Head- Engineering & MRO

About Us: Magma Group is a fast-growing industrial materials company building scalable businesses in waste, chemicals & advanced materials. Headquartered in Ahmedabad, Gujarat, Magma actively serves over 250 manufacturers, ranging from SMEs to large enterprises. As a CARE-rated, venture-funded, and fully compliant entity, we are committed to delivering high-quality, sustainable, and innovative solutions that enhance production performance while reducing costs and environmental impact.

Magma Engineering & MRO is a new business vertical of Magma, created to support factories with end-to-end precision engineering, machining, fabrication, and maintenance solutions — from design to delivery. With captive control over advanced machining and fabrication facilities equipped with CNC, VMC, deep-hole drilling, honing, turn-milling, heavy fabrication, and precision inspection systems, this vertical operates as an extended in-house engineering arm for our customers. The focus is on reliability, speed, quality, and long-term partnerships.

Position Overview: The Head – Engineering & MRO will be responsible for building, scaling, and leading Magma's Engineering & MRO vertical end-to-end. The Head – Engineering & MRO must possess deep hands-on understanding of precision machining processes and be able to translate complex drawings into repeatable, scalable manufacturing solutions using CNC, VMC, turn-mill, deep-hole drilling, honing, and advanced inspection capabilities. This role combines technical leadership, operations excellence, customer engagement, and P&L ownership to establish Magma as a trusted engineering partner for factories across industries. The incumbent will ensure execution across machining, fabrication, maintenance support, quality, and delivery — while integrating captive facilities into a single, high-performance engineering ecosystem.

Key Responsibilities:

· Own the overall strategy, growth, and profitability of the Engineering & MRO vertical

· Define service offerings across precision machining, fabrication, MRO, prototyping, and batch production

· Build Magma's positioning as a long-term engineering partner embedded in customer operations

· Identify industry clusters, key accounts, and repeat-program opportunities

· Lead captive machining and fabrication facilities as integrated extensions of Magma

· Oversee process planning, feasibility analysis, tooling strategy, and production scheduling

· Read, interpret, and challenge complex drawings, tolerances, and GD&T

· Ensure optimal utilization of CNC, VMC, turn-mill, deep-hole drilling, honing, fabrication, and toolroom capabilities.

· Identify manufacturing risks early — tolerance risk, distortion, tool wear, inspection gaps. Balance precision, cost, cycle time, and delivery without compromising reliability

· Establish and enforce robust quality systems across all facilities

· Oversee inspection, documentation, traceability, and customer audits

· Build a culture of first-time-right manufacturing. Act as the senior engineering interface for key customers

·Support customers during shutdowns, retrofits, urgent breakdowns, and critical spare requirements. Enable customers to choose material + machining or machining-only models seamlessly

·Support preventive, corrective, and shutdown maintenance programs

· Develop quick-response workflows for downtime-critical components

· Build and mentor a strong team across engineering, production, QA, planning, and vendor coordination

· Enable cross-selling and integrated solutions for manufacturing customers

· Strengthen Magma's role inside the broader manufacturing value chain

Key Deliverables & Outcomes

· Scaled and profitable Engineering & MRO vertical

· High customer retention and repeat production programs

· Reduced turnaround times and consistent delivery performance

· Strong quality reputation with zero-critical failures

· Well-integrated captive facilities operating as one system

Qualifications:

· 12–18+ years of experience in precision engineering, machining, fabrication, or industrial MRO.

· Proven leadership of CNC/VMC-based operations and complex machining programs.

· Experience managing multi-facility or captive manufacturing setups.

· Strong exposure to customer-facing engineering roles and key account handling.

· Ability to balance engineering depth with commercial outcomes.

· High ownership, decisiveness, and problem-solving capability.

· Comfortable operating in fast-growing, evolving environment.

What We Offer:

· Salary is negotiable for the right candidate.

· Opportunity to build and lead a high-impact vertical from the ground up.

· Access to captive, advanced engineering capabilities — not just vendor coordination.

· Long-term vision, strong leadership backing, and meaningful customer impact

· Opportunities for professional development and growth.

· A collaborative and innovative work environment.

Equal Opportunity Employer:

Magma is an equal-opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees.