Assistant Manager / Deputy Manager - Surface Finishing: CED & Powder Coating (Projects & ME)
Royal Enfield · Posted Oct 27
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About the role
The role sits within Royal Enfield's surface finishing function for CED and powder coating projects and manufacturing engineering. It covers pre-treatment, cathodic electrodeposition, and electrostatic powder coating lines for automotive new model launches and industrialization. The Assistant Manager / Deputy Manager will lead process engineering, equipment selection, chemical bath control, trial commissioning, formulation and testing, shade matching, capacity optimization, and coating defect troubleshooting.
What you will do
- CED & Powder Coating Process Engineering: Establish, validate, and control operational parameters (bath chemistry, ED voltage, film thickness, bake temperatures, curing cycles) for CED and powder coating lines during new model introductions.
- Powder & CED Formulation & Testing: Manage technical specifications for automotive CED paints and powders, understand powder manufacturing/development, and conduct chemical/physical testing (salt spray, cross-hatch adhesion, MEK rub, impact resistance).
- Shade Matching & Applicator Selection: Lead shade matching, gloss control, and color harmony for powder-coated components; select and optimize automatic and manual powder application equipment (electrostatic guns, bells, booths).
- Line Capacity & Productivity Optimization: Execute capacity expansion projects, line speed optimization, and bottleneck elimination across Pre-Treatment (PT), CED, and powder coating shops.
- Consumption & Utility Reduction: Implement projects to reduce the consumption of CED paints, powder coatings, chemicals, water, gas, and electricity through line efficiency improvements.
- Defect Troubleshooting & Quality Control: Perform root-cause analysis on coating defects (pinholes, cratering, orange peel, water marks, mapping, inadequate film build) to reduce rejections and enforce high FTT rates.
Skills used in this role
What the employer is looking for
- Education: Diploma / B.E. / B.Tech in Chemical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Surface Coating Technology, Polymer Engineering, or Printing Technology.
- Experience: 10+ years of dedicated hands-on process or engineering experience in CED and powder coating operations within an automotive OEM or Tier-1 automotive plant.
- Core Competencies: CED bath process control, powder formulation & shade matching, powder applicator selection, utility/paint consumption optimization, new model process setup, and defect root-cause elimination.
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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