Engineer Quality Control

Siva Arumugam Ramasamy

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OBJECTIVE

Top Management graduate with 4 years of manufacturing and People management experience with an extensive background in lean implementation, waste elimination and cost reduction, seeking a career in implementing lean manufacturing, continuous improvement initiatives with progressive, aspiring company.

KEY SKILLS

• Continuous Improvement.

• Value Stream Mapping, 5S, Kanban.

• TPM, PFMEA,JIT

• Root Cause and Effect Analysis

• Team Leadership and Mentoring

• Lean Implementation.

• Supplier Development.

• Inventory Control.

SOFT SKILLS

• Strong leadership skill and vision developed by managing work force of varied culture and organisational level.

• Quick decision making ability coupled with agility enabled to accommodate fluctuation in production priority also ensuring prompt delivery, excellent customer satisfaction and improved overall production.

• Exceptional business communication skill (both verbal and oral) developed by interacting closely with Suppliers and customers.

• Time management - Proper planning, scheduling and risk aversion plan creation ensuring on-time delivery and avoid production delay cost.

TECHNICAL AND IT SKILLS

• AutoCAD 2000/2004.

• Ms Word, Ms Excel, Ms Power point, Ms Outlook.

• Windows XP, Windows 7.

CURRENT & PREVIOUS EMPLOYMENTS

June 2010 to Present: Swathignanam Ltd, United Kingdom.

Assistant Manager /Lean Coordinator

• Implemented 5S on shop floor, office environment and performing monthly audits to ensure sustainment.

• Implemented JIT in Purchase and reduced the inventory by 20%.

• Implemented new product lines and created strategies to introduce and promote them to customers.

• Implemented loss prevention policy and awareness on the floor in order to control shrinkage and stock out.

• Trained, developed and motivated employees.

June 2007 to August 2008: Parikh Energysystems (p) Ltd, Mumbai, India.

Executive Engineer- Manufacturing/Continuous Improvement

• Managed a team of 20 consists of 5 field engineers and 15 support technicians.

• Developed and executed manufacturing plans for new product that includes new equipment selection, manpower determination, production area design and layouts.

• Created and maintained Bill of Materials for more than 1600 parts.

• Created and maintained production schedules.

• Created value stream map for Panel and VCB assembly line process.

• Implemented Lean manufacturing concepts on assembly process.

• Implemented 5S in housekeeping and reduced waste.

• Implemented two bin Kanban system and reduced inventory.

• Created quality control system including procedure and documentation forms.

• Created and maintained failure analysis procedures and reports.

• Carried out time and motion study for man and machine.

• Conducted daily, weekly and monthly meetings to discuss about production and quality issues.

• Coordinated with sales, purchase and inventory department.

February 2005 – May 2007: Erg Switchgears, India

Engineer- Manufacturing/Lean

• Managed a Team of 15 consists of 5 field engineers and 10 support technicians.

• Implemented just in time production by optimising raw materials requirement plan based on sales order and tightly working with suppliers.

• Implemented 5S on the panel assembly line, VCB assembly line and performed monthly audits to ensure sustainment.

• Implemented Kanban system improving product flow for components used on assembly line.

• Implemented TPM to avoid unnecessary delays in Machining area.

• Supervised creation and maintenance of Production & Planning Schedules.

• Created Standard operational procedure in assembly line.

• Conducted weekly production meetings to discuss production and inventory management.

• Conducted weekly quality meetings to discuss quality issues.

• Trained work force to increase productivity.

EDUCATION

Coventry University, UK.

MBA in Engineering Management,

Core Subjects:

• Supply Chain Management

• Strategic Management

• Project Management

• Entrepreneurship and Innovation for Engineers

• Finance and Marketing

Bharathiyar University, India.

B.Eng. in Mechanical Engineering,

Core Subjects:

• Manufacturing Technology.

• Thermal Engineering.

• Automotive Engineering.

• Operations Research.

• Statistical Quality Control.

• Computer Integrated Manufacturing.

INTERESTS & ACTIVITIES

I have keen interests towards blogging and keeping myself up-to-date with latest affairs like news and latest technologies. Warm feeling comfortable kind of person, love to socialise and a very good team player.

REFERENCES

Available on requests.

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