Ahmed Shariff

• Completion of 3D modelling and design of existing and new product range.

• Complete mechanical drafting and assembly drawings from 3D models in accordance with company naming protocol.

• Complete detailed drawings for international sourcing, machining drawings, sheet metal developments and CNC cut files.

• Ensure quality through group adherence to drawing naming protocol and revision control processes across the business.

• Ensure all DEA drawings are fully detailed to international best practice.

• Liaise with production staff and external contractors to ensure drawings are fully understood and provide clarification as required.

• Continual development and review of in process qa for drawings & manufacturing to minimize errors before they occur.

• Completion of drawings fully defining fabrication methods and specifications

• Structural designs and continuous product improvement

• Coordinated technical requirements, scheduling and solution development for engineering design and test issues.
• Coordinated engineering assignments for multiple simultaneous projects to fulfill prescribed project requirements.
• Drafted and updated operations and maintenance manuals to correspond to owned hardware and software assets within overseen equipment.
• Provided independent technical reviews of operational procedures and plans to eliminate functional bottlenecks.
• Collaborated with cross-functional teams to develop and implement process changes.
• Led root cause analyses to identify and address problems in industrial production.
• Reduced downtime and increased production capacity with strong maintenance plans.
• Developed and deployed industrial automation systems, increasing efficiency and reduce costs.

• Worked on various sheet metal components, assemblies, castings, groups, arrangements and hydraulic components of large mining & earth moving and motor grader machines.
• Implement GD&T on the 2D Drawings and ensure all the dimensions are with Tolerances.
• Reviewing project prior to final delivery of the project and ensuring all the requirements are met as per process partner.
• Handle CIPL projects of all mechanical and hydraulic commodities by leading small team internally and to review drawings checked by team members to ensure that all the inputs given by process partner are incorporated in drawings or not.
• Interacting with process partner for clarifications in drawings, standards, and quality related issues and delivery updates of project.
• Working on Team center visualization software and other customized software approved by Caterpillar to check drawings which increase productivity and quality .
• Ensure that all the requirements from client are updated in drawings prior to the final delivery of the project for manufacturing.
• To create and communicate final check dataset of all the projects to process partner to provide correct communication about various drawings for further checking process which is directly related with cost.

• Played a major role in the entire Project and Managing 4 members in the team for Design and drafting, in allotting of work. Personal attention in maintaining quality of product, providing support to my team and responsible for the client coding and total integration of the project.
• Making proposal drawings and documents for a wide range of equipments with basic inputs.
• Making Detailed engineering documents like component indent drawings, GA & Construction drawings based on customer project specifications and strength calculations & Bill of materials.
• Interacting with fabrication shop for drawing clarifications, attending shop problems.
• Designed a Hydraulic operated leveling jacks, provided for suitable leveling.
• Calculated a 4 speed gear box values for 1200mtrs drill rig machine
• Designed layout for hydraulic system to operate rotation, feed, jacks and mast raising Cylinders, Main Winch and breakout wrenches, Water Injection Pump for the machine.
• Designed a control panel located at convenient place on the drill to enable the driller for efficient control of the operation. All levers, valves and gauges are conveniently grouped.
• Designed a Main frame for placing Engine, pumps, motors etc, in 2D & 3D Using CAD AND PRO-E
• Designed flanges, Bushings, Shafts as per machine requirement.

• Design and manufacturing of Press tools (sheet metal), Molds (Plastics) & cast housings. Plan the process for manufacturing, distribute & get the work done on shop floor & vendors.
• Creation of stage drawings as per manufacturing aspects.
• Qualities check the drawings before submission.
• Manufacturing Core, Cavity and Mold Housing.
• Planning of Electrodes and drawings for Wire-cut and CNC Machining.
• Allocate the work to the shop-floor based on priority.
• Manufacturing of Progressive tools, Injection molds, Compression Molds & Casting Dies.
• Coordinating internal department for smooth supply.
• Maintaining documentation and records as built drawing and standards

• Assembling and troubleshooting of Press Tools.
• Manage the manufacturing, development of production tooling including leading a weekly meeting to review the status of each tool & discuss issues.
• Daily production meeting to discuss major issues of production systems.
• Ensuring of daily in process rejections and analyzing the root cause for the rejection with cross functional team for the preventive actions.