Summary
Overview
Work History
Education
Skills
Travelling and hiking
Accomplishments
Timeline

Shreejith Surendran

Team Leader Operations
Hamilton,Waikato

Summary

An ambitious Goal Oriented , post graduate, mechanical engineer, with a constant hunger to improve and grow. An opportunist with over 5 years experience in mechanical fabrications,estimation and project execution wanting to mingle with people he can learn and look up to.

Overview

8
8
years of professional experience
5
5
years of post-secondary education

Work History

Operations Team Leader-Thermal Break

Altus NZ
Hamilton, Waikato
12.2022 - Current

Monitoring Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) of a department and modifying team dynamics to achieve company goals.

Developing and maintaining a safety culture that maintains 0 Loss Time Injury(LTI) through Leadership.

Reporting safety issues and implementing preventive action to safety near misses and incidents like safety conversations.

Issuing and approving Job Safety Procedures (JSP) and Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs).

Monitoring high risk processes and eliminating risks through risk matrices.

Conducting internal audits on Equipment like safety checklists and monitoring housekeeping.

Monitoring customer complaints and non conforming product (NCPs) to chase out urgent orders.

Setup 4 new lines, new factory at Hounsel build recipes for extrusions and liais with OEM manufacturers to assure warranty conditions of equipment are upheld.

Setup new warehouse with effective systems to ensure FIFO is accomplished with stock product.

Monitor and accomplish stockbuild plan for new warehouse.

Coaching,leading ,training and promoting staff to roles that fulfill company requirement through skill matrix implementation.

Setting up KPIs to ensure that team meets organizational requirements.

Managing annual leave of staff members , disciplinary issues/discussions and daily supervision of staff to maintain efficiency and productivity.

Maintaining good relationships with recruitment agencies to maintain and keep supplying usable staff.

Prioritize and allocate labour effectively.

Attend weekly Operational meetings.

Provide technical advice and training on new equipment.

Effectively manage team dynamics to ensure daily/weekly/monthly requirements are met.

Communicate with all production chargehands required daily production and stock build plan are met , modify hours of work if required.

Attend data analysis meetings and approve IT changes being implemented in process.

Perform administrative functions such as weekly/monthly reports, approving staff time sheets and payroll and enforcing rules in terms of SOPs.

Developing continuous improvement plans involving 5s procedures to increase productivity and safety without compromising quality standards such as plant and equipment layouts, layouts for WIP

Optimizing process through implementation of lean manufacturing tools.

Implement technical changes on production lines to improve processes

Planning and scheduling workload to achieve DIFOTIs and avoid space constraints.

Make engineering callout's when required and manage technical issues otherwise.

Ensure material and manpower is mobilized on time to achieve progress

Maintain high level of emotional intelligence at all times.

Chargehand-Paintline

Altus
Hamilton, Waikato
03.2021 - 12.2022

Achieved 0 LTI

Achieved planned recovery

Achieved target IFOTIS

Achieved first time order completion rate

Achieved manufacturing stretch targets

Support continuous improvement in process and safety initiatives

SAP operation

Quality Assurance

Develop KPIs for workforce

Implementing 5s projects to minimize NCPs

Skill matrix implementation

Glass Process Worker - Technical Specialist

Metro Performance Glass
Auckland, AUK
11.2019 - 03.2021

Machine Operation

Maintenance

Quality Control

Troubleshooting

Evaluate existing process and design

Imbedding new processes for specialty design and structural glass

Configuring manufacturing systems for process optimization, improved sustainability and cost reduction

Review design specifications

Determine workflow , order requirements and process sequencing

Conducting 5s audits of workplace

Implementing lean manufacturing objectives by monitoring and obtaining >95% DIFOT as a KPI

Implementing lean manufacturing practices by studying fishbone diagrams,tally sheets,priority matrices and PDCA cycles

Mechanical Assembler

Compac Sorting Equipment
Auckland, AUK
10.2019 - 11.2019

Mechanical assembly of fruit sorting equipment as per design specifications and drawings

Technician

Dynex
Auckland, AUK
09.2019 - 10.2019

Machine Operation

Production Reporting

Hourly batchwise QC inspection

Mechanical Engineer

NBTC Kuwait
Kuwait, Kuwait
12.2014 - 01.2018

Contractual BOQ and MTO estimation and split up of material supply for pipe supports as per ASME and API standards for flare , sea water and cryogenic lines.

Stainless steel, Carbon steel , alloy steel and Copper Nickel (Plates, pipes,angles,channels,beams) material procurements as per project requirements and standards.

Weight calculation and invoicing of pipe supports for progress measurement.

Preparation of monthly and weekly plans for supervisors and arranging materials and manpower for job completion.

Drawing and revision of management including drafting , modification of CAD drawings.

Raising NFI(Notification for Inspection) for client and providing MTC (Material Test Certification) for QC check followed by collection and segregation of appropriate ITRs.

Preparing of modification time sheets for invoicing.

Identification and installation of required supports from piping isometric drawings and P and ID drawings for hydro test package completion.

Attending client meetings to resolve issues and concerns.

Preparation of PRB (Project Record Book) and ERB (Engineering Record book) at the KOC Landfill rehabilitation facilities.

Education

Post Graduate Diploma in Engineering - Engineering

Auckland University of Technology, Auckland, AUK
07.2018 - 08.2019

B-Tech Engineering - Mechanical Engineering

Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, Bangalore
08.2009 - 08.2013

Skills

    Occupational Safety

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Travelling and hiking

NewZealand is blessed with beauty that never ends, Ive traveled to mount Mao , Mount Tarnaki, and all over south Island , there is nothing like being able to witness a beautiful sunrise for stress relief.

Accomplishments

Received an award for creating a skilled team of high performing candidates and trained them into better roles.

Timeline

Operations Team Leader-Thermal Break - Altus NZ
12.2022 - Current
Chargehand-Paintline - Altus
03.2021 - 12.2022
Glass Process Worker - Technical Specialist - Metro Performance Glass
11.2019 - 03.2021
Mechanical Assembler - Compac Sorting Equipment
10.2019 - 11.2019
Technician - Dynex
09.2019 - 10.2019
Auckland University of Technology - Post Graduate Diploma in Engineering, Engineering
07.2018 - 08.2019
Mechanical Engineer - NBTC Kuwait
12.2014 - 01.2018
Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham - B-Tech Engineering, Mechanical Engineering
08.2009 - 08.2013
Shreejith SurendranTeam Leader Operations