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ASSISTANT MANAGER (PRODUCTION) - HULL

Date Posted: Oct 19, 2026

Job Detail

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    Location Tamil Nadu, India
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    Job Type: Full Time/Permanent
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    Apply Before: Dec 07, 2026

Job Description

ob Description / Key Responsibilities

1. Strategic Leadership and Operational Direction: Lead and provide overall strategic and operational direction for Hull Production, encompassing plate processing, sub-assembly, panel and block assembly, welding, erection, and hull outfitting. Ensure the achievement of project milestones, productivity targets, quality standards, safety requirements, and cost objectives in line with overall project schedules and business goals.

2. Production Performance and Delivery Management: Assume overall responsibility for Hull Production performance and delivery. Drive cross-functional coordination among engineering, planning, quality assurance, procurement, subcontractors, and other relevant departments to ensure smooth execution of production activities. Monitor progress against project schedules, proactively address bottlenecks, resolve operational challenges, and ensure timely completion of hull construction in accordance with business objectives and vessel delivery commitments.

3. Safety, Quality, Delivery, Cost and Productivity (SQDCP): Establish and sustain a strong culture of Safety, Quality, Delivery, Cost and Productivity across the Hull Production function. Ensure strict adherence to safety procedures, quality standards, approved engineering drawings, work instructions, and production processes. Implement effective controls to minimize workplace incidents, welding defects, rework, material wastage, and production delays while continuously improving operational efficiency.

4. Subcontractor and Resource Management: Ensure effective subcontractor management, including work allocation, productivity assessment, performance monitoring, quality compliance, and timely completion of assigned scopes. Optimize the utilization of manpower, machinery, equipment, production facilities, and other resources. Establish clear performance expectations for subcontractors, review progress periodically, resolve execution-related issues, and ensure that all outsourced activities meet prescribed safety, quality, productivity, and delivery requirements.

5. Lean Manufacturing, Digitalisation and Productivity Improvement: Drive the implementation of Lean Manufacturing principles, Total Productive Maintenance (TPM), digital production monitoring, automation, mechanisation, and other productivity-enhancement initiatives. Identify opportunities to streamline production workflows, reduce non-value-added activities, improve material flow, optimize work processes, and enhance shop-floor efficiency. Promote continuous improvement initiatives to improve hull production capacity, reduce cycle time, and achieve sustainable improvements in operational performance.

6. Production Monitoring and Key Performance Indicators (KPIs): Establish and maintain a robust system for monitoring and reviewing key production performance indicators, including tonnage achieved, man-hours per tonne, welding productivity, schedule adherence, manpower utilization, rework levels, material utilization, and cost performance. Analyse production data to identify deviations from planned targets, determine root causes, and implement corrective and preventive actions. Provide periodic performance reviews and actionable inputs to management to facilitate timely decision-making and achievement of production objectives.

Job details

  • Business: L&T Precision Engineering & Systems IC
  • Location: Kattupalli, Tamil Nadu
  • Experience: 7-10 years
  • Skills: Naval Engineering, Structural, Shipbuilding, Planning, Manpower Management

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Larsen & Toubro
Larsen & Toubro · Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
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