Manufacturing Engineer, Industrial Engineer

AVINASH DOIFODE

*** ***** **. *** **-*** Arlington, TX 76013 682-***-**** **************@*****.***

EXPERIENCE

Industrial Engineer Co-Op - Simpson Strong-Tie Inc. McKinney, TX 06/2019 to 01/2020

Redesigned current facility layout to optimize Tool & Die shop that saved $500,000 in projected costs on 4K sq. ft. area using AutoCAD & Visio.

Evaluated new tool & die facility equipment for capital cost, schedule & labor requirement planning to be $200,000.

Created standard work & work instructions to accelerate operational efficiencies by 20% for Press Dies.

Implemented SMDE to reduce die changeover time by 23% meeting quality & production requirements.

Optimized truck unloading time by 50% by implementing Kaizen principles for the shipping department.

Introduced One Piece flow & developed SOPs in packaging to increase productivity by 104% & saved cost $155,000 annually.

Collaborated with the plant manager to analyze the current state & formulate future strategies through a databased approach.

Operation Manager - Jagrutech Ventures LLP, India 07/2017 to 07/2018

Led a team of 30 members & oversaw daily operations and met key metrics for safety, quality, delivery, cost.

30% reduction in time for loading & unloading goods - utilized 5 Whys, JIT, and classification methods to minimize non-value-added steps.

40% improvement in productivity through sales forecasting, resource allocation & managing workforce.

13% reduction in transportation cost by introducing cross-docking to optimize the shipping routes.

Prepared MIS reports for daily fulfillment, deployment of vehicles, online tracking, vehicle, and driver management assigned for corporate client’s movement.

Manufacturing Engineer - Godrej Material Handing, India 06/2016 to 06/2017

Developed, Evaluated & Implemented the Battery Transfer Trolly for electrical forklifts to increase the charging efficiency.

Designed the master cell layout plans for charging stations using AutoCAD and oversaw execution.

40% reduction in charging process time using root cause analysis & routine failure mode effect analysis.

Oversaw trolly’s safety and ensured it is compliant to the current ISO 9001 requirement.

Assisted ISO Team Leaders and Internal Auditors and formulated reports on the status of the quality management system of forklifts.

Research Assistant - University of Mumbai, India 08/2014 to 05/2015

Collaborated with Ph.D. professors to solve a backtracking problem companies face in the retail and consumer supply chain sector.

Led and trained a team of 10 students to design and implement a backtracking system using blockchain.

Manufacturing Engineer Intern - Indian Railway’s, India 06/2014 to 08/2014

Worked on the manufacturing of Diesel and shunting locomotives and midlife rehabilitation of coaches.

Successfully removed bottlenecks in production process by using MTM-1 & Snap-Back time study analysis.

Developed and maintained SWI (Standard Work) and SOP (Standard Operating Procedures) for operators.

EDUCATION

Master of Science: Industrial Engineering - The University of Texas at Arlington, Texas 08/2018 to 05/2020

Bachelor of Science: Mechanical Engineering - The University of Mumbai, India 08/2011 to 05/2016

SKILLS

MS Excel

5S

FMEA

Lean Manufacturing

Critical Thinking

AutoCAD

VSM

Facility Design

Project Management

Problem Solving

MS Visio

Kanban

Supply Chain

Production Planning

Teamwork

Tableau

Six Sigma

Statistical analysis

Quality Control

Presentation Skills

Solidworks

Standard Work

Inventory management

JIT Production

Communication

SAP

Time Study

Process improvement

Enterprise Resource Planning

Adaptive Learner

CERTIFICATION & ACCOMPLISHMENTS

Lean Inventory Management - NASBA.

Certified in Lean Six Sigma - Green Belt by Indian Statistical Institute.

General Secretary of the University of Mumbai- Represented as Student Council Head during undergrad.

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