Production Engineer

Position: Assistant Manager – Production

Industry: Corn Wet Milling & Maize Starch Manufacturing

📍 Job Location: Saguni, Raipur, Chhattisgarh

💰 Salary: ₹25,000 – ₹30,000 per month

💼 Experience: 5–8 Years

🎓 Qualification: Diploma / B.Tech in Chemical Engineering, Food Technology, or a related discipline

Department: Production / Manufacturing

Employment Type: Full-Time

Job Description:We are looking for a result-oriented Assistant Manager – Production to supervise corn wet milling and maize starch manufacturing operations, focusing on production efficiency, starch recovery, product quality, and cost optimization.

• Key ResponsibilitiesSupervise end-to-end corn wet milling operations, from maize cleaning and steeping to starch washing and starch milk preparation.
• Plan daily production activities and monitor achievement against production targets.
• Improve starch recovery, by-product recovery, material balance, and process efficiency.
• Monitor process parameters and troubleshoot grinding, separation, hydro cyclone, centrifuge, and starch washing operations.
• Optimize steam, power, water, and chemical consumption.
• Coordinate with QC, maintenance, utilities, electrical, and instrumentation teams.
• Supervise Shift In-charges, operators, and technicians.
• Prepare daily production MIS, yield reports, downtime analysis, and utility consumption reports.
• Ensure compliance with quality standards, SOPs, food safety, and EHS requirements.
• Support installation, pre-commissioning, commissioning, start-up, and stabilization of plant equipment.
• Process Automation & SCADA CoordinationDevelop and document plant operating logic, process sequences, and operating philosophy.
• Coordinate with SCADA/automation teams to develop and implement control logic, interlocks, alarms, permissives, and automatic sequences.
• Provide process operating parameters, set points, equipment operating sequences, and control requirements to the automation team.
• Participate in logic reviews, functional testing, commissioning, troubleshooting, and validation of SCADA-based process control systems.
• Ensure automation logic supports safe operations, stable process control, production efficiency, and minimum process losses.
• Candidate Requirements5–8 years of relevant experience in corn wet milling or maize starch manufacturing.
• Strong knowledge of starch recovery, process optimization, material balance, and production planning.
• Understanding of PFDs, P&IDs, PLC/SCADA, and process instrumentation.
• Experience in yield improvement, cost control, and manpower supervision.
• Plant installation and commissioning experience will be an added advantage.

Key SkillsCorn Wet Milling | Maize Starch | Production Planning | Yield Improvement | Process Optimization | Material Balance | PLC/SCADA | Utility Optimization | Plant Commissioning | Production MIS