Project Engineer

Bharat Pereira

Cambridge, MA ***** • * (***) ***–8022

************@*******.****.*** www.linkedin.com/in/bharatpereira

OBJECTIVE

Seeking a challenging managerial position in Operations that combines my previous technical work experience

in process improvement and project management combined with my business education.

SUMMARY

Bilingual manufacturing professional with over seven years of proven management and technical experience.

Exceptionally strong administrative and project management skills. Developed a strategic plan which resulted in

reducing critical equipment breakdowns by 60% and saving over 500 hours of manufacturing. Successfully

developed employee teams and implemented business processes that involved structured performance

evaluation reviews. Strong problem analysis, verbal and written, communication and computer skills.

KEY SKILLS

Operations Management Process Improvement Coaching & Mentoring SAP – (PM Module)

Project Management Planning and Scheduling Plant Maintenance Inventory Management

EDUCATION

August 2013

Master of Business Administration (MBA)

HULT INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS SCHOOL, Boston, MA

(Formerly Arthur D. Little School of Management. Top-ranked business school (rated 31st in the world by The Economist and 4th for

international business by the Financial Times) with 135 nationalities across seven campuses in four continents.

- Dean’s Scholar

-Completed a six week innovation and growth project for Sherwin-Williams (a $8 billion Fortune 500 company in the general building materials industry)

2004

Bachelor of Engineering, Mechanical

GOA UNIVERSITY, Goa, India

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

ZUARI AGRO CHEMICALS LTD, Goa, India 2009-2012

India’s largest private chemical fertilizer manufacturer employing over 5,000 people.

Manager, Mechanical Maintenance (2012)

Reported to the senior manager, managed operations, planned projects, trained & conducted performance

reviews.

• Initiated systematic maintenance programs to reduce annual downtime from 850 hours to 350 hours.

• Created new technical drawings and standardized specifications reduced equipment breakdowns by 60%.

• Responsible for allocation of engineering and manpower resources with a focus on future capacity

requirements and management of equipment up gradation and/or replacement projects.

Assistant Manager, Mechanical Maintenance (2009-2012)

Maintained all mechanical equipment for 24/7 granular phosphate fertilizer (NPK / DAP) manufacturing plant.

• Coordinated, scheduled, and managed staffing for all positions, both full-time and part-time (16 union

workers) and contract employees (over 50 workers).

• Conducted maintenance for various static and rotary machinery including bucket elevators, flight

conveyors, pulverizers, pumps, blowers, etc.

• Installed and performed maintenance and erection of conveyor belts for handling potash and other

phosphates; handled sulphuric and phosphoric acid lines/storage.

• Replaced new bucket elevator reducing installation time by 60%.

• Documented maintenance activities and equipment data sheets, calculations and specification sheets for

mechanical equipment, shutdown jobs and related maintenance and use of SAP for daily maintenance

activities.

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SYNGENTA INDIA LTD, Goa, India 2007-2009

A Swiss based agro-chemical company and among the world wide leaders in agribusiness and crop protection

technologies with an annual turnover of $2B USD, employing over 26,000 people.

Executive - Projects

Prepared project plans, estimations, calculations and equipment specification sheets for mechanical equipment

for $6M USD utilities infrastructure expansion project.

• Negotiated all technical aspects of project with vendors resulting in savings of U.S. $400K.

• Provided all mechanical support required for project activities.

• Installed various machinery including 400TR water chillers, -32 degrees brine chilling systems, fire

hydrant systems, and pipe rack capacity augmentation.

• Prepared estimates, planning, calculations and specification sheets for mechanical equipment.

MADRAS RUBBER FACTORY (M.R.F.) Ltd., Chennai, India 2006-2007

India’s largest automobile tire manufacturer annual revenues $161M USD and 3,000 employees.

Engineer, Mechanical

Generated reports and documented product trend graphs.

• Analyzed comprehensive data and measured critical machine parameters and process indicators.

• Revises and issued SOP’S (Standard Operating Procedures)

• Analyzed working parameters of the manufacturing process to reduce scrap and defects.

• Worked in a total quality management (TQM) environment that included 5S pillars.

• Measured critical machine parameters and process indicators for steel radial tires for large trucking

operations.

GOA SHIPYARD LTD, Goa, India 2005-2006

ISO 9001:2000 company under Ministry of Defense, India under Apprentices Act, 1961 having annual turnover

of $38M USD with over 1,700 employees.

Apprentice Engineer

Trained rotation in functional departments including Technical Services, Steel Preparation Shop, Plant

Maintenance and Quality Control.

• Selected to teach approximately 30 undergraduate student engineers general curriculum topics.

• Assisted in preparation of computer drawings and modeling and inspections on-board ship and revision

of store material.

• Provided general supervision of work and checked equipment in the production bay and store materials

PROFESSIONAL CERTIFICATIONS

Certified P.M.P. (Project Management Professional), Project Management Institute, PA, USA 2013

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

Languages: Fluent in English, Marathi, Hindi. Basic knowledge of Portuguese.

Technologies: SAP, CMMS, MS Project and MS Office

Affiliations: Hult Deans Scholars Club, Hult Social Responsibility Club; Net Impact

Awards: Talent Search Scholarship, State Institute of Education

Merit Certificate, Indian Association of Physics Teachers, National Standard Examination, Physics

SPECIALIZED TRAINING

AutoCAD, Government of India, Ministry of Small Scale Industries (2005)

Diploma:

Certificate: Professional in CAD/CAM Course; Pro-Engineer 2.0; I-DEAS 10 NX, Unigraphics NX-3 (2006)

Energy Audits for Energy Conservation Course by Quality Environment Institute, India (2007)

PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS

Member of: - Society of Maintenance and Reliability Professionals (SMRP)

- Project Management Institute (PMI) – Mass Bay Chapter

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