Vignesh Dhanaraj
Manufacturing Project Manager at Cintal, Inc.- Claim this Profile
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Experience
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Cintal, Inc.
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United States
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Design Services
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1 - 100 Employee
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Manufacturing Project Manager
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Mar 2023 - Present
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Senior Manufacturing Engineer
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Dec 2021 - Jul 2023
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L&T Technology Services
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India
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IT Services and IT Consulting
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700 & Above Employee
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Site Lead
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Jul 2020 - Jan 2022
MEIE – New product launch support, parts plan and ECO processing - Leading Agricultural equipment manufacturer Role : Onsite Team Lead / Coordinator• Support daily production, work along with operator, line lead or supervisor and troubleshoot technical issues and solve with IE expertise.• Plan and support Assembly line transfer for new or existing product.• Conduct time and motion study and perform line balancing to reduce bottle necks.• Work close to operators and record Voice of customers• Provides solution to problems that adversely affect safety, quality, productivity, & cost.• Improve productivity using 5 Lean Principles, Reducing 8 Wastes, Gemba Kaizen, Standardized Work practice, Visual Management, PDCA/DMAIC, Kanban, Why Why analysis, Root Cause Analysis, JIT and 7 basic quality tools• Update and maintain work instructions/SOP w.r.t ECO’s and support new process implementation.• Support cross functional (Quality/Engineering/Maintenance) teams.• Perform process evaluation and implement lean manufacturing tools (Poka-yoke, 5S) for cost reduction and higher productivity.• Recommend methods to improve, assembly process and quality. Show less
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Site Lead
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Feb 2018 - Jun 2020
Special projects Management and Assembly line support - MEIE - US based Access Equipment Manufacturer• To support and conduct various productivity improvement projects initiated by operations team• To communicate with cross functional team for data collection and project co ordination• To execute data collection, validation and simulation to create business cases.• Complete process study• Time study, export data and plot into graphs• Record the line bottle necks, Voice of customer and Improvement opportunities• Conduct Kaizen events and implement changes on the line• Operators training• Provides solution to problems that adversely affect safety, quality, productivity, & cost.• Improve productivity using 5 Lean Principles, Reducing 8 Wastes, Gemba Kaizen, Standardized Work practice, Visual Management, PDCA/DMAIC, Kanban, Why Why analysis, Root Cause Analysis, JIT and 7 basic quality tools• Support in preparation & execution of Control Plan, PFMEA, Product Inspection, and Quality Management System.• Support assembly line with fixtures, templates with poka yoke and productivity improvement tools Show less
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Senior Manufacturing Engineer
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Nov 2015 - Jan 2018
MEIE – Assembly line support & Special projects (Costing through configurations by using ERP)• Understanding the customer input and formulating questionnaire for data collection • Process flow creation.• Creation of concepts Conduct brainstorming session and Pugh matrix.• Coordination with cross functional team for data validation.• Implementation on trial environment and cross checking the functionality• Everyday assembly line support with line balancing, time study, jigs and template creation. Show less
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Lead Engineer
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Mar 2011 - Oct 2015
Working on multiple simulation projects to improve productivity, FLT utilization, and assessing various What if scenarios. work includes,1. Visiting different geographies (China and South Africa) and setting project context (Scope, Simulation boundaries, Inputs needed, various what if scenarios and deliverables)2. Input collection and validation.3. Leading the team of 3 engineers and executing the simulation project.Supporting leading agricultural equipment manufacturer on creating manufacturing drawings and Standard work instructions.Leading a team of 6 Engineers and delivering the project with high quality Show less
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Executive Engineer
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Dec 2009 - Feb 2011
Formerly Known as "L&T IES (Integrated Engineering Services)"Worked on a platform management for a leading home care product manufacturer. - Assessing global packing layout for IMSUD - Creating a universal layout and benchmarking for any future deployment.Working on a greenfield project for a Dry laundry powder manufacturer to create and validate the layout for Warehouse and its operations. Which also includes, local plant visit across the country, Input collection, registering voice of customer, cad layout generation, BVOA, cross functional team co ordination and presenting for the final review with the customer. Show less
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Junior Engineer
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Jan 2008 - Nov 2009
Formerly Known as "L&T e-ES (e - Engineering Service)"Worked as a domestic onsite engineer for a leading rubber processing machinery manufacturer to support,1. Asses the safety feature and work on machine guarding.2. Layout modification to fit in newly procured equipment's with multiple options.Being part of a greenfield project for a Dry laundry powder manufacturer to create and validate the layout for Making and Packing Hall. Which also includes, local plant visit across the country, Input collection, registering voice of customer, cad layout generation, BVOA, cross functional team co ordination and presenting for the final review with the customer. Show less
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Diploma Engineer Trainee
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Jan 2006 - Dec 2007
Formerly Known as "L&T e-ES (e - Engineering Service)"Joined L&T through a campus drive and undergone a rigorous class room training for 6 months on,1. Various engineering subjects2. Inter personal and communication skills,3. Hands on training on various CAD packages.Followed by on job training on designing Assembly and welding Fixtures.
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Education
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Anna University
Bachelor of Engineering - BE, Manufacturing Engineering -
Murugappa Polytechnic College - India
DME, Mechanical Engineering