Experience

Rail Coach Factory Kapurthala

• India
• Truck Transportation
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Deputy Chief Plant Engineer

  • Aug 2018 - Present

  59.9% improvement in MTBF (mean time between failures) & 39% in MTTR ((mean time to rectify), since taking charge.- Maintenance of manufacturing facility producing 2000 railway passenger coaches, with $550 million (Mn) annual turn-over. $65Mn worth machinery consisting of CNC Lasers, Plasma, Press Brakes, Machining Centres, Welding Robots.Recently designed digital load measurement enabled hydraulic powered system for squeeze testing of shell body of a coach.- Preventive maintenance of all machines & utilities, Procurement of spares with a complex global supply chain, Calibration of machines, Preparation of specification for procurement & installation / commissioning of new machines, EOT Cranes, Compressors houses , Traversers for shifting of coaches between various manufacturing shops maintaining air quality, safe upkeep and ensuring legal compliances of LPG, Co2 , Argo-mix and Nitrogen storage bullets and their pipe line networks. Additional responsibility of Factory Manager for compliance of safety, occupational health, staff welfare, environment statutory requirements.- Leader of team responsible for internal audits . Show less

• Deputy Chief Quality Manager, RCF

  • Sep 2015 - Aug 2018

  Enforcement of standards & processes during production.Inspection of materials, out sourced components, assemblies.Final inspection, testing of railway passenger coaches.Implementation of Standards ISO-9001, ISO-14001, ISO-45002, IRIS (Silver), ISO-3834, 5 -S, ISO-50001.

• Works Manager Quality,

  • May 2013 - Sep 2015

  Worked as shop floor officer incharge responsible for inspection of in house manufactured coaches and bogies. Implemented audit of manufacturing practices of different production stages .

• Works Manager Plant Maintenance

  • Nov 2006 - May 2013

  Shop floor officer in-charge responsible for mechanical & electronicmaintenance of machines.Commissioned new robotic MIG and Spot-Welding machines, CNC Laser Cutting, CNC Laser Cutting & Welding machines, CNC Machining Centers, CNC Press Brakes etc.

• Assistant Works Manager

  • Nov 2003 - Nov 2006

  Shop floor officer in-charge responsible for mechanical and electronic maintenance of machines installed in various manufacturing shop.

• Senior Section Engineer Maintenance

  • Aug 1988 - Nov 2003

  Supervisor Incharge for execution of preventive and break down maintenance of CNC Laser Cutting, CNC Machining Centres, CNC Press Brakes, CNC Shearing Machines, 1000 Ton Hydraulic Presses , Cold Roll Forming Machine, Cut To Length Line etc