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Kamlesh Nankani

https://ca.linkedin.com/in/knankani

ac9ct1@r.postjobfree.com 403-***-****

Profile

Operations Management Professional with over 14 years of experience in Aerospace Industry. Result oriented and effective at working in multi-disciplinary teams and leading teams in a fast-paced environment. Actively seeking senior roles in Operations Management and Program Management. Education

Project Management Professional – Project Management Institute Mar 2021

• Certification Number: 2987816

Master of Business Administration - HEC Montreal, Montreal, Jun 2016

• Strategy, Finance, Project Management

Master of Engineering - Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN Dec 2008

• Major: Aircraft Structures

Master of Science in Aeronautics and Astronautics - Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN Aug 2005

• Major: Design; Minor: Propulsion

Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering - South Gujarat University, Gujarat, India Jun 2001

• Major: Design

Professional Experience

Program Manager, – De Havilland Aircraft of Canada (Calgary, AB) Dec 2021 – Present Duties & Responsibilities (DHC-515)

• DHC-515 PMO - Project Work Pack Lead – Industrialization

• Leading Integrated Product Development Team meetings for Industrialization Work Packs.

• Leading Make Vs. Buy Decisions meetings for DHC 515 parts to be built in Victoria manufacturing facility.

• Accept full accountability for accomplishment of project goals

• Plan, manage, and execute a wide range of project elements to detailed schedule, cost, and quality targets

• Exhibit unrelenting attention to detail

• Develop comprehensive plans from high-level, indistinct objectives, to detailed work packages

• Identify & manage risks to program schedule, cost, and quality

• Coordinate product configuration changes with stakeholder groups

• Maintaining on an ongoing basis an understanding of the group’s present and future performance

• Analyze the cost and schedule performance of current and completed projects, and summarizing the data in a useable way

• Define appropriate costing methodologies for project execution (e.g., costing by analogy, parametric costing models, and bottoms-up estimating techniques)

• Create and sustain clear, concise communication and governance initiatives to keep stakeholders informed

• Create appropriate Program Office metrics and interfaces with integrated product development teams, including supply chain, engineering, and manufacturing quality elements

• Identify and implement policy and process improvements on an on-going basis

• Develop project execution options, aligned with the aircraft product roadmaps and higher-level corporate strategies

Project Manager, MRO– Avmax Canada (Calgary, AB) Nov 2019 – Dec 2021 Duties & Responsibilities (Heavy Maintenance, Freighter Conversion and Storage of Dash 8, CRJ and RJ100)

• Develop integrated project plans i.e., Gantt Charts, Project reports, Budget vs. Actual reports, Overtime reports, Parts Shortage reports, etc.

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• Implement schedules for short term, long term, and major projects.

• Determine appropriate manpower requirements to effectively manage project.

• Prepare and manage project budget and perform periodic cost and productivity analysis

• Understand and implement all contract conditions.

• Act as direct liaison between the Vendors / Customers / and Lead hands, and responsible for coordinating minor additions to work package. (Sales responsible for Major changes to work package need sales approval)

• Responsible to monitor and ensure that all personnel, parts, and engineering needs are being procured on time and on budget.

• Liaise with all business units and production personnel (Sales, Planning, Quality Assurance, etc.) to ensure every aspect of the project is complete and on schedule.

• Provide on the job instructions to Lead Hands.

• Responsible to ensure the paperwork moves through process in a timely fashion.

• Maintain schedules for aircraft assigned and report any variances to director of maintenance.

• Anticipate, react, and report potential production interruptions and aid in recovery to minimize production loss.

• Monitor and report the status of the project on a regular basis.

• Hold daily hangar floor crew meetings to provide context to all crew members and communicate any potential issues with the project and review safety with the crews.

• Responsible to ensure project is completed on time and within budget.

• Work with Contracts Administration personnel and Accounting to review and approve final billing (hours, parts, services) and resolve client issues in a timely manner.

• Responsible for customer scheduling, reviewing and negotiating variances.

• Monitor and evaluate program and project effectiveness and effect changes required for improvement utilizing a postmortem analysis.

• Communicate regularly with director of maintenance.

• Assist director of maintenance in administering performance reviews, salary recommendations, and corrective progressive discipline.

• Assist in monitoring the efficiency and productivity of crew members work and report any issues to the director of maintenance

Supervisor, Methods– Bombardier Aerospace (Toronto, ON) Sept 2017 – Aug 2019 Andon Shop Floor Support

• Lead a team of salaried and Unionized Methods employees supporting the Productions floor.

• Implemented Functional Test Procedural instructions to production, aiming to ensure all systems are fully tested.

• Integrated manufacturing requirements and objectives, using an efficient First Article Inspection process to ensure all design change implementation in production will meet the manufacturing requirements.

• Integrated with the Change Management organization, provide adequate project schedule, allocation of resources and definition of tooling/processes to allow for a strong change implementation process in the manufacturing environment.

• Lead, coach, develop, and assess employees.

• Ensured that all team members understand their role and performance in achieving the Operations Unit plan.

• Participated in Achieving Excellence and Continuous Improvement activities.

• Utilized AES tools to ensure best practice in all deliverables and to implement opportunities to improve including those provided by the formation of the new multi-functional teams.

• Ensured the team is fully integrated into the Global Aircraft platform resulting in a one-team approach.

• Ensured the right resources are available to meet projected workload delivery on quality, cost and schedule.

Project Coordinator-Global 7000/8000 – Bombardier Aerospace (Toronto, ON) Dec 2016 - Sept 2017 Aircraft Coordinator for Flight Test Vehicle 4

• Supported the Global 7000 / 8000 FTV (Flight Test Vehicle) Readiness team governance.

• Prepared visibility of FTV Readiness Activities statements of work, project schedules, and status reports.

• Organized and chair reviews, key milestones meetings, and technical problem-solving meetings. 3

• Interfaced with other disciplines and divisions, as well as prepare presentations to management and personnel.

• Communicated urgent operations activities impacting the FAL, Escalations, Risks, Issues, etc. Weekly, Monthly visibility of progress.

• Harmonized governance processes between the Operations, Engineering and Program teams.

• Developed good working relationships with various departments within BA and with all suppliers. Product Specialist Repair and Overhaul - Comtek Advanced Structures (Burlington, ON) Jan 2015 - Apr 2015 Aircraft Maintenance and Overhaul services for Bombardier CRJ

• Provided technical support and project oversight to Comtek Repair and Overhaul group.

• Created and maintained engineering drawings for repair of composites and metallic parts of the aircraft with DAO approval.

• Design Build and Testing of Tooling to be used for repairing aircraft parts.

• Created and formalized standard operating procedures for use of ovens for curing composites. Project Engineer - Apex Composites (Burlington, ON) Jul 2014 - Oct 2014 Vacuum Assisted Resin Transfer Molding of Aircraft composites

• Designed, planned and executed production of composite tanks using CATIA V5-6 R2013 and Solid Works 2013.

• Detailed Drawings as per ASME Y14.5-2009, of Tooling, Jigs and Fixtures used to build and test the tanks.

Design and Stress Analysis Engineer - Goken America (Columbus, OH) July 2013 - Jun 2014 Design and Engineering Services for Honda R&D Americas

• Designed and analyzed engine components and Chassis using CATIA V5, Elfini Structural Analysis and Generative Assembly Structural Analysis.

Design and Sustainability Engineer - Raisbeck Engineering (Seattle, WA) Dec 2012 - May 2013 Design and manufacture of Aircraft modification and enhancement kits for Learjet and Beechcraft

• Modelled aircraft parts made of sheet metal or composites in Pro-E 5.0/ Creo Elements.

• Helped with FAA- Request for Conformity for Flame Testing of Composite panels.

• Performed studies on aircraft lightning strikes to be used for Lightning compliance with FAA.

• Worked with Sustaining Engineering to close out on engineering request for existing product lines of Raisbeck Engineering Inc.

Design and Stress Engineer - Safran Engineering Services (Seattle, WA) Jan 2007 - Dec 2012 Design and manufacture of Aircraft Wire Harness and Installation kits for Boeing 787

• MRB TAG Engineer: Resolving MRB TAG by finding root cause of the issue. Providing design solution for airplanes under Final Assembly and Delivery and presenting Change Request to Boeing Change Board for creating Change order to provide partners with instructions to fix the issue for future assembly of airplane.

• SQUAWK Design Engineer: Resolving manufacturing and installation issues associated with Wire Harness by providing design level modifications.

• Electrical Corrective Action Designer (ECAT): Fixing wire installation and routing issues with short turnaround time during the assembly of Boeing 787. Extensive utilization of CATIA V5 Electrical Workbench, ENOVIA, IVT and BOGART.

• Boeing Certified Configuration Management Analyst (CMA).

• Stress Analysis: Received training in stress analysis of landing gears in France. Learned the basics of static and fatigue analysis using classical and FE tools (NASTRAN). Project experience in using tools like ANSA for meshing, ABAQUS for stress calculations and nCODE for fatigue life calculation. Worked on landing gears for A318, A400M.

Accomplishments

• As part of the MBA capstone project, developed a financial product to serve the Fintech

/Crowdfunding market. The product was accepted and implemented by National Bank. 4

• Successfully completed Design Approval Organization Training Course at Bombardier Aerospace

(Equivalent to Transport Canada's Aircraft Certification Specialty Course) Relevant Course Work

! Aircraft Design

! Non-destructive testing and evaluation

! Fatigue and Damage Tolerance

of Structures

! Mechanics of Composite Materials

! Air Breathing Propulsion

! Advanced Rocket Propulsion

! Managing projects

! Financial Management and Decisions

! Strategy and internationalization

! Global macroeconomics

! Implementing Processes and Systems

Accreditations & Affiliations

• Passed Fundamentals of Engineering (Mechanical)/EIT April 2009.

• Member AIAA, ASME and PMI.

• Project Management Professional (PMP), March 2021. Certification Number: 2987816 Language and relocation

• I am fluent in English, beginner level French and German. Willing to travel and relocation within Canada and USA.

References

• Available upon request.

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