Atul Kumar Bhalla is a maintenance engineer with over 11 years of experience in project management, plant maintenance, procurement, installation, and commissioning. He is currently working at Maaden Aluminum Company in Saudi Arabia, where he handles major breakdowns and develops maintenance strategies. Previously, he worked at BALCO in India, where he gained experience maintaining aluminum smelters and related equipment. He is a certified Six Sigma Black Belt seeking new assignments in project management or plant maintenance.

1. ATUL KUMAR BHALLA
Mobile No.: +966580463811 ~ E-Mail: atul.vedanta@gmail.com
Seeking assignments in the domain of Project Management/ Plant Maintenance with an organisation of
high repute
Industry Preference: Aluminium/Steel/ Oil Refineries/ Power.
ABRIDGMENT
 A career oriented professional with an experience of 11 years in the field of Project Management,
Plant Maintenance, Procurement, installation and Commissioning & Quality Assurance.
 Currently associated with Maaden Aluminum Company, Saudi Arabia as Maintenance Engineer EE-13
(Smelter, 7.4lakh MTPA, Pechiney design, 390KA Start Up and Maintenance).
 Experience in material procurement, sourcing, commercial operation, vendor development and maintenance
operation
 Adept at carrying out advance planning for resource mobilization, manpower deployment and rendering
technical support.
 Hands on experience in Oracle & SAP PM and MM Module.
 Key equipment’s using FMEA, RCA, PARETO, Asset Optimisation, etc.
 Proficient at troubleshooting, maintaining and commissioning various equipments.
SKILL SET
 Maintenance activities of smelter consisting of Reduction, Cast House; GTC; Port material handling and Silos
etc. with Pots Pechiney Technology, ECL super Structure; Blowers; Dedusting units; Vacuum Ship Unloader;
ECL Crane; fully automated conveyors, Induction furnaces, shot blasting system, stripping machines
,hydraulic systems, recycling system, casting lines, EOT cranes, Melting & holding furnaces ,HFO and LPG
handling system, circulating water pumps Cooling towers, Wire Rod Mills; Cathode Sealing Area.
 Devising regular general maintenance (mechanical ),preventive/predictive maintenance schedule,
checklists, executing and following up the scheduled plan, availability calculation, breakdown analysis,
FMEA and perato analysis, root cause analysis for prioritized problems, rescheduling PM schedule for
optimum maintenance for various equipment’s and machinery
 Spare planning and management, preparing bill of materials and material master, VED analysis, ensure
availability of critical spares, developing local vendors for spares to minimize lead time. Inventory
monitoring and control.
 Procuring of capex items & engineering spares for various Aluminum Plant SBU’s & service in a cost effective
manner; considering inventory positions & operations requirement in accordance with company policies &
procedures
 Expertise in formulating sourcing strategies, vendor identification, supply chain management and analytical
assessment to strengthen effectiveness.
 A strategic planner with expertise in implementing cost saving measures to achieve reduction in terms of
raw material procurement cost and logistic cost.
 Adept at undertaking indigenization initiatives for attaining significant saving, securing discounts and better
service from supplier.
GROWTH PATH
 2005-2013 BALCO KORBA (VEDANTA GROUP)
http://www.balcoindia.com/default.aspx
 October 2005: Joined BALCO as GET.
 2006: Observed as Assistant Manager (Grade E1).
 2007: Promoted as Associate Manager (Grade E2)
 2009: Promoted as Associate Manager (Grade E3) (Reduction and Cast House)
 Feb 2014: Joined as Engineer at Maaden ALCOA joint venture smelter Engineering & reliability
department as Maintenance Engineer. (EE-13)
http://www.maaden.com.sa/en/business/aluminium

2. https://www.alcoa.com/saudi_arabia/en/home.asp
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WORK EXPERIENCE
Feb’14 – Till Date MAADEN ALUMINIUM COMPANY SAUDI ARABIA.
Joined as a Plant (Maintenance and reliability Engineering)
Key Role:
 Handling Major breakdowns; solving repetitive breakdown for Smelter Area.
 Developing scope of work for various contracts; plant modification and new installation.
 Design the plant asset hierarchy, support maintaining the plant asset hierarchy in CMMS
 Build/manage asset criticality database.
 Develop KPI’s to manage reliability.
 Support in preparing and analyzes reports on system, asset and components metrics.
 Maintain technical specifications library.
 Build Initial Equipment Maintenance Plans based on: Vendor recommendations,Plant/industry history, FMEA,
SMFEA, FMECA, etc.
 Build/manage PdM/NDT program, alarm management, ensure plan/schedule the work in a timely manner to
reduce equipment failures on the basis of recommendations.
 Develop maintenance strategy sheets, ensure failure modes are appropriate.
 Cost benefit analysis to ensure optimum frequency of the maintenance activities.
 Develop maintenance SWI, ensure the technical accuracy with specific tolerances and specifications.
 Develop and manage machine lubrication program.
 Use PM Optimization to improve PM effectiveness. Track number of PM’s and time gain/loss.
 Develop and maintain area asset health matrix.
 Responsible for accuracy of spares e.g. right size, capacity, fit, etc.
 Update BOM after equipment modifications.
 Monitor spares levels based on usage and failure analysis.
 Standardize parts across like machines.
 Communicate BOM changes to Planning.
 Work with stores to delete unnecessary spares.
 Provides day to day technical assistance to maintenance supervisors, planners and crafts personnel on
machinery configuration and performance
 Technical support, specs, advanced troubleshooting to execution.
 Develop new and innovative methods for timely repair of assets.
 Prepares specific job plans steps with detailed procedures for completion of repair in the most effective and
efficient manner.
 Develop equipment modifications based on failure data, crafts feedback and OEM design modifications.
 Makes specific equipment recommendations to improve machinery performance, maintainability and
reliability.
 Perform statistical analysis on machinery failure data.
 Development of equipment failure codes for the CMMS.
 Provide data-based trigger points for RCFA,
 Lead RCFA effort as a part of proactive strategy,
 Procuring of capex items & engineering spares for various Aluminum Plant SBU’s & service in a cost effective
manner; considering inventory positions & operations requirement in accordance with company policies &
procedures
Project Execution:

3.  Project execution as per scope in contract. Interpretation of the contract for resolution of issues.
 To manage, plan, organize and monitoring of each and every macro & micro activity involved with Project
Engineering ( basic and detailed engineering co-ordination, review & monitoring the progress of project
activities)
 Review and follow up of the civil work with latest approved engineering drawings.
 Review and approval of QAP(Quality Assurance Plan),HSE Plan (Health Safety & Environment Plan),Erection
plan, Billing schedules, GRN(good receipt note).
 Facilitate dispatch activities from vendor side; provide clearances and way bills etc.
 Facilitating ,coordinating and review of site mobilization activities.(Office set up, receipt and storage of
materials, resource deployment, man power deployment, starting up of work as per latest technical guide
lines).
 Budget monitoring and fund forecasting as per current schedule.
 Installation of the equipment’s as per approved documents.
 Work measurement, bill certification and facilitate payments to associated parties.
 Commissioning and trial of the equipment’s.
Attainments:
 Under gone Six sigma training.
 Project and successfully installation of the Port Vacuum Ship Loader for Alumina Export at RAS AL KHAIR
Port Saudi Arabia. RTA ALESA is vendor.
 Working on various minor plant modification project.
 Project: EMP for remelt furnaces. Supplier & Contractors: fives Solios; Consultant: Bechtel
 EMP for cooling water system. Supplier & Contractors: Thermserve Consultant: Bechtel
 EMP for the Cathode Sealing Area.
 EMP for the Reduction; GTC and port area.
 PMO for MAADEN SMELTER CAST HOUSE ASSETS (IN PROGRESS)
Carrying on PM optimization program for the cast house assets which includes Slab & billet VDC facilities
(by wagstaff),Ingot casting machines (by Befesa Spain),Homogenizing and sawing system by hertwich, TAC
skimming and laddle cleaning system by STAS, ube cleaning machines by techmo.
 PMO for the MAADEN Smelter Reduction; GTC and PORT area has been completed. The vendors are RTA
Alesa; Fives Group; Coperion GMBH; ECL; PAN Gulf.
Oct’05 – Jan2014 Bharat Aluminium Company Limited, Korba
Key Role:
 Handled the areas of capacity 2.5 lakh TPA as the Maintenance Mechanical In charge.
 Planned the resources, maintenance and work schedule.
 Handled shift activities that involved breakdown maintenance of Mechanical system.
POTROOM:--
 Company Profile: Balco is the First Aluminium Smelter of India, with an annual capacity of 350,000 tones &
CPP of 710 MW. Using latest prebaked technology at 320KA.Balco is Group Company of Vedanta Resources
Plc, listed in London Metal Exchange.
 Maintenance of PTM “Pot Tending Machine (EOT Crane) (Make: ECL, France third generation)” A special
purpose over-head crane for Aluminum industry. Involving Hydraulics, Pneumatics, Breakdown Maintenance
& Preventive Maintenance.
 Root Cause Failure Analysis of Pot Tending Machine.
 Asset optimization & KRA of pot room maintenance crane department.
 Involved in the Middle phase of the BALCO Expansion project.
 Indigenous development of various Items at central workshop.
 Drawing development of various equipment and assembly for local development of spare parts.
 Safety: Handling safety activities Hazard Identification, Risk Assessment & determining Control (HIRA DeC),
LOTO, SMP & work permit system, British Safety Council (BSC) FIVE STAR implementation.
 Eliminating the repetitive breakdowns by doing RCFA.
 5s and maintaining safe maintenance procedure with the help of SOP.

4.  Repairing of Equipment like compressor, breaker Montabert, Hydraulic
 Cylinder, pneumatic cylinder, Hydraulic motor, v
 Valves, Wheels, LT gearbox LH to RH and RH to LH etc.
 Knowledge of Fume Treatment Plant (FTP) & Alumina Handling Systems.
 Knowledge of pot , Breaker, feeder (Festo, Norgren, Parker and Chinese )
 Material Procurement & Planning: Code generation, material quality inspection, GRN receiving & posting, PR
generation, service order generation, BOM, PM scheduling, task list. Hands on Knowledge of SAP PM & MM
module. Using following transactions of SAP PM & MM module IH01,IW31, IW32, IW33, ZMMRES,IW21,IW22,
ML81N, IMA11, ME5A, MB25, ZIW3M, ME52N, ME2L, MMBE,ZMAV, ME2B, ME51N, ZMPR, ME2M, MM03.
SHEET ROLLING SHOP & CAST HOUSE:--
 Sheet rolling shop with annual production capacity of 78000 Tones.
 Hot Rolling Mill (HKMZ), Cold Rolling Mill FATA HUNTER & HKMZ, Cut To length Line.
 HKMZ, Slitting Line HKMZ, Furnace like Homogenizing box furnace, Samrat & Bell F/C, Hardened sheet
treatment line especially for chequered and thick sheets.
 Overhead Cranes 100 tones, 20 tones, 10 tones & 5 tones for shifting Load in SRS.
 Properzi Mill (Wire Rod mill); Furnace, Conveyors, Hydraulic and pneumatic system, induction furnaces. Shot
blasting system, stripping machines, recycling system, casting lines, EOT cranes, melting & holding furnaces,
HFO and LPG handling system, circulating water pumps cooling towers.
Attainments:
 Problem solving tools for maintenance.
 Performance pay allotted for initiative effort
SCHOLASTICS
 B.E. (Mechanical Engineering) From Bhilai Institute of Technologies, Bhilai, (India) under Pt. Ravi Shankar
Shukla University Raipur (India) with 72.5% during session 2001 – 2005.
 HSSC (Physics, Chemistry, Math) under MP Board, Bhopal with 80.66% in 2000.
 HSC under MP Board, Bhopal with 72.22% in 1998.
CERTIFICATIONS
 RCA and Bad Actor.
 RCM Reliability Centered Maintenance.
 First Aid and CPR.
 Six Sigma Black Belt.
INDUSTRIAL TRAINING
 Three phase certificate workshop on LEAN SIX SIGMA BLACK BELT by Innovative Mindz consultant Pvt. Ltd.
(certificate no LSSBBBALKOR11-06.C099)
 In-house training by Indian Institute of Production Management (IIPM) on Conditional Based Maintenance
(CBM)
 RCA and Bad Actor Training.
 RCM Reliability Centered Maintenance.
 In-house training on Hydraulic and Pneumatic System of Crane from E.C.L France
 In-house training on Industrial Hydraulic Circuits and Machinery by Bosch Rexroth India Lt.
PERSONAL DOSSIER

5. PERSONAL DETAILS:
NAME: ATUL KUMAR BHALLA
DOB: 26-02-1982
Current Location: Jubail Saudi Arabia.
Notice Period: 2 months
Marital Status: Married
Children: 1.
Father’s Name: Shri S.K. Bhalla
Mother's Name: Smt. Kamal Bhalla.
Permanent Address: H-Pocket 50/C; Maroda Sector; Bhilai Nagar; Chhattisgarh Pin 490006.
Present Address: Smelter and Cast House Engineering Deptt. PO box 11342 Aljubail Industrial City 31961,
Passport No: H 9423639
Hobbies: Playing Cricket (Left Hand Batsman) & Listening Music
I Vouch the Authenticity Of The Above Mentioned Information.
[ATUL KUMAR BHALLA]

6. PERSONAL DETAILS:
NAME: ATUL KUMAR BHALLA
DOB: 26-02-1982
Current Location: Jubail Saudi Arabia.
Notice Period: 2 months
Marital Status: Married
Children: 1.
Father’s Name: Shri S.K. Bhalla
Mother's Name: Smt. Kamal Bhalla.
Permanent Address: H-Pocket 50/C; Maroda Sector; Bhilai Nagar; Chhattisgarh Pin 490006.
Present Address: Smelter and Cast House Engineering Deptt. PO box 11342 Aljubail Industrial City 31961,
Passport No: H 9423639
Hobbies: Playing Cricket (Left Hand Batsman) & Listening Music
I Vouch the Authenticity Of The Above Mentioned Information.
[ATUL KUMAR BHALLA]