Koushik Anandhan

No.**

Old

Township

Road,

Ambattur

Chennai

-

600053

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Career Summary

Over

2

years

of

strong

experience

in

automotive

manufacturing

industry

in

India

and

USA

with

exposure

to

latest

technological

and

process

advancements.

A

few

highlights

are:

Virtual

Manufacturing

and

Engineering

Analysis

§

Assembly

line

Engineering

Support

(Troubleshooting)

§

Assembly

Process

Planning

and

Lean

Manufacturing

§

Time

Study

Analysis

and

Line

balancing

§

Visual

work

instructions

and

SOP’s

for

Technicians

§

Strong

background

in

Engine

Assembly

(Caterpillar

6

cylinder

in-

line)

§

Work Experience

Anand

High

Tech

Industries

Pvt.

Ltd.

Chennai,

India

Manufacturing

Engineering

Consultant

Dec

‘13

–

Aug

‘14

Engineering

consultant

at

the

manufacturing

Central

housing

and

RL

housings

of

Tractors

and

trucks

using

HMC,

involved

in

Continuous

Improvement

in

the

manufacturing

process

and

quality

related

activities

Axis

Inc

-

CATERPILLAR

Seguin,

Texas

Manufacturing

Engineer

Sept

‘11

–

Apr

‘13

Worked

in

a

team

of

8

members,

reporting

to

Engineering

Manager

at

the

plant

where

9,

13&15

lit

engines

for

off-

road

vehicles

are

being

assembled.

Job

responsibilities

included

Assembly

Process

Planning,

Engineering

support

and

other

related

activities

mentioned

below.

Design

&

Validation:

Part

of

the

C-

9

lit

engine

launch

assembly

line

from

scratch

till

production.

§

Virtual

Builds

for

different

kinds

of

C-

9

(8.8

and

9.3Lit)

Engines

using

Teamcenter

§

VisMockup

Engineering

analysis

support

for

the

C-

9

Engine

Assembly

line

(BOM,

Tool

§

Requirements,

Fixtures

Validation,

Materials

list

to

Logistics

team)

Validation

of

assembly

and

sub-

assembly

process

(Tool

Reachability,

Interference

issues,

§

Ergonomic

issues,

Test

Apparatus

interference)

using

Teamcenter

Report

to

CAT

Global

for

any

Design

changes

and

Product

related

issues

after

complete

§

validation

Koushik

Anandhan

•

•

•

Process

Planning:

Plexus

ERP

is

used

to

enter

work

instructions,

visuals,

materials

used

and

tools.

§

§ Visual

Work

instructions

according

to

finalized

virtual

builds

and

SOP’s

for

special

purpose

fixtures

Selection

of

Tools

and

sockets

using

High

Velocity

Caterpillar

Desktop

(HVC)

§

§ Tracking

all

Pilot

Validation

Engines

for

Process/Product/Tool/Materials/Design/Supplier

issues

Expertise

in

Process

routing,

Engineering

Change

requirement,

PCN,

BOM

§

Tracked

and

documented

Continuous

Improvement

Actions

(CIA)

§

Production

Support:

Troubleshooting

production

issues

on

the

Engine

Assembly

line

§

§ Co-

ordinate

with

the

repair

team,

quality

and

materials

team

if

any

of

the

component

is

not

assembled

properly

§ Floating

Support

to

other

Manufacturing

engineering

teams

–

Clean

Room,

Automated

Cylinder

Head,

Engine

Test,

After

Test,

Paint

and

Pre

Delivery

Inspection

§ Resolved

quality

issues

identified

at

Pre

Delivery

Inspection

(PDI)

by

redistributing

work

content

Education

2009

-

2011

Master

of

Science,

Mechanical

Engineering

(3.1/4)

University

at

Buffalo,

SUNY

USA

Bachelor

of

Engineering,

Mechanical

Engineering

(79/100)

2005

–

2009

Panimalar

Engineering

College,

Anna

University,

Chennai

India

Skills

Design

Applications:

AutoCAD,

Pro-

E,

Solidworks

§

Simulation

Applications:

Ansys

APDL,

Ansys

CFX,

Matlab,

Hypermesh

§

Product

Management:

Teamcenter

Vismockup,

High

Velocity

Caterpillar

(HVC),

JT2Go

§

Enterprise

Applications:

PLEX

ERP,

CDS

&

ODSA

(Time

Standards

tool)

§

Others:

Microsoft

Office,

Lotus

Notes,

Windows,

Mac

OS,

Linux,

C

language

§

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