• Gender: Male
• Age: 45
• Designation: Senior Engineer
• Highest Education Level: Masters - Degree
• Preferred Country: India
• Preferred Location: Chennai
• Work Experience: 20.3 Year(s)

Education

MBA in Production Management - Correspondence from Annamalai University, with 60.1% First Class in 2009 to 2010.
B.E in Production from PSG Tech, Bharathiar University, Coimbatore, with CGPA 7.21% First Class in May 2003.

Skill Sets

IT Skills: Well versed with Auto CAD, Pro E and MS - Office.

Industrial Training:
PSG Industrial Institute, Coimbatore in Aug 2000 to Feb 2003
Gained Exposure in Production Engineering Technologies, Industrial cost Estimation Principles, Concept of Quality Assurance and its Techniques.

Work Experience

Senior Engineer- Process
Since Jan 2012
Company Profile: Manufacturer of Plastic fuel tank for Automotives, through 6 layer extrusion Blow moulding process. Tier I Supplier to Ford, VW, Mahindra Motors.
Job Profile:
Actively handle 6 layer Extrusion Blow Moulding Process.
Planning and arrangement of material and manpower for daily production activities.
Shop floor management and process trouble shoot in process.
Emphasize the operators to safety guidelines.
6S maintenance of the blow moulding and other machines.
Product & process quality monitoring.
Maintain control records in shop floor.
Control and monitor the process rejection PPM on daily basis.
Communication and team lead towards effective utilization of machines (OEE).
Training of manpower and assessment on regular intervals.

Manager - Production
July 2010 to Dec 2011
Company Profile: Manufacturing of all types commercial plastic items through injection and Blow Molding process. Tier II Supplier to Hyundai Motors.
Job Profile:
Responsibility for injection, Blow mould process and PU foam seat process.
Planning and scheduling mould changeover activities.
Shop floor plans related to man, machine and materials activities.
Handle injection mc 250 to 650T mc with core mould, hot runner moulds and Blow mould of 80 and 100 litre mc.
Effective production output by OEE, Machine Utilisation and production efficiency analysis and improvements.
Conduct new mould trials and process implementation in shop floors.
Coordinate with mould Maintenance team for improvements.
Implemented mould history records.
Standardised time chart for PU foam chemical for ISO, POLYOL ratio as per moulds.

Asst Manager - Production
Aug 2007 to June 2010
Company Profile: Polyhose India Pvt Ltd., Manufacturer of Hydraulic, thermoplastic, P.T.F.E & Industrial hoses and tubings.
Job Profile:
Planning and scheduling production activities.
Conducting review of quarterly projects & future shop floor plans related to man, machine and materials activities.
Played a key role in reducing the wastage by failure analysis in process by 4.5%.
Temperature standardised for different materials and improved 50% production.
Successfully implemented Parameter chart, time target for die and tool change over activities thereby reduced 50% down time.
Power saving methods (changed layout of machineries / utilities) in process & reduced power consumption%.
Actively handled tube extrusion, extrusion jacketing machine & co-extrusion machines individually and proved.
Implementing new material trials and validation of process specification for mass production.
Involvement in new design for better production process with brain storming.

Officer - Production
Feb 2005 to July 2007
Company Profile: Packaging India Pvt. Ltd., Manufacturing of PE Films where multilayer Co-Extrusion blown film machine is used, for the material of LLDPE, LDPE, HDPE and PP in film form.
Job Profile:
Acting as Head of Blow Film Three Layers - Extrusion Dept. responsible for improvement planning, operating efficiency and machining cost.
Handling ISO 9001-2000 policy in following dept. Trend charts and Quality objectives.
Using Navision (ERP) software for production report.

Project Handled:
Machine erection within 2 months time of MBE in extrusion department.
Ecrectioned Eurochiller and cooling tower projects.
Handled maintenance activity totally carried out with inter dept. without help of maintenance (Changed Feed zone cooling coil, screws & Barrels, Specific O/P measuring, etc.)

Highlights:
Achieved cost reduction in reducing wastage in process. Distinction of saving Rs.70 lacs in 541 costs.
Played a key role in Identifying the wear and tear of screws (O / P reduction).
Achieved production wastage in 6% in process by wastage analyzing data.
Implementing trim recycling process and reduced 2% of wastage.

Product Development Engineer (Mould Design)
Jan 2004 to Dec 2004
Company Profile: GWI Manufacturing, Manufacturer of Blister Covers and Trays for Electronics Products, Batteries, and Electronics Chip Applications Trays Process using Vacuum forming machines.
Job Profile:
Handling various activities pertaining to Designing of drawings for master mould using AutoCAD 2004 & Pro E 2001 for new products and mould layout for the mass production moulds for production floor
Following up activities in tool room while developing the master mould in checking quality, profile completion and product fitness and tolerance required.
Troubleshooting mould problems and thermoforming process problems.
Key Projects Handled:
Productivity improvement in power steering housing machining in Makino CNC machine in Rane Madras Pondicherry (PDCA Approach)
Preheating to avoid defects and improve production for JMS tray CAD / CAM in GWI - Malaysia.

Future Goals

To become a General Manager.