1. G.SOMASUNDARAM
F10, Hemanth Building,
Rutharanga park, Sivaji Nagar, Somasundaramganapathy@gmail.com
Sinnar, Nashik. Mobile no - 8087186492 ,7720020703
Seeking assignments in the field of Production Planning / Mechanical Production Engineering / New
Product Development with leading organisations in Auto / Auto Ancillary sector.
SUMMARY
 Mechanical Engineer with an experience of nearly 15 years in Production Engineering, Production
Planning &Quality control and metallurgical lab.
 Hands on experience production planning, quality management and manpower supervision in the
manufacturing environment.
 Effective resource planning/ optimization focusing on waste reduction, enhancing productivity and
profitability.
 Strong team builder with proven ability to motivate team members towards achieving production targets.
AREAS OF EXPOSURE
Production Engineering
 Having good knowledge in Forging, Heat treatment, nitriding , induction hardening,Plating
Zinc aluminium flake coating and metallurgical lab.
 Taking care of the production planning module in SAP.
 Handling pit type furnaces, SQF, continuous mesh belt furnaces, auto plating and ZAC coating.
 Knowledge in friction welding, hard facing, shot blasting, straightening.
 Welding methods handled : SAW,GTAW,GMAW,SMAW,PTA Deposit.
 Coordination with all departments to make the operation as smoothens.
 Take charge of all the production activity of the shift and coordinate with the other colleague in the
department in different shifts.
 Take charge of all the mechanical and metallurgical testing as per
 Having good knowledge about CQI 9, CQI 11, CQI 12 and VDA 6.3.
 Having good knowledge of inspection standards in metallurgical standards such like as ASTM E8,
ASTM B117,ASTM E112,ASTM E45.
 Having good knowledge about Fasteners standards such like as IS 1367,ISO898, SAJ429 and
customer standards.
 Assures Production equipment is properly maintained by implementing and maintaining a Total
Productive Maintenance Program (TPM). Also, continuously monitors equipment operating
conditions and works with the Maintenance and Manufacturing Development Departments to
minimize unexpected downtime.
PROFESSIONAL STRENGTHS
Professional strengths
Over the past years, developed certain key skills. These include:
 Ability to understand and interpret complex manufacturing requirements and processes.
 Interpersonal and communication skills.
 Extensive experience in forging,shotblasting,induction hardening,nitriding,Surface treatments.
 Experience in handling a large and varied work force and in deploying them for Exacting requirements.
 Experience in interpretation of stringent quality standards (ISO series based and ASTM) as
Applicable to manufacturing operations.
 Working in a multi-cultural environment.
 Basics of TPM Implementation & QS Systems follow-ups.
EDUCATION
EDUCATION
B.tech (mech), S.R.M University, Chennai, 2011, CGPA 6.2

2. Diploma (mech), Lakshmi ammal polytechnic, Kovilpatti, 1999 90.51%
H.s.c Karapettai nadar hr.sec school, Tuticorin 1996 63.00%
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
M/S RIGHT TIGHT FASTENERS PVT LTD June 2013 to Till date.
Sinnar, Nashik, Maharashtra.
Right tight fasteners pvt ltd is one of the leading fasteners in
nashik.This company manufacturing fasteners products such like as bolt and nut.
Designation: Asst Manager in Metal treatment.
Reporting to : Plant head
Team size: 32
Responsibilities:
Metal treatment – Heat treatment, Plating, Phosphating and Zinc aluminium flake coating.
• Module in charge of Metal treatment and Metallurgical lab.
• Monitoring production report and manpower arrangement.
• Monitoring and reducing consumable cost in heat treatment and plating.
• Maintain calibration schedule and replacement schedule.
• Maintain documentation of CQI 9 & 11 at heat treatment and Plating.
• Maintain and follow up Preventive maintenance schedule at heat treatment and plating.
Metallurgical and chemical lab.
• Maintain calibration schedule and service schedule.
• Approval given for raw material inspection and finish product inspection.
• Maintain of raw material and finish product inspection report.
• Every day check and verify all In process inspection, coating thickness and
SST Report.
• Handling UTM, Spectra, Hardness tester and coating thickness and SST.
• Verify and approval given for plating bath and pre-treatment bath
Concentration.
• All inspection method followed by ASTM , IS standards and fasteners standards.
• Identify – gap –Do root cause analysis share with concern department and promote
counter measures based on priority.
Attainments:
• Achieved heat treatment production 85 – 90 % in last 3 month.
• Reduced power consumption from 700 to 650 units per ton.
• Reduced consumable cost 8% at plating shop.
• Improved SST life of zac coating, phosphate and plating.
• CQI 9 approval got from GM and ford customer.
M/S RAMIND COLD FORGE PVT LTD Aug 2012 to June2013
vellore district. Ranipet

3. Designation : Senior executive in production
Reporting to : Plant head/DGM Production
Team size: 40
Responsibilities:
 Module in charge for the forging presses ranges from 30T to 600 T Presses.
 In charge for Heat treatment and phospating.
 Preparation of daily production report and man power arrangement.
 Planning manpower and scheduling productions of heat treatment,phospating and forging areas.
 Maintaining the shop floor control system.
 Reduce Inventory in shop floor.
 Monitoring daily rejection and taking corrective action based on rejection Percentage level.
 Trained the subordinates and maintain the training records as per the procedures.
 To plan the weekly and day to day production activity in coordination with the subordinates and
superiors.
Attainments :
 Achieved and maintain month plan performance above 70%.
 Reduced rejection in forging 0.4% from 0.25%.
 Reduced consumable cost in phospating and forging.
 Productivity improvement in furnace from 5000 Nos to 6200 Nos / day .
 To give training and successfully completed 5 projects through 2 quality circle teams in a year.
 Achieved 6 lakhs cost saving given through process change.
 Improved the productivity by doing the Kaizen & Poka Yoke.
 Improved 14.2% productivity through the process change.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
M/s. RANE ENGINE VALVE LTD., Sep 2007 to July 2012
(A Leading Manufacturer of Engine Valves), Chennai-600016.
Designation : Senior engineer
Reporting to : production head
Team size: 60
Responsibilities:
 Process owner for Press shop Operations like Forging, Nitriding,welding
Heat treatment, friction welding & Straightening.
 Module leader for heat treatment shop, Day-to-Day Production planning to achieve daily targets and
monthly schedule.
 Conducting Daily routine Management that have Gap analysis in terms of Production, Quality and Other
issues.
 Man power Planning for the proposed production plan.
 Identifying and organizing the training needs for the shop people.
 Cycle time reduction in Bottleneck operations.
Maintaining OEE, CFI, and PPM focused.
Cost Analysis for consumables.
Implementing 5S Concepts in shop floor.
Conducting Quality circles and Quality Improvements Teams.
Achieving number of Productivity improvement projects, Kaisen, Poka yoka, Quality Circles, Suggestions
etc.
Responsible for the maintenance of minimum Kanban stock through Lean manufacturing.
 Coordinate Manage & Continuous improvement to meet Production, Quality, Cost, Safety &
Management targets.
Ensure zero Accident on shop floor by Training, Safety Awareness.
 Assures that all Production Operations are performed at optimum efficiency level as well as meets all
production schedule requirements.
Assures Production equipment is properly maintained by implementing and maintaining a Total Productive
Maintenance Program (TPM).
Attainments:
 Productivity improvement valves from 7000 No’s to 10000 No’s per day in hardening process.

4.  Reduced in process rejection from 4000 ppm to 1500 ppm in straightening process through poka yoka
and QC project.
 Quality circles training and successfully completed 4 projects through quality circle teams in a year.
 Reducing fixture cost by introducing new casting type fixture in hardening process.
 Introducing Poka yoke system in Heat treatment cell and improved quality.
 Improved the productivity by doing the Kaizen.
RAMSAYS CORPORATION Feb 2005 to Aug 2007
Responsibilities & Attainments:
 Responsible for erection and commissioning project of Hightemp furnace make continuous mesh belt
furnace 80Kg/Hour 2nos in the year of 2005 & 2006.
 Responsible for final metallurgical quality, supplier quality assurance, supplier Evaluation and supplier
audits, Process development and productivity.
 Responsible for preventive maintenance for heat treatment furnaces.
 Inspecting the in process materials.
 New components development.
 Preparation of control plans & work instruction.
 Responsible for preventive and autonoums maintenance in furnaces.
 Handling induction hardening machine and centrifugal polishing machine.
 Reviewing of FMEA, SOP, New process validation and Process Capability analysis.
 Maintain and revise Engineering Documents and Work Instructions as required.
 Ability to manage priorities and workflow.
ENDOTHERM FLUIDS (I) PVT.LTD. , Chennai May 2001 to Feb 2005
Responsibilities & Attainments:
 Handling all types of hardness testers and inspecting microstructures of heat-treated components.
 Inspecting the process and in process materials.
 New components development.
 Directly dealing with customer satisfaction.
 Taking corrective actions for internal non-conformances and customer complaints.
 Knowledge in carburizing, carbonitriding, direct hardening, annealing and induction hardening.
 Handling pit type carburising furnaces and sealed quench furnaces.
 Process knowledge in Carburizing, Carbo nitrating, Annealing, Normalizing and Tempering.
 Responsible for final product quality.
 Responsible for implementing & maintaining Quality management System.
 Responsible for supplier selection and supplier audits.
 Responsible for supplier quality assurance.
 Preparation of PPAP documents.
 Preparation of all ISO documents.
 Using quality tools like 7QC, SPC etc. for quality improvements.
 Conducting internal auditing & management review meeting.
 Conducting internal training & preparation of training documents.
LUCAS TVS, Chennai MAY 2000 to MAY 2001
Worked as apprentice trainee in car starter unit assembly and sub assembly. Assembly knowledge in
starter main assembly and sub assembly in solenoid switch, Armature rotor, yoke, shaft drive assembly.
TRAINING SCHEDULES
 TQM, TPM, APQP, PPAP.SPC, FMEA, MSA.
 Exposure to SAP R/3.
 ISO 9000/TS 16949.
 Mechanical and metallurgical testing (6 month).
 Personality development and team building.
 TQM and systematic problem solving.
 Lean production system.
 Exposure/ Certification on NDT techniques

5. PERSONAL DOSSIER
Date of Birth : 02.02.1979
Address: No3/39aNorthcarstreet, Melapavoor, Tenkasi, Tirunelveli, TamilNadu -
627806
Languages Known : English, Tamil.

6. PERSONAL DOSSIER
Date of Birth : 02.02.1979
Address: No3/39aNorthcarstreet, Melapavoor, Tenkasi, Tirunelveli, TamilNadu -
627806
Languages Known : English, Tamil.