Design Engineer Manager

Srinivasan Venkatachalam

#Plot No.* (Southern side), Balu Street, Balamurugan nagar,

Opp. St. Joseph Arts & Science College,

Thandlam road, Kovur, Chennai-600128

Mobile: +91-984*******

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

Profile Team leader with over 15 years of expertise in performing the engineering calculations and designing of valves (typically on-off and control) which also includes their development, testing and support to manufacturing. Extensive management capabilities with a consistent record of accomplishment of anticipating the challenges in developing new designs at conceptual stage, initiating solutions and completing projects to specification in first attempt. Detail driven with outstanding communication skills and proven success interfacing with both customers and colleagues. Summary of Expertise • Possess good expertise in design and development of valves for all applications as per the standards (API 609, EN 593, AWWA C 504, AWWA C 516, ANSI B16.34, UL 1091, EN 12516, IBR, IS 7326) and customer specification

• Knowledge of ASME Pressure vessel codes (ASME Sec VIII) and QME-1 & its deployment on active mechanical equipment

• Knowledge on SHELL MESC specification and TAT qualification

• Expertise in Valve Actuations (Pneumatic & Hydraulic) and its mechanism

• Expertise in ISO 9001:2015 and API Spec Q1 quality requirements Skill Set

• Competent Project Engineering Manager

• Honed skills to write engineering specifications and possess good knowledge on manufacturing activities.

• Possess good modeling knowledge on CREO (Pro-E), Solid works 2017 and AutoCAD 2015 platform.

• Expertise in ANSYS (Structural & Thermal Analysis)

• Excellent communication skills and profound decision-making skills Professional Experience Manager- Design (Project Engineering), IMI CCI Chennai, India — March 2018-Till date

• Design and Development of Pressure Reduction and Desuperheating Systems

(PRDS (Turbine Bypass Application)

• Responsible for capacity and resource planning of the team.

• Supervise and direct the team members for the day to day project activities.

• Organize internal project review and cross functional meetings for the project monitoring and review to bring out any technical or techno commercial risks in the project.

• Accountable for the key performance parameters of on time delivery, zero defects and efficiency improvement of the team.

• liaison with other engineering locations or technology centers to get timely technical clarification or information for the smooth execution of project.

• Monthly reports to management on key performance parameters and other important information.

• Periodic performance reviews of team members are to be done and identify reward opportunities and performance gaps of team members.

• Project documentation submission & its approval along with Engineering deliverables

• Technical support for sales, manufacturing and service teams Key Accomplishments

• Execution of L&T Khargone LP bypass system

• API monogram for API 6A Chokes

• Execution of PDO Lekhwair & Sairahwal

Manager- Design & Development, L&T Valves

Chennai, India — December 2012-Feburary 2018

• Implementing new initiatives and design

• Managing and Mentoring a team of Design Engineers

• Monitoring & reporting on standards & performance targets.

• Project documentation submission & its approval along with Engineering deliverables

• Technical support for sales, manufacturing and service teams

• Arranging & chairing weekly team meetings, focusing on targets & achievements

• Vendor development

Accomplishments

• Design & Development of Cryogenic Triple offset Butterfly valve (Range :3” to 36” (Class 150 &300))

• Design and development of large size Triple offset Butterfly valve (100”)

• Design and development of large size fabricated butterfly valve (AWWA C-516) for water lines and thermal power plant

• Design and Development of Hydraulically Operated Butterfly/ Check Valve

• Design and Development of Double Eccentric Butterfly valve (HPBV)

• Design of Three lever fabricated Butterfly valves for containment isolation for Nuclear power plants

• Functional qualification of special valves with respect to ASME QME-1

• Design and development of Aqua seal Plus (class 150) concentric BFV

• Design and development of cast BFV’s for primary heater and cooling lines Manager- Value Engineering, CCI Valves

Bengaluru, India — April 2010 –November 2012

• Value Analysis

• Validation and checking of Engineering deliverables

• Dealing with and resolving Engineering problems and issues which arise.

• Motivating the team to achieve high standards and KPI targets. Accomplishments

• DRE spindle redesign

• Boiler Feed pump recirculation and level control valves

• VHB Casting Redesign

• Sulzer Low Pressure Turbine By-pass Valve

Senior Design Engineer, Alstom Projects

Vadodara, India — April 2007 – March 2010

• Design of operating mechanism (using Hydraulic Cylinders)

• Responsible for complete product design (MIV) in Cad (Pro-E Wild fire-3) including tolerance studies, fits, tool clearance and manufacturability.

• Responsible for engineering deliverables, including product design, drawings and checking, product specification and analysis.

• Perform root cause analysis, design guidelines, best practices, past program lessons learned.

Accomplishments

• Design and Development of DN 2500 MIV- Butterfly type ( design pressure : 30 bar)

• Design and Development of DN 7000 MIV- Butterfly type ( design pressure : 15 bar)

Design Engineer, Fouress Engineering

Bengaluru, India — June 2005 - April 2007

• Designed and implemented cost-effective equipment improvisations to help improve safety, reliability and throughput of Butterfly valves.

• Developed, tested and evaluated theoretical designs; discussed and resolved complex problems faced by manufacturing departments, sub-contractors, suppliers and customers.

Accomplishments

• Design and Development of Triple Offset Butterfly valves

• Design modifications were made in existing plug/rotor design of butterfly valves as a part of Cost optimization project.

Graduate Trainee, Sahora Engineering

Chennai, India — August 2002 – August 2003

• Design of welded meshes for retained earth walls for bridge approaches

• Design and Development of test fixtures for welded meshes Educational

Qualifications

Anna University

Master’s Degree in Mechanical Engineering — 2003-2005 University Rank holder with 83 %

Bharathiar University

Bachelor’s Degree in Mechanical Engineering — 1998-2002 Onsite

Trainings/Assignment’s/

Certifications

• Completed two month on the job training on Design of butterfly valves for Hydroelectric Power at Alstom GEC, Grenoble, France.

• Completed a three months basic design assignment for designing of butterfly valves at Alstom, Taubate, Brazil.

• Completed a two months basic design assignment for designing of Pressure reducing and Desuperheating system at CCI-Sulzer, Winterthur, Switzerland.

• Had a four-month assignment in Switzerland for LP Turbine Bypass valve optimization

• Six Sigma Black Belt Certification

• IRCA certified – Lead Auditor for ISO 9001:2015

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