Jay Sahranavard
Woodland Hills, Ca 91367
accoz3@r.postjobfree.com
OBJECTIVE:
Seeking a position in Industrial engineering, project management or in a related filed, utilizing experience and
education, with opportunity for advancement.
WORK HISTORY
Industrial Engineer/Project Manger
Consulting and contracting
Generated and created estimating for manufacturing process, component, and bill of material. Prepares cost
breakdown forms and supporting data. Evaluate outside sources and generating and negotiating coast for various
production process and raw material. Compile estimate of manufacturing process, scrap, rework, and over head to
create cost. Liaison Engineer among production, design engineering, supplier and customer. Generated, updated,
and evaluated manufacturing processes and solved technical problems. Developed manufacturing Pert charts,
coordinated and developed system for manufacturing documentation and process for production. . Jan 1991 –
present
Senior Industrial Engineer/Project Manger
Solar Turbine Incorporated/Superior Gear Facility
Gardena, Ca
Supervised the estimating department. Prepared planning, quotation and proposal for detail components and
assemblies. Evaluated tooling requirements to manufacture parts and negotiated the pricing with customers.
Analyze customer requirements and prepares vender quotations. Supervised and managed industrial and facility
engineering and maintenance operation. Designed and approved facility and construction development. Generated
and established work measurement system for gears and machine shop on detail component and sub-assembly.
Created and approved plan lay-out for office and manufacturing facilities and design of manufacturing flow.
Designed, approved and installed material handling system for single machine and groups of equipment.
Generated and initiated appropriation requests, selected and justified capital equipment. Project leader and
coordinator for transferring production line with its machinery and tooling from caterpillar Inc (parent company)
to Superior Gear. Coordinated and controlled environmental and safety issues for operation and working
condition. Aug 1987 - Jan 1991
Industrial Engineer
Garrett corporation/Airesearch manufacturing company/Garrett Engine Company
Torrance, Ca
Forecasted manufacturing schedules for personnel and machine requirement. Prepared detail cost studies for cost
reduction and forward pricing. Investigated complex manufacturing problems, and prepared reports, which
identified problems and recommended appropriate corrective action. Optimized machining process to increase
productivity. Developed machine capabilities and statistical process control (SPC) to monitor and trouble shoot
the manufacturing processes and evaluated the system. Developed and maintained time standard for welding,
machining, assembly, sheet metal fabrication, and composite and cleaning process. Provided technical support and
liaison between industrial manufacturing engineering and system groups. Developed computer programs (focus)
to generate production reports.1985 - 1987
Industrial Engineer
zDataproducts Corporation
Woodland Hills, Ca
Generated and updated process instruction and illustration, per design engineering orders. Evaluated and modified
current techniques, production methods, tooling and operation’s sequence. Prepared space requirement and
detailed lay-outs for re-arrangement of existing electrical sub-assembly to accommodate new products line.
Developed and analyzed facility alternatives and relocation costs for new products assembly line and feeder
assemblies. Identified and corrected production line problems surfacing from quality system audits and problem
reports. Created and maintained data base structure and products configuration per design engineering. Performed
time studies on assembly operation to generate standards and balance line. 1984 -1985
Education: Bachelor of Science - Industrial Engineering
Graduated January 1984, California State University Northridge