Engineering Manager
Resume:
SUJAI CHANDRAN
Email: *******@*****.*** Toronto, ON Phone: +1-647-***-**** High result driven, dynamic Engineering Professional and proven thought management leader, with over 15 years of multi-faceted experience across Locomotive, Aerospace, landing gear manufacturing and Automotive industries. Strong background in developing and implementing end to end product design support solutions on Locomotive, Aerospace structural/interior components and Automotive Aerodynamics. Highly skilled at preparing and delivering presentations, as well as representing product lines. Effective communicator and negotiator, with strong analytical, problem solving and organisational abilities. KEY STRENGTHS
Leadership and Management.
Programme and Project Management.
Managed 50+ suppliers of Bombardier C Series.
Landing Gears manufacturing process and
Operation standards.
Aircraft Interiors and Structures.
Customer/Vendor/Supplier Relations.
Budget Management
Aerodynamic Design - Formula 1 Race Car.
Catia V5 with Enovia LCA Env.
Wind-chill PDM system.
Product Design and Development.
Model based definition using
Engineering requirement model.
Configuration Management.
Business Development
Creativity and Innovation
Communication and Negotiation
AREA OF EXPERTISE
Managing Customer/Supplier relations, Production timelines, Budgets and Projects from inception to completion
Governing complex projects by deploying the applications of Project Management processes, methods and tools, delivering the progress reports (KPI’s, dashboards) on MS Project schedule.
Configuration/Change Management support, Cockpit Final Assembly line expertise for the Bombardier Aircraft Programs
Front, Mid and Rear Aerodynamics design for Formula 1 race cars in Wind tunnel department.
Conceptual Designs, Surface and Solid designs, Product design & development, Assembly creations for Automotive Aerodynamic components.
Locomotive sheet metal Components, CATIA V5 R21, ENOVIA-LCA, WIND-CHIL, SOLID WORKS. ACCOMPLISHMENTS AND MILESTONES
Comprehensively governed and managed 4.5bn Monorail project and effectively achieved the DFQ Project milestones as per target completion dates.
As an Operation Program Manager, had successfully managed multiple programs like 747, 767 & 737 landing gears systems and driven those programs in such the way customer target dates are achieved.
As a Cockpit Manager, successfully accomplished completing the Cockpits for four major production aircrafts for FTV-5, 70009, 70010 &70011 on Global 7000 business program.
Administered and managed 50 plus suppliers of Bombardier C-Series aircraft programs, facilitated to achieve their major mile stone of launching their first flights for C-Series aircrafts.
Directed our team of engineers on conceptualization, design and development of aerodynamic components for Ferrari Formula 1 race car, contributed for their major success of Ferrari formula1 team during 2011 race season. EDUCATION AND CERTIFICATIONS
Bachelor of Engineering, Production Engineering.
Master of Business Administration, Finance
PMP – Currently pursuing it, intent to finish in 6 months
Certified Lean Six-Sigma Green Belt – TCS
Designated Licensed official for Controlled Goods and Services.
Certified CATIA V5 professional (Part Design/Surfacing/Sheet Metal/Assembly) - Anna University
TECHNICAL SKILLS
CAD Systems
o CATIA V5 certified professional (Part Design/Surfacing/Sheet Metal/Assembly)
o Proficient in SOLID WORKS UG NX AUTO CADD
PDM Systems – ENOVIA LCA WIND-CHIL ENOVIA-VPM DMU
Content Systems – MS OFFICE (Word Power Point Excel)
Project Management tools –MS Project Power BI
ACCOLADES AND RECOGNITIONS
BEST PERFORMER - For effectively achieving the DFQ Project milestones as per target completion dates.
SPOT AWARD – For delivering high number of landing gears in a month.
Bombardier’s XCELL Award for improving the Quality and reducing producibility issues on operations.
Received “BEST TEAM AWARD” - Process Improvement Implementation.
Excelled as “TOP PERFORMER” – Feb 2016.
PROFESSIONAL HISTORY
ALSTOM, Toronto, ON May 2021 – Present
Project Engineering Manager - Train PrEM - Cairo Monorail Innovia 300
Administer and Manage Project engineering activities according to the contract requirements, by delivering all Work Package in compliance with the Engineering QCD commitment.
Lead and drive weekly touch base meetings with Work Pack owners, to review the progress, budget actuals, achievements, road blocks and deliverables.
Organize monthly Project review board meetings by showcasing the budget, progress, achievements and road blocks of critical Work Packs and negotiate with Work pack owners to reduce cost and challenge them to work on reduced labour hours.
Drive regular follow-up meetings on Engineering deliverables such as CR/COs, RM activities, CDRLS, Customer test reports with engineering/PATS team urge to close the deliverables and obtain target completion dates.
Construct monthly Project KPI metrics on Budget, Actuals and forecast and weekly KPI metrics on deliverables for CDRLS, CR/COs, RM activities, Customer test reports and showcase it to senior leadership team.
Initiate precheck DFQ (Design for Quality) Gate review meetings to ensure the readiness of the engineering deliverables.
Conduct DFQ Gate review meetings on time as per the project schedule by showcasing the delivered engineering items and negotiate for “GO” with Engineering Quality Manager.
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COLLINS AEROSPACE (UTC Aerospace Systems), OAKVILLE, ON Feb 2019 – April 2021 Programme Manager - Operations - Landing Systems (Boeing 747, 767 & 737)
Lead and drive five different teams such as Operations, Planning, Engineering, Supply chain and Quality teams by managing recovery plans as required to meet customer needs with Production Control.
Perform risk assessment and management including identifying problems and concerns with the organizations that impact program performance.
Liaise with Master Scheduling and Production control in preparation of outlook and LE (latest estimate) meetings with Operations Lead.
Work Closely with Product Line Managers to provide requirements, priorities and Budget Allocation.
Drive internal War room meeting with all relative teams, to discuss about short term/long term delivery issues of the program.
Tracking and monitoring the project milestones by having regular follow up meeting with all the teams to ensure project milestones are progressing well according to the schedule and make sure the milestone is not slipped beyond the schedule.
The project status of each program was closely monitored, there status reports were generated on weekly/monthly basis, and the same has been reported to the top management through regular dash board and Project management review (PMR) meetings.
The quality of each program was tracked and maintained, based on the quality, Key Performance index report, which is also known as KPI report were generated on weekly/monthly basis, and reporting the same to the top management.
Ensure monthly targets are achieved within the customer requested date. AAA CANADA, TORONTO Jan 2017 – Jan 2019
Aircraft Manager FAL - Global 7000/8000 Aircraft Program - BOMBARDIER INC, Toronto, Downs view
Coordinate and mange five different teams such as Production, Quality, Methods, Planning Team and Logistics and manage the daily production priorities and milestones for cockpit on Global 7000/8000 aircraft program.
Conduct daily morning meeting with five different teams such as Production, Quality, Methods, Planning and logistics team.
Coordinate with the planning team, in order to obtain daily production plan, and allocate these planned books to the production team, facilitate them to achieve the daily targets.
Collaborate with the quality team and drive them to raise an NCRs, in cases of any non-conformances in the production process and preparing a NCR schedule in MS Project, follow-up with engineering team to obtain the disposition for the NCR.
There might be a production sequence issues with respect to the work book. So in such cases, need to coordinate with the methods team and get the issue sorted out.
Follow up with planning team and logistics team, in such a way the production plan is not messed up the parts shortage and sequence issues.
Work in Engineering Releases such as Drawings, Modsums, Visual Work Instructions, tracking and compliance to associated schedules.
Report on the aircraft progress, roadblocks to project Leader & PMO. AAA CANADA, TORONTO Jan 2016 – Dec 2016
Methods Lead - Global 7000/8000 Aircraft Program - BOMBARDIER INC, Toronto, Downs view
Lead the team of six Methods engineers and provide a methods support for all the production A/Cs.
Conduct daily morning meeting among these team members and analyse the major production sequence issues on all the production aircrafts.
Allocating a dedicated Methods engineer to a specific aircraft, in case of major production sequence or discrepancy found.
Define and the describe the process of assembling to production team, with respect to the VWI, in case, if the production team is unable to interpret the information from the work book.
In case of any discrepancies in the assembling process, need to investigate the assembling zone in the A/C, and prepare a presentation about the issue and send the request to quality, in order to raise NCR.
Supporting and coordinating with the Production team, in case of major Functional test procedure and Acceptance test procedure were carried out
Assess production costs and analyse production time Optimize implementation deadlines and means of production
Participate with engineering in the implementation of technical solutions.
Perform in writing engineering change requests, if necessary, monitor dashboard in order to follow work progress.
Ensure procedures, processes and instructions are followed. BOMBARDIER INC, Montreal, Canada 2012 – 2015
Senior Technical Lead - Bombardier C- Series Aircraft Program
Managed 50+ suppliers of Bombardier C Series- Structural/System suppliers, ensured the completeness and consistency of engineering data across systems and programs, and facilitated to achieve their major mile stone of launching their first flights for C-Series aircrafts.
Led 15+ members on onsite and 20+ members on offshore, guiding and coordinating the offshore team with regular conference calls on day today basis.
Create dashboards with the view of providing project oversight to the clients.
Accountable for analyzing the customer's requirements and providing appropriate solutions.
Responsible for meeting project deadlines, quality of deliverables to client's expectations.
Facilitate and coordinate project activities between client’s deadlines and suppliers, arrange weekly/monthly meetings and teleconferences between customer and suppliers, in order to meet the project milestones.
Track weekly/monthly progress and quality of work being performed on each work packs and prepare quality status reports.
Prepare a well prioritized Project Plan, as per the monthly schedule meetings and work pack estimation from different suppliers. FERRARI SPA, Maranello, Italy 2010 - 2011
Senior Aerodynamics Design Engineer - Aerodynamics – Body Design for Ferrari Formula 1 Race Car
Studying the FIA regulations for Front, Mid and Rear areas of the Car.
Benchmarking the Front Wing, Rear Wing, Endplates, Nose Cone, Corners and Suspensions from competitor cars.
Proposing new conceptual design with respect to FIA rules.
Testing the prototype model of an F1 car in wind tunnel.
Measuring series of parameters like Lift; drag; lift to drag ratio and drag power.
Preparing a wind tunnel data sheet based on the parameters measured.
Creating detailed designs of components as per FIA regulations.
Design and modification of Aerodynamic surfaces for better performance of the car in every race. BOEING, Everett-USA 2007 - 2009
Senior Design Engineer - Aircraft ECS Bracket Design/MBD-Interior-Seating Systems
Deliver engineering design support for US Aerospace major Aircraft Interiors group of Environment Control Systems (ECS) by designing and modelling of Supporting Brackets and Structures in Catia V5 and Enovia LCA Platform.
Creation of MBD for the designed brackets and the same will be used in Installation Requirements Model and Component Assembly Requirement Model for ECS for the ease of manufacturing and other production process.
Handling of release actions in Enovia database for the newly designed Brackets.
Interference checks with various structure and brackets using digital visualization tool IVT.
Creation of Seating Systems Seats Installation Requirement models (IRM), Components Assemblies (CA) and Enovia Sign Off actions.
Quality Assurance of the deliverables
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