Assistant Manager - Assembly

Ensuring Chart’s Success…

We are inviting you to join Howden, a Chart Industries Company become a trusted and valued member of our Business Intelligence Team. AS part of this vital team, you will play a crucial role in developing and maintaining business intelligence solutions that drive data-driven decision-making across the organization.Howden was acquired by Chart Industries in 2023. Chart Industries is a leader in innovation focused on our transition to a greener energy environment. We are a leading global manufacturer of highly engineered equipment and solutions serving multiple applications in the Energy, Industrial gas end sectors. We supply cryogenic systems and have a global presence in 40 countries, and more than 11,000 employees. Howden's long heritage and technology enable this transition on a more efficient level. Our vision is to enable the vital processes of our customers and thereby promote a more sustainable world via our Nexus of Clean Strategy.

What Will You Do?

The Assembly In Charge oversees the daily assembly operations of the assigned projects.

This role involves:

• Planning and directing assembly and testing activities.
• Identifying &communicating material shortages to relevant stakeholders, ensuring project timelines are met.
• Monitoring and optimizing assembly and testing processes for efficiency and effectiveness.
• Ensuring on-time delivery of completed projects to meet customer deadlines (CDD).

The Assembly in Charge is responsible for:

• Manpower management: Ensuring adequate staffing levels and continuously developing employee competencies through training and development programs to meet safety and quality standards as per company policy.
• Operational efficiency: Implementing lean manufacturing principles and best practices to optimize operational costs and improve overall efficiency.
• Employee engagement: Fostering a highly motivated workforce through training programs, motivational events, and a positive work environment."

Your Physical Work Environment Will Require…

 Safety & Quality:

• Conduct Job Safety Analyses (JSAs) and frequent safety audits to identify and eliminate unsafe conditions and acts.
• Identify and mitigate assembly defects.
• Conduct Failure Mode and Effects Analysis (FMEA) to prevent future failures.
• Communicate part-level rejections to buyers/vendors prior to assembly.
• Validate final assembly with GAD checks.
• Prepare dimensional reports and submit them to Quality Control (QC).
• Review and reinforce fan part aesthetics in coordination with QC.

Operational Efficiency:

• Arrange necessary equipment (ducts, motors, cables, test beds) in advance.
• Support QC in resolving performance deviations during fan testing.
• Prepare assembly micro-plans based on expected material receipt dates.
• Ensure timely highlighting of material issues and record in COPQ.
• Communicate material shortages to planning/buyer/ production to meet customer deadlines (CDD).
• Optimize operational costs by minimizing manufacturing costs (labor, welding, power).
• Ensure effective usage and maintain records of production consumables.
• Follow FIFO (First In, First Out) for assembly and PDI to align with vehicle loading plans.

Your Experience Should Be...

Education:

Degree or Diploma in Mechanical Engineering with 7 -11 years of experience.

Customer Focus:

• Ensure on-time delivery as per CDD.
• Coordinate with customers during fan dimension, mechanical run, and performance tests.
• Respond professionally to customer complaints and concerns.

Process Improvement & Communication:

• Conduct initial analysis reports for assembly and testing failures.
• Effectively facilitate problem-solving methods (like Daily work management - DWM) with stakeholder input.
• Develop Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) for new change implementations.
• Monitor the effectiveness of action plans by reviewing control charts.
• Conduct Team Building (TBT) sessions to improve communication.
• Stringently follow up with all stakeholders to achieve assembly plans.
• Keenly monitor and record assembled parts dispatch to customers.

General Responsibilities:

• Prepare detailed monthly performance reports and present to HOD.
• Lead 5S and Kaizen activities across assembly and testing.