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- 1. Farshid Khakpour North York,ON. (902) 809 7674 (c) Khakpour.farshid@yahoo.com Objective: To employ my mechanical design and engineering experience, skills and knowledge in manufacturing and engineering industry. Highlights of Qualifications: . More than ten (10) years of experience as a Mechanical designer and lead engineer in auto manufacturing industry . Experienced in Auto CAD, Autodesk Mechanical Desktop (MDT), CATIA, Solid Work, Microsoft Office . Bachelor of Mechanical Engineering . Skilled in part modeling as well as material and equipment selection . excellent in production engineering and Quality assurance standardization . Experienced in problem solving and lean manufacturing tools: FMEA, APQP, TPM, 5S, PDCA, … . Proficient in job balancing and time study to increase productivity . Experienced in part analysis and design calculation . Familiar and experienced with some ISO standards ISO9001, ISO14000, OHSAS 18000, QS . Outstanding and proven record of communication skills, team work and mentorship Education: 1994-2000 Bachelor of Science, Mechanical Engineering University of Science and Technology, Iran Technical Competencies: . Expert in Design and modeling of parts, fixtures and checking fixtures . Experienced in review and verification of part design . Experienced in sheet metal designing . Experienced in problem solving using different methods (Demming cycle, 4M+e, BSC, fish bone and limitations theory) . Experienced in auto production line leadership . Skilled in finite elements method designing (FEM) . Adapted with ISO standards . Expertise in NPMS (Nissan Plant Management Standard) and Kanban . Skilled in process design and analysis . Skilled in production line design (layout of production line) . Expert in finding bottleneck of production and help to improve the productivity of line . Launch and ramp up of new production line Career history: 2013-2015 Greenfield Research Incorporated, Canada, Development Engineer . Developed and established a set up as a demo plant for torrefaction of biomass
- 2. 2 | Pa g e F a r s h i d K h a k p o u r . Prepared complete models and drawings for the projects of gasifiers and CFB boiler plants . Reviewed and audited manufacturing drawings prepared by manufacturer to be comply with provided design and improve the design according to the needs of company 2003 – 2011 Saipa Car Manufacturing Co., Iran, Senior Manufacturing Engineer/ Project Lead engineer- Production Specialist . Lead a team of engineers developing new models for the production . Assisted R&D center during the course of new models development preparing the new parts design and concept . Modelled carryover parts to check their compliance with the new parts . Audited, reviewed and verified all the parts design to be acceptable according to the production requirements and standards. . Managed more than 300 QRQC meeting with engineers from other departments to resolve the production related issues . Defined more than 50 CCP (Critical Control plan) according to the design and manufacturing needs and standards . Lead and participated in different quality development teams to increase the quality by changing the design of parts and assemblies . Revised new standard operation sheets to facilitate the operation in trim line for the new production . Lead the production engineering team during the ISO audits and assisted the team to resolve minor issues discovered during audit or to imply the suggestion . Increased the rate of production in Saipa trim shop from 19 vehicle/hour to 24 vehicle/hour without an increase in human resource . Managed production increase by balancing the job load ratio and making changes in processes. . Launched a new assembly line in city of Kashan (new factory of Saipa) by training100 new employees in new manufacturing lines . Launched a new factory and assembly line in Syria (an over board branch of Saipa), while training 30 new employees in the new factory, and establishing a training model as a benchmark and implementing/localizing the Quality Assurance system to meet the standards of Syria . Revised touchup area layout to reach the desired capacities and abilities of the shop . Served in company’s technical and standard committees representing production deputy manager in research and development center for design of a new car 2000 – 2003 Saipa Car Manufacturing Co., Iran, Production Engineering Expert . Designed and verified more than 30 checking fixtures or production fixtures, employed in car trim parts vary in material use from plastics to glass and metal . Developed Standard control sheet for fixtures . Assisted production lead engineer to find the manufacturing problems related to parts or process . Developed a standard process for design, manufacturing and verification of a checking fixture . Developed and verified more than 800 standard operation sheet (SOS) for assemblies of a car . Balanced the job load ratio with these new standard sheets for increased productivity rate
- 3. 3 | Pa g e F a r s h i d K h a k p o u r . Consulted suppliers to solve the issues of parts and develop the quality of part . Audited the production process in supplier factory to help them to improve the manufacturing process 05 – 11/ 2000 Sarma Afarin Company, Iran, Research and Development Expert . Managed and Re-engineered double-face modular air conditioner . Managed and Re-engineered ducted fan coil . Re-engineered of absorption chiller as a project team member . Modeled and revised more than 200 sheets of press shop drawings for the double faced air conditioner and ducted fan coil Other Training and Courses: . Solid works . Catia V5 . AutoCad . Project management . Nissan plant management standard (N-PMS) . Six Sigma