Rakesh Vajrala
Bangalore
Summary
With over 19 years of professional engagement, my journey has led me from engineering at Quest global to a pivotal role as Project Manager at Tech Mahindra. At Capgemini Engineering, leadership and rigorous quality control were my watchwords, ensuring every deliverable met the highest standards. Now, I blend these competencies with mechanical/Aerospace engineering expertise to drive project success and exceed client expectations. Our team's mission aligns with the organization's culture of excellence, and together, we bring diverse perspectives to tackle the most challenging projects.
Overview
20
20
years of professional experience
Work History
Project manager
Tech Mahindra - Airbus Canada Tech data project
05.2023 - Current
- Led team in project delivery, planning, and coordination, ensuring successful execution
- Involved in shortlisting the candidates based on the competence required for the respective projects
- Audit preparation, Quality, and throughput improvement initiatives
- Reorganized team based on competency for improved results
- Conducted client meetings, negotiations, and quality management for project success
- Managed team meetings, discussing the challenges and training for effective team development
- Ensuring the KPI of the project is in green throughout the year
- Took initiative in improving the quality from 93% to 99% and doubling the revenue of the team
- Recruiting the right candidates for the right positions
- Providing data for invoicing.
- Strengthened communication skills through regular interactions with others.
- Proved successful working within tight deadlines and a fast-paced environment.
- Met project deadlines without sacrificing build quality or workplace safety.
- Tracked project and team member performance closely to quickly intervene in mistakes or delays.
- Scheduled and facilitated meetings between project stakeholders to discuss deliverables, schedules, and conflicts.
- Developed cost estimates and project specifications for proposals.
Senior Professional I-Engineer/Senior Consultant/Team lead
Capgemini/Airbus Canada
05.2019 - 05.2023
- Team Manager for the IPDP/AMP (Airbus Canada)
- Final review of deliveries
- Mentoring the team based on new learnings and rejections
- Competency-based resource loading
- Daily stand-up calls, monitoring work progress, and remove bottlenecks if any
- Co-ordination with the client for resolution of queries
- Co-ordination with the review team and illustration team for the timely delivery of the work orders
- Analysis of Rejections and Root Cause Analysis
- Developed positive working relationships with stakeholders to effectively coordinate work activities.
- Trained and mentored junior engineers, providing guidance and direction.
- Developed cost estimates and project specifications for proposals.
Senior Consultant/Team lead
Capgemini/Airbus Canada – at client location
10.2016 - 04.2019
- Identifying, evaluating and defining the action plans for completion of tasks according to program requirements
- Preparing schedules, reports, graphs and presentations for the action plans
- Preparing the Modsum summary reports for an Aircraft serial number and operators respectively
- Follow up of priority Data with the offshore team
- I am coordinating with BA Customer Response Center (CRC) to fix the issues arise from customer locations where new C Series aircraft are delivered
- This will be done by the quick incorporation of User Comments (UCs) in the maintenance publications.
Senior consultant
Capgemini/Bombardier
07.2010 - 07.2014
- Performing the role of SPOC for IPDP for the C-Series program conducting lead reviews and providing guidance to the team
- Evaluated clients' needs and created aplan of action to provide solutions.
- Prioritized projects and project tasks depending on key milestones and deadline dates.
- Assigning the work to the team based on their competencies and tracking the progress of the work
- Conducting peer reviews on the work orders submitted by the team
- Coordinating with the illustration team for the timely delivery of the work orders.
Senior consultant
Bombardier CRJ
10.2008 - 06.2010
- Creation/Revision of removal/installation tasks in AMM, AIPC, and SRM
- Conducting impact analysis on the change drivers such as Modsum, SB and incorporating the changes in the relevant manuals such as AIPC, AMM, SRM
- Preparing illustration markups and assisting the illustrators in creating/revising illustrations
- Creation/revision of the figure/part list based on drawings, MCR, Modsum, PCN, SB’s
Senior graphic visualizer
Lionbridge Tecnologies Pvt Ltd/Airbus
06.2008 - 10.2008
- Employed as a Team leader looking after the Change process of different aircraft structures, QC of the deliverables aligning to client standards and one-to-one contact
- Involved in thedevelopment and quality control of illustrations.
- Created digital image files for use in digital and traditional printing methods.
Consultant
Capgemini Consulting India Pvt Ltd/Bombardier
12.2005 - 06.2008
- Creation/Revision of removal/installation tasks in AMM, AIPC, and SRM
- Conducting impact analysis on the change drivers such as Modsum, SB and incorporating the changes in the relevant manuals such as AIPC, AMM, SRM
- Sharing responsibility with the Lead on Production Planning, work allotment for resources and Planning the resources timesheets.
Engineer
Quality Engineering & Software Technologies Pvt. Ltd/Rolls Royce
10.2004 - 12.2005
- Advance Training on development of illustrations for defence Aero engines at Rolls-Royce, Bristol, UK
- The drawings prepared will include 2D, 3D and isometric views as well as exploded views of parts breakdown and disassembly/assembly
- Produce work to a high Industry standard by deadlines.
Education
Bachelor of Engineering (B.E.) in Mechanical -
Bapuji Institute of Engineering and Technology
01.2001
Skills
- Catia
- Enovia
- SAP
- SGML/Epic editor
- Arbor Text
- MS office tools
- Jira tool
Yearofbirth
12/15/1979
Residence
Bangalore
Initials
Rakesh
Activities
As a volunteer, I am involved in organizing events at Sparsha Trust ( An NGO for children’s )
Personal Information
Nationality: Indian
Training
- Portfolio prime program
- Connect Manager Program
- First-line Manager program
- Six sigma yellow belt.
- Salesforce training
Timeline
Project manager
Tech Mahindra - Airbus Canada Tech data project
05.2023 - Current
Senior Professional I-Engineer/Senior Consultant/Team lead
Capgemini/Airbus Canada
05.2019 - 05.2023
Senior Consultant/Team lead
Capgemini/Airbus Canada – at client location
10.2016 - 04.2019
Senior consultant
Capgemini/Bombardier
07.2010 - 07.2014
Senior consultant
Bombardier CRJ
10.2008 - 06.2010
Senior graphic visualizer
Lionbridge Tecnologies Pvt Ltd/Airbus
06.2008 - 10.2008
Consultant
Capgemini Consulting India Pvt Ltd/Bombardier
12.2005 - 06.2008
Engineer
Quality Engineering & Software Technologies Pvt. Ltd/Rolls Royce
10.2004 - 12.2005
Bachelor of Engineering (B.E.) in Mechanical -
Bapuji Institute of Engineering and Technology
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