Quality Engineer Engineering

TAMILARASAN THANGAMANI *** Silverado Trail, ON Canada – L4H2N9 *************@*****.***

PROFILE SUMMARY

Result-driven professional with 4+ years of professional work experience and Master’s degree in Industrial Engineering. Proven experience in areas of Quality assurance, Procurement, design interpretation and continuous process improvement.

Developed interests and skills in following areas:

Quality assurance Six sigma & Tools of Quality SPC Procurement Supply & Demand forecasting Cost

Reduction Data Analysis & Visualization Process Analysis & Improvement Dock management Layout Planning and WMS GD&T VSM MOST PFEMA

SKILLS:

Productivity software: Microsoft office Suite, MS-Access, MS-Project, MS-Visio, Enovia, Teamcenter

Data Handling and management Software: Minitab, R-Programming, SAS, SQL, JMP, XA

Computer Aided Design software: Auto-CAD, Solid works

Transportation Management software: Load fusion TMS, Oracle Transportation Management

Supply chain and logistics software: Procurify, Fishbowl WMS, SYSPRO, VIP PLANOPT, Arena Simulation,

WORK EXPERIENCE:

Supply chain and Quality Engineer Mar.2020 - Present

Alexander Dennis Inc, Canada

Currently managing Quality team in chassis facility. Create scheduled inspections to incoming parts of high lead-time and reduce downtime and increase productivity.

Controlled inventory levels on ERP and worked with plant manufacturing operations and logistics teams, suppliers, and demand planning department.

Assisted in developing Bill of Materials, sourcing strategies, negotiation tactics and finalizing the terms for sourcing agreements.

Prepared demand forecasts and created raw material and replenishment plans to meet production targets.

Part of cross functional team to coordinate materials storage with quantity error proofing and sequential supply to line to reduce bottle neck. Create Zones for different parts to easy accessibility and reduced handing repeatability.

Quality Engineer Apr.2018 - Feb.2020

Alexander Dennis Inc, USA

Shift supervisor with responsibility with quality assurance over 250 part and perform periodic time study.

Interpreted CAD\CAM design plans for the shop floor personnel before commencement of production.

Performed daily data queries and prepared reports on daily, weekly, and monthly basis on spreadsheets.

Responsible for selecting the apt supplier among different choices by cross examine rates and quality of material.

Coordinated inbound scheduling and Responsible for on-time shipments and delivery to the customers.

Started weekly 1-day Lean events on TPS, Kaizen, Heijunka, VSM, PFD and DMAIC

Manufacturing Engineer May.2017 -Mar.2018

Zimmer Biomet, USA

Develop Work instructions to improve and standardize production

Establish process methods which meet performance and quality requirements

Instigate root cause analysis in CAPA and provide solutions for reducing error and waste, minimizing costs complying FDA requirements

Responsible for providing manufacturing engineering services to support cellular manufacturing and timely new product introductions. Engineering services include process standardization, cell development and tool management.

Conduct feasibility study to estimate product cost and analyze capital equipment, capacity, and capability requirements affecting the make versus buy decision

Establish preliminary bill of materials and routers (MO)

Negotiate target completion dates with appropriate personnel from other departments Handled NCRs and rerouting them for further operations using Enovia and Teamcenter.

Process Intern Jun.2011-Jul.2011

Nazim Industries PVT.LTD

Acquired experience in RFID technology in package and distribution industry.

Gained skills in SPC and CAPA Production Intern

Sugandan Auto components PVT.LTD Jun.2010 – Jul.2010

Learned the day to day activities in various department from procurement to customer service.

Acquired skills in single piece flow manufacturing and replenishment methods

EDUCATION:

Master of Science: Industrial Engineering (Supply chain & Logistics), GPA- 3.6 Dec.2016

Wright State University

Bachelor of Engineering: Mechanical Engineering Apr.2013

Anna University

CERTIFICATION:

Six Sigma – Green Belt - Institute of Industrial Engineers Nov.2015

Diploma in project management - Alison online certification course

PROJECTS:

Process Capacity Improvement (Alexander Dennis Inc)

VSM, Kanban, 5S, MS-Visio, MS-Project

Analyzed current process flow and presented future process flow – Improving throughput about 22% Introduced 5S and Kanban system to storage and inspection operations to reduce downtime Performed FMEA and reduced rejection by 12% altering tool placement.

Polaris Production & Process control work alignment (Zimmer Biomet)

CAPA, VSM, 5S, XA, CMS

Create and up rev work instructions

Process validation

Improve and stabilize productivity and reduce waste

Negotiate methods to comply FDA regulations

HONORS & APPRECIATIONS

Appreciation on Process Improvement

Alexander Dennis Inc Jan.2019

Observed as the best quality engineer onsite and sent to HQ in UK for advanced training.

Certificate of Appreciation

Nazim Industries Jul.2011

Recognized as the best employee for implementing RFID in storage system.

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