Engineer Engineering

Sabarish Vijayarajan Email: ablby9@r.postjobfree.com

* ****** **** ****** ** 10954 Phone: +1-973-***-****

Objective

Seeking a challenging project engineering position that would enable me to

effectively apply my engineering and project management skills to achieve

the goals of my team at work.

Profile

. Two years of Production Engineering experience in manufacturing and

packaging environment for maximizing productivity and minimizing cost

. Over one year experience in Line Balancing and Lean manufacturing

techniques.

. Experience in collaborating with various departments within the

organization to come up with Product/Process Specifications

. Over one year experience in validating and installing new equipments

by adhering to Quality Plans, Validation Plans and SOP's

Educational Qualifications

. University of Northern Virginia

MBA in Pharmaceutical Management (July 2010 - Present)

. New Jersey Institute of Technology (August 2006 - February 2008)

Master of Science, Industrial Engineering, GPA 3.15/4.0

. Anna University Chennai, India (August 2001 - May 2005)

Bachelors in Mechanical Engineering, GPA 3.5/4.0

Technical Skills

Platform: Windows, Mac OS

Tool: Solid Works, Vensim, Minitab, MS Visio, FMEA, PPAP, Six

Sigma, Fault tree analysis, MS Access, MS Office, Lotus Notes,

DOE (ANOVA), AutoCAD

Languages: SQL, HTML, UML

Professional Experience

Packaging/Process Engineer: (September 2009 - Present)

Novartis Pharmaceuticals, Suffern, New York

. Team participant in the installation and qualification of RFID Product

Tracking Technology in packaging line

. Created and revised packaging components specifications, CAD drawings

for the new Twinsert Project, which includes primary and secondary

components

. Involved in Feasibility studies & plant trials for new equipment

launches and qualifying new suppliers for packaging components

. Good hands on experience in validation processes such as preparing

User Requirement Specification, Bill of Materials, Validation Plan,

FAT, SAT, IQ/OQ/PQ for both Blister & Bottle lines

. Performed stability packaging test for large count bottles (1 gallon

HDPE) and performed induction seal qualifications at high and low

parameters

. Quite familiar and adhere to FDA regulations, SOP, GMP, SOP and HS&E

working practices

. Managed daily shift reports to identify & eliminate the bottlenecks to

improve the OAE and process throughout Packaging

. Cross-functional experience in collaborating with various departments

to review and approve Mechanical Artwork of Labels, PI's and Sleeves.

Data Analyst: (April 2008 - January 2009)

Kaiser Permanente, Oakland, CA

. Performed Requirement Analysis by gathering both functional and non

functional requirements based on interactions with the process owners

& stake holders

. Created Scal Prototype, which drills down each metric to a detailed

level view and even further to database level

. Created complete Data element listing for Ncal and Scal regions

. Created features list for all the Vendors to compare the various

features, they provide, which eventually help for SOP's

. Created and maintained Narrative Use Cases (Business Use Cases, System

Use Cases) and modeled Use Case Diagrams, Activity Diagrams, Data Flow

Diagrams using MS Visio and MS excel

Research Assistant (April 2007 - October 2007)

New Jersey Institute of Technology, Newark, NJ

. Conducted surveys based on "National Occupational Protection Use

Survey" (NOPUS)

. Captured the snapshot of seat belt usages on the roadways of the South

Jersey region for different vehicles and driver genders

. Statistical analysis of data in MS Excel

Production Engineer (April 2005 - August 2006)

TVS Motors Company, Chennai, India

. Responsible for the manufacturing process from the raw material stage

through the completed part including the development and improvement

of existing process, methods, and sequences of operations to maximize

profitability and productivity

. Involved in Continuous Improvement projects and Implementing Lean

techniques throughout the floor

. Assisted in charting the Production Plan and Line Balancing to

manufacture various Automobile components such as power steering

items, braking and other engineering components

. Coordinated with production and maintenance engineers to troubleshoot

and enhance the productivity for the processes including repairs,

modifications and upgrades

. Tracked yield loss per machine and coordinated with maintenance

engineers to produce an yield improvement gain of 7%

Academic Projects

Design of tools for the manufacture of "Handle" for an Advanced Light

Helicopter

Hindustan Aeronautics Limited, Bangalore, India

December 2004 - April 2005

. Designed and fabricated tools using Jigs and Fixtures for "Handle"

used in advanced light helicopter

. Iterated the design to cater, reduced time consumption in tool setup

and manufacturing, thereby cutting down the manufacturing cost.

. Conducted an engineering study and designed the product in Solid works

for structural analyses

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