Design Engineer Manager

PRASHANT KHAMAR

LaGrange, Georgia, USA

Mobile: +1-803-***-**** E-Mail: ****************@*****.*** LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/prashant-khamar-a4088847/ Best time to call: Any day in between 13:00 – 18:00 EST AUTOMATION & CONTROL ENGINEER

Seeking a challenging position in Automation and Electrical domain, wherein my skills and knowledge in the field of Engineering will be utilized to the fullest. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

• A highly focused and talented professional with over 10+ years of experience in developing, designing, planning & installing equipment for monitoring & commissioning machines & controlling engineering systems; Currently, spearheading functions as Assistant Manager (Sr. Design Engineer) at Larsen & Toubro Limited, India for AA & AAA Battery Manufacturing Plant at USA

• Extensive knowledge of Instrumentation & Control Design Process;

• Adept at Battery Manufacturing plant, Automotive Plant and Packing Line operations and their control system

• Strong knowledge of Design & Commissioning of Electrical & Control System Projects.

• Profound understanding of fundamentals of Control & Automation engineering and its applications coupled with in-depth exposure to engineering installation document, electrical schematic drawings, BOM (Bill of Material), URD (User Required Document), Cable Schedule, Tag List, etc.

• Recognized for project management skills, consistently deliver complex, large-scale projects on time and within the budget in compliance with NEC, ISA88, PackML Standards

• Adroit in applying different engineering fundamentals for solving real-time technical issues, control variability, costs and time reduction

• Adept in analyzing projects that require strategic thinking, clarifying business requirements, existing procedures/skill sets, and designing process and system improvements to increase productivity and reduce costs

• Strong team leading acumen with a background in, problem solving skills FUNCTIONAL SKILLS

• PLC, HMI & VFD Programming

• Automation Troubleshooting

• Electrical Panel Designing

• Installation & Commissioning

• Project Leading

• Project Feasibility Study

• Project Planning and scheduling

• Multi-discipline Coordination

• Machine Risk Assessment

• Root Cause Analysis

• Customer Relationship

Management

EDUCATIONAL DOSSIER

• Bachelor of Engineering in Instrumentation &

Control from Dharamsinh Desai University

(DDU), India – 2006.

CERTIFICATIONS & TRAININGS

• 2 Day Arc Flash electrical safety NFPA 70E

Training Certified from American Trainco at

Nashville, TN, USA

• 3 days PackML Packing Standard Training for

PLC & HMI programming from P&G Account at

Lagrange, GA, USA

LANGUAGE SKILLS

• Full working proficiency in English

TECHNICAL METHODOLOGIES

• PLC - GuardLogix, ControlLogix, CompactLogix,

Micrologix, SLC-500,90-30 GE PLC, Pluto safety

PLC

• HMI - Panel View Plus Series, Panel View

Standard,

• VFD - Power Flex 4 Class, Power Flex 7 Class,

Power Flex 520 Series

• Distributed IO - Point I/O & Flex I/O over

Ethernet, DeviceNet and ControlNet

• Softwares - RSLogix500, RSLogix5000, FTView

Machine Edition and Site Edition, Drive Executive, Connected Component Workbench, Integrated

Architecture Builder (IAB), Proficy Machine

Edition for GE PLC & HMI, Pluto Manager,

AutoCAD, Promis-E.

AVAILABILITY

• Ready to relocate after completion of notice period of my current employer. WORK EXPERIENCE

Organization Designation Duration

Larsen & Toubro Limited, India & USA Assistant Manager (Sr. Design Engineer) Dec 2012 – Till Date Tata Technologies Limited, India Solution Developer Feb 2011- Dec 2012 Pima Controls Private Limited, India Senior Application Engineer Oct 2006 - Feb 2011 Key Deliverables as Assistant Manager (Design Engineer) @ USA Client Site from Larsen & Toubro Limited, India

• Operating from client site to understand the project requirements, collects the inputs to execute the projects

• Providing feasibility study documents and detail engineering for various projects of machine safety, process skids designing and Automation for listed below projects

• Providing engineering information documents for fabricator / contractor activities performed at site for site clearance and new installation

• Reviewing the vendor & engineering documents as per project requirement

• Vendor co-ordination for new equipment, device or instrument selection

• Provide support for installation & commissioning the machines & skids at site

• Handling post order activities like documentations & training to operators and plant technicians PROJECT EXPERIENCE

LARSEN & TOUBRO LIMITED, INDIA

Clients: AA / AAA Battery Manufacturing Plant – USA Job Role: Design Engineer - Control & Automation Systems Duration: 2 Years (India) & 2.5 Years (USA)

• Design URD (User Required Document) for the programming

• Design Electrical & Control Panel, Provide Engineering information, Electrical Schematic Drawings, BOM

(Bill of Material)

• Update AB safety PLC & HMI programs with PackML standards

• Update GE PLC for existing site clearance and new system handshaking

• VFD Selection and wiring and Programming

Onsite Project Experience @ USA Sites Offshore Project Experience @ Baroda, India

• 6 High Speed Cell line Safety Machine Guarding as per PLd performance level

• Fork Lift Battery Charger Machine Safety upgrades

• 7 HATA production lines station for Pallet Placer station & Conveyors safety guarding

• Tray Pick & Place Machine Safety Guarding and

distance sensors installation

• B2B system Upgrade – Process skid to be designed for Automatic transfer of the Slurry to Production line & Recirculation to spare Bin

• 3 Anode Vacuum Pumps & 2 Transfer Pumps

Replacement – Existing Vacuum Pumps & Transfer

Pumps to be replaced with new pumps with new

instrument control

• KOH Truck unloading process via unloading Pump Skid at KOH Dock Area

• Provide installation & commissioning support to

fabric care packing line @ Cincinnati, OH

• Slurry Station Safety Guarding &

Programming for 10 production lines, 7

new safety guard doors to be installed on

the existing slurry station per line

• “Leapfrog” Packing Line Integration, The

Global Packing Line for tooth paste tube

packing for Oral Care

• “FUSION”, Six Carton & Case Packing Lines

for dry cleaning material for Fabric &

Home care to be transferred from Augusta

site to Alexandria site with new upgrade as

per new product and latest technology of

OEM machines

TATA TECHNOLOGIES LIMITED, INDIA

Job Role: Solution Developer deputed @ Client site - Tata Motors, Sanand Duration: Feb 2011- Dec-2012

• Automation Support of MES system for all automobile workshops of TATA Motors Ltd., Sanand. MES system communicates to Plant floor system for Car Production & Quality data and communicate to higher level SAP

/ IT system of Plant.

• Provide Automation layer support for MES system

• PLC & HMI application designing & modification according to plant & production requirement

• Handing system issues for Paint shop & Powertrain Shop MES applications

• Design FDS (Functional Design Specification) document for RFID Tracking Project

• Develop & update the PLC & HMI programs for varies MES touch points and process Project: RFID tracking of Paint Shop of Automobile Manufacturing Plant Description: RFID sensors, Antenna, Controllers are used to track the painted car bodies inside the paint shop. The RFID system logs the latest location of car body to database and Automation Layer fetches the log & provides tracking of painted bodies on Control room SCADA screens. PIMA CONTROLS PRIVATE LIMITED, INDIA

Job Role: Sr. Application Engineer, Ahmedabad Duration: Oct 2006 – Feb 2011

• Design Electrical, Control & Automation panel

• PLC, HMI, SCADA, VFD Programming & installation support

• Provide technical supports to OEM and machine vendors for Rockwell automation products

• Handling the Machine Automation Projects for Elecon Engg. Ltd, Process Automation Projects for IDMC Limited and other customers for below projects

• Provide training to new trainees & engineers for Rockwell PLC, HMI, SCADA and VFD Projects:

• SCADA Programming & Networking for Paint Shop of TATA Motors Ltd., Sanand. 17 different PLCs of OEM inside the Paint Shop operates car painting. One distributed SCADA system to be designed for Paint shop for monitoring from different locations of the shop

• Stacker-Reclaimer for Elecon Engg. Ltd. The Machine is used for raw material handling in power plants for stacking of coal in yard and reclaiming the coal from yard & supply to power plant as required

• Wagon Tippler for Elecon Engg. Ltd. The machine is used for Raw material handling for Power Plants to tilt coal wagons of train with 155 degree from ground to unload the coal from the wagons

• 2# Gas Compressors System for Dresser-Rand India Ltd., Ahmedabad, the compressor are utilized to compress the natural gas for storage & transport purpose

• 70L & 100L Fermentation process automation for IDMC Ltd., Aanand. The fermentation skid is used for fermentation process for vaccine research & production. It can develop the climate to grow the bacteria & virus of vaccine inside the skid tanks.

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