Aravindaraj A.

E-Mail: acu0xc@r.postjobfree.com Mobile: +91-984******* Ph.:+91- 44 - 42184656

In quest of senior level positions in Design & Engineering / Project Management/ R&D/ Operations/ Quality

Career Snapshot

Mechanical Engineer with over 24+ years’ of experience in Design & Development, Engineering operations, NPD, Project Management and Quality Management in the Equipment Manufacturing sector.

Demonstrated expertise in leading and managing multiple projects for clients of Rotary and static equipment, Automotive, Heavy Machinery, Transportation and Special Purpose Machine segments & Consumer Appliances.

Deft in end to end Project Management encompassing planning, design, resource administration, vendor coordination, risk management, quality assurance, team management and delivery (as per time/ quality/ cost specifications).

An effective communicator with strong leadership, coordination, relationship management, analytical, troubleshooting and problem-solving skills.

Experience - Design & Development/NPD/Engineering operations & Quality (Total Years of Experience: 15)

Products

Reciprocating Air Compressor (RAC) - 270lpm to 1250 lpm/ Client - Air Power (New Zealand); Boge (Germany); CPI (USA); Syarikatlee, (Malaysia); Dancomer( Malaysia); PP Parts (Thailand)

Screw Air Compressor (SAC) - 175 cfm to 900 cfm / Client - Jaracome (South Africa) and for Domestic Market

Pressure Vessel - 250 L to 10,000 L / Client - HSL, BHEL, HEC, GSL & IOCL (India) & for export Market

Water Pumps - Submersible Pump (range: 2 hp to 7.5 hp) and Mono Block Pumps (range: 0.5 hp to 1.5 hp) for domestic and export markets

Water Heater - 10 L to 25 L for Domestic Market

Rupture Disc - Client - DRDL, VSSC, HEB & BARC

Roles & Responsibilities (Member Reviewer Approver)

Feasibility Study, Design and development plan

Design calculations, specification, Drawing and BOM

Design Review with CFT & Design Validation

Assembly and Testing Instruction

Proto, Pilot lot production

Functional, Routine and Endurance Tests

Engineering Change Management

ISO 9001 & ASME Certification as a MR

Customer Complaint – RCA & CAPA

Inward/In process/Delivery Quality control

Setting up Product Engineering Lab

Key user in BaaN for EDM

Process

QMS/ Stage Gate Process / DFMEA /Bench Marking/ Mock up/ QRM/ MRM/ RCA/ CAPA

Material

Plastics/Sheet Metal/Casting/Forgings

Design and ERP Tools

AutoCAD/MDT/Inventor/Solid Works and BaaN

Standards

ASME/En/IS/ISO/ASTM

Approvals

LRS/ABS/IRS/TUV

Organisations

Elgi Equipments Ltd., Coimbatore as Functional Head – Engineering

Fisher Pump Industries Pvt. Ltd., Coimbatore as Sr Manager – Engineering

AO Smith India, Bangalore as Product Engineering Manager

Sanmar Engineering Corporation as Asst General Manager- Engineering & Quality

Experience – Project Management (Total Years of Experience: 9+)

Domain

Automotive – Client – Cummins (AutoCAD/Catia V5)

Transportation – Client – Bombardier Transportation(Catia V5)

SPM – ASML (UG Nx7.5)

Material Handling – CMCO ( Solid Works/ HyperMesh /ANSYS )

Home appliance – Hayward & Masco (Solid Works/ ProE WF / Pro Intralink/ Team Center/ HyperMesh/ANSYS)

Roles & Responsibilities

Managing project Team for Design, Development, Reverse Engineering, Re-engineering, FEA activities

Liaising with customers and Onsite Managers to understand and finalise specifications/ requirements.

Deploying necessary resources.

Seamless implementation of agreed processes & systems.

Identifying scope for improvements in current systems, processes & procedures.

Troubleshooting various technical issues and problems faced by Project Leaders and Engineers.

Conducting periodical Design reviews internally & with customers.

Ensuring the team complies with QMS Guidelines and Generating performance report and analysing month-wise details for presentation in QRM meeting along with trend analysis of non-compliance.

Initiating RCA & CAPA

Developing the talents & exploring new areas in services provided to customer.

Monitoring project health in terms of Quality, Cost & Delivery

Generating necessary data & reports for Management & Customer information system.

Increasing ASAT,ESAT & CSAT

Overseeing the execution of pilot jobs for projects received from prospective customers, focussing on CTQ factors. Supporting successful conversion into an account for the company.

Serving as Management Representative for ISO.

Organisations

Cyient Ltd, Hyderabad as Sr Project Manager

Triad Software Pvt Ltd, Chennai as Sr Project Manager-Engineering Division

Domain

Power – Client – Vinayaka Refineries / Hanuman Agro Industries/ Bhogavathi SSK Ltd

Roles & Responsibilities

Fabrication & Erection of Non-pressure parts like Columns, Ducts, Air pre heater and Chimney.

Erection of pressure parts like Steam Drum, Mud drum, Bank tubes, Water wall, Bed coil and super heater

Welding, NDT,Hydro static test and IBR Coordination, Field Quality assurance

Liaison with IBR for erection and commissioning approval.

Organisation

Cethar Vessels Ltd., Thirucirapalli as Project Engineer

Academic Credentials

B.E. (Mechanical) from Madurai Kamaraj University in 1990 (Secured 70%).

Diploma in Management from IGNOU, New Delhi in 2000

Professional Development

Authorised Internal Auditor for ISO 9001:2000 by TUV.

Mechanical Desktop 4.0 with Power Pack–Autodesk (Mechanical Partner)

Course in Pro/Engineer Level-1 from Parametric Technology (Authorised Technical Training Centre, Coimbatore)

Personal Minutiae

Date of Birth : 31st July, 1969

Contact Address : Door no 13,Plot no 17,Sri Ram Nagar Main road, Thiruvanmiyur, Chennai- 41

Mobile/Phone : +91-984******* / 044 - 42184656

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