Engineer Power Plant

SHOMIT TIPNIS

* *. ****** **., *** # *, Rochester, NY 14623. Phone: 203-***-****,

Email: ******@*****.***

OBJECTIVE

To secure a career as a Manufacturing Engineer where I can utilize my

designing, manufacturing & process improvement skills along with

personal merit to benefit my employer.

EMPLOYMENT HISTORY

Project Engineer, Qualitrol, A Danaher Company, NY

(Aug 09 - Present)

FPL Turkey Point Power Plant: Upgrading monitoring system in control

room for 2 units.

. Performing engineering activities like designing, developing,

sourcing of required parts, assembling and testing prototype of

the system.

. Developed verification & validation plan and conducted test

procedure for newly developed electronic product.

. Identify and document customer specifications and requirements

for the nuclear power plant.

. AKM Transition: Transferring production lines from facility

in Sweden to Fairport, NY.

Designed cell layout and ergonomically configured 12 workstations for

assembly cells using Lean principles.

Identified, procured and installed tools, equipments and fixtures

required for setting new product lines.

Participated in design and process FMEA for newly developed mechanical

product.

Developed and documented assembly processes for new product and

implemented standard work along with one piece flow.

Oversaw operations for newly developed assembly cells, managed

inventory, production schedule and supervised 9 production associates.

Manufacturing Engineer Co-op, Qualitrol, A Danaher Company, NY

(Jun 08 - Feb 09)

. Identified root cause of failure for various products and

implemented corrective and preventive actions for continuous

conformance and inspection. Improved product quality and reduce

customer return rate by 90% for a product by modifying

calibration process.

. Assisted in saving cost of new sealant application equipment

($10,265) by modifying available pneumatic equipment to meet

application specifications.

. Conducted time study and identified areas for improvement and

improving them. Managed to reduce cycle time for assembling a

unit by 70%.

. Participated in multifunctional continuous improvement Kaizen

team and made significant contribution, thus improving product

quality and productivity.

Manufacturing Engineer, Sai Krupa Castings, Mumbai, India

(Nov 05 - Jun 06)

Generated plant layout of manufacturing area that resulted in 15%

saving in floor space.

Quality Engineer Intern, Godrej & Boyce Mfg. Ltd., Mumbai, India

(Oct 04 - May 05)

. Assisted in identifying optimal process sequence for a supplier

and improving performance by 40%.

. Designed drilling fixture using AutoCAD that saved the cost of

manufacturing a component by 85%.

. Improved productivity of Quality Assurance department by

optimizing usage of available inspection facilities and

personnel.

. Generated inspection plans to standardize inspection process for

various fabricated components.

. Provided training to new associates on company policy, Lean

manufacturing and inspection procedures.

EDUCATION

Masters in Industrial Engineering,

May 2009

Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, NY.

Bachelors in Production Engineering,

July 2005

University of Mumbai, India.

SOFTWARE SKILLS

Unigraphics, AutoCAD, Inventor, Microsoft Office, Mastercam, Fluidsim,

Automation Studio, C, C++, Minitab, MS Access, FoxPro, Microsoft

Visio, SAP R/3, JD Edwards, Solid Works, Arena.

ACTIVITIES & AWARDS

. Runner-up team member of project management competition held by

Project Management Institute of Rochester, NY.

. Completed Root Cause Assessment & Countermeasure Development

Training at Qualitrol Corporation.

. Completed ISO 9000 certification at Qualitrol Corporation.

Contact this candidate