Hardik Patel
Hoffman Estates,IL
Summary
Over 3 years of experience in PCBA and Medical device manufacturing industry with understanding of quality development and manufacturing process. 4+ years’ experience in Lab industry. Strong organizational and interpersonal skills. Excellent understanding of GMP fundamentals. Excellent understanding and experience of processing of customer orders using GSF, Agile, VKS and BI portal. Excellent knowledge and understanding of PCB drawings and components. Excellent knowledge and understanding of High-level assemblies drawing. Ability to switch roles as required by continuously changing work requirements. Experienced in conducting chemical and physical laboratory tests on different types of materials Skilled Production Lead with proven skills in coordinating large-scale production runs. Keeps performance high and costs down by carefully monitoring line activities and maximizing quality control. Offers exceptional safety record. Hardworking and passionate job seeker with strong organizational skills eager to secure entry-level Production Supervisor position. Ready to help team achieve company goals.
Overview
12
12
years of professional experience
Work History
Production Lead
Plexus Corporation
12.2022 - Current
- Oversaw workstation setup and operation and mobilized production line and shift employees to meet customer quality standards and schedules
- Trained mentored and inspired team of line workers in safe operation of assembly line equipment and mastered and modeled diverse production operation to support team
- Checked machinery operation visually, addressed issue by performing minor maintenance and escalated serious problems to management or maintenance personnel
- Assisted new employees with assembly tasks to maintain production levels
- Equipped team members with proper hand tools, supplies and power equipment to safe and efficiently perform jobs without time-consuming interruptions during production
- Executed and coordinated employee training to meet quality requirements
- Identified and support continuous improvement efforts with supervisor
- Checked finished production to ensure quality and that industry standards were met before use
- Report Problems or concerns with quality, processes, equipment, materials and labor to supervisor.
- Trained new hires on production procedures, ensuring a quick ramp-up time and consistent performance levels across the team.
- Managed a team of production workers, ensuring timely completion of tasks and adherence to safety protocols.
- Communicated clear instructions for general operations and product-specific runs to prevent errors and rework.
- Collaborated with Quality Control teams to address any issues identified during inspections, implementing corrective actions as necessary to prevent reoccurrence.
- Participated in safety training programs to maintain a thorough understanding of best practices, ensuring full compliance within the team.
- Supported employees by accurately tracking time and proactively resolving any conflicts.
- Worked with supervisor and other team leads to manage and prioritize staffing assignments to meet customer demand and production schedules.
- Monitored workers on site during production activities for safety procedures compliance.
- Met production targets and tight deadlines by collaborating closely with team members.
Quality Control Inspector
Plexus Corporation
10.2018 - 12.2022
- Maintained and checked quality of assembled boards according to IPC-610 standards, production release and customer requirements
- Established a strong co-ordination with Product Quality Control department for continuous Product Improvements
- Effectively communicated production requirements with coworkers
- Support day to day production activities to help meet customer demand
- Written and prepare issue of corrective action report, non-conformation product report, return material authorization and PPAP production part approval report
- Review Device history Record (DHR) and Component traceability for final shipment of Medical Product in GSF and BI portal
- Perform Quality Inspection on incoming component, Electronic Component and Printed Circuit Board following Standard Operating Procedure
- Supported Supplier quality engineers, Develop and created in process and final inspection forms with highlight key critical dimension and evaluated sampling and testing procedure
- Maintain and develop calibration system
- Act as an expert for quality issues
- Used various inspection and measuring equipment, digital, standard micrometer, calipers, Pin gauge, block gauge
- Supported engineers to build NPI products
- Trained Quality control inspectors
- Responsibilities included final inspection of finished goods like high-level assemblies, PCBA
- Support quality engineers to do torque verification.
- Communicated with production team members about quality issues.
- Inspected quality of products, taking note of functionality, appearance and other specifications.
- Reported repeated issues to supervisors and other departments, collaborating to identify issue roots and rectify problems.
- Investigated customer complaints related to product quality, working closely with manufacturing teams to resolve concerns swiftly.
Quality Inspector
Fpm Heat Treating
09.2017 - 10.2018
- Responsible for conducting visual and measurement test for final product, rejecting, and returning unacceptable materials
- Responsible for conducting visual and measurement test in process product and communicating required adjustments to production supervisor
- Document inspection results by completing report and logs, summarizing rework and wastes, inputting data into quality database
- Administered the inspection in accordance to the quality and certification programs to assure that it meets all quality requirements
- Maintained customer raw material specification requirements
- Calibrated equipment according to manufacturing standards and customer specification
- Strong Supervisory and leadership skills, exceptional reliability and strong work ethics
- Performed frequent visual inspections to root out tolerance and compliance issues.
- Inspected outbound shipments and conducted random sampling of product quality.
Chemist/ Lab Technician
Mega Circuit Inc.
06.2013 - 09.2017
- Monitoring chemical processes and testing products for quality assurance
- Conducted various tests in chemical laboratories as specified under lab guidelines
- Prepare solutions for testing, analyze, process data, perform calculations and enter results
- Successfully developed new products, using new equipment
- Test using wet chemistry techniques including calorimetry, titrimetric, and PH
- Test using instrumental techniques including HPLC and GC
- Interpreted benchmark test results and provided suggestions for products refinement
- Complied results, prepared reports and presented conclusion
- Calibrated equipment to ensure products met strict specification
- Tested various types of baths including electro less copper bath, catalyst bath, pre-dip bath, shadow bath, desmear bath, tin bath, resist stripper, white tin, bond film line, gold concentration and nickel concentration
- Compiled results, prepared reports and presented conclusions
- Used titration techniques to verify and analyze chemical properties and additives
- Comfort with implementing new ideas and technologies.
- Developed laboratory testing programs and data analysis while adhering to SOPs, ECOs, batch records and work instructions.
- Enhanced product quality by developing and optimizing chemical processes and procedures.
Assembler
Arc Tronics Incorporated
06.2012 - 06.2013
- Worked on ISCO Unit Assembly and Automatic through Hole Machine (ATH) to assemble parts
- Inspected, tested and corrected all circuit board assemblies, to ensure conformance to specifications
- Thorough knowledge of basic electronics concepts and different types of circuit boards
- Ability to perform and complete all assigned jobs, in a safe and timely manner.
- Increased production efficiency by assembling components quickly and accurately.
- Enhanced workplace safety by maintaining a clean and organized work area at all times.
- Maintained high-quality standards with thorough inspections of assembled parts.
Education
Master of Science in Organic Chemistry -
Veer Narmad South Gujarat University Surat
01.2012
Bachelor of Science in Chemistry -
Veer Narmad South Gujarat University Surat
01.2009
Skills
- Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint & Outlook Express)
- Agile
- GSF
- VKS
- BI Portal
- Team Member Motivation
- People Skills
- Production Line Supervisor
- Training Needs Observation
- Supervision
- Communication
- Troubleshooting
- Team Coordination
- 5S methodology
- Manufacturing Processes
- Product line analysis
Certificationsandachievements
IPC-A-610 Certified IPC Specialist
References
- Carri Catalano - Focus factory Manager
- Tim Kelly – Focus factory Manager
- Jason Turner - Focus factory Manager
- Himanshu Patel – Quality Technician
- Avani Shah. – Quality Engineer
Timeline
Production Lead
Plexus Corporation
12.2022 - Current
Quality Control Inspector
Plexus Corporation
10.2018 - 12.2022
Quality Inspector
Fpm Heat Treating
09.2017 - 10.2018
Chemist/ Lab Technician
Mega Circuit Inc.
06.2013 - 09.2017
Assembler
Arc Tronics Incorporated
06.2012 - 06.2013
Master of Science in Organic Chemistry -
Veer Narmad South Gujarat University Surat
Bachelor of Science in Chemistry -
Veer Narmad South Gujarat University Surat
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