Akshay Nannaware
Detroit,MI
Summary
Certified Project Management Professional (PMP) and Certified Automotive Functional Safety Professional (AFSP) currently working as Chief Project Engineer with strong systems knowledge in body control module and experienced in working Agile environment with SCRUM & Lean Methodology, and strong Project Management experience seeking career opportunities in Project Engineering/Project Management.
Overview
7
7
years of professional experience
2
2
Certification
Work History
Chief Project Engineer
Marelli North America
Southfield, MI
09.2019 - Current
- Monitored installation of materials and equipment for compliance with drawings and specifications.
- Completed daily construction tasks while providing safe working conditions, staying on budget and meeting project deadlines.
- Determined and scheduled priorities as required to progress engineering work.
- Reviewed progress controls for project quality assurance, health and safety.
- Planned and managed engineering projects and continuous improvement programs to reduce labor and costs.
- Reviewed contractor proposals and sets of drawings prepared by firms to identify missing information, generate questions and align budgets.
- Monitored metrics during project execution to maintain compliance with planned costs, schedules and goals.
- Maintained records of cost and quantity information for each project and engineering discipline.
- Made recommendations to improve design, construction means and methods and materials based on field or changing conditions.
- Participated in technical and cost proposal development and customer presentations.
- Identified and mitigated technical risks within managed projects.
- Evaluated change order requests in response to out-of-scope work activities and developing field conditions.
- Recommended organization process improvements to grow throughput figures and reduce unnecessary waste.
- Assessed impact of modification requests for ongoing projects, providing documentation on required changes and expectations.
- Assessed qualifications and experience of contractors and prepared RFP packages.
Functional Safety Engineer
Marelli North America
Auburn Hills, MI
09.2017 - 08.2019
- Managed cross functional team of product engineers/managers from different areas of product development for implementing key LEAN process improvement tool that will decrease time to market, eliminate waste, streamline product development process, enhance product quality and fully integrate new product design into lean production environment.
- Managed product development process according to ISO 26262 requirement
- Supported Marelli Functional Safety global team in defining and improving companywide ISO 26262 process for system, hardware, and software level.
- Responsible to perform concept phase activities i.e. Safety impact analysis, Development Interface agreement. Etc.
- Supported software and hardware safety analysis, System, and design FMEA and FMEDA.
- Lead the DFMEA activity for ECU as Coordinator.
- Lead the SWFMEA activity for ECU as Coordinator.
- Assisted design team in developing the safety mechanisms.
- Responsible for creating System architecture design using Visio
- Responsible for creating safety concept for Body Controls ECU and Advanced Headlight ECU.
- Responsible for creating safety plan and integrating it into project plan.
- Fair knowledge on performing Dependent failure analysis.
- Supported global functional safety team in Assessment & Audit.
Lean Product Development Intern
Magneti Marelli Automotive Lighting
Southfield, MI
01.2017 - 08.2017
- Assisted in implementing DFSS process for System Behavioral Testing for Turn light vehicle signal in vehicle function of Body Control Module to achieve Green Belt Certification.
- Assisted Functional Safety Manager in implementing ISO 26262 in the company and working on alignment of process and performing gap analysis with Hardware, Software, System level and Support system team.
- Responsible to create and implement design checklist and standardize part checklist to maintain technical awareness in Body Control group.
- Assisted in performing internal patent analysis to analyze potential risk of patent infringement.
- Supported Magneti Marelli global WCE committee in defining and improving Lean methodology for Body Controls.
Business Transformation Management Intern
PTC
Troy, MI
06.2016 - 08.2016
- Communicated with customers and vendors positively with particular attention to problem resolution.
- Oversaw office operations for organization by processing vital documentation, obtaining insurance verification and authorization for services.
- Assisted in forming dynamic process models, which is the process creation for the customers which include process parameter and effects of those parameter and constants to provide the concrete mode of process working to the customer in order to avoid the loss of time using Stella pro.
- Assisted Business Transformation director in creating Return on investment model by implementing Degree of experiment on the affecting factors and output is noted on which the regression analysis is performed to study the efficiency and dependability of the model on certain parameter.
- Formed Survey model tool for the company, which helped in building their own survey techniques, and able to make the data analysis on the response obtained from the individual user for each question.
- Assisted in forming the roadmap for the new customer and generalizing the parameter and phases that are needed while acquiring the new customer.
Customer Service Associate
Fedex Express
Pune, MH
09.2013 - 07.2015
- Helped large volume of customers every day with positive attitude and focus on customer satisfaction.
- Maintained customer satisfaction with forward-thinking strategies focused on addressing customer needs and resolving concerns.
- Informed customers about special promotions and provided detailed information for various products.
- Developed and actualized customer service initiatives to decrease wait times.
- Creating and monitoring of domestic and international shipment, which include pre-delivery or post-delivery issues that may occur for the single customer of multiple customers on a whole.
- Lead the E-commerce multiple post-delivery shipment issue team and was the single point of contact for the operation team including senior managers and managing director for the operation team in order to resolve such occurrence to achieve customer satisfaction.
- Lead for Amazon India Project transition across India for the shipments in bulk occurring with pre delivery but post commitment date issues. Performed the key role as the single point of contact between Amazon India and FedEx Operation team to simulate the daily shipments from Amazon to their respective customer with the synchronization of operation team including senior manager and managing director to achieve customer satisfaction.
- Performed the job as on job trainer on the floor for the new members of the team in order to provide them effective process knowledge and the product functioning. Also, acted as the shift scheduler for the 40 team members and was solely responsible to lead and manage the team including resolving their issue to their shift and leave management.
Education
Master of Science - Industrial Engineering
Wayne State University
Detroit, MI05.2017
Bachelor of Science - Mechanical Engineering
KDK College of Engineer
Nagpur05.2013
Skills
- Schedule Management
- Project Management
- Root Cause Analysis
- Planning and Deployment
- Resource Allocation
- Microsoft Office
- Change Orders
- Risk Management
- Project Scoping
Certification
- PMP, PMI- Mar'21-Mar'23
- Automotive Functional Safety Professional, SGS Global - Sep'18-Sep'21
Tools/ Application
- MS Project
- IQ-FMEA
- IBM -RTC (Rational Team Concert)
- IBM- DOORS
- PLM (SAP)
- Risk Assessment
Timeline
Chief Project Engineer
Marelli North America
09.2019 - Current
Functional Safety Engineer
Marelli North America
09.2017 - 08.2019
Lean Product Development Intern
Magneti Marelli Automotive Lighting
01.2017 - 08.2017
Business Transformation Management Intern
PTC
06.2016 - 08.2016
Customer Service Associate
Fedex Express
09.2013 - 07.2015
Master of Science - Industrial Engineering
Wayne State University
Bachelor of Science - Mechanical Engineering
KDK College of Engineer
- PMP, PMI- Mar'21-Mar'23
- Automotive Functional Safety Professional, SGS Global - Sep'18-Sep'21
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