Rajendra Kale

RAJENDRA KALE Mobile: - E-Mail:- Project Management New Initiatives / Set-ups Strategic Planning Utilities Management Techno- Commercial Projects Repair & Maintenance MIS SHE OHSAS EnMS NABL Q Mgmt Quality Systems & Assurance Production / Assembly / Testing Homologation A dedicated & seasoned professional with 38.5 years’ of extensive experience in Projects and Plant Operations entailing Product Development, Quality Systems & Assurance, Production Assembly Lines, etc. Presently designated as a free lancer consultant since Oct 2019. Expertise in successful management of the operations with focus on top line and bottom-line performance. Skilful in enhancing systems to bring greater cost efficiency levels & energy / power reductions. Responsible for overall productivity of operations and accountable for strategic utilization and deployment of available resources to achieve organizational objectives. Demonstrated abilities in achieving high productivity with management of men, material & machine. Adroit in conducting regular evaluations of productivity, quality, continuous improvement, benchmarking, succession planning & cost management. An exemplary communicator with exemplary analytical, organizational and problem solving skills and designing practical systems…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………... CAREER GRAPH Oct 2019 ~ till date Aumkar Services owned by self Free Lancer Consultant Sep 2001 ~ Oct 2019 VE Commercial Vehicles Pithampur (MP) formerly known as Eicher Motors Manager Dy.Manager : Engine development Centre Apr 2000 ~ Eicher Tractors Faridabad Dy. Manager Sep 2001 (Haryana) 1994 ~ 2000 Eicher Tractors Alwar (Rajasthan) Asst Manager 1986 ~ 1993 Eicher Motors Pithampur (MP) Sr.Engr 1981 ~ 1985 S & H Gears Dewas (MP) Jr. Engineer Executive Probationer Engr Asst. Engr Trainee Engineer KNOWLEDGE DOMAIN  NABL Accreditation of Engine Development Test Lab.  Minimizing bottlenecks for productivity with optimization of men, material & machine.  Executing cost saving techniques / measures and modifications to achieve substantial reduction in expenditures and work within the budget. Closely monitoring & participating in the Inventory. Managing activities right from the conceptualization stage to the execution; involving finalization of technical specifications, procurement, progress monitoring, commissioning, site management and manpower Planning. Liaising with Imports department for meeting requirements & delivery schedules. Ensuring execution of activities / projects within time & budgetary parameters. Planning and effecting maintenance schedules to increase machine up time / equipment reliability; thereby accomplishing planned Engine Lab targets within budget. Tracking daily breakdowns, implementing preventive maintenance programmes to improve the efficiency of the system or the equipment undergoing maintenance. Assessing organization’s compliance with regulatory requirements as well as internal norms & procedures.      Key Deliverables # Lab Quality Management : Responsible for accreditation right from scratch and maintain requirements of NABL stds. # Homologation of engines : Single widow for national & international certification bodies and internal agencies # Test Bed Planning , MIS handling for Engine Test Lab for test bed utilization , uptime and projcets. # Support to Developmental Testing , Engine Rigging activities and engine set ups for test beds. # SHE (Safety Health and Environment ) & EnMS Core coordinator of EDC # Technical Services ( R & M ) for Engine Test Lab Equipment , Systems and Utilities # Engine Test Lab Expansion ( worked on projects worth ~ 60 Crores approx. ). # Budget / Capital Investment plan & execution for EDC ( Engine Development Centre ) # Durability Testing of Engines # ISO activities co ordination for PDD (Product Development Division) # Looking after administrative activities & H.K of EDC. Key Accomplishments (Partial List)  Design , development and deployment of EDC Lab MIS : Daily , Weekly , Monthly in PLM portal.  Single window & coordinator for Engine Homologation activities for national , international and internal agencies.  Distinctively spearheaded the operations pertaining to planning, purchasing, installing and commissioning engine test cells at Engine R & D Lab for four heavy duty Transient and two Eddy current Dynamometers with utilities within the stipulated time limit.  Played a significant role in enhancing the fuel efficiency of Eicher commercial vehicles and formulated the Eicher Fuel Economy Guide, published in 5 languages (Hindi, English, Tamil, Malayalam & Kannad).  Hold distinction of completing the Gen sets project & 130 KW BSII engines.  Pivotal in testing the Chinese ‘Yuchai’ engines and scrutinising the features among all Yuchai engines.  Resourceful in indigenous development of rubber moulding of GKN couplings.  Instrumental in formulating the ‘Piston / Ring / Liner awareness and trouble shooting guide’. (Hindi & English).  Efficiently supervised the Engine Assembly and Axle Assembly, these shops were declared as ‘Model Shops’ by technical advisor Mr. Masaru Kohamada of MMC-Japan (M/s Mitsubishi Motors Corporation). TRAININGS UNDERGONE (Major) TECHNICAL 1.OHSAS , EnMS, 2. Test Bed Operating Course – M, GEM 301 H and Test bed devices at AVL, Austria. 3.Piston / Ring Failures by SRPL. 4 Quality Function Deployment (QFD) by Glen H Mazur, QFD Master Black belt, Japan. 5. IQA & GreenCo by CII 6. IT: EPIC, PLM ( Product Life Cycle Management), M S Office. 7. Fuel Injection Pumps by MICO 8. TPM (Total Productive Maintenance)., , 5S etc . 9. NABL Quality Management BEHAVIOURAL 1.Creative Thinking 4. Team Building 7. Counselling 10. Presentation Skills 2. Influencing Skills 5. Appraisal workshop 8. Conflict Management 11. Ownership & Collaboration 3. Total Quality Management 6. Visual control 9. Communication skills & Executive skills etc. ACADEMIC CREDENTIALS 1989: B.E. (PTDC - Mechanical Engineering) from S G S I T S Indore, MP, India. 1981: Diploma in Mechanical Engineering from SVPTI Indore MP. IT SKILLS : Well versed with Windows , XP, MS Office & Internet Applications. PERSONAL DOSSIER Date of Birth: 23/09/60 Present Address: H. No. 78 , Maa Vihar Colony , opp. Amitesh Nagar, close to Regional Park , A B Road Indore (MP) PIN 452012 , Ph: Land 0731 -, Mob. - CTC: 25 Lakhs* This is the last salary* drawn at VECV. Afterwards became Free Lancer Consultant wef Oct 2019