Supervisor & Operator

NIKHIL PATEL RAJNIKANT

Tel: +966-********* EMail ID: *********@*****.***

PROFILE

Production Supervisor with over 16 Years of broad experience and a strong ability to identify opportunities for revenue growth and build high-performance teams to support company objectives. Extensive knowledge of the manufacturing process and the development of equipment and production lines. Resourceful in deploying various methodologies to analyze multiple manufacturing processes, implementing quality management process, recommend modifications to minimize escalations, reduce rejection, realize operational efficiencies, control wastes, variability, costs & reduce cycle-time. Broad-based management skills, with strong planning, communication, organizational, and decision-making ability to successfully direct concurrent projects. CORE COMPETENCIES

• Instrumentation Maintenance

• Process Improvement

• New Product Management

• Analysis Inventory Control

• Issue Resolution

• Efficiency Enhancement

• Preventive Maintenance

• Project Management

• Emerging Technology Integration

• Stimulation Design

• Basic Design Development

• Quality Assurance

WORK EXPERIENCE

SIIMCO, Yanbu, Saudi Arabia Process Supervisor Aug 2015 - Present

• Saudi International Insulation Manufacturing Company - SIIMCO is a Joint venture of Saint Gobain - Alghanim Industries into manufacturing of Stonewool Insulation products

• Participation in complete production line commissioning, start up and operational stabilization in greenfield plant (stone wool production)

• Operators Training (both for hot end and cold end part of the process)

• Active participation in cold end/hot end equipments commissioning and its start up

• Active participation in production process start up and optimization

• Preparation of necessary operational documents including: SOP's; checklists; production recipes

• Day to day production affairs handling on cold end process including operator's supervising

• Active participation in daily/campaign/monthly production KPIs review including corrective and preventive actions proposals and its further implementation

• Active participation in new products launching for standard production including participation in production trials organization and supervision

• Cooperation with maintenance an QC departments respectively as to production equipment upgrade and products optimization

• QC department assisting as to claims analysis at client site - related to products nonconformity All above done with strict approach to safety rules

• Monitor, analyze, and report the financial performance (actual vs. budget) of simultaneous high-volume projects to meet contractual guidelines, cost/budget limitations, quality levels, customer deliverable quality expectations, and schedules

• Provide design modification on existing equipment to incorporate lean and ergonomics concepts, to improve productivity and reduced the risk of job-related injuries

• Implement and validate improvement activities to resolve technical and quality, yield, cycle time problems on production and returns

• Analyze operational and training data in a multitude of programs, with various operators to ensure product consistency

• Coordinate with the Purchase department to ensure the availability of consumable process materials

• Evaluate data on manufacturing process leading to product yield and reliability enhancement, resulting in a substantial burn-in reduction

• Supervise and implement the start-up and shut down checklists for various processes and machines

• Eagerly reduce cycle time and streamline departmental operations continuingly through improved equipment reliability and operator development

GlassRock - ASCOM, Egypt Production Shift Engineer Jul 2012 - Nov 2013

• Designated as Production Shift In-Charge in Rockwool & Glasswool Plant

• Collaborated across organizational functions to achieve company and project objectives; continually improve operation performance and capabilities

• Spearheaded the technical department of Rockwool; maintained the Cupola (Furnace) output

• Followed all Health and Safety Environment (HSE) regulations policies and rules. Maintained a clean and safe work environment in compliance with HSE policies

• Advised information technology, engineering, and maintenance personnel in the testing and verification of equipment and sequence modifications

• Preformed production studies and machine analysis to identify quality and process problems

• Spent considerable time hands-on in the factory troubleshooting in a maintenance engineer capacity

• Mentored and trained maintenance staff in mechanical & electrical root-cause analysis and corrective action implementation

• Maintained accurate records regarding preventative maintenance, service request inventories, and painting schedules

Rockwool India limited, Silvassa Production Shift in-charge May 2009 - Jul 2012

• Controlled the product quality and maintained the cupola (furnace) output

• Prepared production schedules to ensure achievement of production targets, according to quality specifications and materials delivery

• Ensured accomplishment of production targets by constant supervision, man management and daily review of production constraints

• Foresaw production processes bottlenecks and took corrective measures to avoid the same; initiate cost reduction and value engineering activities

• Maintained the WIP standards and administered inventory control to improve operational efficiencies and reduce wastages

• Streamlined operations by scheduling all aspects of maintenance within time frames that kept over time to a minimum

Piramal Glass Ltd, Kosamba Operator / Maintenance Fitter Apr 2005 – Apr 2009

• Championed on “Press and Blow” and “Blow and Blow” type of process with I/S machine as an operator

(cosmetic and perfume making bottle)

• Co-ordinated and co-operated with other departments for the smooth running of production. Determined materials, coordinated, and adjusted daily maintenance plans to meet operational commitments

• Maintained a safe and clean work environment by being attentive and responsive to all rules and commands

• Prepared technique reports for preventive maintenance; repaired cracked parts, filled holes and increased the part size

• Aligned and fitted parts according to specifications, using jacks, turnbuckles, wedges, drift pins, pry bars, and hammers

Bell Ceramics Ltd, Amod Appearance Fitter Oct 2003 – Oct 2004

• Engaged in compressor repairing and fitting, gearbox maintenance, repaired pump and valves, as well as a cylinder of carposhers

• Performed experimental welding to evaluate new equipment, techniques, and material

• Marked reference points onto floors or face blocks and transposed them to workpieces, using measuring devices, squares, chalk and soapstone

• Identified safety risks and the precautions required to eliminate those risk EDUCATION

• Diploma – Mechcanical Engineering National Polytechnic 2010

• ITI – ( Industrial Traning Institute ) Fitter 2003 COMPUTER SKILLS

• MS Word

• Excel

• Power Point

• SAP

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