Yuvraj Barad

Production Supervisor with 5 years 1 month of experience in foundry and casting manufacturing operations, spanning melting, moulding, core shop, pouring, knockout and laboratory functions. Skilled in production planning, production scheduling, manpower planning and raw material planning, with full ownership of production KPIs, production efficiency and dispatch planning. Strong record of leading shop-floor teams, enforcing quality control and quality assurance standards, and driving process improvement through lean manufacturing and CAPA-based corrective action.

Combines hands-on metallurgical testing expertise with disciplined KPI monitoring, safety compliance and cross-functional coordination across quality, maintenance, purchase and dispatch teams.

Production Supervisor at West Point Industries LLP (2023-05 – 2026-06)

• Supervised end-to-end foundry production operations across melting, moulding, core shop, pouring, sand plant, knockout, back process and laboratory to deliver monthly production targets without interruption.
• Planned monthly production and dispatch schedules by part quality grade, coordinating with quality, purchase, maintenance and dispatch teams to protect customer delivery commitments.
• Executed manpower planning for moulding, melting, core, pouring, knockout, sand plant, back process, laboratory and production engineering, balancing shift coverage against production load.
• Owned all moulding and melting KPIs, including moulds per hour, melts per hour, unit consumption, plant efficiency and mould rejection, improving overall production efficiency.
• Monitored core shop KPIs covering core shooting output, core rejection, core stock, shelf life, and core coating and baking quality.
• Managed knockout KPIs by controlling casting stock ahead of shot blasting and setting cutting and shot-blast priorities to maintain flow.
• Led back-process KPIs, sequencing dispatch priority and post-shot-blast casting stock to eliminate machine no-load conditions.
• Maintained pouring KPIs by ensuring uninterrupted pouring and adherence to defined pouring time standards.
• Reviewed regular item rejections, conducted root cause analysis and implemented CAPA and stop-order actions to prevent recurrence.
• Planned monthly and weekly raw material requirements with the purchase team and audited monthly raw material stock to support uninterrupted production.
• Optimized runner and riser stock as per defined method and monitored deviation material, defining its controlled reuse in regular production.
• Coordinated trial feedback on new raw materials, tooling changes and process modifications with the cross-functional team.
• Improved equipment availability by reviewing furnace, moulding and sand plant breakdowns and preventive maintenance requirements with the maintenance team.
• Implemented daily production reporting in the master sheet, capturing production, chemical analysis, hardness, microstructure and tensile results for management review.
• Prepared customer test certificates as per customer specifications and served as final approving authority for release.
• Maintained current sand, melting, pouring, furnace, knockout and dispatch data to support decision making, 5S discipline and safety compliance on the shop floor.

Laboratory In-Charge at GN Altech Pvt. Ltd. (2021-05 – 2023-05)

• Operated spectrometer and microscope to analyse chemical composition and microstructure of castings against customer specifications.
• Conducted complete sand and metal testing to verify raw material and process parameters, supporting quality control on live production.
• Performed hardness and UTM testing on both online and manual systems, recording results for traceability.
• Prepared customer test certificates and maintained laboratory documentation to meet quality assurance requirements.

Bachelor of Science in Chemistry – Saurashtra University (2017-04 – 2020-08)