Highlights:? Project Manager for the introduction of new models to comply with government norms for BSIV emission regulation and enhanced reliability target project to meet the customers’ expectation of 50% higher machine body life. Presenting monthly progress report to the Top Management for prototype (small size, mid and large size excavator, backhoe loader and wheel loader) machine testing of 14 models under development phase and 2 models whose mass production began from April,2021. ? Project Engineer for the development and validation of new improved and more reliable 7ton class backhoe loader (Tata Hitachi Shinrai) with successful launch of the product in the market during FY 2018-19. It effected in the increase of the market share in the backhoe loader space from meagrely 0.8% to 3.5% and thereby increasing the company topline revenue by 1.2%.

Skills:Root Cause Analysis, Project Management, Kaizen, 5S, Field failure analysis, Job scheduling and planning, New product introduction/development, Verification & Validation, Reliability improvement, Durability verification, Microsoft Office(Excel, Powerpoint), Soft skills, Critical Thinking

Goal:My career goal is to constantly learn and grow so that I excel and accomplish all the upcoming challenges and responsibilities assigned.

Membership:-

Certification:Internal Auditor training on Integrated Management system (ISO 9001:2015, ISO 14001:2015, ISO45001:2018) by DNV.GL

Honor:-

Project Engineer 05/2019 - 06/2019
Hitachi Construction Machinery, Ryugasaki, Japan Japan
Industry: Construction and Mining Equipment
Project Engineer
? Formulation of the Testing and validation plan for the introduction of 5ton payload wheel loader with the requisite level of localization for the components to achieve the NPV for the project within 3 years of launch in the Indian market without compromising on the global quality norms of Hitachi group.--
Testing Engineer 01/2014 - 07/2014
Hitachi Construction Machinery, Tsuchiura, Japan Japan
Industry: Construction and Mining Equipment
Testing Engineer
? One of the team member of 5 persons group working towards the testing and validation of the 12ton class excavator (ZX140GI) for on time launch in the Indian construction machinery market. Currently this product is the best in class for the 12ton category with respect to the other competitors in terms of fuel efficiency, productivity and pricing which has enabled us to command 31% market share in that category.--
Assistant Divisional Manager, Development Testing and Validation Group 05/2013 - current
Tata Hitachi Construction Machinery Co Pvt Limited, Kharagpur, West Bengal India
Industry: Construction and Mining Equipment
Quality Assurance Engineer, Project Manager
? Project Manager for the introduction of new models to comply with government norms for BSIV emission regulation and enhanced reliability target project to meet the customers’ expectation of 50% higher machine body life. Presenting monthly progress report to the Top Management for prototype (small size, mid and large size excavator, backhoe loader and wheel loader) machine testing of 14 models under development phase and 2 models whose mass production began from April,2021. ? Project Engineer for the development and validation of new improved and more reliable 7ton class backhoe loader (Tata Hitachi Shinrai) with successful launch of the product in the market during FY 2018-19. It effected in the increase of the market share in the backhoe loader space from meagrely 0.8% to 3.5% and thereby increasing the company topline revenue by 1.2%. ? Project Engineer for the validation of the prototypes of 37ton and 47ton class excavators developed for the Indian mining market. The 37ton class model is currently having 85% market share and 47ton class model is having 65% market share in their respective categories with warranty cost of both models below 0.2% of the machine cost. ? Formulation of the verification and validation plan for the localized/value engineering components for reducing direct import cost and direct material cost which impacts the profit margin of the company due to fluctuation in the ¥ (Yen) prices and material cost in the tune of 3-4% and 6-9% respectively. ? Supplier visit with quality control team for improving reliability and durability of the fabricated components to decrease the warranty cost target taken up during the yearly KPI setting. Proactive visits have helped to reduce the warranty cost by 5% for excavators and 3% for wheeled equipment’s. ? Proactive customer site visits to understand various field failure issues, customer requirement and expectations along with Sales & Marketing team so that the timely resolution of the chronic failures, development of new features and machine variants can be done to stay ahead of the competition. Presently Tata Hitachi commands total 34% of the excavator, 7% of wheel loader and 3.5% of backhoe loader market share in India.--
Assistant Manager, Design & Development 02/2011 - 11/2012
Tata Hitachi Construction Machinery Co Limited, Jamshedpur, Jharkhand India
Industry: Construction and Mining Equipment
Development Engineer
? Strain gauging of the fabricated components for stress data collection and analysis to solve field failure issues and for improving reliability of the machine to meet the customers requirement through various value engineering initiatives across the current models under production. ? 20ton class excavator new product introduction validation testing for the prototype along with Japanese counterparts for improved reliability and durability as rebranding of company took place--
Structural Reliability Engineer 10/2009 - 02/2011
BEML Limited, Kolar Gold Field, Karnataka India
Industry: Construction and Mining Equipment
Quality Assurance Engineer
? Endurance testing of newly developed 60ton class rigid hauler chassis for reliability and machine life estimation. The 60ton rigid hauler is most widely used in coal and cement mines throughout India. ? Generation of 2.5 million INR revenue through an external consultancy project of ROPS certification as per ISO 3471:2007 for the mainframe of road equipment of Volvo Construction Equipment India Pvt Ltd in presence of an external certification agency, TUV SUD India. ? Durability testing of the localized metro bogie frame as per load duty cycle provided by Hyundai Rotem, Korea (JV partner) to bag the prestigious work order of supplying the metro bogie for Bangalore Metro and Delhi Metro. The contract was worth of 9000 million INR. ? As part of company CSR activity guiding college interns during their 8 weeks project work assigned in the department.--

National Institute of Technology 07/2005 - 06/2009
Raurkela, Odisha , India
Degree: Bachelor's Degree
Major:Mechanical Engineering
Within Top 5% of the 2009 batch.

Samir Choudhury