Ajit K Gaonkar

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Shippensburg PA 17257

Having an overall 18 years of Industrial experience in Project Management, Plant Maintenance, Manufacturing, Engineering, Quality, Continuous Improvement, After Market and customer services in Automotive, Paper manufacturing and Wind turbine industry.

Experience

Certified PMP® from PMI

Six sigma black belt from Indian statistical Institute Bangalore.

Presently Working with Volvo CE USA as Maintenance Engineering Manager in Operations implementing WCM tools and CMMS.

International working experience with VOLVO Group Company in North America for 3 years & Suzlon group in China for a year.

Experience in handling end to end project execution from Planning to completion

Experience in leading techno-commercial evaluation process for new product requirements and preparation of Business Case for computing Gross Margins, NPV & Payback period to decide on project viability.

A keen strategist planner with skills in conceptualizing and implementing process development / improvement initiatives to enhance operational efficiency and productivity.

Experience in Setting up Cost, Quality & Delivery targets at Contract stage of new Project Management. Execution & control of performance measurement throughout various stages of Project Management Life Cycle.

Experience in implementing cost saving measures to achieve substantial reduction in terms of cost of final product / Project without jeopardizing quality.

Works on complex problems where analysis of situations or data requires in-depth evaluation of multiple factors using Six Sigma tools.

Coaching, mentoring and guidance to lower level employees.

Professional Experience

Volvo Construction Equipment from 2015 till date

Maintenance Engineering Manager for Shippensburg & Letterkenny Plant having responsibility for all the Maintenance activities for the plant.

Managing a plant with 7 CNC machining centers, 10 welding Robots, manipulators, 150 cranes, Paint kitchen, Oven, Shot Blasters, bending machines and other manufacturing equipment’s.

Implemented CMMS for Planning, scheduling and cost deployment for PM programs.

The main responsibilities are to minimize production downtime & secure machine performance through adequate Autonomous/Professional maintenance programs.

Implemented Professional Maintenance and problem solving in Shippensburg

Develop annual Business plans for Maintenance & new Projects

Plan & manage the Maintenance budget of 3.5MUSD.

Manage the contractor agreements and vendor PO.

Focus on continuous improvements with Kaizens, problem solving & lean way of working.

Successful in changing the mindset of maintenance team from fixing issues to solving issues with problem solving.

Volvo Construction Equipment from Aug 2010 to 2015

Global Product Maintenance Project Manager for Compaction has annual budget ($2.6 Million) ownership & responsibility for making the budget & controlling the budget based on the market conditions. He can take decision on working/stopping on any project based on the Business case. He is responsible for clearly defining scope & project deliverables based on the stakeholders needs

Leading & managing Project team from various cross functions including Sales & Marketing, Product Planning, Product Platform, Technology Platform, Supply Chain Management, Proto shop, Testing & Validation, Manufacturing Engineering, Operations, Quality, Finance and After Market functions.

Authority to initiate the DCR/DCN process along with implementation in production & Aftermarket.

Manage the cross-functional Project Team and the deliverables based on Project Assurance Plan.

Suzlon Wind Energy limited from November 2006 to Aug 2010

Project Lead in Product support group & coordinator between Design department and the site OMS for implementing technical changes to make the turbine more reliable and reduce the production loss & improving customer satisfaction.

Project lead to improve the MTTR/MTBF on major breakdowns by using innovative solution of de erecting the Heavy components from the Wind turbine such as Gearbox, Generator, sleeve ring saving huge cost to the company & reducing downtime.

Deputed to china as Project Lead for a year for Installation, operations & training

Project lead for many projects done on reducing the operating cost & improving the reliability of the installed wind turbines.

Implemented Process FMEA tool to reduce the downtime & improve the MTBF for the wind turbine.

West Coast paper mill process industry from 1999 to 2006

Plant Maintenance Engineer and responsible and accountable for Operation and Maintenance of entire paper machine section comprising of 5 paper making machines from planning shutdown to attending major breakdown with a workforce of 75 people that included engineers, skilled fitters & riggers

Successful in achieving lower MTTR by proper planning & using predictive Maintenance tools.

Successful in increasing the MTBF & OEE for Paper machine Equipment’s

Critical Competencies:

Ownership / Accountability: Taking the lead in getting the job done and accepting responsibility for personal actions, costs, and results

Leadership: Setting and modeling high performance standards and empowering a team of people to achieve agreed-upon outcomes

Teamwork: Building cooperation among individuals and departments, sharing information and resources, and working to achieve group goals and outcomes

Problem Solving/Decision Making: Taking a well-ordered approach to solving problems and acting despite obstacles or resistance/Ownership.

Resilience and perseverance: Ability to focus and execute projects at the face of adversity & ambiguity.

Worked with Scrum in Agile project Management.

Business driven mindset and holistic approach.

Good knowledge about Global Development Process.

Excellent knowledge of Quality tools such as FMEA & 7 QC tools for RCA.

Trained by Mckinsey Capability center for Lean Management, ACE Model factory.

Active participant in WACT event in the plant for line balancing and improving efficiency in the process.

Completed the training on Foundation for leading people by Volvo Group University.

Proficient to work in a matrix and team based environment.

Achievements

In Volvo brought down the average lead time for customer problem resolution and achieved 100% TFR lead time (Quality Journal) within target level.

Improved the failure frequency for Compaction by proactively working with the team & identifying quality problems & completing all quality projects within the timeline.

In Suzlon Project lead for crane less erection/de erection of major Wind turbine components such as blade, generator, and gear box, rotor, for reducing crane cost & turbine downtime where crane is not accessible in hilly terrain & this process needs minimum mobilization of jigs fixtures & avoids huge cranes.

Deputed to china for a year & successful in stabilizing wind turbines installed in china & increasing availability by RCA & vibration analysis of turbines.

Suggested to design team for centralized lubrication for generator & slew bearing to avoid bearing failures by incorporating its lubrication by software without human interference.

Implemented Professional Maintenance and Continuous Improvement in Volvo Operation.

Core team member in Line Balancing and WACT Events.

Increased bearing life & reduced breakdown by implementing condition monitoring & RCA when in West coast Paper Mills.

Computer skills

M S Word, M S Excel, MS Project, Power Point Presentation, Minitab tool, MP2 software for Maintenance, SAP.

Education

Bachelors in Mechanical Engineering from BDT college of Engineering Davangere Karnataka with distinction in 1998.

Post-Graduation Diploma in Business Management in Operations from Symbiosis in 2015

Six Sigma Black Belt Certification from Indian Statistical Institute Bangalore

PMP Certification from PMI in 2015.

Work Authorization

Legal Permanent Resident (Green Card) holder.

Ajit K Gaonkar

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