Engineer Mechanical

PARTH THAKKAR

San Jose, CA **************@*****.*** 404-***-**** www.linkedin.com/in/parththakkar8/ Industrial Engineer, Mechanical Engineer

SUMMARY

Experienced result driven Industrial and System Engineer with a strong background in Mechanical Engineering supported by a hands on experience in Manufacturing companies. Gathered core experience in Lean Principles, Continuous Process Improvement & Root Cause Analysis. v Inventory Management

v Continuous Improvement

v Linear Programming

v Lean Manufacturing

v Bill of Materials (BOM)

v Statistical Process Control

v Corrective & Preventive

Actions (CAPA)

v Project Management

v New Product Introduction

v Forecasting & Materials

Planning (MRP)

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Bosch Rexroth Ltd., Gujarat, India January 2014 – January 2015 Mechanical Engineer

• Designed Valve seat extraction tool to properly remove the valve seat without any damage and so reduce the rejection rate of the valve seat and improved the quality.

• Implemented Six Sigma methodologies to solve various manufacturing problems and work with management to give optimal solutions.

• Maintained reliable and safe manufacturing systems to improve overall production rates & implemented 5S in Machining area for Continuous Improvement.

• Continuous Process Improvement: Gathered daily valve seat rejection report, based on available data, suggested alternative procedure with the assistance of Senior Engineer.

• Evaluated existing process and configuring manufacturing systems to reduce cost, improve sustainability & quality.

Sharp Engineering Ltd., Gujarat, India January 2013 – December 2013 Manufacturing Engineer Intern

• Responsible for the monitoring of day-to-day manufacturing activities and gave recommendations on material and/or labor reductions to promote efficiency of operation.

• LEAN Principle: Applied Lean Principles such as Process Improvement Strategy(DMAIC) to identify & address root causes which improved overall quality, cycle time & cost reduction.

• Coordinated with cross-functional team to improve overall yield and quality by implementation of Corrective

& Preventive Actions(CAPA)

• Improved process capability and production volume while maintaining and improving quality standards.

• Resolved customer complaints based on Non-Conformance issues & quality concerns. EDUCATION

San Jose State University, Charles W. Davidson College Of Engineering San Jose, CA M.S., Major: Industrial & Systems Engineering (GPA: 3.8/4.0) May 2017

• Relevant Courses : Quality & Reliability, System Simulation, Logistics & Supply Chain, Six Sigma Innovation, Advanced Operations Planning & Control, Financial Analysis Gujarat Technological University (GTU), INDUS University Ahmedabad, GUJ B.E (Tech), Major: Mechanical Engineering (GPA: 3.4/4.0) June 2014 ACADEMIC PROJECTS

• Collaborated with a team of four to apply Lean Manufacturing, DMAIC & Six Sigma Techniques to improve the On-Time Delivery (OTD) of USPS first class mail using tools like Gauge R&R, SPC, Control Charts, FMEA.

• Reviewed top challenges in automotive SCM and identified Visibility, Cost Containment, Risk Management

& Increased Demands as top challenges & reviewed them for improvement scope.

• Performed detailed analysis on Impacts of Natural disasters on global supply chain, Identified Safety Stock,

& collected information on alternative suppliers and customer demands to resume uninterrupted shipping.

• Process Improvement at Wells Fargo by application of tools like DMAIC & SPC to optimize the turnaround time and using Hypothesis testing to reduce the drafting cost by 8% based on test limits.

• Established a formal method & prepared a report outlining a suggested Forecasting, Planning & Capacity and Scheduling Methodology for Ross Products Division.

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