WORKSHOP MANAGER
TATA MOTORS
Total years of experience :16 years, 4 Months
Manage and lead a team of engineers planning and assigning work schedule of staff; co-ordinate resources, provide oversight and liaise to ensure work is delivered on time and to a quality standard.
Evaluate the impact of work delays, develop appropriate course of actions.
Planning, scheduling and managing contractual personnel
Cost evaluation of maintenance; ensure scheduled service and monitoring and data generation using truck telematics software for the durability vehicles
Analyse current procedures and activities to identify and present opportunities for improvement of the workshop.
Ensure that the technicians are aware of procedures for using new products and equipment to achieve objectives.
Documenting (defect/discrepancy trends) and reporting failures of validation parts
o Investigating, in-depth analysis to discover root cause and take containment and resolution actions.
o Discuss with team to identify appropriate course of action.
Identify and implement value engineering and project cost reduction opportunities
ACHIEVEMENTS:
4 successfully managed Value Engineering projects
Designed processes to document historical data for failure investigations of approximate 15 durability vehicles serviced per year
Development of Accelerated Endurance test cycles for 3 vehicle platforms as per requirements based out of Design Validation Plans.
Develop and lead a team of 5-6 engineers for productivity improvement with year on year rise of 18% using various methodologies and training on new tools and technologies.
Facilitated 12 trainings for team members in the department
1. Project Management
Project Manager and Application head for India on new generation ABS implementation project for one of the global customers.
Co-ordination with design, marketing team and Project CFT for meeting the Stakeholder timelines.
Project tracking (MS Project), Risk management, managing and coordinating Engineering Change requests
2.Brake System Design &Integration
Define system parameters with Brake system calculations, based on vehicle dynamics; Analysis and software simulation.
Package protecting, modifying the packaging layouts for components along with Layouts of EBS and ESP components
Benchmarking and documentation of various brakes components.
Work in CFT to study the vehicle specification and design the brake system and decide brake specification, considering the reevant Regulatory standards (IS, ECE, AIS)
Value Analysis/Value Engineering for brakes pneumatic valves design and packaging, based on FEA and materials constraints
oDesign Value Analysis/Value Engineering and Application of Antilock Braking System(ABS) configurations
oEvaluation of ABS with Electronic Brake Force Distribution (EBD)
oIntroducing Rear axle module for ABS as part of system Value Analysis/Value Engineering
oDesign and development Rear axle module VAVE project.
oSystem Design and Application of Antilock Braking System 4S3M configuration
oEvaluation/ Application of ABS with Electronic Brake Force Distribution (EBD), eliminating mechanical valves in the pneumatic circuit.
Co-ordinate in customer DFSS (Design For Six Sigma) for Brake Valves and System
Design and development of Brake system, 2D& 3D Layouts for ABS/ ESP, EBS for Trucks, Buses, Trailers-Tractors, Defense vehicles, lifted axle vehicles.
3.Advanced Brake technologies introduction in India
Exclusive design and development for Electronic Brake System (EBS), Electronic Stability Program(ESP) for Buses and trailers
• EBS homologation for Indian market with IS-11852
• Drafting test procedures considering vehicle dynamics calculations for ESP along with Knorr-Bremse experts for customers.
New Technologies Demonstration in India
•Program Management of Exhibition of advanced Braking Systems
• Brake system integration, calculation and proposal for HSA, parameterization on the ABS ECU for the required functionality.
• System FMEA and customer co-ordination for CAN- J1939 messages.
4. Applications of Brake system for customers
Homologation / CMVR Tests Conforming to IS 11852 / ECE R 13 for Indian and European customers
5. Business development
Promoting introduction of new products and new technologies, through trainings at congregates.
• Conducted trainings at customer locations for promoting ABS and its importance for Road Safety.
• Conducted extensive ‘Train The Trainers’ program for Senior level teams as Subject Matter Expert.
• Conducted on site trainings for Service Teams for Brake system, ABS and EBS.
Team development by identifying their training needs (Braking components, ABS, EBS, ESP, ABS 4S3M, EBD, KWP-CAN, SAE J1939)
6. SAP - PLM implementation(Migration)
Application of SANDBOX for source code distribution, revision and control.
Professional Experience in European Union;
Knorr-Bremse Systeme für Nutzfahrzeuge GmbH. Europe - 2010 to 2011
1. Application of New Technologies at Germany
Hands on knowledge of the advanced braking systems, ABS and EBS based ESP Layouts, functionality and packaging, customization on customer vehicles.
Trainings on international Projects Management following Product Development life cycle (PDC), Advanced Product Quality Planning (APQP)
ABS/ ESP homologation for customers with International Test agencies
2. ABS/ EBS with ESP Performance hardware and software validation at Sweden
Rapid prototyping and Simulation for optimizing the parameters on HIL, LABCAR
Validation of vehicle drive test data with simulated data.
at Knorr-Bremse test facility in Sweden.