Sureshkumar V

Summary

Focused welding manager committed to devising and delivering robust technical solutions. Collaborates well with multi-skilled and multi-disciplinary teams to achieve project outcomes. Mentors and motivates junior staff for improved company capabilities.

Overview

11

years of professional experience

4

Languages

Work History

Assistant Manager - Welding

M/S Godrej & Boyce Manufacturing co. ltd

Mumbai

02.2021 - Current

Lead and guide a team of welding engineers & fabrication supervisor to achieve the target in terms of productivity (60Crs) and high level of quality.
Ensuring the prepararion of the WPS, PQR, & WPQ based on ASME and other international standards and get approval from customers like ISRO, DRDL, GTRE and BDL.
Ensuring on time completion of the qualification of welding procedures in various types of welding process like GTAW, GMAW, EBW and resistance for various projects/customers.
Developing the welding process on wide range of materials like Austenitic steels, PH steels, Aluminium Alloys, Nickel based alloys, Cobolt based alloys, Titanum based alloys and few types of copper alloys.
Developing WPS for 0.6 mm to 40.0mm thick materials in different types of welding processes.
Ensuring that team is maintaining all welding records that are necessary for maintaining AS Quality systems & NADCAP.
Facing internal and external audit of AS & NADCAP and others.
Developing welding facilities like semi-automatic welding machines for GTAW welding of circular products.
Converting existing manual welding process into fully automatic welding process.
Handling of welding related capex procurement activities (Welding power source, welding lathes, Robots and Orbital welding machines and ther customized welding SPMs.
Prepare & guide to fabrication supervisor to achieve the weekly and monthly production plans for different types of projects.
Monitoring & developing of welding process continuesly to achieve quality and increase productivity.
Monitoring & motivating the team to improve the first pass ratio.
Ensureing the training of New welders and their qualification.
Taking corrective and preventive action against customer complaints.
Ensure all safety related standards are followed and adhereed in shop floor.
Planning weekly and Monthly production plans as per SBU and ABP Plan.
Guiding the supervisors to manage and control the manpowers and distribute the work on the daily basis.
Study of Drawings and Specification for the different projects like Cryogenic Engine, VIKAS Engine, SCE-200 engine, LRSAM, KDE 50KN engine, etc.
Study of different types of joint configurations as per Russian Specifications in CRYO, SCE-200 Project.
Monitoring and attending weld defects/ repair activities in critical joints.
Continuous improvement towards defect free welding.
Liaise with Clients/Consultants like LPSC, ISRO, DRDL for each and every stage of Fabrication.
Monitoring the skill enhancement of welders and fitters by training's at regular interval.
Established team priorities, maintained schedules and monitored performance.
Improved customer satisfaction by addressing and resolving complaints promptly.
Mentored team members to enhance professional development and accountability in workplace.
Successfully managed budgets and allocated resources to maximize productivity and profitability.
Boosted employee morale by recognizing outstanding performance and celebrating team accomplishments.

Engineer - Fabrication

M/s MTAR Technologies limited

Hyderabad

12.2019 - 02.2021

Prepare the WPS, PQR, & WPQ based on ASME, AWS & ISO standards and get approval from customers like Domestic & international (Rafael, LPSC, NPCIL, VSSC and BARC).
Ensuring the qualification of prepared welding procedures of GTAW, GMAW and SMAW welding processes.
Developing the welding process on AISI, GOST and AFNOR standard materials.
Controlling and monitoring of manpower's (Unionized labors).
Multi-skilling of the labour 1:3(1 process should be known by 3 person) & 3:1 (3 processes should be known by 1 person).
Prepare & focus the weekly and monthly production plans for different types of projects.
Monitoring & developing of welding process, quality and productivity.
Monitor & improve the first pass ratio.
Training of New welder and their qualification.
Taking corrective and preventive action against customer complaints.
5 S improvements and monitoring in shop floor.

Junior Engineer - Welding & NDT

M/s Larsen & Toubro Limited (Defence)

Coimbatore

07.2013 - 11.2019

New process & product prove-out by using GTAW & Resistance welding process for Akash, Brahmos and Astra missiles sub-assemblies.
Maintaining standard Documents Like AS, ISO, OHSAS, ASME, and AWS.
Experienced in welding of materials like Stainless steel, aluminium alloys(2XXX, 5XXX, 6XXX, 7XXX), Nickel alloy, Titanium Alloy Welding by using manual and semi-automatic TIG welding processes.
GTAW, GMAW, SMAW Welding process proved and Process moved into production.
Experienced on welding material thickness from 0.8 mm to 40 mm.
Follow the welding training for new welders and their qualification.
Follow the welding documents like WPS, PQR, and WPQ.
Focused to avoiding the component rejection by using the root cause analysis and its corrective action.
Experienced in manpower management & utilization.
Prepare the production plan and focused the monthly or weekly targets.
Implement and maintaining the 5'S activities in shop floor.

Education

SSLC -

Government Higher secondary school, Pollachi, TN

GPA: 86

DIPLOMA - MECHANICAL ENGG

NV Polytechnic College, Coimbatore, TN

GPA: 89

CSWIP 3.1 - Certified Welding Inspector

The welding institute , Cambridge, UK

Certificate No: 0000758367

NDT Level-II in MPT, RT, PT -

ASNT

Skills

WPS, PQR, WPQ preparation for GTAW, SMAW, GMAW, EBW and Resistance welding

Developing welding procedures on exhausting materials like Titanium alloys, Nickel alloys, Cobalt alloys and others

Export in GTAW, GMAW and Resistance welding processes

New product development

Hands-on experience in welding and related international standards and codes ie, ASME Sec IX, SEC II Part - C, AWS D171, and AWS D172

Welding Automation

Manpower management

Production planning

Root Cause analysis and corrective actions

Capex procurement

Team handling

Projects involved

Manufacturing of solid propulsion motor casings of AKASH, ASTRA, MRSAM, LRSAM, BrahMos Missiles for BDL & DRDL.
Manufacturing of turbo pumps for CUSP & CE20 liquid propulsion rocket engines for ISRO.
Development of HSDTV missile for DRDL.
Developing and manufacturing of SCE 200 liquid propulsion rocket engine for LPSC, ISRO.
Manufacturing of Thrust chambers of VIKAS, CUSP, CE20 liquid propulsion rocket engines for LPSC, ISRO.
Developing and manufacturing major sub assemblies of KDE 50KN jet engine for GTRE, DRDO.

Timeline

Assistant Manager - Welding - M/S Godrej & Boyce Manufacturing co. ltd

02.2021 - Current

Engineer - Fabrication - M/s MTAR Technologies limited

12.2019 - 02.2021

Junior Engineer - Welding & NDT - M/s Larsen & Toubro Limited (Defence)

07.2013 - 11.2019

Government Higher secondary school - SSLC,

NV Polytechnic College - DIPLOMA, MECHANICAL ENGG

The welding institute - CSWIP 3.1, Certified Welding Inspector

ASNT - NDT Level-II in MPT, RT, PT,