How Can We Restructure Designations with a Grade System in Our Engineering Company?

We are a mechanical engineering service-based company with around 800+ employees across India and are looking to restructure our designations with a grade system. Can anyone please suggest ideas from a similar field?

Employee Categories and Designations

Basically, you require three categories of employees: technicians (those with ITI trade certificates), supervisors (Diploma holders), and first-line executives (Graduate Engineers) at the working level. All others without the required qualifications could be designated as Helpers or Assistants.

Technician Designations

Among the technicians, consider having 4 or 5 designations such as Technician Gr I, II, etc.

Supervisor and Executive Levels

For supervisors, two levels could be Assistant Engineers and Deputy Engineers, while at the executive level, you could have Service Engineers.

Grading System Considerations

The grading system should be determined based on factors such as the current compensation structure, education levels, length of service, etc.