Engineer Electrical

MANOHAR MARDI (US Citizen)

**** ********** *****, **** **********, MI 48322

248-***-****, mobile 248-***-****, ************@*****.***

OBJECTIVE

Seeking to join a dynamic organization where I can contribute my skills to

its successful growth.

SUMMARY

. Made significant contributions to the Facilities and Test Development

section of Visteon Chassis Driveline Systems Laboratory.

. Systems Thinking (viewing the development process as a system).

. Managed the Marketing Division of a prestigious tool room and provided

tooling cost estimates based on tool making standards of the

organization.

. Provided a lead time for each quotation based on tool room capability and

input from the General Manager.

. As the first liaison engineer of the tool room, ensured that program

teams and purchasing maintain design excellence and control cost.

. Seven years of manufacturing process experience.

. Reviewed blue prints, samples, drawings, customer verbal information of

parts and assemblies for estimating cost (manufacturing, material,

tooling, labor).

. Experienced in process and people management.

. Personal computer experience including Microsoft Office applications.

. Motivated the team to garner a record volume of customer work orders for

the year.

. Designed and built the most compact tool to Danish standards for the tool

room.

. Trusted by the Director to lead the Marketing Division of the tool room

and to represent him in tool transfer negotiations overseas.

. Selected by the Director to be a member of an elite team of engineers to

oversee all tools designed for export.

. Received a Letter of Appreciation for excellence in work from the tool

room management for my cost saving design innovation with a major

customer.

. Empowered the tool room employees to always reach for excellence.

. High level of design awareness and knowledge of part interaction.

. Strong customer focus, internal and external.

. At Visteon Axle Plant in Sterling Heights, Michigan, I was given the task

of modifying an aging machine (UCTR - Universal Carrier Test Rig), the

most valuable at Visteon Experimental Engineering Laboratory. I completed

this task in four months by coordinating all activities between the UAW

at the Plant, engineers in the Lab, upper management, Gear experts,

Rockwell Automation engineers, machine operators, suppliers of key

components, resulting in a more accurate machine which allowed larger

axles to be tested and had all operator requirements incorporated into

the machine.

. With the success of the UCTR project at Visteon, proved my ability to

prioritize work, anticipate and address roadblocks, complete tasks on

time, and follow through to ensure completion with a high sense of

urgency.

. Detailed knowledge on vehicle parts and subsystems.

. Selected by Visteon to lead a Six Sigma study group with support from the

Gear Lab, Design Engineering and Plant Quality Analysts.

. Implemented a Gear Vision System that potentially saved $Million per year

for the Plant.

. I have helped double their productivity by leading the biggest project of

the year 2000 - the "Dynojet" four wheels Dynamometer installation.

. I was instrumental to the success of the Ranger door trim transfer

operation at Visteon (Allen Park, Michigan).

. Received the most accomplished employee award from among 250 employees at

CAEtech.

. I was involved with QFD at Visteon and FEA, FMEA, DOE, VA/VE & DFM/DFA,

DVP&R's, 8D's, GD&T, BOM for interior components (including seats) at

Plastech Engineered Products Inc.

. Trained in Tool Design, Catia, AutoCad, Ideas, SAP, PC-DMIS.

. My performance review as a Product Engineer after just six months at

Visteon proved - "very well technically trained, very dependable person

and good team work, absolutely superb in organizing and planning, exceeds

expectations, sound judgment, outstanding employee, great engineering

head, has come up with ways of doing things differently".

. Received a Superior Performance Award from Ford Motor Company.

. Received a Corporate Award from Chrysler for being a Product Champion for

the 2009 Ram Truck.

. Received a dozen certificates of appreciation for innovative concepts

from Visteon.

. My seventeen years of work experience in Mechanical Engineering includes

twelve years in the automobile industry of USA.

. Managed a 10,000 square feet Polystyrene Plant with five employees in the

desert city of Riyadh, Saudi Arabia (installed a water tower for

overheated machines, improved faulty equipment, contained scrap and

improved employee morale).

. Knowledge of financial cost terms - overhead, variable cost, etc.

. My six core competencies are - leadership skills, problem solving, inter-

personal skills, communication, innovation and exceeding customer

expectations.

. Experience in Value Methodology.

QUALIFICATION

5/1995 - University of Idaho, US-Idaho-Moscow - M.S. in Metallurgical

Engineering (Thesis Award)

11/1986 - Government Tool Room (GT&TC), India-Bangalore - M-Tech in Tool

Engineering (most compact tool built to Danish standards)

12/1983 - BMS College of Engineering, India-Bangalore - B.E. in Mechanical

Engineering (Ninth Rank in Bangalore University).

WORK HISTORY

2/2008 to 2/2010 - Change Specialist in the Engineering Division (2 years)

(contract) Chrysler, MI

. Managed vehicle program teams by leading corporate, plant and supply

stakeholders through the change management process ensuring accurate

coordination (used Lotus Notes / WebCN).

. Received many commendations from the customer, including a Corporate

Award and was recognized for product innovation.

7/2004 to 11/2007 - Product Engineer (3 years and 4 months) direct at

Plastech, Dearborn, MI

. Supported new vehicle launches (seats) of the Nissan ALTIMA and Toyota

TUNDRA at various customer Plants located around the country.

. Supported GM, Chrysler, Ford programs, GD&T and Part Layouts. Exposure to

Quality tools, FMEA, 8D, APQP, PPAP, Warranty issues.

. Received a Superior Performance Award from Ford Motor Company and was

considered for program management.

3/2004 to 4/2004 - Change Management Engineer (1 month) (contract) Ford

Motor Company, MI

. Worked as the Change Management Engineering Support for S197 - 2005

Mustang, Explorer.

6/2003 to 2/2004 - Product Engineer (8 months) (contract) Visteon, Allen

Park, MI

. Reviewed product design and release for production of the 2005 Ranger

Door Trim Program.

. Developed and set-up Plant Bill of Materials. Coordinated and tracked

DVP&R testing requirements. Tracked overall program issues and implemented

resolutions.

. Generated and implemented Material cost saving ideas.

. Conducted benchmarking assignments and product assessments.

. Commended for being instrumental to the success of the 2005 Ranger Door

Trim Transfer Program

7/2002 to 6/2003 - Freelance Consultant (11 months) (contract)

. With an Electrical Engineer as Partner, researched, developed and

designed a consumer product for mass production. Investor required.

2/1999 - 7/2002 - Product Development Engineer (3 years and 5 months)

(contract) Visteon Chassis Driveline Systems Laboratory in Sterling

Heights, MI. (Power train components - drive shafts and axle testing

laboratory)

. Productivity was doubled during my tenure.

. Lead Engineer for the installation of the first indoor Four Wheel

Dynamometer "Dynojet" Project.

. Lead Engineer for the installation of a new Rear Axle Dynamometer Test

System to improve accuracy, improve testing capability to meet DVP&R

requirements and to generate cost savings of $100,000/month. This $700,000

project was completed in just fourteen months.

. Submitted a dozen Invention Disclosures and received Certificates of

Appreciation.

. Selected as a Project Leader for a SIX SIGMA Noise Team with support from

the Gear Lab, Design Engineering and Plant Quality Analysts. Developed and

implemented a Gear Vision System that potentially saved $1Million per year

for the Plant.

. Modified the most important axle test machine (UCTR - Universal Carrier

Test Rig) using Ideas.

11/1997 - 2/1999 - Technical Consultant (1 year and 3 months) (direct)

Quality Information Systems.

. Trained in SAP, created on-line training courses for SAP using Visio,

PowerPoint, HTML, Word, Macromedia Flash 3, MS FrontPage, and Adobe

PhotoShop.

3/1996 - 11/1997 - Applications Engineer (1 year and 8 months) (direct),

Automation Software.

. Taught PCDMIS (PC-Dimensional Measurement Interface Standard) to Ford,

DCX, GM employees.

5/1995 - 3/1996 - Design Engineer (10 months, contract) Practical Training,

MI

. Design of DaimlerChrysler glass carrier systems at Magna, Inc. using

Catia V4.

. Design of wash machine modification for GM at North Engineering, Inc.

using AutoCad

. Review of fixtures for Cadillac car-sunroof manufacture at Webasto

Sunroofs, Inc.

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