vinayp1

Experience

• Mechanical Engineer Hikon Industries Ltd. · Full-time Feb 2025 – Present 3 mos Saskatoon, SK, Canada Designing conveyors, feeders, hoppers, surge bins & support structures.
  Hand Calculations and FEA in Inventor with 3D & 2D drafting.
  Designing and drafting of sand aggregate machines in Autodesk Inventor.
  Developed 4 feet x 8 feet inclined vibrating screen deck with circular throw.
  Developed a folding head radial conveyor -36” wide x 100’ long.
  Preparing quotations for bidding on projects.
• Mechanical Engineer Axis Engineering Ltd. · Full-time May 2021 – Feb 2025 3 yrs 9 mos Saskatoon, SK, Canada Designed Jib Cranes – Articulating Jib Crane & Foot mounted type with hand calculations and complete FEA in Solidworks with 3D & 2D drafting.
  Designed and drafted Fall Protection Safety systems as per CSA.
  Inspected monorails, Bridge cranes & fall protection systems.
  Conducted FEA simulations in Solidworks for Jib cranes, davit, Fall Protection anchors, hatch door etc.
  Prepared quotations for bidding on projects.
• Design Detailer Norseman Structures · Full-time Jan 2021 – Apr 2021 3 mos Saskatoon, SK, Canada Drafting of Cover-all buildings in AutoCAD and Solidworks.
  Preparing BOM in Excel and creating items in ERP.
• Engineering Contractor Axis Engineering Ltd. · Self-employed Oct 2020 – Jan 2021 3 mos Saskatoon, SK, Canada Inspection of monorails, Bridge cranes & fall protection systems.
  Designing and drafting davits, Lifting lugs for mining industries.
  FEA simulations in Solidworks for davit, anchor brackets, hatch door etc.
  Hand calculations for structural analysis, checking welded & bolted connection as per CSA (Handbook of Steel Construction).
• CAD-CAM Technician Northern Strands/ Fortis Mining · Full-time Sep 2019 – Mar 2020 6 mos Saskatoon, SK, Canada Designed rope attachments required in mining industries.
  Designed and drafted Fall Protection Safety systems as per CSA.
  Designed and drafted custom snatch blocks, pier puller assemblies, support brackets, lifting beams etc. with bill of materials.
• Design Manager Skyzone Parking Systems/ Eros Elevators - Mumbai (India) · Full-time Mar 2015 – May 2019 4 yrs 2 mos Mumbai, MH, India Developed semi-automated car parking system with chain-sprocket drive for hoisting including new wire-rope reeling drum and pulley system.
  Prepared conceptual designs for new development of parking systems involving structural and mechanical calculations and validating the same with FEA simulations in Solidworks with detailed cost estimates.
  Prepared detailed loading calculations for foundation design to be shared with the RCC consultant of the customer.
  Evaluated vendor based on manufacturing and production volume capacities while prioritizing the quality and safety compliance.
  Estimated project cost and identified areas for overall project cost.
  optimization for standard and non-standard parking systems.
  Handled a team of 9 members including mechanical engineers, electrical engineers and draftsmen and trained them.
  Handled successfully various remote site locations on phone by guiding the service technician and the contractor.
  Investigated and provided solutions for technical problems at site.
  Negotiated with the contractors by making detailed activity list involved in major repair or breakdown to ensure timely completion at an optimized cost.
• Assistantg Design Head Formertron Engineering India Pvt. Ltd. · Full-time Aug 2013 – Feb 2015 1 yrs 6 mos Navi Mumbai, MH, India Prepared technical bid for government electrical transformers projects.
  Optimized the design of horizontal winding machine and vertical winding machine and reduced the overall cost by 15 %(approx.).
  Prepared a winning technical specification and quotation for ABB- Canada and Crompton greaves Limited - India.
  Handled the design team and the manufacturing team to ensure timely production and delivery to the overseas customers.
• Assistant Manager - Design Mukand Ltd. · Full-time Aug 2007 – Sep 2011 4 yrs 1 mos Thane, MH, India Prepared technical specifications for the bought-out long delivery items such as slew bearings, geared motors etc.
  Designed rope-drums, pulleys, long travel and cross travel trolleys for port cranes and electric overhead travelling cranes as per design code.
  Performed stability calculations of electric level luffing cranes for different wind loading conditions as per the wind code.
  Guided draftsman for detailed manufacturing drawings and checked the same and sought approval from Deputy Chief Engineer.
  Prepared Bill of Materials (BOM) in ERP.