Prateek Tripathi

Houston, TX acvdmf@r.postjobfree.com #801-***-**** file C:\Users\Prateek\Downloads\www.linkedin.com\in\tripathiprateek

SUMMARY

Result oriented and Six Sigma Certified Senior Engineering Manager; highly effective and experienced team leader managing a team of engineers, QC, contractors, sales, new product development and technical services.

Expertise includes:

Value Engineering/ Project Management

5S/ Kaizen /Gemba / Lean Manufacturing

CapEx/OpEx/Infrastructure/ Strategic Projects

Cost Estimation/ Resource Allocation

Cross Functional Team Leadership

Schedule/ Budget/ Implementation

Commissioning/ Decommissioning

New Product Development/ Technical Services

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Nalco Champion Chemicals Company – Houston, TX May 2015 - Present

Specialty Chemicals Manufacturing Company providing Oil Field Chemicals, Hydraulic Fracturing Chemicals & Industrial treatment chemicals to Oil & Gas industry, Mining, Municipal Corporations and commercial enterprises worldwide.

Senior Engineering Manager (Energy Services - Global Projects & Corporate Engineering) Led Engineering, Maintenance, Quality Control and New Product Development verticals, focusing efforts on mergers & acquisitions, capital projects, cost reduction and process optimization for the business unit.

Leading the Engineering teams in CapEx, Process Optimization and Quality Control initiatives.

Leading a team of 18 Project/ Process/ Instrumentation/Electrical Engineers, PLC & Maintenance Techs.

Restructured Technical Sales, Engineering and R&D teams to achieve target production growth by 50.

Led efforts for PLC Controls, P&ID updates/automation of 2 specialty Test Labs (for FM/API testing).

Led global infrastructure upgrades for Process Safety Management (PSM) sites within Energy Services.

Led $21 MM infrastructure upgrade within Energy Services for Mechanical Integrity,Compliance & PSM.

Trelleborg Offshore Oil & Gas – Houston, TX 2014- 2015

Chemical manufacturing company that provides buoyancy, insulation and asset protection engineered solutions to Oil & Gas, offshore and marine industry fabrication markets.

Engineering Manager (Capital Projects / Strategic Projects and New Product Development)

Led Engineering & Maintenance Departments; new product development teams focusing efforts on project engineering, cost reduction and process optimization . Led a staff of 20 engineers and technicians.

Led the Engineering team, developed and managed CapEx investments & new projects for yearly department budget of $22M+.

Led Technical Sales Department/R&D for two new product launches including full cycle product development with total $180M+ contribution to base line.

Led project engineering & process optimization efforts with team of four Project Engineers, six Process Engineers, two Mechanical /Design Engineers, two control engineers and six PLC / Software Technicians.

Budget Planning, Project Risk Analysis, Financial Management and Strategic Management for 5 sites.

Led Project Engineering team, New Product Development and Technical Sales initiatives for 5 sites.

Evaluated current processes/ production and identified capital project needs for entire US Business Unit.

Utilized on-site maintenance teams for Capital Projects saving approx. $0.5 M in labor costs FY2014-15.

Great Salt Lake Minerals Co. (Compass Minerals Co., USA) – Ogden, UT 2013-2014

Chemical manufacturing company headquartered in Kansas with several mining & minerals processing plants that manufacture and supply salt and mineral products throughout North America and Canada.

Senior Project Manager (Contract Position)

Led engineering project management and business development to improve revenues, lower cost of production and double the production capacity for three plants on-site.

As a Subject Matter Expert, evaluated current processes/ production and compared with annual goals to identify factors behind loss; performed RBI studies and conceptualized new projects.

Performed gap analysis, rapid assessment and interviews with different departments to develop detailed understanding of operations, policy and procedures and areas of improvement.

Worked with Sales, Marketing and Research teams to understand market need, product and services offered by competitors; helped management to customizes, produce & sell products at a competitive price.

Process engineering experience in waste water treatment, solids handling and slurry pumping.

Engineering for loading and off loading facilities for rail, truck, containers, etc.

Expertise on Victory Energy Boilers & ZEECO Burner systems, Coriolis Meters and Hydro-Cyclones.

Expertise on tank farms, leaching & Flotation Tanks System, Flow Switches, Chlorine Agitators, Carbon feed Systems, Air Handlers & Dust Collection Systems, Mineral Feed Systems, Thickener System, Scrubber Towers, Slurry Pumping Systems, Driers, Drier Control & Schematics.

Radioactive Flow Monitors, Salt Wash Systems, SOP Crystallizer System, Crushers & Crushing System.

Pacific States Cast Iron Pipe (a division of McWane Inc., USA) – Provo, UT 2011-2013 Iron & Steel manufacturing company which manufactures cast iron pipes and pipe fittings, valves, propane tanks, fire hydrants, fire extinguishers and fire suppression systems.

Project Manager

Led $25M project that established an entirely new power pole manufacturing facility. Responsible for conceptualization, designing, installation and manufacturing operations (end-to-end).

Led project to evaluate production and reduce the variability in the process; set up DOE with new coke additive and delivered savings of $1.3M per production year.

Led project that reduced variability in product specs for new products introduced into production line; ran trials and set-up experiments to monitor manganese, ferrous and ferrite alloys. Set up procedures keeping contents under check, maintaining product quality.

Participated and led the Kaizen events, Gemba and 5S projects towards Continuous Improvement of existing policies and procedures.

Led projects on metal molding and fabrication (Iron & Steel foundry set-up).

The Noble Group – Houston, TX 2004-2009

Noble Group specialises in Oil & Gas, coal mining, cement production, soybean crushing plant and sugar and ethanol mills.

Senior Operations Engineer/ Operations Engineer

Implemented new capital projects, supervised mid-size team and reviewed safety, compliance and maintenance report of machineries, technical knowhow, contractors, technicians and drafters.

Senior Operations Engineer for refinery, crude oil bulk storage tanks, pipeline & pumping systems

Crude oil gathering, terminal operations, transmission pipelines, pump and metering facilities.

Overall in-charge of Oil distribution piping & pumping systems, Oil Purification Systems (Saacke GmbH, Germany), High Pressure Boilers (Saacke GmbH, Germany), High Pressure Compressors, Steam Heating Systems, Heat Exchanger Systems, Compressed Air Systems and Heated Oil Systems

Gained first-hand supervisory experience with installation/ commissioning, maintaining and managing offshore Power Plants

Prepared technical reports for company surveys, audits and safety regulation surveys

Implemented & supervised quality and environmental management systems in adherence to Pollution Act

Worked closely with technical and functional support teams to produce detailed technical reports for management and audit committee.

Implemented and ensured adherence to International Safety Management (ISM) Code and proprietary code of Safe Working Practices, prepared documents for ISO Certification and documentation

Manage projects through concept, design, permitting, land & resources acquisition, specification, procurement, bidding, construction and commissioning with handoff to operations.

Experience with NOx & SOx emissions for high pressure boiler systems and off-shore power plants

EDUCATION

MS, Industrial Engineering & Management 2011

University of Texas at Dallas / North Dakota State University

BS, Mechanical Engineering – Birla Institute of Technology & Science, Pilani, India 2004

PROFESSIONAL CERTIFICATIONS

Hoshin Planning for Managers – 2014

Working Capital Excellence for Managers – 2014

Six Sigma Green Belt (SSGB) Professional Certificate – 2013

Labor Employment Law for Managers – 2012

Mechanical Design Software: Solid Works Essentials Certificate – 2012

Professional Certification in spoken/written Spanish – 2009

Working on PMP (Project Management Professional) Certification (Anticipated October’2016)

Working on Six Sigma Black Belt (SSBB) Professional Certification (Anticipated November’2016)

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS / ASSOCIATIONS

Member – PMI, Houston Chapter (Project Management Institute)

Member – API (American Petroleum Institute, USA)

Member – APICS (American Planning and Inventory Control Society, USA)

Member – IIE (Institute of Industrial Engineers, USA)

Member – ISM (Institute of Supply Management, USA)

TECHNICAL SKILLS

Proficient in MS Project, MS Visio and MS Office Suite - MS Power Point presentation skills

GAP Analysis, Value Stream Mapping (VSM) and GANTT Charts Scheduling/ implementation

Proficient in ISO 9001, 14001 audits and certifications

MASS 500 ERP systems, Enterprise One ERP systems, JD Edwards ERP, SAP ECC 6.0 MM/IM/WM modules and SAP CMMS systems

Experienced in managing projects and product line with custom engineering requirements and specifications particular to API, ASME Pressure Vessel Code, and AWWA standards

OSHA Process Safety Management standards for mechanical integrity (OSHA PSM).

Trained & hands-on Vantage Point IDMS software RBI for process tracking and process optimization.

Hands-on HYSYS and ASPEN 5.1 for process tracking & process optimization.

ADDENDUM – MAJOR CAPITAL PROJECT DETAILS

Major Projects at Nalco Champion Chemicals Company – Houston, TX

Led $20 MM project to set-up a reaction/ blend plant in Louisiana; catering directly to oil field customers.

Led $7 MM consolidation of 3 sites in Utah: Manufacture (Reactors),store & package Oil Field Chemicals

Led $6 MM project to increase production/ storage capacity for Hydraulic Fracturing Chemicals.

Major Projects at Trelleborg Offshore Oil & Gas – Houston, TX

Played pivotal role in product research & develop full life cycle Drill Riser String Modules. Led Engineering/ external teams to launch new product line with a major market share of $100M+ in sales.

Led diversification of Drill Riser Buoyancy Module product line. Led engineering team & external sales teams on this year-long project with $80M+ impact on the bottom line.

Led $4M capital investment project, collaborating specialist Process Engineers to develop a new distribution of pipelines, flow controls and automate entire chemical feed system in the plant.

Led $300K project that increased the chemical feed system’s vacuum capacity and enabled increased adaptability to changing production requirements. Developed new engineered system.

Consolidated 3 sites at one location; saving $8M per year in operational costs (Major Hoshin Project)

Major Projects at Great Salt Lake Minerals Co. (Compass Minerals Co., USA) – Ogden, UT

Led project for designing/ commissioning new crusher & feeder system for fertilizer product line. Conceptualized, designed, installed and operations dedicated to completion of $6M+ project.

Led project to supply process water system to fertilizer, salt and magnesium plants. Conceptualized, designed, and installed process water filtration system for 3 plants at project cost of $ 5.2M.

Led project for $3.5M conceptualization, design, and construction of specially designed ramps and crossings according to MSHA & OSHA guidelines for stockpiles and entire site.

Led project for supplying total steam in three plants on-site. Set up three additional steam generation systems. Commissioned new boiler systems for increased production demand at project cost of $4M.

Led $6.28M project that established an entirely new 50-mile network of pipelines and pumping for the Mag Chloride and Sodium Chloride brine flowing through the overall system.

Visual Factory Project: I suggested the concept of a Visual Factory to minimize the paper work, keep track of production cycle time, product line production schedules and part count. Worked as a project lead to get this running at $0.3 M.

Major Projects at Pacific States Cast Iron Pipe (a division of McWane Inc., USA) – Provo, UT

Led a 18-month, $25M project that established an entirely new power pole manufacturing facility. I was responsible for conceptualization, designing, installation and manufacturing operations (end-to-end).

Automated the older manufacturing facility with completely new process controls, PLC/ Automation: Phase Gate process, automation in phases with dry run & wet run QC/QA check in place.

Major Projects at The Noble Group – Houston, TX

Led $2M project for commissioning of gas scrubber tower in oil refinery: engaged in conceptualization, designing, installation and operations (end-to-end). Led five-member team.

Led $5M project for commissioning oil separation systems in oil refinery: engaged in conceptualization, designing, installation and operations (end-to-end).

Engaged in conceptualization, designing, installation and operations (end-to-end) for new oil distribution terminal in New Mexico basin, leading $12M project that included setting up new piping, pumps, pumping systems and oil collection tanks for oil collection and terminal/ distribution operations.

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