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Wabtec

Develops electric locomotives and digital solutions

Engineer – Customer Material Planner

Production Planning & SchedulingConfirmed live in the last 24 hours
Full-timeHosur, Tamil Nadu, IndiaNo salary listedIn-person

About the Job

Requirements

  • A Bachelor of Engineering in Mechanical Engineering is required.
  • A minimum of 6 to 10 years of professional experience is required.
  • Experience in the automotive, railway, or a similar industry segment is required.
  • Basic system knowledge is required.
  • Knowledge of quantity management standards such as ISO and TS is required.
  • Knowledge of product-development gate processes, including APQP, PPAP, and NPI gate reviews, is required.
  • High-level planning and execution proficiency is required.
  • Strong interpersonal and communication skills are required.
  • The ability to deliver activities within tight deadlines is required.
  • Numeracy, literacy, and articulation are required.
  • English, Tamil or Kannada, and Hindi language abilities are listed.

Responsibilities

  • Prepare a heat map against internal and customer First Article Inspection targets, engaging PPC, project sourcing, project supplier quality, project engineering, process engineering, the project manager, procurement, and manufacturing, and manage the retro-plan through the FAI milestone.
  • Organize materials needed for timely project execution, retrofits, and warranty replacements.
  • Plan and execute PIPO for localized and Transfer of Technology products, make-or-buy decisions, re-sourcing, and outsourcing parts to meet project delivery commitments.
  • Identify and drive forecasting accuracy by connecting with internal and external customers.
  • Provide weekly and monthly project demand information to PPC and SIOP for DMP and STF rollouts month over month.
  • Initiate and drive internal project meetings with the PM and TOT-PM to support smooth project execution.
  • Participate in internal customer meetings to understand needs and communicate project requirements to PPC for on-time project delivery month over month.
  • Prepare global project kick-off presentations and advance-order long-lead-time and supply-critical items.
  • Coordinate order receipt with SISCO and local suppliers, including weekly SISCO calls.
  • Prepare part-shortage heat maps and coordinate RE-FAI for items not procured for more than two years.
  • Attend daily project meetings and weekly global critical-part reviews with project managers, and participate in customer meetings and calls.
  • Review prototype status with PPC, identify critical, missing, bottleneck, and development parts, obtain estimated delivery commitments from sourcing and procurement, and escalate when commitments are not met.
  • Coordinate Transfer of Technology migrations with TOT and methods teams.
  • Implement CO/CR and ECR/ECO changes in coordination with the CFT.
  • Prepare and update logistics documentation and conduct monthly PPR reviews.
  • Regularize parts for serialization and production.
  • Coordinate production ramp-up with sourcing, SCM, manufacturing, TOT, SQE, and PQE.
  • Coordinate CFT activities for serial production and attend weekly SIOP meetings on demand and customer deliveries.
  • Review customer orders and prepare forecasts for serialization and serialized projects.
  • Track Gemba points for serialized projects.
  • Measure First Article Inspection first-time-right performance and on-time delivery (OITF).

About the Company

Wabtec

Develops electric locomotives and digital solutions

Wabtec provides transportation solutions by designing and producing electric locomotives and related services for freight railroads, transit authorities, and industrial operators. Its flagship product, the FLXdrive, is a 100% battery-electric locomotive with a battery pack over 7 megawatt-hours that cuts fuel use and emissions, while the company also sells traditional locomotives, aftermarket services, and digital solutions to optimize operations. Wabtec differentiates itself through a fully electric propulsion option paired with value-added digital tools and manufacturing techniques like mixed-reality work processes, aiming to improve efficiency and sustainability across rail networks. The company’s goal is to make rail transport more efficient and eco-friendly by delivering reliable locomotives, ongoing maintenance, and advanced software and digital capabilities that help customers run greener, lower-cost operations.

Company size
10,001+
Company stage
IPO
Headquarters
Pittsburgh, PA
Founded
1872

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