Engineer Manager

D.CHELLAPANDI Phone: 91-044-********®

Mobile: 994**-*****

E-mail: *********@*****.***

Career Objective To head a Strategic Business Unit of a Progressive and technologically challenging multinational Company

Chemical Engineer and Hard Core Technical Professional with 30 Years of experience in Senior Management Level

in different Sectors like Petrochemical, Heavy Chemical, Atomic Energy, & Pharmaceutical Industries

Profile

successfully managing different business functions, i.e., Process Engineering, Project Management Operations,

Commissioning and associating with Technology Transfer for Scale-up.

Education B Tech, 80%, First Class with Distinction, CIT, Madras University

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Computer Skills ASPEN plus, ASPEN Batch-Sep ASPEN Task + and VISIMIX CFD package.

• Spread sheet programs for process engineering

• Word, Excel, Power Point

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Technical skill PROCESS ENGINEERING:

PREPARATION/APPROVAL OF THE FOLLOWING DOCUMENTS

• PFD, P&ID, MASS & ENERGY BALANCE

• EQUIPMENT SIZING

• PROCESS DATASHEETS FOR EQUIPMENTS AND INSTRUMENTS

• LINE SIZING, SAFETY VALVE SIZING,

• TECHNICAL SERVICES

VERIFICATION OF THE ABOVE DOCUMENTS PREPARED BY CONSULTANTS

• COMMISSIONING OF PLANTS

• OPERATION OF PLANTS

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Experience on Ammonia Synthesis

Systems

• Ammonia Cracker

• Multi Tubular fixed Bed catalytic Reactor

• Jacketed and Agitated Batch Reactors

• Multilevel Refrigeration systems

• Utilities like Nitrogen Plant, Instrument Air,cooling water system & DM plant, Effluent treatment

plant

• Hot oil system

• Boilers

• Turbines

• Distillation/Extraction/Absorption/Adsorption/Crystallization/Drying/Centrifuging systems

• Batch Reactors, Tubular reactors and Multi-bed catalytic Reactors.

• Liquefaction

• Co-Gen plant

• Waste Water Management with Zero Discharge Facility

Work experience Orchid Chemicals & Pharmaceuticals Ltd, Chennai. April 2007 to till date

Senior General Manager

Role & Responsibility:

Functional Head with over-all responsibility for Process Engineering/Technical Services, Solvent Recovery

operation and Environment Management.

Significant Achievements:

• To provide Technical Support to Operating Unit by taking up Process engineering activities for

Modifications to improve the Product Yield, maximize Productivity, Enhance Safety and Sustainable

quality of Product and Reduce Operating cost by increasing the performance of the Operating

Equipments.

To Approve Process Deliverables like PFD, P&ID, Safety Interlocks, Process Data sheets for pumps,

Heat Exchangers, Distillations/Extraction/Adsorption columns and Reactors/Dryers.

• To Approve Design Calculations for Line Sizing, Pump Sizing, PRV Sizing, Control Valve Sizing and

Rating Calculation of Distillation Columns, Extraction Columns, Condensers and Reboilers.

• To Approve Basic Engineering, Detail Engineering, Procurement specifications, Project Schedule and

cost estimation for taking up projects to establish a manufacturing facility for the technology transferred

for the newly developed product from process research R&D.

• To approve commissioning Procedures and Drive multifunctional team to successfully execute the

projects for manufacturing new products.

• To Review and Approve Protocol to conduct experiment in lab and pilot plant to improve the process

performance in yield, crystallization, Drying and Distillation and convert the result in commercial scale by

designing and engineering suitably in the existing operating facility.

• Led many safety teams coming under Dupont Safety Management in accomplishing the goal of Zero

Incident having good proficiency in various safety tools like HAZOP, FMEA, What-If Analysis and

Why-Tree Analysis.

• From Concept to commissioning undertook a Nano Memnbrane Development Project by taking up lab

study, pilot study and scale-up design solely by PED team under my Technical Guidance which helped to

make the project success.

• To Review all new SOPs and PHA recommendations for all the modifications carried out.

• To validate the results obtained from simulation packages like ASPEN Plus, ASPEN Batch –Sep ASPEN

Task+ and VISIMIX CFD package.

Work Experience TANFAC Industries Ltd (Aditya Birla Group), Cuddalore. Feb’ 2006 to Apr’ 2007

Deputy General Manager (Manufacturing)

Role & responsibility:

Factory Manager with overall in-charge of all Technical Functions comprising Operations (Main Plants&

Specialty Products), Maintenance (Mechanical, Electrical, Instrumentation, Civil), Off-Site and utilities, Power

Plant, Boiler house, Technical services, Safety and systems like ISO, TPM,WCM.

Significant Achievements:

Technology:

• Highest ALF3 production achieved in Tanfac history.

• Enhancement of performance of bio-gasifier from 77% (achieved by the Technology supplier M/s. IISc) to

95% in a short span of 3 months.

• Maximizing the power generation from Waste heat recovery.

• Successfully executed Sulfuric Acid Expansion project in record time without affecting Annual

production of AHF.

• Studied the whole AHF plant to increase its capacity by 20% and submitted a concept scheme to the

management.

• Developed and implemented few engineering solutions to improve specialty Fluorine chemicals to have

value addition to the core business.

Work experience Manali Petrochemical Ltd, Manali, Chennai. Apr’ 1999 to Jan’ 2006

Senior Engineering Manager

Head of Group (HOG) of process Engineering Division for two similar plants of SPIC group of companies. My

team comprises of Process, Mechanical, Instrument/ Electrical engineers and Auto Cad technicians.

Role & responsibility:

• Process development Study with R&D

• Plant Performance Analysis

• Energy Conservation measures

• Troubleshooting

• Statutory co-ordination

• Condition monitoring

Significant achievements:

The achievements listed below were done project by project approach and continual techniques

• Techno-economic feasibility study was done to take management decision to put-up the Bio-mass based

co-generation plant. Bid document was prepared for employing Owner’s Engineer for this project.

• Cost saving Cross-Country nitrogen pipe lines was erected. Cost saving Cross-Country nitrogen pipe

lines was erected.

• Pilot study and Scale-up design was carried out to develop a novel Ion-Exchange Polyol process.

• Developed an improved agitator design for increasing the blending efficiency of a system polyol facility.

• Study, Concept, Basic &Detail Engineering, Procurement, Erection and commissioning of Water

Reclamation project through Cross-Country pipe line to make use of Municipal Sewage water to process.

• Project cost was estimated by developing total engineering package (PFD,P&ID,P&M list, Instrument list

with specifications and other costing for electrical, civil through detailing) for converting batch process of

DPG separation into continuous operation.

Work Experience TCL (M) SDN. BHD, Terengganu, Malaysia (Maleic Anhydride Plant). Sep’ 1995 to Feb’ 1999

Process Manager

Role & responsibility:

• Engineering co-ordination with the “Owner’s Engineer” – M/s IDEA Ltd., Chennai and was responsible

for Process verification of the following Engineering Documents prepared by the EPC consultant.

Process Design Basis

Utility Summary

PFD,P&ID

Line List and Line Sizing

Relief Valve Sizing

HAZOP

• Liaison with Dept. of Safety and Health (DOSH) and Dept. of Environment (DOE) for statutory clearance.

• Erection management, which included the key activities like.

Approval of equipment’s erection after internal inspection and testing.

Preparation of punch list after mechanical clearance

Planning and execution of massive and sensitive reactor catalyst loading

Preparation of pre-commissioning and commissioning procedure.

• Review and approval of Emergency Response plan to be submitted to Dept. Of Environment to get

Environment clearance.

• Effectively resolving all troubles to achieve smooth commissioning of the plant.

Work Experience Heavy Water Plant, Atomic Energy Dept., (Govt. of India), Tuticorin.

Shift Engineer – Production (Aug’ 1983 – to Jul’ 1990)

Responsible for efficient and effective operation of the plant where manpower management logistics, Quality

assurance and trouble shooting is involved.

Senior Engineer – Production (Aug’ 1990 – Sep’ 1995)

Role & Responsibility:

• Executing modification works.

• Engineering calculations and preparation of PFD, P&ID, mass balance, line sizing calculations for

modification works

• Review and updating of operating manual

• Preparing check list for start-up shutdown planning & scheduling

• Management information Service

Commissioning Experience:

• Lead Commissioning Engineer in Heavy Water Plant, Thal, Bombay on deputation and solved many

commissioning activities. This was considered to be a commendable task for a 3 years production

experience person and this task completion was rewarded with a fast track promotion, specially

recommended by CEO, Heavy Water Board.

• Topper in school – SSLC

Other Honors

• Topper in 26th batch, BARC Training School, Baba Atomic Research Center (BARC), Bombay, Dept. of

Atomic Energy (DAE)

• Fast track promotion in Dept. of Atomic Energy (DAE)

• Special interim increment at M/s Tanfac, Cuddalore for best performance.

• Every year one additional departmental responsibility was given in M/s Orchid Pharma.

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Seminar “Water Conservation Schemes” at a seminar conducted by M/s Chennai Petroleum Corporation Ltd.,

Presentation (2003- Chennai)

• “Cooling Tower Performance” at a seminar conducted by CII ( 2004-Chennai)

• “Bio- gasification Renewable Energy Project” at a Seminar in Knowledge and innovation Programme

(KIP) conducted by Corporate R&D, Aditya Birla Group (Jan’07 – Mumbai).

• Paper presentation on “Excellence through ASPEN Study” at National Level Conference conducted by

ASPEN TECHNOLOGY, USA.

(2006-Mumbai).

Personal Details 53 Years, with two daughters

Reference Available on request

Salary Current Salary-CTC:Rs.30 Lacs Expected Salary: Negotiable

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