Lean Six Engineer

Dhruv Patel

adgptx@r.postjobfree.com **** S Rice Ave Houston Texas 77081 +1-832-***-****

https://www.linkedin.com/in/dhruvpatel0307/

Summary

Highly motivated, goal oriented and results-driven professional with 5 years of experience in the field of manufacturing, production planning, supply chain management, TPM, Hoshin Kanri and continuous improvement with strong problem solving and analytical skills. Work Experience

Manufacturing Engineer – Baker Hughes, Houston, Texas Apr 2018 – Aug 2020

• Led various Kaizen Events and sponsored green belts to secure more than $ 2 MM annually.

• Justified over $2.5 MM for continuous improvement focusing on safety, productivity and quality.

• Created 40+ SAP and Excel VBA macros to automate manufacturing and production planning function.

• Developing Digital Dashboard using Power BI and SAP report to improve real time decision making and reduce report generation by 80%.

• Created product, fixture and tooling design to ensure efficient production methods and Hand-free tools.

• Performed root cause analysis (RCA) for carbide cutting tool and implemented advanced manufacturing to improve productivity by 50% ensuing $0.5MM cost saving annually.

• Applied statistical methods to estimate future manufacturing requirements and potential business growth.

• Developed, evaluated, and improved manufacturing methods utilizing TPM and Lean Manufacturing principles.

• Digitalized OEE dashboard and managed QN, ECR, ECN request to resolve quality defect and manufacturing process failure.

• Standardized 500k routings and bill of material (BOM) records in SAP to improve the manufacturing process and lead time.

Manufacturing Engineer – Hoerbiger Corporation, Houston, Texas Jun 2017 – Apr 2018

• Implemented inventory cycle counting and analyzed cold and hot compression molding data.

• Executed OSHA compliant safety measure in production area and designed press safety guards to improve working environment.

• Analyzed sales order releases with respect to capacity planning and demand forecasting using ARIMA and CROSTON methods.

• Executed capital expenditure planning on several investment projects, including vendor selection, purchased new equipment to replace aging one.

• Analyzed SAP S4/HANA data to specify material consumption and inventory and reviewed extracted data for optimization.

• Reprogrammed CNC routing and updated G code for better accuracy and time saving.

• Analyzed and improved work force utilization, space requirements, process flow and designed layout of equipment and workspace for maximum efficiency.

Manufacturing Engineering Intern – Blackwell Plastics LLP, Houston, Texas May 2016 – Aug 2016

• Monitored line performance from injection molding to packaging area and performed root cause analysis for material handling, production planning and Implemented corrective and preventive actions with Lean six sigma DMAIC approach, resulted in increased Process Efficiency by 13%.

• Analyzed data with Statistical Process Control (SPC), SIMIO, SAS (JMP) tool to understand inefficiencies, variances, wastes and equipment utilization to establish baseline performance.

• Ensured the appropriate key measures are tracked and visible within the plant to sustain the benefits achieved

• Conducted training and prepared work standards for operators to sustain the improved efficiency

• Played a key role in creating customized products mold design that resulted in the accurate quote for the order.

• Performed design and cost optimization using ERP manufacturing tool (IQMS software) and Solid works.

• Schedule preventive maintenance based on the stock order and updated RFQ logs to achieve production documents.

Warehouse Supervisor, Aramark, Houston, Texas Sep 2015 – May 2017

• Increased warehouse cubic utilization, facilitating higher service level.

• Conducted Product Velocity analysis for the pick line and establishing baseline performance to analyze different driving factors using multivariable regression.

• Leading and managing a support staff of 40 in a high paced work environment to ensure customer satisfaction.

• Ensuring fill rate of 95% meeting peak demand forecasted by qualitative methods.

• Communicating and coordinating with management and support staff for continuous improvement of processes and operational efficiency.

• Awarded SPOT award for implementing 5s and displaying exceptional safety standards in workplace.

• Analyzing inventories to determine how to increase inventory turnover ratio, reduce lead time to ship products. Process Improvement Engineer – Airoil Flaregas Pvt Ltd, India Jun 2014 - Mar 2015

• Developed Mobile Flare System design using CAD model and Solid works tools.

• Performed redesign, GD&T, FMEA, and design optimization tool to reduce the mounting cost by 15%.

• Specified system component and directed product modification to ensure conformance with engineering design and performance specifications.

• Evaluated the Value Stream Mapping of Flare system and Identified the waste activities for continuous improvement.

• Eliminated various MUDA using Lean techniques and KANBAN. Educational Qualification

Master of Engineering- Industrial Engineering, University of Houston, Houston, TX, GPA: 3.78 May 2017 Bachelor of Engineering - Mechanical Engineering, Gujarat Technological University, India, GPA: 4.0 May 2015 Skills

• Technical skills: Optimization, Lean Six Sigma, Forecasting, FMEA, SAP, Production planning, Simulation, Automation, Supply Chain Management, VBA Macro, Quality control, Data analytics, 3D modeling, TPM, Hoshin- Kanri, Shainin, OEE Implementation

• Certifications: Six Sigma Green Belt, AutoCAD, Lean Manufacturing, Solid works, APICS CPIM (candidate)

• Leadership: Lean six sigma teams at Baker Hughes and Blackwell Plastics

• Software/Tools: Minitab, Stat fit, Solid works, MS Visio, MS Project, MS Office, MS Excel(advanced), Stat Tools, SIMIO, JMP, VISIO, AutoCAD, IQMS (ERP Manufacturing), SAS, Sketch Up, VBA, SAP Automation, Power BI, Tableau, MySQL, Alteryx

• Achievements: President list, University of Houston.

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