Iftekhar Ahmed, LSSGB

Iftekhar ahmed, lssgb

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  • About me

    Project Engineering @ Tremco | Experienced in Project Management, Cost Analysis, Continuous Process Improvement, Process Mapping, Developing Power BI dashboards to address major KPIs, Lean Manufacturing.

  • Education

    • Ryerson university

      2015 - 2021
      Bachelor of engineering (b.eng.) chemical engineering

      Activities and Societies: OSPE CSChe Dean's List: 2019-2020

  • Experience

    • Macdonald cole associates

      May 2015 - Sept 2015
      Vendor, concession stands attendant

      • Sold variety of foods at the Rogers Center as a Vendor.• Served foods and other condiments as Concession Stand Attendant.• Led group of 10 workers to sell food in an efficient manner during rush-hour

    • Independent city market

      Sept 2015 - Aug 2016
      Cafe barista

      • Prepared and sold different types of warm and cold coffee drinks in a timely manner maintaining correct recipe, regulations and safety procedure using a coffee machine or an espresso machine • Assisted in making and serving foods to customers from other departments as efficiently while managing own department at the same time • Maintained excellent service while working in a fast-paced environment during rush hours. • Handled cash register in an efficient manner so the store didn’t lose potential profit Show less

    • Canada's wonderland

      May 2017 - Sept 2017
      Landscape technician

      • Assisted in the maintenance of park’s soft landscape elements• Lead a group of workers to maintain quality of soil throughout the facility by keeping out weeds, and making sure nutrients remained in soil.

    • Woodbridge

      Aug 2017 - Jan 2018
      Junior quality engineering

      • Executed lab testing techniques such as determining bond strength, density, airflow, and thickness for over 50 product samples per day of foam products of vehicle lug boards, and exterior body parts to obtain optimal purity of 99% prior to line production.• Analyzed test results for product samples with the aid of Excel and SPC Charts to establish they were within the LCL and UCL to develop CofAs for customer’s required specification.• Conducted visual testing of first and last-offs of finished products for 7 production lines to examine for non-conformity and produced pareto charts to highlight production errors to reduce them by 5% within the following fiscal year.• Coordinated with Process Engineer and over 10 line-workers to troubleshoot production issues of automobile parts adhering to ISO 9001 quality standards Show less

    • Armstrong manufacturing inc.

      Dec 2018 - Sept 2019
      Quality control/ c.i. specialist

      • Analyzed and tested bulk batches of finished liquid/powder products including: pH testing, solids testing, acid/base titration and viscosity• Analyzed acid scrubber ensuring hydrochloric acid content was within specification• Adjusted batch formulations of out-of-specification products without compromising quality• Conducted routine line checks, ensuring finished products are filled to the correct volume and monitoring quality control for the filling lines.• Managed continuous improvement projects including reformulation and stability testing using 8D problem-solving strategies• Reformulated slow-moving and overproduced products to be repackaged to reduce raw material cost. Show less

    • Ryerson university career & co-op centre

      May 2020 - Apr 2021
      Co-op program assistant

      • Support professional staff with research, coordination, data collection, and administration duties, including posting co-op jobs, coordinating on-campus interviews, arranging site visits, updating student records, preparing statistical reports and researching work opportunities and labour market trends. • Help with the facilitation of assessment methods for events and activities where and when appropriate. • Gather and track accurate data at employer-facing events.• Liaise with employers and other stakeholders to ensure their needs are adequately met with regards to the co-op hiring process, co-op site visits, and event attendance• Work collaboratively with employers as well as other Career & Co-op Centre and Student Affairs staff Show less

    • Iko north america

      Aug 2021 - May 2022
      Junior process engineering

      • Utilized RCA and coordinated with production and maintenance department to investigate and recommend improvements to industrial manufacturing equipment (water trays, pumps, valves, calender rolls) to reduce daily downtimes, reduce product waste during changeovers and optimize OEE to be above 80%. • Analyzed production data and KPIs to extract top 10 downtime losses using PRODAC (Npreasons, QC Graph, QC 3000) to write technical reports daily, weekly, and monthly.• Orchestrated and managed continuous process, quality and operational improvement projects and industrial trials such as process time-studies to optimize line speed, reduce operational cost, calculating process capabilities and running line to target product weight.• Updated over 30 P&ID utilizing AutoCAD to accommodate for updated process control changes.• Plant lead for creating 5S audit for production lines to ensure operation ran in an organized manner. • Support operational team in commissioning activities of new equipment and manufacturing lines. Show less

    • Fgf brands

      May 2022 - Jul 2023
      Operational excellence engineering

      • Consulted site’s issue of prolonged data mining by developing an interactive Power BI dashboard consisting of food safety deviations across 15 sites to reduce overall time taken to analyze deviations from 10 hours to 2 min/week.• Collaborated with IT team to automate glass and plastic audit for FGF USA for efficient checking and reduce overall audit time from 2 hours to 20 mins/audit.• Designed raw material strategy to adjust inventory discrepancies by running process time studies to calculate product usage to determine inventory type, calculate cost/benefit analysis and worked with SAP team to develop new inventory setup into system.• Utilized VBA Macros, Power Automate to automate spot checks for 14 Canadian and U.S. sites to address scorecard KPIs for all stakeholders and optimize reporting details efficiently• Worked in multi-functional Opex group and collaborated on projects with Maintenance, Sanitation, Quality and Manufacturing team. Show less

    • Tremco cpg inc.

      Jul 2023 - now
      Project engineering
  • Licenses & Certifications

    • Whmis

      Ryerson university
      May 2020
    • Lean six sigma green belt (icgb)

      Six sigma global institute
      Mar 2022
    • Ehs

      Ryerson university
      May 2020
  • Volunteer Experience

    • Friendly Visitor, Cashier

      Issued by Providence Healthcare on Jun 2013
      Providence HealthcareAssociated with Iftekhar Ahmed, LSSGB