Kailas Lande

Production In-charge & Senior Production Engineer with 23 years of experience in the manufacturing industry. Proven success in leading high-performance teams and optimizing production processes.

Assistant Manager-Machine Shop at ENKEI WHEELS INDIA LIMITED (2026-06 – Present)

• Developing, maintaining & analyzing the day wise Production Report in terms of OEE
• Day wise Analysis of Gaps in OEE in terms of losses & quality nonconformities observed to be discussing with team & concerned departments meeting (QA, PPC, Maint. Prod. Engg.) & Take appropriate action.
• Identifying scope of improvement in equipment’s & ensuring enhancement in quality.
• 5S coordinator for Machine Shop factory, for implementation of 5S practices and continues improvements in the process.
• Apply Lean Manufacturing techniques such as VSM, Value-Added/Non-Value-Added (VA/NVA) analysis, TAKT time calculation, and line balancing to streamline production workflows and increase productivity.
• Responsible for all plant activities related Production, Quality, Safety and Consumables and plants cost control.
• Monthly plan for consumable and repair and maintenance cost for plant and strictly adhere to given plan.
• Responsible for maintaining optimum inventory levels of all finished goods, spare parts and consumables.
• Working on various projects related to Tool breakage, High rejection parameter, productivity increase, Inventory reduction and manpower rationalization. Team Management
• Taking suggestions from team members & after checking the feasibility help them in complete the Suggestions & evaluate them.
• To control attrition & Absenteeism rate in the section by analyzing its factors and seeking support from HR.

Assistant Manager-Machine Shop at GOYAM WHEEL PVT LTD (2025-11 – Present)

• Overseeing the daily operations of wheel manufacturing process, ensuring that production targets are met while maintain quality standards and safety regulations.
• Work allotment to casual & Supervisors dispatch activities of our product.
• To see VMC Cosmos smartmill 80 for conventional line.
• Also working to Development Dept.for new Product development.
• To see cost reduction of all types of tools & required fixture used machine section.
• To maintain in shop work culture & 5 s activity & Kaizen activity.
• To attend & involved daily seniors meeting about monthly, yearly Target & new achievement.
• To responsible for all types of audit handle & its documentation of ISO.
• To see Alloy wheel model CNC production line. Also see Air leak, Valve hole machine & PCD vmc machine alloy wheel line as customer Bajaj,Kawasaki,TVS & Royal Enfield etc
• Ensure that production targets are meet, both in terms of quality and quantity with in deadlines

Sr. Production Engineer at UNIKLINGER LTD. (2012-02 – 2025-10)

Uniklinger ltd is a joint venture company of Klinger AG of Switzerland & Neterwala groups of companies. In India. The company has two strategic business units: Fluid control Division (FCD); Fluid sealing Division (FSD). The fluid control manufactures & trades in a wide range of steam & process engineering product. The Manufacturing plant located in Ahmednagar.

• Manufacturer of Bellow seal globe valve, Gate valve & High pressure valve.
• Supervising assembly & testing of valves.
• Work allotment to casual & Forman & machine technician & welder.
• Pre dispatch activities of our product. Hydraulic & Pneumatic leak test as per API 598. Bellow assembly leak test & Helium leak test.
• Handling welding activities. To see VMC (Haas VF2), CNC, PTA (Plasma Transfer Arc) welding m/c.
• To see China CNC, China drill, Bombay lathe, Radial drill, cutting machine of area.
• Also to see Welding Section Area, Float and Bellow welding on Lathe m/c (for devp. project). Also working to Development Dept. for new Product development. To Handle Automatic Plasma Welding machine (PTA+MIG). To work for Planning & outsource vendor product follow-up & product & new vendor development.
• To see cost reduction of all types of tools & required fixture used machine section & outsource product development In-house machine section.
• To maintain in shop work culture & 5 s activity & Kaizen activity.
• To attend & involved seniors meeting about monthly, yearly Target & new achievement. To see all machine section maintenance related activity & required documents. To responsible for all types of audit handle & its documentation of ISO.

Shop Floor Supervisor at SUVIRON EQUIPMENT PVT LTD. (2011-01 – 2012-01)

• Manufacturer of sugar processing equipment’s. Specialize in Rotary juice screen, Short retention time juice clarifier, and Solid bowl decanter system.
• To set the required material list as per the monthly target given by customers. To see manpower issue. Specially looks for manufacturing Rotary juice screen, clarifier, Decanter etc.
• To handled fabrication shop and customer related problems.
• Also to check drawing and instruct to welding fitter.Also work for final Inspection report of product

Sr. Production Engineer at ARIHANT DOMESTIC APPLINCES PVT LTD (2006-07 – 2010-12)

• Automobile company parts and Tube manufacturing division plant.
• To handled and supervise CNC and COLD PILGER Division.
• CNC MAKE (Turning)-Mach tool, Galaxy (Midas-6), PMT, Traub m/c, Centerless Grinder machine.
• COLD PILGER MAKE-Wuxi, LG30/50/60/75/HENGLI, LG30/WEINCHING & LG30 Changali Etc machine handled & Supervise achieve target in a shift.
• Entrusted with the ones of managing 5 s Zone and TPM activity.
• Monitoring production, keeping control over activities and analyzing processes for stabilization thereby
• Accountable for handling daily and weekly production planning with PPC department.
• Establishing quality standards and implementing stringent quality control systems to enhance quality of products while adhering to defect arresting technique.
• Preparing TS-16949 and Kaizens and analyzing production.
• Assessing the training needs of the various employees from operators to Jr. Engineers and constantly doing efforts for improving quality and employee’s skills.
• Responsible for documents of TS-16949.

Jr.Engineer (CNC) at INDO SCHOTTLE AUTO PARTS PVT LTD. (2004-04 – 2006-06)

• Operating Galaxy (Midas 6), LMW, and PMT (Fanuc control) machine in turning center.
• Operating MAZAK Control, Mazak pc fusion 6T machine.
• Daily check autonomous maintenance and solving online troubleshooting.
• Capable of cnc programming, setting and operating.
• Give the training to the subordinate.
• Do the planning of machine.
• Check the necessary tools and equipment’s.
• Calculate the efficiency of the operator.

CNC Engineer at MICRO-TECH INDUSTRIES (2001-09 – 2004-02)

• Worked on turning center (Fanuc control).
• Operating JOBBER, LMW, and LT-2 cnc machine.
• Having setting and cnc programming knowledge of turned blank.
• Worked on preventive maintenance of the turning center.
• Achieve the production targets as per quality norms.

DME – Indira Gandhi Polytechnic, Belwandi Bk, MSBTE Mumbai (2001-05)

HSC – Mahadaji Shinde Vidyalaya, Shrigonda, Pune Board (1998-03)

SSC – Shree Chhatrapati Shivaji Vidyalaya, Belwandi BK, Pune Board (1996-03)