Ajay D. Parikh is an electronics engineer with 16 years of experience in continuous process plant maintenance across various industries, including textile, steel, and packaging. He has expertise in project management, maintenance operations, and automation, and has successfully led projects for improving plant efficiency and implementing compliance measures. His academic credentials include a BE in electronics and multiple post-graduate diplomas, and he is proficient in various PLCs and ERP/SAP systems.

1. AJAY D. PARIKH
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SUMMARY
 B.E (Electronics) with 16 years of experience in Continuous process plant maintenance.
Have served Textile, Steel, Printing packaging & Cable industry. Good exposure to
Instrumentation, Electrical, Mechanical, Utility Maintenance. Scope of excellence entails:
- Project Management - Energy conservation -Erection& Commissioning
- Maintenance Operations - Contract Management - Process Enhancement
- Inventory Management - Cost Control - Team Management
 Proficient in leading the scope of Green field projects and Brown field projects
 carried out for improving plant efficiency & control by using available resources and
installation and commissioning of suitable equipment.
 Skilled in maintaining automation ,electrical , mechanical assets of plant in an effective
manner.
 Proficiency in hydraulic systems and pneumatic systems.
 Good knowledge of utility maintenance and selection of new equipment like Generators
,chillers , air compressor etc.
 As head (Maintenance), maintaining and satisfying Government rules (GPCB norms) for
uninterrupted plant production.
 Coordinating with External bodies like GEB & GSPC for uninterrupted Power & gas supply
to the plant.
 Expertise in enhancing existing production lines and converting relay logic to PLC.
 Ability to manage resources in an effective manner and optimizing man & machine
utilization in compliance with quality standards. Well versed with ERP / SAP.
 Conversant with SIEMENS S7 400 PLC, Simatic Manager and Simatic Wincc for SCADA,
GE Fanuc Software, Allen Bradley FAMILY, PLC’s. SLC, CONTROLLOGIX, PLC Ladder Logic,
Control Logic, Industrial Instruments, Profibus and Ethernet Communications and TCP/IP
Protocols and Yokogawa Centum CS 3000 DCS. SCADA system like WINCC, RSVIEW32.
 Handling A.C.drives , D.C drives and controllers .
 Good knowledge of Electrical panel design ( PCC,MCC) , selection of transformers , UPS
systems. Preparation of SLD ( Single line diagram ) for power system at plant .
 An effective communicator with excellent relationship management skills and strong
analytical abilities.
 Maintaining ISO documentation for the department and working as internal auditor.
 Observing & controlling department safety aspects & training to the subordinates along
with S5 implimentation and TPM practice .
CAREER RECITAL
 Project Management:
o Planning, arranging, directing & controlling maintenance & project related activities.
o Overseeing preparation of project schedules/ plans, engineering designs/ drawings and
technical specifications as per requirements of the plant, process flow and P&I diagrams.
o Evolving effective annual operating plans for resources to optimize the man & machine
utilization, reducing wastes for enhancing productivity and profitability.
o Evaluating results of all executive projects identify recurring problems and preparing
recommendations for Executives about significant changes that need to be made to
resources, procedures, systems or technology.

2.  Erection and Commissioning:
o Overseeing activities related to sizing & selection of various equipments.
o Conducting inspection, pre-commissioning and functional testing to ensure the
performance capacity of various machines and equipments.
o Supervising commissioning activities viz. Simulation and loop checking of various
instruments; in adherence to the company’s standards and specifications.
o Managing project erection / commissioning & startup activities, including tuning of
process control loop design & implementation for smooth operations.
 Maintenance Operations:
o Planning and effecting preventive maintenance schedules of various equipments to
increase up time and equipment reliability.
o Maintaining, modifying & developing logic programs on SCADA platform & transferring
data from different platforms for easy monitoring.
o Maintaining 400kva UPS system, Generators, Boilers, Chillers, Air compressors , DM water
plant , Soft water plant and other utilities of the plant .
o Handling spare part management, Procurement and Asset optimization for all the
equipments and using ERP /SAP tools.
o Using ERP/ SAP to indent spare parts, make purchase requisitions, material withdrawal
from stores and handle codification spares.
o Improve power quality by introduction of proper filter circuit and capacitor bank
Effectively maintanin power consumption and water consumption .
WORK EXPERIENCE
 Working as ‘Assistant General Manager (Maintenance ) with APAR INDUSTRIES
(Unit: e-beam cable division). Since Jan’13 to till the date.
Working as maintenance head. Responsible for new projects & equipment
selection . Maintaining electrical , mechanical & utility department of the plant for
smooth functioning of the company .
 Worked as ‘Manager (Automation) with HINDALCO INDUSTRIES LIMITED,
(Unit: BIRLA COPPER LIMITED), Bharuch. From Feb’10 to Jan’13.
A member of Aditya Birla Group. The company is one the largest producer
of the Copper in India. Worked as section head for the Continuous casting rod plant
( Two Plants) , Copper Refinery plant ( Three plants), ETP(Effluent treatment plant),
WTP(Water treatment plant ), RO Plant .
 Worked as an ‘Electronics Engineer ‘ with ARVEE INDUSTRIES LTD., NIGERIA.
A member of VeePee group of Industries, A number one company in printing
& packaging material processing in Nigeria. From Jan’05 to July’09.
Done installation of printing and packaging industry , c ylinder plant & Ink plant .
 Worked as an ‘Automation Engineer‘ with SHAH ALLOYS LIMITED., Ahmadabad
A leading company in the field of the Hot Rolling & Steckel Mill in INDIA.
Producing M.S. & S.S. coil. From June’03 to Jan’05.
Actively involved in installation of new Symadyne-D PLC system for the Hot rolling
mill .
 Worked as an ’Engineering Manager’ with ARVIND POLYCOT LIMITED, Ahmadabad
A leading company in cotton fabric weaving & dying (Bottom weight unit).
From Jan.,02 – May’03.
 Worked as an ‘Electronics Engineer’ with GUJARAT PROPACK LIMITED, Karjan.
A B.O.P.P. ( plastic film ) manufacturing. July’98 – Dec.,’01.

3. Key Highlights
 Successfully commissioned rubber cable industry with machinery like extruder line ,
laying up machine , CV line , HCV line and plant utility like Transformer , 400 kva UPS
system , Diesel Generators , Steam Boiler , Air compressor at Ebeam cable division ,
APAR industries limited .
 Successfully completed commissioning of AMPS system up gradation at CCR plant,
responsible for instrumentation & Automation supplied by South Wire, USA at BIRLA
COPPER limited.
 Successfully commissioned printing machines from SAM, Lamination machines from
Nordmeccanicca, Slitter machines from Bimec and Titan, Extruder from Dolci &
windmoller, Cylinder line from Daetwayler at Veepee industries, Nigeria.
 Actively involved in up gradation of Simadyne PLC from Modicon PLC and Modification in
WINCC SCADA as per process requirement and plant stabilization at Shah Alloys limited.
 Completed Bleaching machine commissioning of Benninger make and shifting of Ambica
make sizing machine from Arvind mills.
 Actively involved in the modification of the Three layer die to Five layer die project at
Gujrat propack limited.
ACADEMIC CREDENTIALS
 Passed B.E. (ELECTRONICS) from M.S. University, Baroda, with 57 %, in June’98.
 Passed Post Graduate Diploma in Operation Management from I.G.N.O.U., Delhi with First class, in
Dec’00.
 Passed Post Graduate Diploma in Management from I.G.N.O.U., Delhi with First class, in Dec’02.
 Passed Industrial Purchase & Material Management, a certificate course from M.S.University,
Baroda with 64%.
 ISO INTERNAL AUDIT COURSE FROM BUREAU VERITAS for ISO 9001, ISO 14001 and OHSAS
18001.
TRAININGS ATTENDED / INDUSTRIAL VISITS
 DCS YOKOGAWA CS 3000 Engineering & Maintenance by Yokogawa, Bangalore.
 Allen-Bradley (PLC5, SLC and Control Logix) by Prolific Systems & Technology Ltd., at
Birla Copper site.
 Siemens D.C.Drive 6RA22 at Siemens works, Nasik.
 Visited Italy and Germany for the selection of Packaging industries machines.
IT SKILLS
 Well versed with Windows98/XP, MS Office, SCADA RS VIEW, RS STUDIO, RS LOGIX
software for ALLENBRADELY PLC , Simentic manager and simadyne D for Siemens PLC
 Effective use of Microsoft project .
 ERP / SAP system for material and inventory management .
PERSONAL DOSSIER
Languages Known : English, Hindi & Gujarati
Date of Birth : 30th Oct 1974
Address : A/8 , Vrundavan vihar flats # 2 , Vasan , Ahmedabad-380007.
Passport : Z 1898069 issued at Lagos, Nigeria. Valid up to Oct., 2018.