SUMMARY:

• Seeking Industrial Engineering position in an organization that will enable me to put to use best the skills set I am equipped with and realize value in tandem for mutual benefit.
• A Seasoned Industrial Engineer professional with Master of Science in Industrial engineering degree and hands - on experience in improving manufacturing operations; managing cross functional teams to drive continuous improvement initiatives and resolving quality issues; implementing programs of lean and six-sigma and completing work instructions; determining and establishing the most efficient methods for waste elimination and maximum utilization of facilities and personnel; working with the line management in the development and implementation of occupational safety and health policies, programs and procedures. Sound analytical, organizational and computer skills.

CORE COMPETENCE:

• Lean/JIT Manufacturing Practices Six - Sigma Methodologies (DMAIC) Statistical Process Control (SPC)
• 8D Problem Solving (RC/CA) Cross Functional Teams Continuous Improvement
• NPI Process Production Part Approval Process (PPAP) Design of Experiments (DOE)
• MRP & Production Scheduling Supply Chain/Project Management ISO 9001:2008 Quality Systems

COMPUTER SKILLS:

Design/Statistical/Simulation/MRP Package: AutoCAD 2010, Minitab 16.0, Confidential 8.3, SAS 9.2, Arena11.0

Application Software: MS-Office Suite 2007 (Access, Excel, Power Point, Project, Visio)

Reliability/CRM/VSM/MRP Package: Relex Reliability 2009, Salesforce, WMEP (MCpT), Catalyst Mfg

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Quality Engineer

Confidential, Forest, VA

Responsibilities:

• Resolving product quality issues using problem solving methodologies; ensuring quality assurance & control by establishing PPAP's & COA's; working with cross functional teams in driving continuous improvement initiatives; utilizing statistical process control and six-sigma techniques for identifying and reducing part defects; performing ISO 9001:2008 internal audits; recording, tracking and reporting key metrics related to customer quality
• Achieved an average supplier performance of 95% by resolving quality issues of major automotive customers.
• Managed accounts for 23 automotive customers for processing and resolving customer quality complaints.
• Conceptualized and Implemented SPC software ( Confidential ) on all four production lines.

Lean Quality Engineer

Confidential, Overland Park, KS

Responsibilities:

• Implemented lean strategies to reduce lead times for the production of radio frequency (RF) filters; estimated resource utilization for capacity adjustments improved shop order tracking and labor reporting; applied quality control techniques for reducing part defects; performed production part approval process (PPAP) and reliability analysis.
• Reduced defective rate of RF filters by 15% and saved $ 10,000 on rework by adopting statistical process control (SPC) and six-sigma techniques.
• Saved $ 20,000 by reducing resources required for recording labor hours by operation.

Graduate Assistant

Confidential, Manhattan, KS

Responsibilities:

• Determined absorbance, heat stress, optical density and total phenolics for tomato and lettuce samples; created an MS Access database to store these results and performed design of experiments and regression analysis.
• Performed Confidential of the plant samples to identify their survival conditions.
• Developed a macro in Minitab 15.0 to estimate the probability that a plant sample could be used for farming.

Graduate Research Assistant

Confidential, Manhattan, KS

Responsibilities:

• Designed and simulated a real time emergency department using Arena 11.0.
• Validated the model using statistical analysis and performed sensitivity analysis to consider variation in results.
• Provided three solutions (models), which will improve the flow of patients in emergency department.
• Reduced patient’s door to bed, door to doctor wait times ranging from 10% to 31%, and diversion rate by 26%.

Lean Manufacturing Analyst (Project Trainee)

Confidential, Lubbock, TX

Responsibilities:

• Implemented a Pull system for the company’s new product launch named ‘ Confidential ’; reduced work in process and finished goods inventory and estimated takt time to achieve level production.
• Reduced finished goods inventory from 500 units to 24 units by implementing a 2-bin Kanban system.
• Recommended rearrangement of work-cells, which will reduce the conveyance time by 15 seconds.

Process Improvement Engineer Trainee

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Analyzed the manufacturing process of electronic voting machines; oversaw the process flow in the manufacturing unit and made accommodations for cellular manufacturing; implemented lean practices to improve flow and productivity.
• Enhanced plant’s product yield by adopting value stream map, line balancing and single piece flow concepts.
• Achieved 12.5% reduction in overall cycle time at final assembling stage.

Quality Control Intern

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Analyzed and documented the manufacturing process of textile and steel cord conveyor belts.
• Acquired knowledge of quality control techniques like statistical process control, six-sigma, kaizen and assisted in JIT/Kanban implementation.
• Systematically compiled manufacturing process flow for all the grades manufactured taking in to account the properties of rubber, chemicals, nylon, steel cord and the sub-assemblies.
• Submitted valuable inputs in the supplier quality review meetings by utilizing right quality control techniques, thereby aiding the organization select the best suppliers.