• Gender: Male
• Age: 62
• Designation: General Manager
• Highest Education Level: Post Graduate Diploma
• Current Gross Salary: INR  30000 /Annum
• Expected Gross Salary: INR  35000 /Annum
• Preferred Country: India
• Notice Period: 15  Days
• Preferred Location: India
• Work Experience: 38.4 Year(s)

Education

B.E. (Mechanical) from Sardar Patel University, V.V. Nagar in 1980-84.
Diploma in Industrial Safety from Gujarat Technical Board in 1991-92.
Certified Lead Auditor for ISO 9000.2010-11
Certified Competent Person of Factories Act, under Section 28, 29 and 31 (1998-2005)

Skill Sets

Maintenance of Plants, Process modification, Site infrastructure related activities, Capacity de-bottlenecking & expansion projects

Work Experience

General Manager- Engineering
Since Oct. 2009
Company Profile:Manufacturing dyestuff, chemicals as textile dyes, non textile dyes, eco friendly dyes, organic pigments, specialty chemicals, disperse dyes, VAT dyes, solvents, etc
Key Result Area:
Maintenance of plants.
Process modification, Capacity de-bottlenecking & expansion projects, New projects execution
Operation & Maintenance of common Utilities for the site-Boiler, Nitrogen, Air, Water, Ice plant
Site infrastructure related activities.
Engineering system Implementation. ISO:9000, 14000, OHSAS18000
Inventory optimization.
Compliance to SOP’s and practicing utmost safety standards to ensure industrial safety.
CAPEX Monitoring.

Achievements:
De-bottle necking of H-Acid manufacturing & improved the production by 20%
De-bottle necking of Vinyl sulphone manufacturing & improved the production by 50 %
Identified & corrected the process parameters & reduced the fire incidents in H-acid plant. Improved the production in all the plants by improving the Utility availability & reducing repetitive maintenance.

General Manager Engineering
Nov’ 2008 - Sept. 2009
Company Profile: Manufacturing of Chloro Alkalis, Chloromethanes, PTFE products.
key Result Area:
Maintenance of Plants- Caustic, Chlorine, Hydrogen Gen. Plants, Chloro-Methane Plant
Process modification, Capacity de-bottlenecking & expansion projects.
Conceptualization & execution of New Projects.
Operation & Maintenance of Common Utilities for the site- Nitrogen, Air, Water & Utilities for Chloro Alkalis & Chloro Methane’s- Chilled Water, Brine, Chlorine Liquefaction plant
Site Infrastructure related activities- Civil activities of the entire site.
Engineering system Implementation. ISO: 9000, 14000, OHSAS18000

Achievements :
Eliminated the Break-down of highly critical equipments like Methyl Chloride Gas compressors,
Hydrogen compressors, Chlorine Refrigeration plants & improved the Equipment availability
significantly through various measures including competence enhancement of the staff.
Initiated the Indigenization of Chinese make Methyl chloride gas compressor & spares of
Burckhardt make Hydrogen compressors.
Implemented the entire Chlorine piping Replacement Project in Chloro Alkalis Plant & improved
The plant availability, reduced the maintenance & impact on environment significantly.
Initiated the replacement of various piping of Chloro Methane plant for improvement of plant Availability.
Initiated the GIDC water pipeline improvement activity as well as increasing the water storage capacity.
Implementation of Expansion project of Chloro Alkalis & Chloro Methane.

Manager
Jan 1992 - Oct’ 2008
Atul Limited- Pharma And Polymer Site (Lalbhai Group Company)
The Key Result Area
Project Planning & Execution-
Being one of the key members of the CORE team, contributed in Conceptualization of the major/minor Projects, responsible for Planning & Execution of the In-House Green Field Projects & Improvement Projects leading to Productivity Improvement, Debottlenecking, and Environment & Safety Standards Improvements.
Preparing the project proposal as a part of senior management, for Board of Director’s approval. Forming the project team, appointing the consultant, heading the entire project activities till commissioning, including seeking all statutory approvals from different agencies like local Gram Panchayat, Town planning Department, Police clearance, clearance from Factory Inspector, IBR approvals, CCI-Explosive, Poison, Prohibition Licenses for storage & consumption of different chemicals.

Strategic Sourcing / Materials Management -
Directing the development and implementation of key procurement strategies / contingency plans of Engineering material and ensuring that strategies & plans are aligned with organisational objectives.
Formulating budgets & monitoring the cash flow for timely procurement of engineering spares & capital equipments to ensure smooth plant operations & execution of projects.
Ensuring optimum inventory levels to achieve cost savings without hampering the production schedules.

Operations & Maintenance -
Managing Utility Budget, Maintenance Budget, Process modifications & Capital Budget:( Excluding new projects)
Planning and effecting preventive maintenance schedules of various machinery, installations and instruments to increase machine up time / equipment-plant reliability; thereby accomplishing planned production targets within budget.
Proactively identify areas of obstruction / breakdowns and take steps to rectify the equipments through application of trouble shooting tools.
Coordinating material / spare parts planning related activities encompassing identification of vendors, verification of specification and offer evaluation.
Planning and executing capital procurement.
Regular communication with internal customers to meet production oriented requirements.

Quality System-
Developing of standard maintenance and operation procedures w.r.t ISO certification.
Implementing ISO 9000, ISO 14000, OHSAS 18000, GMP standards and ensuring adherence to quality standards.
Applying quality management tools & practices such as 5S, Kaizen, Preventive-Predictive Maintenance.

Senior Engineer (Safety Officer for the Unit)
Apr’ 1989 - Dec’ 1991
Gujchem Distillers (I) Ltd. Bilimora

Plant Manager
Nov 1985 - Mar 1989
Jyoti Plastics- Art Glass Industries, Mumbai

Trainee Engineer in Production, Planning and Control Department.
July’ 1984 - Oct’ 1985
Honest Research & Development Centre, Bilimora

TRAINING:
Managerial Training Programmes Attended:
Program on “Competing through Manufacturing” IIM Ahmedabad
Project Management by NITIE, Mumbai
Project Design & Construction Management, CII, Delhi
Project Scheduling through MS project-PM Pulse.
Advanced computerized Project Management- MS Project-SABCONS
Program on Innovation using Ideation Brain Storming - QAI
Program on Self Managing Leadership, Brahm Kumaris.
Executive Development Program- IMME
Inter-Personal Relations by Dr. Duroo Gada
Training on Effective Personal Productivity.
Blue Print for Success by Mr. Sushil Kumar- President IPCL-Reliance.

Technical Training Programmes Attended:
Course on Maintenance Management IMME
Total Productive Maintenance (TPM).
Training on Maintenance & Use of Glass Lined Equipment, GMM

Training Programmes Conducted:
Workers’ Development Program for Safety.
Effective Personal Productivity for Engineers.
Multi Crafting for Manufacturing staff & operators.
ISO awareness programs.
Various Technical programs to enhance the staff competence for Pump maintenance, Safety Valves, Glass Lined equipment, Gas compressors- Hydrogen & Methyl chloride, Chlorine, Chloro-methane refrigeration

Future Goals

Being one of the key members of the CORE team, contributed in Conceptualization of the major/minor Projects, responsible for Planning & Execution of the In-House Green Field Projects & Improvement Projects leading to Productivity Improvement, Debottlenecking, and Environment & Safety Standards Improvements.