Manufacturing Engineer

Gagandeep Singh

Phone: +1-716-***-****, e-mail: *********@*****.***

SUMMARY

Industrial Engineer with over 5 years of experience in manufacturing/industrial environment with focus on improving manufacturing processes utilizing lean manufacturing methods.

Multitasking experience in troubleshooting, team building, process improvement, equipment maintenance, capital projects and validation.

Expertise in the negotiations and executions of complex capital projects, contracts and deals with top

management and key decision makers.

Proficient in introducing new products and process layout in developing, implementing and managing new processes to improve quality and productivity.

Key Skills

Lean Engineering and Six Sigma ● Lean quality tools (FMEA, Pareto Charts, Fishbone Diagrams, Six Sigma, 5S, 8D Methodology) ● Quality Assurance ● Manufacturing ● Statistical Process Control ● Geometric dimensioning and tolerance ● Design of Experiments ● Inventory Management ● Supply Chain and Logistics ● TS16949 ● ISO 9001 ● ISO 14001 ● OHSAS 18001 ● Enterprise Resource Planning

Software: SAS, Minitab, SPSS, R, Decision Tools Suite, @Risk, Any Logic, SAP, JD Edwards, Arena, Auto CAD, Solid Works, MS Office Suite, LaTeX

Certification: Six Sigma Black Belt Certified

WORK EXPERIENCE

HCL Technologies, Beaumont, TX December 2015 - Present

Manufacturing Engineer

Coordinated with shop floor resources and other stake holders to capture & modify the manufacturing process.

Studied, improved and optimized the manufacturing processes by gathering data and documenting the ideal procedures.

Prepared standard assembly procedures/work instructions including tooling, equipment, and material requirement.

Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited, B'garh, India

Industrial Engineer May 2009 - July 2013

Oversaw implementation of projects with application of six sigma and lean manufacturing tools, for waste reduction and enhancing productivity.

Conducted Root Cause, CAPA and FMEA of crucial processes and running equipment to identify the resultant effects and readiness in times of any exigency.

Analyzed processes to ensure maximum availability through change management, reviewed changes effecting complete implementation and test out plans.

Attended quality issues of the final products by analyzing manufacturing process inputs and recommending the required improvements.

Led a $100,000 project for implementing the new design, thereby resulting in a 15% increase in the daily production and an increase of $500,000 in sales for the year 2011-2012.

Performed time study analysis of all the manufacturing tasks to establish the standard time for an average worker to carry out a specified task and cutting lost time.

Utilized Statistical Process Control (SPC) tools in order to maintain utmost quality of final product.

Ensured conformance of vendor supplied materials to quality standards using PPAP, on-site inspections and documenting the same.

Reduced overtime costs by 80% by optimizing the daily demand forecasting system.

Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited, Jind, India

Maintenance Engineer June 2008 - April 2009

Monitored maintenance and in-house repair activities of entire manufacturing and bottling equipment.

Performed predictive and preventive maintenance of downstream facilities leading to an increase in equipment availability by about 20%.

Strengthened maintenance and reliability strategy plans by identifying areas of bottlenecks and performed time studies which led to set up time reduction of 30%.

Tata Motors, Lucknow, India

Product Development Intern Dec 2007 - May 2008

Served on team that introduced new or enhanced existing products like, Drive Axle, Clutches, Battery Cable, Brake Actuator, Tail/Head Lamp and Wire Harness.

Verified DFMEA, PFMEA, PFD and APQP studies done at vendor’s end as per TS 16949 and OHSAS 18001 guidelines.

Performed kaizen and lean manufacturing drives within the organization using tools like Why-Why Analysis, 5-S, Root Cause Analysis, CAPA, Fish Bone Diagram, Pareto Chart and PDCA cycle.

Sutlej Motors, Punjab, India

Summer Intern May 2006 - Sep 2006

Performed a work measurement and time study analysis of all the manufacturing tasks to establish the time for an average worker to carry out a specified task at a defined level of performance.

EDUCATION

State University of New York, Buffalo, NY Feb 2015

Master of Science, Industrial Engineering

GPA:3.534/4.000

Coursework: Quality Assurance, Design of experiments, Six Sigma, Lean Manufacturing, Production Planning and Control, Linear programming, Simulation and Stochastic modeling, Decision Analysis

Punjab Engineering College, Chandigarh, India May 2008

Bachelor of Engineering, Mechanical Engineering

GPA: 3.3/4.0

ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE

Constructed a 3D bio printer, State University of New York at Buffalo, NY, US Jan 2015 - Nov 2015

Constructed a 3D bio printer used for three-dimensional direct printing of hydro gel scaffolds with fluidic channels into which cells can be embedded to construct tissues and organs.

Fabricating a chemical battery, State University of New York at Buffalo, NY, US Feb 2014 - May 2014

Fabricated a chemical battery using the standard material available and designing an experiment (DOE) for finding the significant factors for getting 9-volt output with the minimum costs.

Utilized tools like Gauge linearity and R&R studies, Fractional Factorial designs, Response surface methodology, Statistical Process Control (SPC) and Capability Analysis.

Lean Six Sigma Project: Take-A-Break Vending of Western New York, NY, US Aug 2013 - Dec 2013

Utilized DMAIC, as the focal tool, along with help of lean and six sigma concepts to optimize the business of product dispatch to vending machines in Western New York, which led to:

An average rejection rate of 10% as compared to the previous rejection rate of 30%.

An average cycle time improvement of 20% for the packing process.

Increased sales due to better demand forecasting/matching and reduced defects.

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