Sourabh Nimgaonkar

***** ****** **** *****, *** # 605

Houston, TX 77064

Phone: 409-***-****

E-mail:ab8gu1@r.postjobfree.com

Summary:

3.5 years of experience in Production and Manufacturing

Presently working as Manufacturing Engineer at Baker Hughes Inc.

Expertise in production planning, supervision, manufacturing engineering, capacity planning.

Computer Proficiency : SAP, Solid Works, AutoCAD, MS Office

• Experience in setting up new manufacturing facility - work force utilization and capacity planning.

• Performed process control and continuous process improvement.

• Worked on various Manufacturing Engineering activities like ECNs, Raw Material Substitutions, design

and implementation of fixtures, measurement techniques, validation of measuring equipment etc.

• Supervised various production activities, responsible for day-to-day schedule adherence and output.

• Maintained inventory between production and purchase departments.

• Worked on vendor selection, development and vendor relationship enhancement.

• Provided technical support to product development teams as a manufacturing point of contact.

• Worked on redesign and optimization of assembly lines and part flow to minimize cycle time and improve

efficiency.

• Inspection of finished goods from point of origin to point of consumption.

• Provided training to fresh engineers on production and manufacturing.

• Part of HSE implementation teams.

Professional Skills:

• Knowledge of Six Sigma, Time and Motion Study, Lean Manufacturing, BOM, KANBAN and JIT.

• Skilled in creating reports for management review, technical process documentation, manufacturing

engineering activities.

• Proficient in Auto-Cad, SAP and Solid Works, Microsoft office applications.

• Impressive verbal and written communication skills. Soft skills to communicate at various levels through

the production / supply chain.

Experience:

Baker Hughes Incorporated: Dec12 – Present

Manufacturing Engineer

• Worked on raw materials substitution (SUBs) process.

• Worked on Manufacturing Coordination of Engineering Change Notifications (ECNs).

• Working as a capacity planner, performed updates to routers per machine capability data.

• Exposure to material management, waste reduction.

• Assisted measurement and validation activities on various custom measuring tools / gauges, coating

equipment etc.

Major projects:

• Performed a major project on time study on various machines in the plant to cut down upon and

standardize router times.

• Member of various lean project teams constituted to solve manufacturing problems, improving process

efficiency, implementation of new procedures and methods etc.

• Made a project report on Foundry to increase the production and maximize the profit with no addition of

resources.

• Worked on a project of standardizing jigs and fixtures of various cylinder diameters.

Force Motors: June 08 – Dec 10

Production / Manufacturing Engineer

• Designed the line for the new product according to the customer specification and requirement.

• Done Time Study and Motion Study of the line which is already in process and during set up of new line.

• Made efficient router changes for the smooth flow process of materials.

• Train staff on various aspects of manufacturing activities.

Major Projects:

• Lead a project on line balancing during the new production line setup to reduce the lag time and to

distribute the work equally between the two work centers.

• Worked as member on a project to make layout and setup the work stations to make the process flow

efficient based on capacity analysis using Lean manufacturing methods.

• Done a project on Inventory and Scrap Management system to reduce the waste of capital on inventory

and scraps.

Internship:

Bhushan Steel Ltd., India:

• Worked on processing of Steel sheets by maintaining desired physical and chemical properties.

• Done training on various steel processing methods from the raw steel to the finished steel sheets.

• Learned the methods of pickling, cold rolling and galvanizing the steel sheets.

• Observed and gained the knowledge of tube making from steel sheets with help of dies.

Education:

• Masters in Mechanical Engineering, Lamar University, Beaumont, TX, August 2012

• Bachelor of Mechanical Engineering, TRUBA college of engineering and Technology, RGPV University,

India Jun 2009.

Relevant Coursework:

• Optimization of Thermal Systems, Control of Mechanical Systems, Advanced Material Science, Material

Selections in Design, Manufacturing Analysis, Energy Engineering, Operations Research,

Turbomachinery, Theory of Elasticity, Advanced Engineering Analysis, Simulation of Industrial

Engineering Systems

Academic Projects:

Weight reduction of drive shaft of rear wheel drive vehicle under Dr. Jenny Zhou:

• Design of the drive shaft of vehicle using Pro-e.

• Analysis of stress and strain on various parts of drive shaft using ANSYS and determined the conditions

of failure.

• Used the properties of different materials to increase the reliability reduce the weight and cost of Vehicle.

Development of software to design Leaf and Helical Springs:

• Developed the software program to determine the parameters for the design of springs with the help of

software language Net-beans.

• Increases the reliability of springs as the results comes well under the range of Factor of Safety.

• Reduce the mathematical calculations and analytical work.

• Saves a lot of time, as correct design requires lot of iterations and correction on each step.

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