MUKESH KANNA
Project Engineer
Chennai,TN
Summary
Results-oriented and 7 years experienced mechanical engineer with a strong background in Mechanical Project Management and a proven track record of successfully delivering projects on time and within budget. Skilled in developing new business opportunities, ensuring profitability, and maintaining excellent customer relationships. Proficient in utilizing Solidworks to conceptualize and optimize machine designs and AUTOCAD for 2D drafting. Adept at coordinating cross-functional teams, vendors, and suppliers to ensure seamless project execution. Demonstrates exceptional problem-solving abilities, leadership skills, and effective communication. Possesses a keen eye for detail, with a focus on continuous improvement and efficiency enhancement.
Overview
7
7
years of professional experience
1
1
Certificate
Work History
ASSISTANT PROJECT MANAGER | NPD
PRECISION MACHINE & AUTO COMPONENTS PVT LTD
07.2024 - 07.2025
- Leadership & Team Management: Led a young team of three engineers in my Projects team and NPD team of 7, managing projects for precision components in industries such earth movers, Locomotives, Elevators & Construction, Compressor Industries.
- Customer Engagement: Successfully coordinated with international clients, ensuring alignment of project deliverables with stringent quality standards.
- Project Management: Oversaw the end-to-end lifecycle of NPD projects involving complex casting procurement, fixture design and procurement, budget controlling, machining, and PPAP approval, and part dispatch.
- Project Schedule Optimization: Implemented Primavera to schedule and monitor the project deadline.
- Facilitator: Organized daily and weekly progress review meetings with the NPD and SCM teams, proactively identifying bottlenecks, and providing updates to the COO to address deviations.
- Cross-functional collaboration: Worked with production and quality teams to navigate resource allocation challenges and prioritize NPD projects, amidst regular production constraints.
- Process Standardization: Developed and enforced SOPs tailored for the projects team, enhancing tracking mechanisms, and fostering a culture of accountability and efficiency.
- Developed and maintained project documentation for reliable records.
PROJECT ENGINEER
GDT SDN BHD
04.2022 - 04.2024
- Project Management: Directed and managed 10+ projects simultaneously, assigning tasks and establishing milestones; tasks range from quotation to payment follow-ups.
- Achieved an average of 45% improvement in project execution efficiency by implementing strategic prioritization, deadline adherence, and right costing methods to eliminate losses.
- Risk Management: Identified and mitigated project risks, reducing critical issues by 70% through preventive escalation, and ensuring successful project outcomes.
- Client Engagement & Communication: Engaged in client meetings daily and weekly, ensuring a 30% increase in customer satisfaction through effective communication and understanding of client needs.
- Served as a key point of contact for clients, maintaining ongoing communication, and achieving a 30% reduction in response time for client inquiries and updates.
- Resource Coordination and Reporting: Facilitated seamless resource allocation, resulting in an improvement in task execution efficiency.
- Oversaw communication and reporting to clients on project progress, including international communications, resulting in increased client retention by 40%.
- KPI Reporting and Growth Forecasting: Prepared and presented project management KPI reports, contributing to improvement in decision-making for company growth strategies.
- Technical Support: Serve as a technical resource for the Project Management Department, offering expertise and guidance for both FAI and MP projects, and resolving discrepancies in the BOM.
- Procurement Assistance: Collaborate with the Purchasing Department to facilitate material procurement for projects.
- Project Leadership & Documentation: Successfully led projects, demonstrating effective leadership and management skills to my team members and those in other departments.
- Prepared SOPs for my team to avoid errors in repeated processes, ensuring project accuracy and compliance, resulting in a 100% reduction in errors and improved project efficiency.
- Audit Preparation: Prepare necessary documents and submit them for the AS9100D Audit, and explain the overall workflow of Project Management Processes, which helps my organization obtain the certification without any non-conformities under my department.
DESIGN ENGINEER
EPSILON INNOVATIVE MACHINES
03.2021 - 02.2022
- Mechanical Design: Designing Conveyors and Special-Purpose Machines (SPM) with a focus on optimizing efficiency and performance.
- Design Proficiency: Utilizing SolidWorks for 3D concept generation of solid and sheet metal components, and converting designs into detailed 2D sketches, utilizing AutoCAD for laser-cut feasibility drawings.
- Reverse Engineering: Analyzing and enhancing outdated or malfunctioning customer equipment to improve functionality and productivity.
- Manufacturing Coordination: Collaborating closely with the shop floor team to address Design for Manufacturability (DFM) issues, and communicate critical design specifications.
- Comprehensive Engagement: Involvement in all company activities, including customer interactions, needs assessment, and end-to-end machine installation.
- Client Consultation: Meet with customers to assess their automation requirements and tailor solutions to their industry needs.
- Model Generation: Creating precise 3D models to visualize and develop design concepts.
- Approval Process: Engaging with senior designers to obtain approvals and ensure design integrity.
- Detailed Documentation: Converting designs into 2D format using SolidWorks and generating laser-cut drawings in AutoCAD.
- Quality Assurance: Inspecting incoming materials and components to ensure they meet stringent tolerance requirements.
- Installation Oversight: Coordinating the final assembly and installation of machines at customer sites to guarantee seamless operation.
PROJECT ENGINEER
TESPA ROBOTICS
06.2019 - 02.2020
- Coordinating the project's overall workflow, involving procurement and assembling the fixture of the SPM used in the welding automation line.
- 3D designing using SolidWorks.
- QC the incoming outsourced manufactured goods, and rework them to ensure they fit the assembly.
- Reading the drawings and understanding the assembly.
PROJECT EXECUTIVE
Itaku Systems
08.2017 - 03.2019
- Understand the basics of designing and assembling SPM machines used in industrial automation processes.
- Participate in assembling the machine elements, installation, and troubleshooting at customer ends.
- Liaising with suppliers to understand the manufacturing methods of components, and various mechanical processes, to produce the desired outcomes.
- Managed day-to-day operations of assigned projects, ensuring adherence to budgets, schedules, scopes, quality standards, policies, procedures.
- Liaise with suppliers, and through close follow-up, reduce the lead time of materials receipt up to 30%.
Education
Bachelor of Engineering (B.E) - MECHANICAL ENGINEERING
ANNA UNIVERSITY
Chennai, India04.2017
Higher Secondary - BIO MATHS
Kumaragicu Muthaiah Higher Secondary School
Chennai, India04.2013
SSLC - BIO MATHS
Ramakrishna Mission Higher Secondary School
Chennai, India04.2011
Skills
ERP – Resource Planning
Accomplishments
- Short-lead NPD success: Delivered a high-complexity project within deadline through intensive monitoring, risk management, and SOP enforcement.
- International client growth: Increased retention by 40% via improved reporting, faster response times, and better alignment with client expectations.
- Cost optimization: Eliminated losses in multiple projects through accurate cost forecasting and strategic resource allocation.
- Process excellence: Enabled AS9100D certification without NCs for project management workflow.
- Enhanced the project tracking by introducing Primavera software for project management tasks, which helps us to assess risk earlier.
Certification
Primavera P6
Work Availability
monday
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Timeline
Primavera P6
08-2025
ASSISTANT PROJECT MANAGER | NPD
PRECISION MACHINE & AUTO COMPONENTS PVT LTD
07.2024 - 07.2025
PROJECT ENGINEER
GDT SDN BHD
04.2022 - 04.2024
DESIGN ENGINEER
EPSILON INNOVATIVE MACHINES
03.2021 - 02.2022
PROJECT ENGINEER
TESPA ROBOTICS
06.2019 - 02.2020
PROJECT EXECUTIVE
Itaku Systems
08.2017 - 03.2019
Bachelor of Engineering (B.E) - MECHANICAL ENGINEERING
ANNA UNIVERSITY
Higher Secondary - BIO MATHS
Kumaragicu Muthaiah Higher Secondary School
SSLC - BIO MATHS
Ramakrishna Mission Higher Secondary School
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