Sr. Mechanical Engineer - Structural Supervisor at NAUTICAL STRUCTURES INDUSTRIES, INC. / North Pacific Crane Company (2009-01 – Present)
Reporting to VP Sales & Marketing. Design & Analysis of Shipboard, Offshore & Sub-sea cranes of various tonnages and reach with ABS, B.V, Lloyd's Approved and Certified.
- Design & Analysis of Shipboard, Offshore & Sub-sea cranes namely 140 Ton, 110 Ton, 100 Ton, 95 Ton, 85 Ton, 75 Ton, 70 Ton, 65 Ton, 60 Ton, 50 Ton of various reach 50, 60, 65, 70, 75, 80, 85, 90, 100, 105, 110, 120, 130, 145, etc. with ABS, B.V, Lloyd's Approved and Certified.
- Analyze customers' industrial and commercial crane design proposals and specifications to evaluate feasibility, cost and maintenance requirements.
- Conceptual generation of new design and issuing a general arrangement layout after interaction with client.
- Coordinating with internal sales and marketing team, outside vendors for the cost estimation for the commercial quote.
- Structural design calculation submission – offshore & marine cranes to meet the lifting appliance rules & regulations from American Bureau of Shipping (ABS), Bureau of VERITAS (BV), Indian Register of Shipping (IRS) and Lloyd's, etc. Co-ordination with above Bureau in resolving their comments/handling surveyor clarifications till the final certification stage.
- Preliminary conceptual structural analysis using hand calculations and FEA software's.
- Research, design and evaluate industrial crane alternatives.
- Specify crane components and direct modification of cranes to ensure conformance with engineering design and performance specifications.
- Oversee installation, operation, maintenance and load testing as per bureau rules to ensure proper installation and functioning.
- Read and interpret crane blueprints drawn by other engineers, supervise engineers and correct for the final release to manufacturing.
- Evaluating the technical drawings, schematics and computer-generated reports by my team for the final acceptance to revert back to management, manufacturing & client.
- Confer with other engineers to resolve crane malfunctions and provide technical information to client to resolve the issues.
- Investigate crane equipment failures, diagnose faulty operation, make repair recommendations and provide feedback to design engineers on customer problems and needs.
- Welding failure analysis, generating welding procedures, welding quality test procedures, proof load test for weld failure structural crane components as per AWS standards.
- Optimization of major crane components using ANSYS workbench software, generating the technical report for customer view, assisting in writing installation procedure for complete crane.
- Responsible for outsourcing the major components manufacturing jobs & helping vendors in resolving the technical issues.
Senior CAE Engineer – Textron Greenlee Business Unit at Textron GTC (2008-01 – 2009-12)
- Performed and validated analysis of new and existing products using Ansys & Cosmos software.
- Interpreting design concepts, determining nature and type of required design.
- Analyzing product or equipment specifications and performance requirements and data.
- Determining nature of technical problems and solutions.
- Preparing details, sub-assembly drawings, assembly drawings and other engineering specifications for manufacture of prototypes and products from sketches, marked prints, layouts or CAD models using Solid Works 3D Modeling software.
- Initiated required changes to engineering documents as specified by engineering change notices.
- Performed tolerance analysis in keeping with drafting and standard engineering department practices and procedures.
- Met deadlines and advised management of problems including backlogs and other potential schedule interruptions.
- Communicated improvements and suggestions to department manager and/or other company management; and adhered to safe practices and procedures.
- Analyzed and budgeted new product development and manufacture costs within India.
- Created documentation for new products as well as supported the existing products working with engineers, drafters, and other personnel.
- Initiated required changes to engineering documents as instructed by engineers on Engineering Change Notices.
Business Principal – Project Management (Branding and Product Design) at Shining Emotional Surplus Private Limited (2007-01 – 2008-12)
- Provided leadership to the company; to achieve its long term vision and short term plans on a quarter-to-quarter basis.
- Relevant expenses for business development projected at the beginning of the month for approval of the management.
- Managed technical design team from assigning resource, responsibilities, target setting, training new hires, recruitment, etc.
- Handled all project issues, deliverables and resolved engineering issues.
- Projected relevant expenses for business and cost cutting of manufacturing.
- Negotiated time line, budgetary cost, demonstration of actual expenses to client & management.
- Development for management approval, linked expenses to annual budget.
- Achieved annual revenue of 8 Crores ($1.3 Million USD) generation targets in new product design from new clients. Rewarded with 0.5% incentive for the specified revenue generation.
CAD Designer – Automation (Textron Fastening Business Unit) at Textron GTC (2004-01 – 2007-12)
Reporting to Product Manager, USA & MD, India. Worked with engineers and other drafters in interpreting design concepts and generating assembly and detailed working drawings.
- Worked with engineers and other drafters in interpreting design concepts, determined nature and type of required design.
- Generated the assembly and detailed working drawings from scratch to production stage.
- Analyzed product or equipment specifications, performed requirements to confirm and determine designs that can be produced by existing manufacturing or processing facilities and methods.
- Determined nature of technical problems and provided possible solutions within and outside the submitted concepts.
- Created preliminary designs and demonstrated with presentation to team and management for the actual stage of finalization.
- Utilized computer analysis tools and solid modeling.
- Completed product or project designs, analyzed data; created analysis plan for potential cost and engineering considerations.
- Drew preliminary sketches of proposed product and project.
Design & Development Engineer – Engineering Unit at Satyam Computer Services Limited (2001-01 – 2004-12)
- Designed and developed lifting devices for semiconductor manufacturing industry Applied Materials, USA.
- Product analysis and optimization with new features as required by customer.
- Utilized Finite Element Method for researching new or alternative materials as required for structural weight reduction with higher lift.
- Actual generation of lifting devices after design freeze. Drafting the detailed 2D prints for the production.
- Demonstrating the alternative material to the team and manager for the approval in securing the materials.
Trainee Engineer – Design, Mechanical Design Department at IPA Pvt. Ltd (2000-01 – 2001-12)
Reporting to Senior Design Consultant, India. Engineering practical training in design of weighing systems.
- Engineering practical training in design of 'weighing systems, drafted weighing systems for customer proposal including the various options for automation.
- Visited various plants to measure physical dimensional parameters for renovating existing weighing systems.
- Worked out mechanical systems to fit all necessary electronic devices to operate equipment.
