Production Manager (PM)

Job Location: Factory Location (Bangladesh)Position: Production Manager (PM) – Steel & Rolling MillDepartment: Factory Operations / ProductionIndustry: Steel & Re-Rolling Mill / Steel ManufacturingSteel Melting & Steelmaking Operations

• Supervise and control steelmaking operations using induction furnaces or other installed steelmaking equipment to ensure consistent molten steel quality and production efficiency.
• Plan melting operations according to production requirements, approved steel grades, raw material availability, and billet specifications.
• Monitor furnace operating conditions, melting progress, bath temperature, power consumption, melting cycle time, and molten steel readiness.
• Monitor melting productivity, furnace utilization, heat cycle time, metal recovery, and production losses.
• Identify operational problems affecting melting efficiency, steel quality, and production continuity, and implement corrective measures.

Chemical Composition & Steel Grade Control

• Ensure that molten steel and finished billets meet the approved chemical composition requirements for the specified steel grade.
• Coordinate with the laboratory team for representative sampling and chemical analysis using available testing equipment, including spectrometers where installed.
• Monitor the control of carbon, manganese, silicon, sulfur, phosphorus, and other specified alloying or residual elements as applicable to the approved steel grade.
• Review test results and coordinate necessary corrective actions before molten steel is released for casting.
• Ensure proper control and documentation of alloy additions, deoxidizers, and other approved steelmaking materials.
• Maintain heat-wise chemical composition records, material traceability, and test documentation.
• Investigate chemical composition deviations, material mix-ups, and recurring quality issues to prevent non-conforming steel production.

Molten Steel Temperature & Process Control

• Monitor molten steel temperature at critical stages of melting, tapping, ladle handling, and casting.
• Coordinate with furnace and casting operators to maintain appropriate temperature ranges according to the approved process and casting requirements.
• Prevent operational delays that may cause excessive temperature loss, unnecessary holding time, or unstable casting conditions.
• Ensure proper tapping practices, slag carryover control, and safe transfer of molten steel.
• Coordinate ladle preparation, refractry condition monitoring, and equipment readiness with the responsible teams.
• Analyze temperature-related casting defects and production losses and implement suitable process improvements.

Continuous Casting & Billet Manufacturing

• Supervise continuous casting machine operations, where installed, including tundish preparation, casting sequence, mould operation, cooling water systems, withdrawal speed, and billet cutting.
• Ensure stable casting conditions and proper coordination between molten steel supply and casting capacity.
• Monitor billet dimensions, surface condition, straightness, identification, and heat-wise traceability.
• Coordinate with the Quality Control team to inspect billet quality and identify surface cracks, internal defects, segregation, porosity, and other casting-related abnormalities where applicable.
• Monitor casting interruptions, rejected billets, metal losses, and production yield.
• Ensure proper cooling, handling, storage, and segregation of billets according to quality and production requirements.

Billet Quality & Metallurgical Defect Prevention

• Establish and implement billet inspection and acceptance procedures in coordination with Quality Control.
• Investigate billet defects such as surface cracks, corner cracks, inclusions, seams, segregation, internal porosity, and dimensional irregularities.
• Identify the relationship between raw material quality, chemical composition, melting practice, casting conditions, and downstream rolling defects.
• Ensure that rejected or suspect billets are identified, segregated, and prevented from entering production without the required approval.
• Coordinate root-cause analysis and corrective actions for recurring billet quality problems.
• Maintain billet heat numbers, batch identification, inspection records, and traceability throughout the production process.

Steel Yield, Metallic Recovery & Consumption Control

• Monitor metallic charge consumption, molten steel output, casting yield, billet recovery, and process losses.
• Analyze melting loss, slag loss, rejected heats, casting loss, and billet rejection in coordination with the relevant departments.
• Optimize raw material utilization and production efficiency without compromising chemical composition or product quality.
• Prepare heat-wise and shift-wise reports covering production output, yield, energy consumption, rejection, and operating performance.
• Implement corrective actions to improve metallic recovery, reduce avoidable losses, and control steelmaking cost per metric ton.

Coordination Between Steelmaking & Deformed Bar Rolling

• Ensure that billet chemical composition, dimensions, temperature, and quality are suitable for the intended Deformed Bar / Rebar production requirements.
• Coordinate billet grade and size selection with the rolling mill production plan and approved product specifications.
• Investigate rolling defects associated with billet quality, including surface defects, cracks, inconsistent material properties, and dimensional variation.
• Work closely with Rolling Production and Quality Control teams to trace finished-product issues back to the relevant billet heat or production batch.

Plant Safety, Environmental Compliance & Reporting

• Ensure safe handling of molten steel, hot metal, ladles, furnaces, casting equipment, and associated material handling systems.
• Coordinate with maintenance teams for furnace lining, refractory inspection, cooling systems, electrical equipment, and critical machinery reliability.
• Monitor dust, slag, waste handling, and other environmental control requirements applicable to the installed plant.
• Prepare daily and monthly steelmaking reports covering heats produced, billet tonnage, chemical compliance, casting performance, yield, rejection, energy consumption, and downtime.
• Report major technical issues, production risks, and improvement recommendations to the Production Head / General Manager.

Rolling Mill Production & Operations

• Plan, organize, and supervise daily production of MS Rod / Deformed Bar in different sizes and specifications.
• Manage the complete rolling process, including billet feeding, reheating furnace, roughing stands, intermediate stands, finishing stands, cooling bed, cutting, and bundling.
• Prepare production schedules according to order requirements, raw material availability, and delivery targets.
• Monitor rolling speed, production temperature, mill synchronization, and machine performance to maintain continuous production.
• Ensure optimum mill utilization and achievement of daily and monthly production targets.

Billet Reheating Furnace Management

• Supervise billet charging, furnace operation, heating zones, soaking time, and billet discharge.
• Maintain proper billet heating temperatures according to billet size, steel grade, and rolling requirements.
• Monitor furnace efficiency, fuel consumption, scale formation, and oxidation losses.
• Coordinate furnace discharge with rolling mill speed to minimize production interruptions.
• Take corrective action to prevent underheating, overheating, and unnecessary material wastage.

Rolling Pass Schedule, Roll & Guide Setting

• Ensure correct pass schedule, roll groove selection, roll gap, and guide alignment for different product sizes.
• Supervise roll and guide setting, roll changes, size changeovers, and trial production.
• Maintain proper coordination between roughing, intermediate, and finishing stands.
• Troubleshoot cobbles, misrolling, bar twisting, guide failure, roll damage, and dimensional variations.
• Reduce changeover time, startup losses, rolling defects, and production downtime.

Product Quality Control

• Ensure finished MS Rod / Deformed Bar meets approved specifications and applicable BSTI / BDS or other required standards.
• Monitor bar diameter, unit weight, length, rib pattern, surface finish, and dimensional accuracy.
• Coordinate with the Quality Control / Laboratory team for product inspection and required mechanical tests.
• Identify and resolve defects such as cracks, laps, seams, excessive scale, and inconsistent rib patterns.
• Ensure proper sampling, batch identification, traceability, and quality approval before finished product release.

Production Yield & Cost Optimization

• Monitor billet consumption, finished output, rolling yield, scale loss, crop loss, cobble loss, cutting loss, and rejection.
• Analyze production efficiency and implement measures to reduce material wastage and improve yield.
• Monitor electricity consumption, furnace fuel, roll consumption, lubricants, and other production expenses.
• Control production cost per ton while maintaining required product quality.
• Prepare production and material reconciliation reports and investigate abnormal losses.

Machinery Maintenance & Downtime Control

• Coordinate with Mechanical, Electrical, and Maintenance teams for preventive and breakdown maintenance.
• Monitor rolling stands, rolls, bearings, motors, gearboxes, guides, shears, cooling beds, and related equipment.
• Identify recurring mechanical and electrical problems and ensure timely corrective action.
• Plan maintenance activities and roll changes to minimize production interruptions.
• Monitor equipment availability, breakdown time, and maintenance-related production losses.

Cooling Bed, Cutting & Finished Product Handling

• Supervise cooling bed operation, bar alignment, cutting length, counting, bundling, tagging, and finished product handling.
• Ensure accurate bundle weight, piece count, product identification, and finished goods records.
• Prevent product mixing, handling damage, incorrect labeling, and avoidable cutting losses.
• Coordinate with Quality Control, Store, and Logistics teams for finished goods storage and dispatch readiness.

Manpower & Shift Management

• Supervise rolling mill shift in-charges, furnace operators, rolling operators, technicians, supervisors, and production workers.
• Allocate manpower according to production requirements and prepare shift schedules.
• Monitor attendance, discipline, productivity, and operational performance.
• Provide technical guidance and on-the-job training to improve production efficiency.
• Ensure proper shift handover and accountability for production, quality, and equipment condition.

Production Reporting & Continuous Improvement

• Prepare daily, shift-wise, weekly, and monthly reports covering production output, billet consumption, yield, rejection, downtime, and energy consumption.
• Monitor KPIs such as production per shift, yield percentage, rejection rate, mill availability, and cost per ton.
• Maintain accurate production records using MS Excel, ERP software, or other factory management systems.
• Identify production bottlenecks and implement corrective and preventive actions.
• Recommend process improvements to increase production capacity, reduce wastage, and maintain consistent product quality.

• Age 35 to 50 years
• Only Male

Experience Requirements

• Minimum 7–10 years of practical experience in the Steel & Re-Rolling Mill / Steel Manufacturing industry.
• At least 3–5 years in a Production Manager, Assistant Production Manager, Deputy Production Manager, or equivalent production leadership position.
• Mandatory hands-on experience in MS Deformed Bar / Rebar manufacturing and rolling mill operations.
• Strong technical knowledge of billet quality, chemical composition, reheating furnace operation, rolling pass schedules, roll and guide setting, product changeovers, cooling bed, cutting, bundling, and quality control.
• Experience in steel melting and continuous casting will be highly preferred for candidates applying to a mill with an integrated melting and casting facility.
• Proven expertise in production planning, yield optimization, rejection reduction, downtime control, energy efficiency, and manufacturing cost reduction.
• Candidates with only general manufacturing experience and no practical steel rolling mill experience will not be preferred.

Additional Requirements

• Strong technical, analytical, troubleshooting, and decision-making skills.Proven ability to lead production teams and achieve daily and monthly targets.
• Good knowledge of quality assurance, production costing, industrial safety, and process improvement.
• Proficiency in MS Excel, production reporting, and ERP / factory management software.
• Strong communication and interdepartmental coordination skills.
• Willingness to work at the factory location and supervise shift-based production operations.

Application Instructions

• Interested candidates with proven practical experience in Steel & Re-Rolling Mill operations and Deformed Bar / Rebar manufacturing are requested to apply with an updated CV.
• Important: Practical steel rolling mill production experience is mandatory. Candidates without relevant Steel & Re-Rolling Mill experience are strongly discouraged from applying.

• B.Sc. in Mechanical Engineering, Metallurgical Engineering, Materials & Metallurgical Engineering, or Industrial & Production Engineering from a recognized university.
• Diploma in Mechanical Engineering or a relevant technical discipline may be considered for candidates with substantial, proven hands-on experience in steel re-rolling and Deformed Bar production.
• Professional training in steelmaking, rolling technology, metallurgy, production management, quality control, or industrial safety will be an advantage.

• 7 to 14 years
• The applicants should have experience in the following business area(s): Manufacturing (Light Engineering and Heavy Industry), Steel

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