Malappa Pujari

Mechanical engineer with 13+ years of hands-on experience in vacuum heat-treatment operations, quality control and assurance, and shop-floor leadership. Skilled in QMS implementation, internal audits, CAPA, 8D, FMEA, and calibration management. Known for improving process capability, resolving customer complaints, and ensuring on-time delivery through tight production and cycle planning. Strong cross-functional collaborator and trainer.

Manager – Quality, Production & Maintenance - Lakshmi Vacuum Heat Treaters Pvt. Ltd. - Hyderabad

(2019-06)

• Lead day-to-day quality control through QC-DIR reviews; implemented containment and CAPA to close nonconformity and reduce internal rejections.
• Authored and maintained work instructions/SOPs for each process; drove workplace 5S and trained shop-floor teams.
• Planned shifts and heat-treatment cycles to meet delivery targets while ensuring specification conformance and audit readiness.
• Conducted in-process and final inspections to customer specs; verified test reports and graphs prior to customer release.
• Managed calibration master list and equipment calibration status for furnaces, gauges, and testers.
• Coordinated with HR, Marketing, Purchase, and Finance to resolve production issues and support on-time dispatch.
• Development of new heat-treatment processes; prepared for and faced external audits (GE, LPSC/ISRO, DRDO, DMRL, BDL, ECIL, HAL, GE-Power, GTRE, RCI).
• Reduced internal rejections by through root-cause fixes and operator training.
• Improved on-time delivery from to via cycle planning and bottleneck removal.
• Achieved zero major NCs in [X] successive audits.

Project Site Engineer - Lakshmi Vacuum Technologies Pvt. Ltd. - Bengaluru

(2018-03 - 2019-05)

• Inspected assembled vacuum furnaces; conducted commissioning, trials, and handover with warranty documentation.
• Delivered operator training on furnace operation, preventive maintenance, and critical spares management.
• Executed testing cycles (temperature uniformity, cooling uniformity, vacuum levels) and supported pan-India installations.

CNC Quality inspector - Bhavani industries

01 years

Design - Rank industries - Pune

01 year

Engineer (Production, QC, MNT) - LAKSHMI VACUUM METALLURGICALS - Pune

3 years

Diploma - Mechanical Engineering - BLDE Polytechnic (2013)

Secondary School Certificate - KSSEE Board (2010)