Job Title: **Senior Manager – Reliability**
Location: **Bengaluru (Whitefield)**
Experience: **15\+ Years**
Qualification: **BE / Diploma in Mechanical Engineering**
**Job Summary**
We are looking for a highly experienced Senior Manager – Reliability to lead reliability engineering and quality assurance functions for heavy engineering products and critical precision components. The role involves strategic quality leadership, customer quality management, failure analysis, process improvement, and development of robust quality systems.
- Lead reliability and quality assurance functions across manufacturing operations.
- Develop and implement quality and reliability strategies aligned with business objectives.
- Oversee quality assurance activities for precision machined components, gearboxes, gears, and fabricated assemblies.
- Lead complex failure analysis investigations and drive preventive actions.
- Manage customer quality issues and ensure timely closure of complaints.
- Ensure compliance with industry standards, quality systems, and regulatory requirements.
- Lead audits, process improvements, and quality excellence initiatives.
- Drive quality culture and continuous improvement programs across departments.
- Mentor and develop quality and reliability teams.
- Collaborate with cross\-functional teams including Manufacturing, Design, Supply Chain, and Customer Support.
- *Desired Candidate Profile:**
- 15\+ years of relevant experience in manufacturing industries.
- Strong experience in:
- Heavy mechanical engineering industry
- Reliability engineering
- Precision machined components
- Gears, pinions, and gearboxes
- Material testing
- NDT
- Heat treatment processes
- Fabricated components
- Failure analysis
- Customer complaint management
- Quality Management Systems (ISO/QMS)
- Proven leadership experience managing quality and reliability teams.
- Excellent communication skills in English and Kannada.
- *Preferred Competencies:**
- Root Cause Analysis (RCA)
- CAPA
- FMEA
- 8D Methodology
- Reliability Improvement Programs
- Lean Manufacturing
- Six Sigma
- Quality Audits
- Supplier Quality Management
- Heavy Engineering
- Railway \& Locomotive Manufacturing
- Industrial Gearbox Manufacturing
- Power Transmission Equipment
- Industrial Machinery Manufacturing
- Automotive \& Auto Components
- Construction \& Mining Equipment
- Aerospace \& Defense Manufacturing
- Capital Equipment Manufacturing
- Precision Machined Components Manufacturing
- Heavy Fabrication \& Welded Structures
- Industrial Drives \& Motion Control Systems
- *Preferred Functional Background:**
Candidates should have hands\-on experience in
- Reliability Engineering
- Quality Assurance \& Quality Control
- Product Quality Management
- Customer Quality
- Supplier Quality
- Failure Analysis \& Root Cause Investigation
- Continuous Improvement Initiatives
- Quality Management Systems (ISO 9001 / IATF 16949\)
- NDT \& Material Testing
- Heat Treatment Quality Assurance
- *Preferred Candidate Profile:**
Professionals currently working or having worked with
- Gear \& Gearbox Manufacturers
- Railway Equipment Manufacturers
- Locomotive Component Manufacturers
- Industrial Transmission Companies
- Heavy Machinery OEMs
- Automotive Tier\-1 Suppliers
- Defense Manufacturing Organizations
- Precision Engineering Companies
- Leadership \& Team Management
- Customer Complaint Resolution
- RCA, CAPA, 8D Methodology
- FMEA \& Risk Assessment
- Lean Six Sigma
- Reliability Improvement Programs
- Stakeholder Management
- Strategic Quality Planning
- English – Read, Write \& Speak (Business Proficiency)
- Kannada – Read, Write \& Speak (Working Proficiency)
- Hindi – Conversational / Business Communication
- *Our website**: www.san\-engineering.com
Job Types: Full\-time, Permanent
Pay: Up to ₹1,400,000\.00 per year
Benefits
- Health insurance
- Provident Fund
Ability to commute/relocate
- Bengaluru, Karnataka: Reliably commute or planning to relocate before starting work (Required)
Application Question(s)
- When responding to the Ad, it is mandatory that you mention your current \& expected CTC, along with Notice period for further processing.
Work Location: In person