Santosh Shewale has over 14 years of experience in plant engineering, project management, and operations for companies in the food, pharmaceutical, and FMCG industries. He holds a degree in mechanical engineering and has managed projects from initial planning through commissioning. The document provides details of his roles, responsibilities, and accomplishments across various positions at companies such as SCA Hygiene India Products, PepsiCo India Holdings, Valvoline Cummins Limited, and Cipla Limited.

1. Santosh Shewale
Contact : 09850969448
E-Mail : sshewale_01@yahoo.com
A BRIEF OVERVIEW
 A Dynamic Professional with nearly 14+ year’s Experience of
working in Food, Pharma, & FMCG Industry.
 Graduated in Mechanical Engineering & Alumni of SCDL.
 Global Exposure & worked with the teams from Multiple
Nationalities like US, Europe, China, Malaysia, Singapore,Taiwan &
Jordon.
 Comprehensive experience of Plant Engineering, Utility,project
management, plant operation which includes EHS, Utility,Plant
operation/Maintenance, Project & Process Excellence.
 Played important role in green field /brown field projects,
construction management,installation and commissioning of new
equipments and setting up new facility/organisation.
 Excellent in defining, implementing standards & structured
processes for 5’S, Kaizen, Poke Yoke, ISO- 9001, ISO-14001, ISO-
18001 for manufacturing operations to ensure accomplishment of
Business Needs.
 Initiating and delivering cost saving projects.
 Core team member for Audits like ISO, AIB, HACCP, WHO, GMP,
FDA, SA8000, FM Global, IGBC green building certification.
 Managing day to day plant engineering operations with the teams
for making effective utilisation of resources.
 Understanding the Global standards, technology & implementation
at Local organization.
 Strong relationship management & communication skills with
ability to deal with Project Consultants / Contractors/ Vendors /
Site Engineers and Govt. officials with ease.
 Perusing Project Management Professional (PMP)®
being conducted
by PMI, USA, the most important industry-recognized certification
for project managers.
 High integrity & energetic leader known for delivering agreed
Project deliverables, reliable and cost effective plant engineering
services.
ORGANIZATIONAL EXPERIENCE
SCA Hygiene India Products India Private Limited, Ranjangaon, Pune
Growth Path
Technical Support Manager July'14 — March’16
Plant Initiative Manager April’16 — till date
Key job responsibilities:
• Team member of Green field Project, ensured smooth HOTO from Project to Operation.
• Part of Plant Leadership Team-Responsible for delivering Compelling Business needs.
• Responsible for plant engineering and Project functions.
• Responsible for Utility, Spare part function operation & maintenance.
• Build and design all plant related capex and ensure delivery in line with Safety, time, cost and scope.
• Develop plant/machine layout, vendor development and technology selection, negotiation & procurement.
• Lead the project team throughout the project life Cycle-Initiation-planning-execution -monitoring and control
validation and closure.
• Identify opportunities to improve productivity and reduce cost through data analysis, brain storming, process
• Plant engineering
• Utility operation and maintenance
• Plant Equipment maintenance
• Strong safety mindset
• Project Management
• Construction Management
• Installation and commissioning
• Resource Optimization
• Contractor management
• Budgeting & Cost Control
• Capacity Expansions
• Risk Mitigation & Control
• Root cause analysis
• AIB, HACCP, GMP
• USFDA, MHRS, TGA, EU, WHO
• 5s, TPM, Kaizen, Poka yoke
• Legal compliances

2. excellence and engineering intervention.
• Lead all new plant projects activities like Capacity improvement/expansion, debottlenecking, resource
optimization
Infrastructure alternation, NPD, specification change, cost chase, quality /safety improvement etc.
• Building new capex, machine selection, design review, MSRA, FAT, PSSR and validation.
• Installation and commissioning of new Equipments and machineries.
• Liaise with global and local stakeholders related to all plant projects.
• Support in sustainability initiative, environment, health and Safety and legal compliances for plant.
• Support plant maintenance and root cause analysis.
• Responsible for equipment/spare part localization, Technical Support to operation and ensure their technical
knowledge upgrade.
• Understanding the Hygiene Manufacturing Excellence standards of SCA Worldwide like DDS, CIL, Centerline,
DOM,
Pre-DOM, Hygiene Policy, Lifesaving rules & implementation in India.
• Implementation of ISO-9001, ISO-14001, ISO-18001 Standards in the plant through IMS in 1.5-year’s time.
• Budgeting and controlling-delivered 24% cost saving through utility automation and focused monitoring.
• Received Tiger Spirit Award in Year 2015 from CEO – SCA
PREVIOUS WORK EXPERIENCE
PepsiCo India Holdings Pvt Limited (Frito-Lay Div.), Ranjangaon, Pune
Worked with PepsiCo for more than 4 years in Multiple roles & got 3 Promotions.
Growth Path
Nov’13 - Sept’14 Engineering System Manager
Dec’06 - July’10 Asst. Manager, Engineering
Key job responsibilities:
• Responsible for maintaining plant Equipments, cost effective and reliable utility services.
• Identify opportunities to improve productivity and reduce cost by engineering interventions.
• AOP preparation, monitoring, controlling and reporting all engineering major KPI’s like fixed/variable cost,
Downtime, Safety /Quality/TPM targets.
• Support Packaging, Process and utility engineers for maintenance system implementation and root cause
analysis, support in major breakdowns.
• Drive specific task related to TPM, AIB, HACCP, IMS, FM global audit etc
• Cross function co-ordination for timely delivery for all plant projects.
• Liaise with government body to obtain required approval for projects.
• Spare part management and localization.
• Drive technical skill building by working with E&T pillar on skill assessment of operatives and technicians.
• Ensure smooth and cost effective operation of plant/utility equipment’s in terms of process, electrical,
automation
and mechanical.
• Hands on with highly sophisticated equipment’s like fryer, conveyors, extruders, ovens, packaging
machines and auxiliary equipment’s, MHE, utilities systems like Substation (HT/LT, transformer, Switching yard),
DG sets, Compressed air system, Nitrogen plant, HVAC, 20 TPH IBR boiler, ETP, STP, bio methane plan, fire
hydrant and fire alarm system, water treatment, Fuel storage and distribution system, facility maintenance.
• Implementation of maintenance systems such as Preventive maintenance, Centre lining, process control, CBM,
CIL, Predictive maintenance, MTBF and MTTR.
• AMC and contractor management.
• Cost saving, Debottlenecking projects.
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Valvoline Cummins Limited, Ambernath, Thane
Growth Path
Jan’13 - Nov’13 Sr. Manager Engineering
July 10 - Dec’12 Manager Engineering
Key job responsibilities:
• Part of large scale green field projects from scratch to end by leading cross function project team.
• Lead Plant Engineering function.
• Headed construction management for green field site of State of the art, fully automated, highly sophisticated
lube
oil blending plant

3. • Installation and commissioning of Equipments, packages tank farm, utility and blending process plant.
• Participation and Co-ordination between engineering consultant and Parent company (Ashland Inc,USA)
engineering team for finalization of design basis, plant operational philosophy, details engineering, drawings
finalization like PFD, P&ID, SLD, etc equipment specification, enquiry documents, BOQ finalization.
• Risk analysis and mitigation during project execution.
• Identifying the cost saving and value addition opportunity for better plant operation during construction stage.
Reporting and ensuring incorporation at right time.
• Identify, resolve issues and conflicts within the project team.
• Identify and manage project dependencies and critical path. Plan and schedule project timelines and milestones
using appropriate tools. Track project milestones and deliverables.
• Proactively manage changes in project scope, identify potential crises, and devise contingency plans.
• Measurement check and certification for Civil, Electrical and instrumentation, Vessel, Mechanical and piping
contractor, Interior contractor RA bills and settlement of the same.
• Identification of punch’s, clearing its, Pre-commissioning checks(PSSR), safety audits, SOP preparation and
implementation and ensure performance evaluations of installed systems.
• Attended FAT for process control system at FMC control, Chicago, USA.
Cipla Limited, Kurkumbh, Pune
April 2005-Dec.2006 Designation: Management Staff Member
Key job responsibilities:
• Engineering in charge for one of the formulation unit.
• Well conversant will clean room and water treatment plant.
• Worked with Project team for reengineering in capacity improvement projects.
• Well conversant with different regulatory requirements like USFDA, MHRS, TGA, EU, WHO etc.
Fresenius Kabi India Pvt Limited, Ranjangaon, Pune.
Sept 2002-April 2005 Designation: Engineering Supervisor
Key job responsibilities:
• Responsible for handling independent shift engineering operation for plant and utilities.
• Handled Spares Planning, procurement and supervision of small team
• Handled maintenance of Utilities like HVAC System, Air management system, Chiller, Boiler, D.G. Sets, R.O.& D.
M.
Water Plant, PSG & WFI Plant, ETP Plant, Centrifugal & Positive displacement Pumps, Vacuum system, Cooling
Tower, Hot water sterilizer and pure steam generator & Autoclave, packing line machinery, FORM FILL SEAL [FFS]
machines.
PROFESSIONAL ENHANCEMENTS (TRAININGS & CERTIFICATIONS)
• Post graduate Diploma in Supply Chain Management
• Project Management Professional (PMP)®
-Appeared Sponsored by SCA.
• Electrical Safety Coordinator-trained at Shanghai, China.
• High Risk Work safety coordinator- Trained at Capital Safety, Singapore
• Reliability Maintenance system at CII, Mumbai
• Attended a workshop on Leadership development at PepsiCo.
• Plant training at Cincinnati, USA
RECOGNISATION
• 3 JOSH and 3 Golden Kurkure awards at PepsiCo.
• V1 award and SCM MEIA Award for best employee for “Effective Construction Management for LOBP” at VCL.
• Tiger award at SCA.
ACDEMICS
• PGDSCM – Symbiosis college of distance learning
• B.E. – Mechanical Engineer from JTMCOE, NMU, Maharashtra.