Focus Factory Leader

It's not just about your career or job title… It's about who you are and the impact you will make on the world. Because whether it's for each other or our customers, we put People First. When our people come together, we Expand the Possible and continuously look for ways to improve what we create and how we do it. If you are constantly striving to grow, you're in good company. We are revolutionizing the way the world moves for future generations, and we want someone who is ready to move with us.

We are seeking a highly skilled and motivated Focused Factory Manager to lead our production operations for Brakes plant where we produce Air Generation treatment units, Brake Panels and Bogie Brakes. In this role, you will be responsible for overseeing all aspects of manufacturing, ensuring efficient production processes, maintaining quality standards, and driving continuous improvement initiatives. The successful candidate will have a strong background in production management, a deep understanding of engineering principles, and a proven track record of optimizing manufacturing operations.

Main responsibilities:

• Production Leadership: Manage the entire production process for AGTU, Brake Panels and Bogie Brakes, ensuring timely and efficient manufacturing operations while maintaining product quality and safety standards.
• Health and Safety Compliance: Ensure a safe and compliant working environment by enforcing safety protocols, conducting regular safety training, and promoting Behaviour-Based Safety practices.
• Quality Assurance: Implement and maintain rigorous quality control processes to ensure that all products meet or exceed quality standards, conducting regular audits and inspections.
• Team Management: Lead, mentor, and develop a team of engineers, technicians, and production staff, fostering a collaborative and high-performance work environment.
• Process Optimization: Continuously analyse and improve manufacturing processes, implementing lean methodologies, automation, and best practices to enhance efficiency, reduce waste, and increase productivity. Drive Kaizen initiatives to encourage a culture of continuous improvement.
• Supply Chain Coordination: Collaborate with procurement and logistics teams to ensure a smooth flow of raw materials and components required for production, maintaining optimal inventory levels. Achieve OTD of products to customers and ensure 100% OTIF.
• Resource Allocation: Allocate resources effectively to meet production schedules, ensuring that manpower, machinery, and equipment are utilized efficiently.
• Performance Monitoring: Develop key performance indicators (KPIs) to measure production performance, track progress, and identify areas for improvement. Ensure on-time delivery of products to customers.
• Budget Management: Work within budget constraints, controlling costs related to labour, materials, and overhead expenses while achieving production goals.
• Cross-functional Collaboration: Collaborate with engineering, R&D, Quality, Customer Service and other departments to drive product innovation, resolve technical issues, and introduce new products or improvements to existing ones.
• Industrial Consumables Optimization: Identify opportunities to optimize the usage of industrial consumables, reducing waste and costs without compromising product quality.
• New Product Development: Drive new product development initiatives, collaborating with R&D and engineering teams to bring innovative products to market.
• Continuous Improvement: Drive a culture of continuous improvement by encouraging idea sharing, implementing feedback loops, and initiating projects to enhance operational efficiency, product quality, and safety.
• Diversity: Encourage women employees to carry out assembly and testing activities of all products, foster culture of recruiting women employees, engage them in continuous improvement projects

Who are we?

Wabtec Corporation is a leading global provider of equipment, systems, digital solutions, and value-added services for freight and transit rail as well as the mining, marine, and industrial markets. Drawing on nearly four centuries of collective experience across Wabtec, GE Transportation, and Faiveley Transport, the company has grown to become One Wabtec, with unmatched digital expertise, technological innovation, and world-class manufacturing and services, enabling the digital-rail-and-transit ecosystems.

Wabtec is focused on performance that drives progress and unlocks our customers' potential by delivering innovative and lasting transportation solutions that move and improve the world. We are lifelong learners obsessed with making things better to drive exceptional results. Wabtec has approximately 27K employees in facilities throughout the world. Visit our website to learn more

Our Commitment to Embrace Diversity:

Wabtec is a global company that invests not just in our products, but also our people by embracing diversity and inclusion. We care about our relationships with our employees and take pride in celebrating the variety of experiences, expertise, and backgrounds that bring us together. At Wabtec, we aspire to create a place where we all belong and where diversity is welcomed and appreciated.

To fulfill that commitment, we rely on a culture of leadership, diversity, and inclusion. We aim to employ the world's brightest minds to help us create a limitless source of ideas and opportunities. We have created a space where everyone is given the opportunity to contribute based on their individual experiences and perspectives and recognize that these differences and diverse perspectives make us better.

We believe in hiring talented people of varied backgrounds, experiences, and styles… People like you Wabtec Corporation is committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity or expression, or protected Veteran status. If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation, please let us know.