Engineer Engineering

PRITHVIRAJ KADAM

Address: **** ******* ******, *** ****, Houston, TX 77081 Cell

Phone # 281-***-**** Email: *******@****.**.***

OBJECTIVE

Seeking for a position as Quality Engineer so as to apply my skill

set, grow as a professional and contribute towards the success of

organization.

FOCUS AREAS

Manufacturing, Tooling, Jig and Fixture Design, CAD/CAM,

Industrial, Quality, SPC, Six Sigma, Lean Manufacturing, Kaizen,

Kanban, 5S, Process Improvement

EDUCATION

Master of Industrial Engineering

Awarded December 2009

GPA: 3.44 - University of Houston, Houston,

Texas

Courses: Computer Aided Manufacturing,

Production Planning and Inventory Control,

Reliability Engineering, Advanced Engineering

Statistics, Digital Simulation, Supply Chain

Management, Occupational Safety Engineering,

Enterprise Resource Planning (Bauer School of

Business), Advanced Linear Optimization, Human

Factors in Systems Design

Bachelor of Engineering (Production Engineering)

Awarded December 2006

First Class - Shivaji University, Kolhapur, India

Courses: Analysis of Machine Elements, Machine Tools and

Processes, Foundry Technology, Engineering Metrology, Tool

Engineering, Process Engineering, Quality Management, Computer

Integrated Manufacturing Systems, Design of Machine Elements,

Material Handling Systems

EXPERIENCE

Graduate Assistant - Centre for Academic Support and Assessment

(University of Houston) August 2008 - December

2009

Duties included grading mathematics exams and home works,

proctoring exams, assisting students with registration and

difficulties.

Production Engineer Trainee - Micrometal Industries Ltd., Kolhapur,

India July 2006 - February 2007

Duties included assisting in solving day to day production and

quality related problems by co-coordinating between departments.

Maintained inspection records, work instructions, engineering

change notices and documented reports according to ISO

specification and company requirements.

Developed process flow diagrams, assessed in-house manufacturing

capabilities, ensured processes followed set specification with

improvement on off-target processes.

Identified ways to reduce manufacturing costs and increase process

quality and throughput.

Interacted with other departments for better product and process

functionality.

Assisted in tooling and fixture design, identifying ways to reduce

production costs.

Overlooked purchasing process which involved supplier selection

based on certain predefined criteria, communicating the

requirements and tracking supplier performance.

Took necessary corrective and preventive actions for components

detected for non-conformance.

Took necessary steps for the reuse and rework of components.

Evaluated raw material samples and carried out non destructive

testing of components.

Maintained gauges and calibration records

Participated in internal audit of the company.

Project Engineer-Intern - Shark Industries Limited, Kolhapur, India

August 2005 - April 2006

Designed and developed 'Spin Testing Machine', to test the

performance of magneto, a part used in automobiles for generating

spark.

Oversaw complete product development, from designing (3D modeling

on Catia), material procurement, designing and supervising the

manufacturing processes and testing.

Machine was made within budget and time allotted.

Intern-Industrial Training - Vanaz Engineers Ltd., Pune, India

June 2005 - July 2005

. Duties included calculating cycle times of

various manufacturing processes such as

forging, injection molding and centrifugal

casting, analyze them and recommend

accordingly.

PROJECTS

Pictures/Signs Used for Language - less Training

August 2009 - December 2009

. Project focused on the importance of

communicating through symbols and pictures to

train the workforce, considering the fact that

symbols allow better message comprehension,

ease on conveying message in limited space and

crossing of language barrier.

PeopleSoft Implementation at University of Houston

February 2009 - April 2009

. Project was about the implementation of

PeopleSoft ERP system at the University of

Houston system. Issues during implementation

were discussed and how they were addressed by

the in-house development team. The selection

processes of ERP, business processes outlines,

transactions, present problems in the system

were addressed and recommendations were given.

SAP ERP Simulation Game

February 2009 - April 2009

. Participated in a simulation game as a team

lead to run a business with real-time SAP ECC

system, strategized various business functions

viz. planning, purchasing, production,

inventory control and sales in order to

maximize profit along with a consideration of

the volatile market conditions.

Modeling and Simulation for Chili's Too Restaurant (University

Center at University of Houston) February 2008 - April 2008

. Project considered the rush time, system was understood

through developing a high level flow chart, relevant data

was collected and experimental design was conducted to

generate different alternatives using Arena 10.0. Necessary

recommendations were given to improve service.

Minimization of Transportation Cost for Shark Industries Limited,

Kolhapur, India October 2007 - December 2007

. Project evaluated the transportation cost, an optimal

solution was found to minimize the cost. Carried out

sensitivity analysis and the results were supported by GAMS.

CERTIFICATION

. OSHA 30-Hour Course

December

2008

. Computer Aided Manufacturing - College of

Engineering, Pune, India

March 2007- June 2007

TECHNICAL SKILLS

. MS Office, MS Excel, MS Visio, Catia V5,

AutoCAD, Unigraphics, SAP GUI, ARENA 10.0,

SAS, C++,GAMS(CPLEX)

RESEARCH PAPERS

. Understanding and Conducting a Failure Mode and Effects

Analysis

. Business Intelligence Software at SYSCO - Analysis of

implementation of Business Intelligence at SYSCO

. Four Steps to Forecast Total Market Demand - A Case Study

. Rapid Manufacturing - A brief discussion on the exciting

technology of future

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS

Graduate Students Indian Organization - 2007 to present

Production Engineering Students Movement (PRESM) - 2003 to present

Shrushti Nature Club - 2003 to present

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