Niroj Sritharan, P.Eng. Email & Phone Number

Oshawa, On, Ca

Oakville, Ontario, Canada

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

- Promoted internally in less than 1 year - Successfully ran a $25 million plant, building custom industrial refrigeration units, by implementing lean production concepts and continuous improvement initiatives - Provided technical direction to engineers by reviewing mechanical and electrical drawings during releases and through manufacturing to ensure projects designed for manufacturability and functionality - Hired and developed staff, managed a team of engineers, technicians, and laborers, constantly focused on growth of individuals through adequate training and certifications to ensure productivity - Controlled costs of designs and production, finding areas to minimize design costs- Planned and scheduled all manufacturing build schedules improving on-time delivery from 50% during time of taking over to 90% currently - Established and measured performance metrics, implemented changes to improve processes based on metrics - Grew plant throughput capacity by 33% by hiring and implementing new policies and procedures during COVID-19- Managed all ISO9001 system requirements, including all internal and external audits, successfully passing all audits - Rolled out new Quality Program / Process within company which successfully reduced rework to less than 5% of productive working hours- Re-certified plant to new TSSA and CWB standards, creating new manuals, and qualifying the company to appropriate standards and procedures allowing Berg, the company, to Weld and Braze to new Ontario standards and regulations

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

- Managed a $1.2 million military project with Elta Limited System in Israel from initiation to completion delivering two naval cooling units to South Korea and India, developing new quality assurance plans, testing procedures, installation sequences, and manuals to adhere to customer’s specifications - Independently led a $2 million food and beverages project with Give and Go Foods (bought by Mondelez), successfully planning 10 different scopes of work, coordinating with multiple contractors to complete builds and installs in a new construction facility, assisting in the design of cooler rooms and mechanical rooms, and completing trial runs, pre-production, to confirm adequate refrigeration needs as per specifications- Managed a $1.3 million dollar oil and gas project, building a 2-storey refrigeration room to help cool and freeze soil during fracking process, coordinating build schedule while managing tight budget and successfully delivered unit to Alaska

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

- Coordinated and managed Engineering and Tooling activities with customers and suppliers to assure deadlines and customer milestones were met in a timely manner - Developed, managed, and implemented processes to injection mold parts by communicating with supplier, customer, and internal teams to provide General Motors with quality products being used in vehicles today - Provided feasibility studies and functionality reviews for injection molded parts to avoid risks during production- Ran face to face meetings with client in Detroit, Michigan to discuss designs, schedules, and changes

Toronto, Canada Area

- Designed, engineered, and developed product systems for OEMs such as GM, Toyota, and Honda to meet their design criteria within a project’s compact timing, low budget, and quality objectives whilst bringing profit to the company- Completed value analysis and value engineering study on GM HVAC ducts to re-engineer design process, creating a cost saving on piece price and tooling allowing the project to be more profitable than originally quoted - Handled projects from design stage up until mass production stage taking customer milestones into consideration - Used innovative and creative ideas to win new vendors for the company and won programs such as the Toyota Highlander, GM Buick, and Toyota Camry program by creating new molding technique- Traveled to various plant locations in and outside of Canada to conduct production run at rates, studies, and host face to face meetings.