Reji V. Email & Phone Number

A seasoned and highly motivated manufacturing engineer coupled with excellent management & Industrial planning skills. Over 25 years experience in Manufacturing field encompassing manufacturing engineering, production management, Industrial planning, process engineering, project management, shop floor management and lean / CI expertise. Tertiary qualified in Engineering , Business management, Logistics & supply chain and sustainability management.Experienced in managing multi-disciplinary teams in a world leading rolling stock organisation for multiple manufacturing projects including Metro trains,Trams and Inter-city trains. Solid experience in planning and managing of maintenance operation of Inter City trains and Bogie overhaul*Improved production efficiency up to 15 % resulting in hours saving of over 15000 hours for the Melbourne Tram project.*Recruited and managed multiple trades people for the Adelaide Metro trains project and Victoria V-Line project. Setup a strong,flexible and multi-skilled work force to ensure business objectives are met with increased productivity and efficiency. Managed the whole site activities which included important decision making on quality, methods , planning and stores activities in the absence of the supporting functions during after-hours.*Extensive experience in Manufacturing and Process Engineering environment,lean manufacturing and problem solving. Driven cost saving of projects of OEM automotive supplier and achieved huge savings by process improvement.*Diverse skills in Project management, Planning, Process development,and People management. *Strong background Production management and people recruitment.* Highly skilled in planning and managing maintenance operationsSpecialties: Production management,Project management, Cost reduction,Automotive, Cad/Cam,Product development, Manufacturing Engineering ,Continuous improvement, Process control, Layout design, Business,Team building, Recruiting, Planning