CORINA GOVINDA KUMAR
Summary
EDUCATION UNIVERSITI MALAYSIA PAHANG, MALAYSIA – BACHELOR OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERING (HONOURS) Committed [Job Title] with strong production background. Focused on maintaining team safety and meeting challenging performance targets. Skilled in managing supplies and keeping line moving smoothly.
Overview
9
9
years of professional experience
4
4
years of post-secondary education
Work History
POWERPLANT ENGINEER
GENERAL ELECTRIC
07.2022 - Current
- Create engine workscope that encompasses customer requirement, production tasks implementation and work to be done on engine for LEAP and LEAP 1B
- Review service bulletins and airworthiness directive to determine engine applicability
- Troubleshoot investigation engine (UER, AOG, ATB) to determine root cause and corrective actions
- Manage all escalations arising from findings by providing sound and timely technical direction
- Provide customer and program managers with timely engine updates and escalations and detailed shop visit report
- Manage workscope intentions and escalations by liaising with multiple stakeholders (production, OEM, quality, vendors, customers) to ensure engine meets the planned quality, TAT and cost
- Review alternative part number request and ensure configuration matches engine specification
- Support LEAP assembly and disassembly process issues as needed
- Familiar with components of ATA chapters 24, 26, 30, 36, 49
- Knowledgeable with components of ATA chapters 71 to 80
- Mentor junior process engineers and new powerplant engineers to bring them up to speed on the technical knowhow on LEAP engines.
PROCESS ENGINEER
GENERAL ELECTRIC
01.2020 - Current
- Develop and maintain LEAP engineering shop documentation related to engine level assembly, disassembly, and repair (ESM, CMM, AMM)
- Implement process changes through Kaizen to improve existing process’s
- TAT, cost and safety
- Standby off work hours to provide timely technical support and solution for engine assembly and disassembly process issues
- Page | 2 - Manage all LEAP engine level assembly, disassembly, and defects DICA/ departure records
- Carry out technical tooling review and provide temporary equivalent alternative for production continuation
- Control and flow down changes in process to production
- Review hardware incoming defects and drive cost saving opportunities for all defected/ scrap hardware (MRB)
- Review hardware defect trends and prioritize repair/ process improvements based on reoccurring trends
- Communicate with customer support team to provide direction on defected hardware and potential escalations
- Initiate proactive process improvements and put in place containment plan to avoid quality escapes
- Work closely with cross function stake holders to meet engine TAT and
- ARC plans (Customer, engineering, overhaul crew, quality, materials)
- Support workscope creation and issuance on ad-hoc basis based on engine volume.
CUSTOMER TECHNICAL PROGRAM ENGINEER
GENERAL, ELECTRIC
01.2018 - 12.2020
- New product and process introduction (NPI) - Initiate NPI/ PFMEA process and work with various shop stakeholders to industrialize new repairs through project management and planning
- Manage repair timeline to ensure timely execution of repairs planned
- Review current process through extensive data collection and analysis and introduce improvements to meet turnaround time
- Carry out cost and technical feasibility research to bring in new process and product – Review technical manual, purchase equipment and tooling, review facilities requirement, comply to EHS requirements
- Carry out safety risk assessment for each new process and work with EHS team to eliminate risks identified
- Identify potential repair risks and mitigate them accordingly (fixtures, measurement tools, restructure process flow)
- Technical process and product training to technicians
- Provided continuous technical support to close repair issues to meet repair
- TAT
- Led cross function stakeholders to work on action items and ensure successful process introduction and go live
- Track and close quality action items to ensure quality risks are mitigated
- Produce investigation report to include hardware damages/ failures and summarize root cause for customer reporting
- Reduction in shop visit cost – USD 20K savings per engine through in house inspection and repair of engine mounts components
- New Process Introduction and improvements – Introduced 5 new repairs and process improvements inhouse which reduced turnaround time by 30 days
- Introduced SOP and new technology - Proper manual inspection methods on new repair capability (fan blades, engine mounts) in house to increase inspection efficiency.
MECHANICAL DESIGN ENGINEER
BVC ENGINEERING SDN BHD
03.2016 - 09.2017
- Led a team of CAD draftsman and junior engineers to produce quality fabrication drawings that meets customer and technical standards
- This was done through meticulous planning, coaching and providing the team members with required skills through training
- Design – Produce design calculations for pressure vessels, heat exchanger, tanks and platform based on ASME, API, BS and JIS standards
- Project management – Plan & control project schedule and budget, led cross departments (quality, workshop, design) to ensure action items are met to meet project deadlines and customer requirement
- Advise customer on cost effective designs that meets code and standards based on process needs
- Technical design and scope of work review before commencing fabrication works
- Negotiate with customer on design changes during fabrication to benefit project schedule and cost
- Monthly engagement with authority to obtain design approval for fabrication, modification and repairing procedures for vessels, boilers and heat exchangers
- Produce detailed and accurate cost estimations on equipment, process and material for bidding of projects
- Successfully designed, modelled, and performed FEA analysis on a quick opening closure and obtained authority (DOSH) approval.
MECHANICAL ENGINEER
NGLTECH SDN BHD
06.2014 - 01.2016
- Create equipment specifications based on process design that meets code
- Carry out technical bid evaluations of different vendor to ensure technical compliance before procurement
- Vendor documents review to ensure technical and code compliance
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Education
Bachelor's Degree - Mechanical Engineering
Universiti Malaysia Pahang
Malaysia 07.2010 - 10.2014
Skills
Solid knowledge in commercial gas turbine engines engine overhaul
LEAP processes, engine hardware, assembly, disassembly, and operations
SAP System
Microsoft office: Word, Excel, Power point
Attended LEAN Sigma Green Belt Training
Project Planning and Management
ASME Sec VIII Div 1 Unfired Pressure Vessel Design, API 620 a
PV Elite Pressure Vessel Design So
COMPRESS Pressure Vessel Design Software
Solidworks and AutoCad
Team management
Excellent Communication
Written Communication
Flexible and Adaptable
Active Listening
Analytical and Critical Thinking
Timeline
POWERPLANT ENGINEER
GENERAL ELECTRIC
07.2022 - Current
PROCESS ENGINEER
GENERAL ELECTRIC
01.2020 - Current
CUSTOMER TECHNICAL PROGRAM ENGINEER
GENERAL, ELECTRIC
01.2018 - 12.2020
MECHANICAL DESIGN ENGINEER
BVC ENGINEERING SDN BHD
03.2016 - 09.2017
MECHANICAL ENGINEER
NGLTECH SDN BHD
06.2014 - 01.2016
Bachelor's Degree - Mechanical Engineering
Universiti Malaysia Pahang
07.2010 - 10.2014