*.* years of work experience

** months of experience as a Manufacturing Engineer at fast paced automotive facility (Caterpillar – Building Construction Products)

*2 years of experience as a shop floor manager in a fabrication & machining industry

*2 years of work experience as a piping engineer

*Masters degree in Manufacturing engineering

*Bachelors degree in Mechanical engineering

Willing to relocate: Anywhere

WORK EXPERIENCE

Caterpillar Inc. –Manufacturing Engineer

Contract of Infotree services Inc. (15th Sep 2015 – 3rd June 2016) Bogart, Georgia

Engineer for Implement valve and Swing frame sub-assembly of Mini Hydraulic Excavators

Resolved various continuous improvement activities and Safety issues such as providing compressed air for extending the cylinder rod, getting tie-strap gun for improved efficiency, installing hydraulic battery operated jack to eliminate manual jack and to improve efficiency, to name a few.

Recognized by CAT for aiding in “Got caught working safely” program

Involved in pilot building of Mini Hydraulic excavators XTC 305.5 and 308 VAB

Worked on Geneo for standard work instruction, Viz mock for studying the models, HVC to study the drawing

Worked along with Design team, Systems team, Quality team, Maintenance and Purchase.

Worked on PFEMA, SFMEA, Layout modification project, Quality audit.

Monitored BIQ’s, RFQ’s, supplier adherence to Process Change Notification (PCN) for changes driven by Supplier and Caterpillar on a timely and cost effective basis.

Validated process capability and implemented robust solutions for quality problems associated with purchased materials and engineering issues.

Participated in the Greenbelt training program

Del Monte Foods Inc., - Lean manufacturing Intern (3rd June 2015 – 28th August 2015) Mendota, Illinois

5S, Value stream mapping, Kaizen, Toyota Production System.

Identified areas of Peas wastage and documented the initial stage of wastage elimination.

A3 analysis, why-why, Fishbone analysis for Labeling line section wastage.

Created process control documents for all Root crop start-up procedure.

Madhura Industries - Shop floor Manager (July’11 – January’13) Chennai, India

Revised factory layout using AutoCAD to streamline operations resulting in 18% increase in production. Measured the distance between each machining operation and analyzed in AutoCAD and MS Excel to find out an optimized layout.

Studied the cycle time and takt time for every operation from receiving the raw material to finished goods dispatch. Charts are created in MS Excel to find the bottleneck operations. Replaced Shaping operation with Milling, modified the clamping method in fixtures using AutoCAD and ProE, eliminated drilling operation and outsourced the job to be punched thereby reducing cycle time and matching the takt time.

Led a team of four and formed quality circle for resolving quality issues pertaining to the daily activities and initiated kaizen plans. CNC programming (HAAS )

Updated PFMEA, Process flow chart, SOP, 8D, control charts and SPC documents for the component Front Engine support. Worked on APQP for the component Draw bar assembly.

Secured runner-up position in customer held Kaizen competition on 5th November 2011.

Increased the overall production by 26% and profit by 17%

Saipem India Projects Limited - Piping Engineer (July’09 – July’11) Chennai, India

Analyzed stress in pipes with complex routing using Caesar software and reduced the stress by modifying the layout, providing suitable supports, providing friction and checking several other factors.

Analyzed piping supports by considering the pipe stress, flexibility, temperature, process liquid etc.,

Worked with cross-functional teams and multiple levels of management in the organization to provide a strong layout and promoted to go for on-site validation.

Cross Manufacturing Company – Manufacturing Quality Internship (April’09 – July’09) Chennai, India

Involved in PPAP and APQP for the part Differential cross manufactured for Sonalika Tractors.

Updated PFMEA and calibration of tools. Involved in quality circle and daily team meetings.

SKILLS USED

Lean tools, SPC, Kaizen, FMEA, 8D, Poka-yoke, ProE, Creo, AutoCAD, MasterCAM, Team center Vizmock, MS Office, CNC Programming, Jigs and Fixture design.

EDUCATION

Bradley University Peoria, IL

Master in Manufacturing Engineering (GPA: 3.83/4.0)

Anna University Chennai, India

Bachelor in Mechanical Engineering (GPA: 3.8/4.0)

PROJECTS and RESEARCH

Research on Sheet Metal Bending

- A Bending-Machining Hybrid Process for Dimensional Accuracy Enhancement. Combined the merits of both bending and machining to get accurate dimension by calculating the optimized thickness, finding the deflection of workpiece using ProE Mechanica, finding the deflection of cutting tool, making surface model in Pro-E, generating tool path in MasterCAM. The part is bent and machined and the result is verified using CMM.

Folding Scooter Company - Lean Manufacturing project

-As a team of four, developed process charts, process flow diagram and value stream mapping. Analyzed the seven wastes (MUDAS) and proposed solution using 5-why analysis. Updated the DFMEA and control charts. Proposed poka-yoke and standardized procedure and reduced the cost by 6%.

County Line Tool Inc., East Peoria - Facilities planning project

-As a team of two, studied the factory layout and proposed improved layout using Factory CAD, Factory FLOW, Teamcenter Visualization Mock up 8.3, Jessen Excel Add-in and WinQSB software.

Illinois Department of Transportation - Quality Control project

-As a team of two, studied the compressive strength testing of concrete using control charts and suggested improvement in quality control.

HONORS and ACTIVITIES

Dean's Award - Caterpillar College of Engineering & Technology for the research “A Bending-Machining Hybrid Process for Dimensional Accuracy Enhancement” in the scholarship expo held on 16th April 2015.

Winner of the 2015 Bradley University Graduate Student Leadership and Service Award

Awarded Marjorie J. Reynolds Scholarship for International Students on 9th November 2014.

Awarded Graduate and Teaching Assistantship for the course IME 445-Computer Aided Manufacturing (CNC), IME 341-Introduction to Manufacturing Processes, IME 395- ProE & rapid prototyping.

Participated in BU-Caterpillar Six Sigma Case competition held on November 2013.

Secretary of the Society of Mechanical Engineers, 2007-2009.

Current member of Toastmasters Club

First Aid CPR/AED certificate holder

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