Akshay Kawathekar

480-***-**** **** S Ash Avenue Apt 4 Tempe, AZ acsr07@r.postjobfree.com

INDUSTRIAL ENGINEER

Industrial Engineer with a focus on Production Systems and Lean Concepts, with professional experience of 2 years in production and planning in a manufacturing environment, interested in Engineering/Analyst positions in the field(s) of Industrial Engineering, Operations, Logistics/Supply Chain, Planning, Purchase and Procurement. Skill-set includes -

Capacity Planning

Production Systems & Optimization

PFEMA, 8D, PokaYoke, 5S

Work-Flow Analysis, Layouts

Continuous Improvement (Lean, 6S/DMAIC)

Industrial Statistics (SPC/SQC)

EDUCATION

Master of Science - Industrial Engineering Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ May 2015 Bachelor of Engineering - Production Engineering University of Pune, Pune, India May 2011

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Student Jobs at Arizona State University, Tempe AZ

Student Assistant for the ‘Language Fair 2014’ with School of International Letters and Cultures Nov 2013- Feb 2014

Campus Mall Enforcement Officer at Walk-Only Zones Sept 2014- Jan 2015

Senior Engineer in Manufacturing Operations

Bosch Chassis Systems India Ltd., Pune, India Aug 2012 -July 2013

-Created a strategic plan to meet the restrictions for the brake booster production line including resources, cost and systems

-Produced and delivered daily production process reports, documents and conducted the daily production meetings

-Updated the Control Plan documents and Standardized the operating procedures and prepared guidelines for the workmen (SOP)

-Worked on projects in a way to maximize the ROI on the systems

-Coordinated with Quality, Materials, Procurement (APQP and PPAP), Dispatch and Development departments on a daily basis

- Completed 8D Problem solving activities for resolving customer complaints and supplier issues

-Lowered cycle time by 45% of shell crimping machine and off-leak testing machine using the de-skilling of operation approach

-Worked on and implemented projects for minimizing rejections. Reduced daily rejections by 72%

Graduate Engineer Trainee/Site Engineer

BGR Energy Systems Ltd. Aug 2011-March 2012

-Trained in the dynamics of Fabrication and Commissioning business, manpower management and customer documentation

-Directed and supervised daily activities including fabrication works and executed Erection strategies for building power plant structures

-Commissioned the De-Mineralized water systems facility and assisted in commissioning of ash-handling plant

PROJECTS

Flexible Manufacturing Systems – System Design Jan 2015 – May 2015

-Worked on a case study in the course of Production Systems based on Flexible Manufacturing Systems

-Applied the concepts of FMS, Loading heuristics, accounting for all the restrictions along with machine selection and cost analysis

-Compared the FMS model and Group Technology model for the problem using Mean Value Analysis (MVA99) tool

JP Morgan Risk-Metrics replication Jan 2015 – May 2015

-Successfully worked on ‘Risk Minimization in Stock Portfolio’ using financial engineering with Technical Analyses Tools

-Applied the concepts of risk-neutral investment strategy using mathematical-financial models in MS Excel

Inventory Management System Aug 2014 - Dec2014

-Created the inventory scheduling for a bookstore using MySQL database and VBA data management schemas as an academic project

Simulation model and Testing for Rainfall-Runoff Jan 2014 - May 2014

-Completed a simulation project for ‘Rainfall-Runoff Hydrograph’ to determine optimal green-ampt parameters using Simul8©, then tested the results using JMP to analyze the Experimental Design model

Semi-Automatic Manned Paint booth for painting of Trolleys and Pallets Dec 2010 - May 2011

-Project leader in charge of meeting technical restrictions and deadlines

-Designed and established a semi-automatic paint booth for fabrication firm which helped them get an ‘ISO9001’ certification for emission control norms

SOFTWARE PROFICIENCY

Microsoft Office© Suite, MS Projects, MySQL, AutoCAD, ProEngineer (ProE), Autodesk Inventor

Proficient in Simul8, JMP; skilled in subsequent statistical analysis and Database Management

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