MAHZAD PAKZAD
1701 121st St. SE #N201 Everett, WA 98208
425-530-0561
[email protected]
URL: www.mahzad-pakzad.com
SUMMARY:
Total 25 years experience, started with Five years as a methods and manufacturing engineering, troubleshooting existing products and operations in addition to initiating and managing research & development projects (Adv Mfg. Eng.), then for the next eighteen years I continued my career as an independent consultant initiating and directing teams to manage engineering related projects with a variety of scopes, INCLUDING THE FOLLWING: Identify Primary Production Capacity and capability requirement by evaluating forecasted marketing demands; Develop Structured Product Design (Product Mapping); Analysis and Development of Operating Systems’ Requirements; Total Quality Management; Design For manufacturing; Process Flow Design (Continuous Flow/Lean); Capital Investment Cost Analysis, Evaluation, and Justification; Equipment Design and Development; Production Management; Plant Management; Materials Management (JIT and KANBAN); Storage Systems Design (Incoming, In Process, and Shipping); Custom Work Station and Tooling Design; Training and Production Management Support ; Feasibility Studies to: a) Design Operating Systems, b) Design Processes/Equipment, c) Develop STD Operating Procedures to Control and Maintain Processes.
Lean Manufacturing, JIT, Kaizen/KANBAN
Implemented lean manufacturing for Boeing 737-X firewall, the project included the process and layout design, materials flow, and materials storage (Instituting Just-n-Time and Kaizen / KANBAN), assembly fixtures, small assembly machines, and welding machines. The changes increased production rate by 30% and eliminated material scheduling and delivery issues.
Development & Implementation of Cellular Manufacturing Processes
Mapped products based on design structure, broke down the projects to short term and long term stages. Long term projects included automation of operations. Short term projects included design of cellular manufacturing based on process flow and product designs. Project included developing standard operating procedures for each work station within each cell; manpower scheduling; training production managers. Example: Star Expansion increased production rate by 96% which enabled the company to win a big contract from Home Depot.
New Product Introduction
Managed launching 2 product families for CNH, worked with India and engineers from across US to resolve / debug design issues. Managed development of operational procedures, and engineering drawings based on ISO standards, and specified tooling requirements for an average of 5 new products a week at Volex. Also managed production of first piece, and obtaining first article acceptance from customers.
Directed a project and performed root cause analysis to solve problems that were preventing the company from taking Home Print Business Cards to full production. Prepared the presentation package and technical paper, that defined the relati;on between process and product quality and requirements to produce the parts consistently. After implementing the recommended changes Avery Dennison was able to release the Business Cards for full production. Managed & justified a project that involved design & development of a $2.2 MM Electro-deposition paint system.
Managed project to purchase a robotic cell (Robot, end of arm tooling, all necessary sensors and Allen Bradley controller), an overhead conveyor, and interlocked the operation between robot, its tooling, molding machine, and overhead conveyor using Allen Bradley Controller. Studied molds to develop a clever design for an end of arm tooling that could handle multiple parts without any change over when changing molds.
Managed and contributed to development of several automated equipment, from initiation through implementation, debugging and training.
TECHNICAL SKILLS
Rockwell Automation ControlLogix 5000; Microsoft Project; AutoCAD; 3D modeling; Catia, Enovia, Velocity, Delmia, PowerPoint; Assembly operations, metal fabrication; welding; metal finishing (paint lines); injection molding; paper perforation; hot stamping; tube cutting and forming; heat exchanger manufacturing; fiber optics; cable manufacturing; customized automated systems; robotics.
EDUCATION
Bachelor of Science, Mechanical Engineering (BSME), University of the District of Columbia, Washington, DC 1983.
WORK EXPERIENCE
1990 to Present:
-Volt Engineering Services (Contract at Boeing) Everett, WA 98208 April 2008 – Present
Contract Project ME, developing installation plans for structure components of the 787 airplanes.
-Global Search (Contract at ThyssenKrupp Elevators) Middleton, TN Jan - April 2008
Contract Engineer, Initiate, perform and evaluate root cause analysis & FEMA studies. Use the results and effectively implement the necessary changes to improve productivity and increase customer satisfaction.
-Advanced Automation Inc. Exton, PA July 2007- Dec. 2007
Control Engineer Technical Lead, consultant, Initiate and direct process flow, sequence of assembly, analyze product and process design and develop lean operations and automate the processes. Assessed the Gatorade Mountaintop CIP and thermo systems, in order to modify the PLC s and increase efficiency.
-Case New Holland Dublin, GA Sept. 2006-July 2007
Lead Manufacturing Engineer, assembly line, responsibilities included, but were not limited to new product launches, working with suppliers of stamped, formed and welded metal components and designing in house tools, using AutoDesk Inventor.
-Fluor Government Group Hanford, Richland, WA May 2004- Oct. 2005
Mechanical Design Engineer, Government contract developing engineering facility modification descriptions and supporting glove box design related (metal forming and welding) projects.
-BioGenex, San Ramon, CA April 2003-Sept. 2003
Contract Engineer, Short term contract to develop service manuals for image analysis instrumentations used for cancer detection at hospitals. Used AutoCAD 3D to design an enclosure for a machine, reducing time required to access internal components for service and improving its service aesthetics.
-Volex, Inc. Fremont, CA Sept. 2000- July 2001
Senior Manufacturing Engineer, Increased production output 30%, managed new product introductions through first article development and customer approval. Managed development of tools and standard operating procedures and assured consistent efficiency and quality. Identified and solved quality issues related to manufacturing of fiber optics which eliminated 40% rejects and returns from customers and brought back a lost customer.
-Ford Motor Assembly Plant (HR Affiliate contractor) Louisville, KY April 2000- Sept. 2000
Contract Engineer,...
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