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Raleigh, North Carolina, United States

Sanford, North Carolina, United States

Capital Project Management:- Manage capital projects for North Carolina facilities.- Develop detailed project plans, including timelines, budgets, and resource allocation, ensuring completion within time and budget constraints.- Collaborate with stakeholders such as engineers, contractors, and facility managers to gather requirements and align with organizational goals.- Ensure compliance with legal, regulatory, and safety standards for all projects.- Oversee substantial… Show more Capital Project Management:- Manage capital projects for North Carolina facilities.- Develop detailed project plans, including timelines, budgets, and resource allocation, ensuring completion within time and budget constraints.- Collaborate with stakeholders such as engineers, contractors, and facility managers to gather requirements and align with organizational goals.- Ensure compliance with legal, regulatory, and safety standards for all projects.- Oversee substantial capital budgets, maintaining accurate accounting and billing.- Secure expedited approvals for unplanned capital projects to meet safety, facilities, and production needs.Digital Transformation:- Champion cultural shifts towards lean and digital transformation mindsets across multiple plants.- Identify, assess, and integrate digital technologies to enhance manufacturing process efficiency.- Lead projects on digital manufacturing technology and process implementation.- Work with engineering, operations, and IT teams to ensure cohesive and successful digital initiatives.- Partner with vendors and suppliers to select appropriate digital manufacturing technologies and equipment.- Provide guidance and support to team members, promoting a collaborative and efficient work environment.- Develop and implement a real-time asset monitoring tool using "ThingWorx."- Create a scalable Continuous Improvement (CI) tool with "ThingWorx," yielding an average of $500K in sheet metal savings per facility.- Implement an Augmented Reality (AR) based digital work instruction application, "Vuforia," across multiple facilities.Process Improvements:- Analyze and enhance production flow for maximum efficiency using tools like VSM, Yamazumi, JIT, FIFO, etc.- Foster continuous manufacturing process improvements through lean methodologies in various locations.- Develop and execute lean management strategies. Show less

Anand, Gujarat

• Applied continuous improvement methods such as lean manufacturing to enhance manufacturing quality, reliability, and cost effectiveness• Identified opportunities and implemented changes to improve products and reduce costs using knowledge of fabrication processes,tooling and production equipment, assembly methods, quality control standards, or product design, materials, and parts• Design layout of equipment or workspaces to achieve maximum efficiency• Evaluated manufactured… Show more • Applied continuous improvement methods such as lean manufacturing to enhance manufacturing quality, reliability, and cost effectiveness• Identified opportunities and implemented changes to improve products and reduce costs using knowledge of fabrication processes,tooling and production equipment, assembly methods, quality control standards, or product design, materials, and parts• Design layout of equipment or workspaces to achieve maximum efficiency• Evaluated manufactured products according to specifications and quality standards• Estimated costs, production times and staffing requirements for new designs Show less

India

•Coordinated efforts with a planning committee to ensure that the design is created in accordance with what is required•Created designs and blueprints along with a team of other engineers and drafters, usually with the assistance of computer software•Ensured that the intended product or structure will be safe, dependable, and economically viable•Built a prototype of the intended creation, for testing and approval•Team management techniques allowed to appropriately delegate the… Show more •Coordinated efforts with a planning committee to ensure that the design is created in accordance with what is required•Created designs and blueprints along with a team of other engineers and drafters, usually with the assistance of computer software•Ensured that the intended product or structure will be safe, dependable, and economically viable•Built a prototype of the intended creation, for testing and approval•Team management techniques allowed to appropriately delegate the workload Show less

India

Master Of Business Administration - Mba, 3.85

Master Of Science - Ms, Mechanical Engineering

Bachelor'S, Mechanical Engineering, 3.02

Activities and Societies: ISTE, IEEE

Bachelor Of Engineering - Be, Mechanical Engineering, 3.02

High School Diploma, Science

Middle School Diploma