Assistant Manager/Deputy Manager - Engine Assembly(Projects & ME)
Royal Enfield · Posted Oct 26
Classic mid-size motorcycle design, manufacturing, and global adventure riding services
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About the role
The role sits within Royal Enfield's engine assembly manufacturing engineering team, focusing on planning, process design, equipment procurement, and commissioning of engine assembly lines. It spans manufacturing engineering and Industry 4.0, including capacity and cycle time studies, Poka-Yoke and automation interlocks, machine procurement, and supplier and on-site proving trials. The incumbent supports new model ramp-up, line stabilization, IMS/safety compliance, and PLC, robotics, and IIoT digitization initiatives.
What you will do
- Process Planning & Line Balancing: Review engineering drawings to design assembly processes, perform capacity and cycle time studies, and establish baseline manufacturing parameters.
- Pre-Production & Poka-Yoke Design: Conceptualize processes, evaluate line automation, and implement error-proofing (Poka-Yoke) systems and safety interlocks.
- Procurement & Machine Proving: Prepare RFQs, execute techno-commercial evaluations, approve machine designs, and lead proving trials at both supplier works and on-site assembly lines.
- Line Stabilization & Ramp-Up: Drive new model stabilization, verify designed cycle times/capacity, resolve quality non-conformances (NCs), troubleshoot machine breakdowns, and close safety compliance actions.
- Smart Manufacturing & IMS Governance: Program PLCs/robots, integrate IIoT/digitization frameworks, and maintain Integrated Management System (IMS) documentation.
Skills used in this role
What the employer is looking for
- Education: B.E. / B.Tech in Mechanical Engineering, Production Engineering, or Mechatronics from a reputed institution.
- Experience: 5–6 years of relevant hands-on manufacturing engineering experience within the automotive OEM or Tier-1 engine manufacturing sector.
- Core Competencies: End-to-end machine commissioning, engine proving trials, PLC/Robot programming, Poka-Yoke interlocks, and rapid model ramp-up stabilization.
Benefits and support
- Compensation and benefits are detailed in the job posting
About Royal Enfield
Royal Enfield is the oldest motorcycle brand in continuous production, specializing in classic-styled mid-size motorcycles. Operating as a subsidiary of Eicher Motors, the company designs, manufactures, and distributes iconic models worldwide from its main production facilities in Chennai, India. Known for its rich heritage and robust engineering, Royal Enfield continues to expand its global footprint into new platforms and electric mobility.
- Industry
- Automotive
- Company size
- 5000-10000 employees
- Founded
- 1901
- Location
- Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
- Funding stage
- Public Company
Funding
Public Company
Leadership
B. Govindarajan
CEO, Royal Enfield & Managing Director, Eicher Motors
Siddhartha Lal
Executive Chairman, Eicher Motors
Umesh Krishnappa
Chief Technology Officer (Electric Vehicles)
Vidhya Srinivasan
Chief Financial Officer
Mahesh Tripathi
Chief Operating Officer
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