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Plant Senior Engineer- Product & Process. (Forging Designer)


Company : GKN Automotive


Location : Kancheepuram,


Created : 2025-03-22


Job Type : Full Time


Job Description

**Key responsibilities** **Process Design Engineering-** Contribute to the analysis of information and the specification of the methods and process steps, as well as the plant, machinery, and equipment, required to design and continuously improve manufacturing or materials processes and process systems to deliver the end product within specified cost and quality parameters. **Engineering Solutions Design** Contribute to the design of engineering solutions; design the feasibility testing approach and supervise its implementation to support the development and validation of engineering solutions. **Engineering Standards Specification** Carry out a range of activities under the guidance of more senior colleagues to support the drafting of engineering standards and specifications and the evaluation of the effectiveness of those standards. **Engineering Inspections-** Carry out inspections under the supervision of senior colleagues to evaluate the quality of engineering works and/or the integrity of existing installations or structures, and make recommendations to senior colleagues on the remedial works needed to ensure conformance with specifications and regulatory requirements. **Data Collection and Analysis** Collate and analyze data using preset tools, methods, and formats. Involves working independently. **Improvement/Innovation** Identify shortcomings in existing processes, systems, and procedures, and use established change management programs to address them. **Project Management** Work within an established project management plan to achieve specific goals. **Personal Capability Building** Develop own capabilities by participating in assessment and development planning activities as well as formal and informal training and coaching; gain or maintain external professional accreditation, where relevant, to improve performance and fulfill personal potential. Maintain an understanding of relevant technology, external regulation, and industry best practices through ongoing education, attending conferences, and reading specialist media. **Contract Management** Help others get the most out of knowledge management systems by offering support and advice. **Product and Solution Development** Carry out a range of product development and engineering activities. Use established systems to analyze customer needs and define and deliver products. **Solutions Analysis** Interpret data and identify possible answers. Involves navigating a wide variety of processes, procedures, and precedents. **Internal Client Relationship Management** Build effective working relationships within the internal client organization, delivering high-quality professional services with guidance from senior colleagues. **Health, Safety, and Environment** Follow the organization's health, safety, and environment (HSE) policies, procedures, and mandatory instructions to identify and mitigate environmental risks and risks to the well-being of self and others in the workplace; instruct the team in safe working methods; identify instances of risky behaviors within the team and take appropriate action, escalating serious issues as appropriate. **Manufacturing Methods/Processes Development** Identify shortcomings in existing manufacturing processes, systems, and procedures; develop methods and processes to address them. **Skills** **Engineering Technology** Works without supervision and provides technical guidance when required on how to get results using new and advanced engineering technologies. **Engineering Design** Works without supervision and provides technical guidance as needed on executing engineering designs using the appropriate methods, tools, processes and software. **Engineering Development** Works without supervision and provides technical guidance as needed on achieving engineering development targets using appropriate methods, tools, processes and software. **Engineering Specification** Works without supervision and provides technical guidance when required on producing technical engineering specifications and related materials. **Engineering Testing** Works without supervision and provides technical guidance when required on testing, evaluating and improving engineering outcomes. **Project Schedule Management** Works without supervision and provides technical guidance when required on sequencing and scheduling tasks into a project plan. **Engineering Build-** Builds engineering solutions without supervision and provides technical guidance on these solutions as needed. **Costing and Budgeting** Works without supervision and provides technical guidance when required on costing, budgeting and finance tasks. **Education** B. Tech / BE or Equivalent Level **Experience:** 10 years and above GKN Driveline provides equal employment and affirmative action opportunities to applicants and employees without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status, age, genetic information, pregnancy, or disability.