Engineer Quality

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CURRICULAM VITAE

Name: SANTHOSH SELVAM

Address: Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India

Contact Number: +91-848*******

Mail Id: ******************@*****.***

Skype: santhoshselvameee

LinkedIn URL: https://www.linkedin.com/in/santhosh-selvam-/ Sex: male Date of Birth: 5th July 1993 Nationality: Indian PERSONAL STATEMENT

• A highly skilled professional with more than Seven years & one month of progressive experience in leading and managing as Quality Senior Engineer to maintains Quality & Operations management.

• Proven track record of achieving sustained improvements in quality, cost and delivery functions

• Skillful in developing production plans to opt out maximum production in the respective shift, with less machine idle time

• Can able to build a team & build Quality management System for Plant.

• Comprehensive knowledge of Industrial Engineering, Engineering Change Management.

• Effective in leading and mentoring large size teams to achieve Quality and manufacturing measures

• Conversant with Quality Control Tools which include Flow Chart, Cause and Effect Diagrams, Histogram, Pareto Analysis, Scatter Plot and Control Charts.

• Expertise in managing entire gamut of testing setup preparation & testing activities

• Having good Training skills to train new persons & On Job Trainings

• Strong analytics skills to precaution of new products in proto development

• Troubleshooting skills in whole air-conditioning systems & Whole Injection moldings Problems.

WORK EXPERIENCE

Jul 2013 – May 2019

May 2019 – At Present

Key Responsibilities

Engineer Operations

Subros Limited Chennai (India’s Leading Thermal Products Company for Automotive Applications in Technical Collaboration with DENSO) Senior Engineer Quality

Sara Plastic Industries ( Injection molding – HMI Tyre 2 ) Engineer Operations

Subros Limited Chennai

• Successful in achieving Production & Quality goal as per plan and within parameters of cost, quality and on-time delivery.

• Examining, developing and suggesting design approaches necessary to meet production requirements

• Developing strategic plans and managing activities related to scheduling of machine as per product-lines

• Increasing productivity by establishing cycle time and reducing NVA activities

• Maintaining and developing quality systems for working towards zero defects and zero rejections

• Implementing and ensuring compliance to ISO 9000 and IATF 16949 Performing deviation analysis and taking corrective and preventive actions on deviation

• Associating with numerous departments like Production engineering, Product engineering, Industrial engineering and manufacturing for the smooth transaction of process.

• Conducting training to the new recruits in methods department

• Productively reduced cycle time, cost of the project and executed process improvement projects to increase the productivity

• Handling the task of Customer complaints & Corrective and Preventive Actions(CAPA)

• Utilizing QC tools to analyze data and gathering data from internal in-process rejections records

• Handled multiple new product production improvement projects

• Oversaw numerous new product introduction till the start of production (including making process check sheets, control plan, work instruction, best practices)

• Designed parts information flow diagram for everyone to understand the process flow, material flow, cycle times, Poka-yoke availability and all the things which happen over from raw material till finished goods in a single sheet

• Successfully completed DENSO audit and all audits conducted by customers & internal team

• Oversaw the task of Proto Development for Bus, Truck & Rail Engine HVAC

• Performed entire circuit & component level testing Noteworthy Accomplishments & Highlights:

• Reduced overall scrap rate from 25% to 5% by conducting several QCC

• Implemented on-the-job training, periodic performance evaluation methods, competency mapping, suggestion reward scheme to motivate operators to involve in improvement activities

• Formed QCC teams to ensure each individual to participate in quality improvement program and win prizes

• Diligently analyzed production bottlenecks and performed multiple kaizens on it and drastically reduced cycle time

• Performed various machine modification to improve production and process

• Increased productivity of Bus A/C models through QCC

• Developed the safety in HLD machine

• Successfully managed poke-yoke kaizen for Shroud Fan Assembly Fixture & Condenser Assembly Fixture

• Achieved the highest production given by the customer (FML) in urgent basis 350 kits/month

• Got Best Coordinators Award (Kaizen) in CII in 2014

• Participated in all INTRA and INTER Kaizen & QCC competitions and won many prizes

• Team Won PLATINUM Award in ABK-AOTS DOSAKAI Kaizen Competition (2018, 2017 and 2015)

• Team Won Gold Award in ABK-AOTS DOSAKAI Kaizen Competition (2016)

• Reduced:

• Set up change over time for a new product

• Wiring harness rejections in QCC project

• Reduced the recirculation

• Evaporator Damage through QCC

• Packing cost of Bus A/C model in QCC

• Introduced:

• Several POKA Yoke to improve the product quality

• Consumable monitoring system to reduce the consumable cost

• Control charts in CTQ points

• Super market concept and FIFO system to ensure smooth material flow as well as to improve the process quality

• Andon System in Bus A/C

• Kanban system in Kitting line through

• Document for the final inspection process

• The fixture of solenoid valve direction changing

Implemented:

• Yokotenkai activity at all workplaces

• Point photography concepts at the shop floor

• Visual Management System Implemented at Bus A/C and Kitting Key Responsibilities Senior Engineer Quality

Sara Plastics Industries Chennai

• Knowledge in IATF 16949-2016, ISO 9001-2015 standards and responsible for documentation work.

• Preparing and maintaining PPAP & APQP Documents.

• Analyzing customer’s specific requirements and based on their requirements preparing PFMEA, Control plan & Process flow diagram.

• Knowledge in MSA & SPC

• Manage QMS related deployments and implementations.

• Monitoring & improving process through capability study.

• To interact with quality team for quality improvements and updating the points to the production team.

• Conducting Product Audit, Process Audit to reduce non-compliances & achieve customer satisfaction.

• Performed applicable risk and root cause analysis using engineering quality problem solving techniques.

• Feasibility check responsibility.

• Reducing the defects by using 7 QC tools.

• Conducting Third party inspection.

• Preparing and maintaining MRM & IATF documents and records.

• ERP using updating data to maintain records and database.

• Ensuring that every product passed quality check.

• Evaluating all documents related to product’s to ensure all non-conformities are attended. LANGUAGE

• Undergoing A2 Level Certification for German Language

• Hindi Starting level (Speak only)

• English Good Knowledge in Read, Write & Speak

• Tamil Good Knowledge in Read, Write & Speak

EDUCATION

2010 - 2013 • Diploma in Electrical & Electronics Engineering from Thanthai Periyar Government Polytechnic College, Vellore, India

TECHNICAL SKILLS

• Core Tools(APQP,FMEA,PPAP,SPC,MSA)

• ISO 9000/IATF 16949,QMS,EMS,IMS

• Basis Technics(5s, Kanban,Kaizen,SGA)

• Production Technics(OEE, SMED, Cycle time reduction, Continuous flow, Bottleneck Analysis, PDCA,Poke-Yoke,Takt time)

• Problem Solving Technics • Quality circle • Six sigma Basics

• Root Cause Analysis • Wastage Management • Quality Assurance KEY SKILLS

• Quality Management • Rejection Reducing • Quality Assurance

• Safety Management • Conducting CFT Meeting • Record Keeping

• Lean Manufacturing • Streamlining Process • Fault Diagnosis

• Customer Satisfaction • Manpower Planning • Material Planning

• Red bin Analysis • Fatigue analysis • Team

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