IT skills:
1. Proficient in spreadsheets
2. Basic awareness of office tools like Word, Powerpoint, Excel
3. Awareness of software like SAP
KRAs of a Quality Manager:
1. Technical Knowledge:
Ability to understand and interpret the parts from a given 2-D drawing.
Ability to analyze the problems occurred during fitment through the basic knowledge of
engineering and learning from the past.
Keep an up to date knowledge of the design reviews and changes made in the part.
2. Quality Assurance:
Improvement in the parts fitted on the line.
Observe the basic problems of the line in terms of parts fitment and suggest a practical
way to do the same.
Record the parts that have the most failure rate and give suggestions to improve them
and also implement ways to improve that.
3. Customer Satisfaction:
Talk to consumers to capture their grievances and suggest and carry out remedial
actions in collaboration with other Managers.
Capture consumer needs and desires and try to implement that on line and in products
through special projects.
4. Project Management:
Identify grey areas of production and find the root cause.
Evaluate the parts fitted in the vehicle and try to minimize their costs by suggesting
alternate parts/ design/ material.
Competency Model:
1. Project Execution:
Set up targets and try to implement the suggested remedial action as early as possible.
Gauge the activities of the line an implement efficiency boosting activities to increase
production.
Ensure that the parts are fitted on the line as per the process sheets.
Make available the process sheet and PFMEA charts for the production on line.
2. Improvement:
Analyse line activities and suggest alternate yet quicker ways to carry out the steps
without compromising with quality.
Develop Poka-Yoke models to ensure no wrong fitment is made.
Carry out checks related to parts procured from vendors at random and ensure that first
in first out system is maintained.
Prevent fitment of products/ parts that are old/ expired by having a regular check in the
store.
3. Value Engineering:
Suggest better ways of improving the efficiency and save costs.
Suggest and carry out projects with the help of other departments for cost leadership
and alternative cheap materials.
4. Communication:
Communicate the problems observed on the line to the respective shareholders and
execute a PDCA cycle to improve.
Have a good communication from the customer end to delegate and improve on their
grievances.
5. Field Failures:
Analyze the root cause of the field failures and carry out improvement projects.
Study the old data of field failures and try to take out clues from that to reduce field
failures.
Have a regular communication with service managers to get an idea of the field failures
occurring on the field.
Reduce the repeatability of identical field failures by taking up projects.
HR Manager:
Job Responsibility of an HR manager:
The role of an HR manager is to maintain and enhance the companys human resources through proper
planning, implementing and enhancing employee relations and human resource programs, policies and
practices.
Educational Requirements:
Diploma in Human Resource Management
MBA in Human Resource Management
IT skills:
Well versed in office tools such as word, Powerpoint and excel.
KRAs of a HR manager:
1. Organization:
Organize timely and essential training for the employees.
Have a strong management skill to deal with employee grievances and satisfy their
demands as and when required.
2. Training and Development:
Organize training sessions for the employees that are essential for them.
Take up training needs of the employees as per their core competency and facilitate
learning.
Encourage peer to peer learning through cross functional team formation.
Organize training sessions keeping in view of the future plans of the organization.
3. Recruitment/ Selection:
Identify the need of the human resource in each department and hire people
accordingly.
Transfer of people from one department to the other by analyzing their interest and
skills.
Hire fresh graduates from college.
4. Performance Management:
Evaluate the performance of an employee through various parameters.
Decide the bonus/ benefits to be provided to the employee by the virtue of his
performance for the organization.
5. Workforce Planning:
Decide on the number of workers to be designated for each department.
Receive and fulfill genuine requests of shortage of manpower in a particular
department.
Scheduling and rescheduling of work areas of contract workers.
Competency Model:
1. Business orientation:
Take decisions and plan as per the companys mission and vision.
Plan the calendar year strategically to ensure employee involvement through activities
and competitions.
Have a good understanding of team building and organize events for team building and
motivation of employees.
2. HR expertise:
Have a sound knowledge of HR principles, rules and regulations of the industry.
Apply business procedures for the betterment of the organization.
Manage the resources efficiently and judiciously to prevent over-spending.
Cost cutting wherever there is a need. Change/ modify rules or benefits for the same.
3. Leadership Abilities:
Take ethical and un-biased decisions for the employees.
Welfare of the employees through various schemes.
Develop future managers through proper and advanced training.
Be decisive in taking actions and be bold enough to take steps.
4. Change Management:
Managing the changes occurring inside and outside the organization in terms of rules,
norms, attrition etc.
Ready to give consultation for employees in need.
Influence others for change in the system and implementing better ways of
implementing changes to increase productivity.