**DESCRIPTION** **Key Responsibilities:** + Supervise technicians in Laboratory, Drafting/Product Configuration, Functional Excellence, or Engineering IT environments. + Understand internal customer requirements and allocate resources accordingly. + Manage lab routine operations activities. + Assign test requests within the team based on priority and bandwidth. + Maintain all Lab KPIs. + Manage lab operational expenses and drive cost-saving (WIN) projects. + Connect with stakeholders and manage priorities. + Oversee capital expenses and new capability development. + Support various business units on new developments. + Collaborate with global teams. + Drive continuous improvements through Kaizen and Six Sigma tools. + Lead Operational Excellence and Functional Excellence initiatives. + Engage and support team members for failure analysis/root cause analysis. + Comply with and sustain all HSE requirements. + Conduct training and knowledge-sharing sessions for teams. + Drive and support recognition within the team. **RESPONSIBILITIES** **Qualifications:** + BE/B. Tech in Metallurgy & Material Science. + Post-graduation is optional. + This position may require licensing for compliance with export controls or sanctions regulations. **Competencies:** + **Builds Effective Teams:** Building strong-identity teams that apply their diverse skills and perspectives to achieve common goals. + **Collaborates:** Building partnerships and working collaboratively with others to meet shared objectives. + **Communicates Effectively:** Developing and delivering multi-mode communications that convey a clear understanding of the unique needs of different audiences. + **Customer Focus:** Building strong customer relationships and delivering customer-centric solutions. + **Decision Quality:** Making good and timely decisions that keep the organization moving forward. + **Develops Talent:** Developing people to meet both their career goals and the organization’s goals. + **Drives Results:** Consistently achieving results, even under tough circumstances. + **Self-Development:** Actively seeking new ways to grow and be challenged using both formal and informal development channels. + **Health and Safety Fundamentals:** Champions and models proactive health and safety behaviors by identifying, reporting, and participating in actions to improve health and safety to build an interdependent culture and contribute to an injury-free workplace. + **Data Quality:** Identifies, understands, and corrects flaws in data that supports effective information governance across operational business processes and decision-making. + **Problem Solving:** Solves problems and may mentor others on effective problem solving by using a systematic analysis process leveraging industry-standard methodologies to create problem traceability and protect the customer; determines the assignable cause; implements robust, data-based solutions; identifies the systemic root causes and ensures actions to prevent problem reoccurrence are implemented. + **Values Differences:** Recognizing the value that different perspectives and cultures bring to an organization. **QUALIFICATIONS** **Skills and Experience:** + Good understanding and application of Cummins basic processes like CQMS, QSI, MOC, HIRA, Aspect Impact, PR/PO, NPDN, and LWRF processes. + Good knowledge of metallurgical testing and various material characterization techniques. + Well-versed in failure analysis methodology. + Good understanding of various metal-making processes, heat treatments, and materials. + Ability to analyze and interpret results. + Awareness of ISO 9001 and ISO IEC 17025 standards. + Awareness of engine components functioning. + Basic understanding of financial aspects. + 10-15 years of experience. + Knowledge of MS Office tools is preferred. **Job** Engineering **Organization** Cummins Inc. **Role Category** On-site **Job Type** Exempt - Experienced **ReqID** 2409177 **Relocation Package** No