• Gender: Male
• Age: 53
• Designation: Manager
• Highest Education Level: Diploma
• Current Gross Salary: INR  400000 /Annum
• Expected Gross Salary: INR  600000 /Annum
• Preferred Country: India
• Preferred Location: Anywhere
• Work Experience: 32.5 Year(s)

Education

Diploma in Mechanical Engineer from SJP Polytechnic college, Bangalore in 1992.

Skill Sets

Maintainnace

Work Experience

Head of the Department Maintenance (Deputy Manager-Maintenance)
March 2000 to till date
Presently working with a leading manufacturer of wiring harnesses- wires for electrical & automotive applications. Supplying Auto harness to leading car OEMs like Toyota, Hyundai, Maruti, Honda, GM, TATA Motors, Mahindra & Mahindra, Renault, Daimler Chrysler & JCB etc.,
Quality System Certification (for Bangalore Factory): TS16949/ISO 9001;2000, UL 1007/1015/1230/1569 & VDA 6.3, ISO 14001.
Career Path:
Joined as Assistant Engineer - Maintenance
Promoted Engineer Maintenance
Promoted as Senior Engineer - Maintenance
Promoted as Assistant Manager Maintenance
Promoted as Deputy Manager
Key Deliverables
Project Management
(a) Conducting feasibility studies, assessing capital cost involved & evaluating viability of new projects.
(b) Involved in Vendor value analysis and selection based on technical and financial competencies.
(c) Preparing layouts for project as per process and material flow needs including Facility Management
(d) Erection, commissioning of equipments, providing utility services to the equipments.
Maintenance and Streamlining Operations
(a) Finalsing preventive and predictive maintenance schedules to ensure optimum performance
(b) Leading the team of technical staff & providing technical support for maintenance to ensure smooth operation especially during the production ramp up period.
(c) Planning for competency building for new project implementations and incorporating same by training the shop-floor staff.
Process Improvement/ Cost Reductions
(a) Spearheading VA/VE & other continuous improvement initiatives in processes.
(b) Conceptualizing & implementing strict measures in operating procedures to optimize resource/capacity utilization
(c) Implementing TPM, Lean Manufacturing systems, 5S, TS16949/ISO 9001:2000 QMS system & ISO 14001 EMS for enhancing efficiency and reducing operational costs
(d) Implementing Kaizen, Poka Yoke for enhancing efficiency/utilization/safety in the operations
Noteworthy Credits
(a) Instrumental in the installation and commissioning of plant of machinery in 105 days (present organization) and total project cost was 240 Mn rupees.
(b) Successfully designed and installed 1600 KVA HT Substation (using 800 KVA sanctioned demand in first stage) in 180 days and the total project cost was 20 Mn rupees. The saving of 6 lacs per month revealed & existing captive generating system kept as a stand by during the power cuts.
(c) Played a key role in achieving the following:
(A) Maintenanace Cost reduction by 60 % in 18 months and retained best practices
(B) Scrap rate reduction to 1.78 % from 3.85 % of Copper and 4.85% from 9.9% of PVC
(C) Enhanced plant capacity by two fold by installing one more extruder (designed and imported from Taiwan) within one year of operations
(d) Significant contribution from maintenance department in obtaining TS 16949 certification
(e) Visited SRILANKA for Installation, Commissioning work of all cable machineries of new cable plant at Homagama and completed the task in 90 days. The project cost was estimated Rs.300 Mn
(f) Plant re layout for copper section machines to reduce the material movement in the year 2001 32 Mts to 6 Mts of bunched copper movement
(g) Implemented FIFO rules in Raw Material, Work In Process and Final Goods
(h) Introduced Predictive maintenance since 2002 and achieved the down time below 1 % from 1.95 %
(i) Indigenously developed the more than 200 machine spares in order to reduce overdependence on foreign OEMs
(j) Attended and managed the audits at department level like TS 16949, UL 1007/1015/1230/1569, ISO 14001, PK Evaluation Audit by Head quarters, Japan and customer audits

Assistant Engineer-Maintenance
1992-2000
Worked with TVS Brakes India Limited, Nanjangud