1. Experienced in Project Management, Maintenance & Operations, Troubleshooting, Training, Asset & Risk
management and handling Insurance claim
CAREER DIGEST
A Mechanical Engineering back ground with 27 Years experience in Project Management entailing
Maintenance / Troubleshooting, Operations and Team Management in Chemical Process Plant & coal fired co-
Generation Plant.
Currently associated with MCC PTA India Corp. Pvt. Ltd., Haldia, W. Bengal as Sr. Manager
(Engineering).
A keen strategist & implementer aiming at achieving timely project completion, profit and business growth
objectives & turnaround for increase top line and bottom line in rapid change environments.
Proficiency in managing maintenance of various equipments for reducing downtime and enhancing operational
effectiveness of equipment.
Effectively conceptualized and completed various operations pertaining to maintenance repair and modification
and up-keeping of various process equipments.
Honed skills in taking initiatives for reduction in costs by minimising equipment breakdown and improving
productivity by technology management.
Demonstrated excellence in setting priorities, develop a work schedule, monitor progress towards goals, and track
details/data/information/activities.
Expertise in managing various operations as per the set parameters & standards as well as experience of
developing procedures for operational excellence.
Played a vital role in problem diagnosis as well as repairing the failures of equipment.
An effective communicator with excellent skills in building relationships. Possess strong analytical, problem
solving and organizational abilities.
An effective technical support for plant Insurance renewal & claim settlement
ORGANISATIONAL SCAN
Since May’99 MCC PTA India Corp. Pvt. Ltd., Haldia, W. Bengal (Member of Mitsubishi Chemical Holding
Group, Japan)
Key Deliverables:
Project Management
Managing activities right from the conceptualization stage to the execution; involving finalization of technical
specifications, store management & inventory control, scheduling, progress monitoring, site management and
manpower planning.
Establishing project review, monitoring and status reporting procedures to accurately report progress of the
project to the stakeholders and end user clients.
Handling activities involving working out various requirements & monitoring overall project ope rations for
ensuring timely completion.
Managing the manpower, resources, inventory, and infrastructures as well as budgets for the area of operations
within the department.
Coordinating projects for the set up standards with accountability for strategic utilisation & deployment of
available resources to achieve organisational objectives.
Monitoring the activity at sites and review of project schedule, ensuring cost control within budget, planning for
cash flow requirements, etc.
Maintenance / Troubleshooting
Planning and effecting predictive & preventive maintenance schedules for various equipment to increase machine
up time & equipment reliability.
Trouble cause analysis & implementation of countermeasures on time bound schedule
Implementing maintenance schedules and carrying out periodic checks to ensure performance of various
equipments and maintaining requisite documents for the same.
Identifying areas of bottlenecks / breakdowns and taking steps to rectify the equipments through application of
trouble shooting tools like root cause analysis.
Maintaining and ensuring stringent adherence to quality standards, norms & practices, identifying gaps and taking
corrective action.
Overhauling / repairing of rotary equipment like pumps, compressors, decanters, gearboxes, blowers, agitators,
rotary valves, rotary kiln/dryer & various conveyors like flight & bucket conveyors etc.
Maintenance & trouble shooting of heavy fuel operated engine (5 & 6 MW each) having total capacity of 49 MW
2. Ensuring maintenance and stable operation of the plant at optimum cost by various motivation scheme like best
performer award, Best Kizen (small improvement in ones own work area), best near miss incident reporting, best
Quality circle activity etc.
Scheduling repairs & testing of bulk material handling equipment, cranes, lifting tools & tackles, pressure vessels,
tanks, Boilers, safety valves etc.
Maintaining workshop equipment like turning, milling, drilling m/c, hydraulic devices, tool room & various
maintenance consumables.
Training on basic maintenance philosophy, regular check & corrective measures, enhance knowledge
on handling equipment & tools etc. to a core group maintenance & operation.
Sourcing & Procurement
Directing the development and implementation of key purchase/ procurement strategies, contingency plans and
ensuring that plans are aligned with production requirements.
Budgeting and material requirement planning using forecast based planning for procurement and sourcing of
materials ensuring optimum utilization of materials & maximum cost savings.
Designing, implementing & monitoring effective procurement schedules along with finalising specifications of
materials & establishing quality & quantity limits for effective inventory control.
Managing the inventory levels & avoiding stock outs for different category.
Process Enhancement
Identifying scope for:
- Planning & implementing technological changes to enhance productivity.
- Modifications in equipments, process flow, working practices, consumables, power, etc. for
controlling & reducing conversion cost per unit produced.
Implementing various techniques for cycle time reduction, entailing identification of opportunities, energy audits,
analysis of data, conduction of tests and implementation & post audits.
Team Management
Leading, mentoring & monitoring the performance of the team members to ensure efficiency in process
operations and meeting of individual & group targets.
Creating and sustaining a dynamic environment that fosters development opportunities and motivates high
performance amongst team members.
Notable Attainments:
Significantly prepared project specification for equipment (rotary & static), plant, pipeline, etc. as per national or
international standard like IS, ASME, ANSI, API, ASTM, etc. & statutory rules & guideline like OISD, TAC, IBR,
Petroleum rule, Factories rule, etc.
Prepared maintenance Budget & line of actions to achieve the targets / budget.
Conducted Technical seminars to update & enhance technical knowledge of subordinates and workers.
Co-coordinated, implemented & maintained QEH&S management system ISO-9001-2008, ISO-14001-2004 &
OHSAS-18001-2007.
Composed safety manual to guide people about right approach towards maintenance & construction activity in
process plant.
Effectively implemented the inspection interval of critical process equipment by ranking them as per reliability,
productivity, safety & regulation.
Fire fighting system augmented to receive maximum discount on premium of fire insurance . Tank inspection,
evaluation & repairing process streamlined.
Construction & maintenance of tanks, pipeline for transporting petroleum product from port to plant. Waste water
sludge drying facility to reduce sludge volume to one tenth. Introduction of plate heat exchanger in place of
induced draft cooling tower for process wasted water cooling.
In service line hook up by hot tapping & stopple for 18” para-Xylene line at Haldia oil jetty
Knowledge & Technical backup for Risk survey, Plant Insurance renewal & claim settlement
PREVIOUS ASSIGNMENTS
Apr’89 to May’99 Indian Aluminium Co. Ltd., Muri, Ranchi
Major achievements
Retrofitting of boilers, Expansion of coal & ash handling system, modification of steam headers
Installation & maintenance of water purification system
Development of indigenous spares for imported & aged equipment.
Maintenance & trouble shooting of Boilers, Steam turbines, Compressors, coal handling plant, ash handling
plant, condensate & feed water pump etc.
3. Experience in PTA Plant:
Major equipment used are:
1. Pressure vessel,Tower,Tanks
2. Agitators,gearboxes,mechanical seals,screw conveyors,flightconveyors,blowers
3. Centrifugal Compressortrain(Motor,steamturbine &off gas expanderare usedasprime mover)
4. Varioustypesof pumps,filters,decanter,scrubbers,dryers,vibratingsieves
5. Huge applicationof heatexchangers(Shell /tube &plate type),coolingtowers
6. Hydrogengenerator
7. Hot oil heaters
8. Pipeline,valves
9. Productsilo& fillingmachine
10. MOC usedas SS-304,304L, 316, 316L,317L, Titanium, Duplexsteel,HastealloyandCarbonsteel
Utility required:
1. Power
2. Water treatmentplant
3. Plant& Instrumentair
4. Nitrogengenerator
5. Waste water treatmentplant
6. Huge tank firmfor Px,Aceticacid,Methanol,NaOHetc.
Maintenance feature & concern:
Due to use of highly toxic & corrosive chemical like Acetic acid, HBr etc. corrosion is one of the major
threats. An experience team of maintenance can only handle such plant. A well defined maintenance
philosophy shall be worked out to upkeep the health of equipment. Major maintenance attributes are:
1. Maintenance philosophy –
a) Equipmentratingbasedonsafety,productivity,reliability
b) Maintenance schedule,Inspectionteam
c) Skilledmanpower
d) Conditionmonitoring, dailypatrolling,vibration&lubrication/greasing
e) Spare parts management
f) Training& continuousimprovement
2. Planningco-ordination:
a) Technical service teamforproperplanning&communicationamongprocess&engineeringgroup
b) Regularinvestmentplanforreplacementequipment&installationof new facility
c) Budget& cost analysis
d) Fix up medium&longtermplan
e) Promotionof safety
f) Maintainrecords& documentation
g) Shutdownplanning
h) Qualitycontrol & reviewresults
i) Compliance &obeyregulation
3. Resource development:
a) Developsub-contractorcapability
b) Reliable source forconsumables
c) Sourcesfor shorttermrental of maintenance equipment
d) Developmentof vendorforsupportatcrisis
e) Training to develop skill of potential candidate as a successor