Plant Operator Engineer
Resume:
Ashvin Patel
Phone : 780- 440-3442
***********@*******.***
HIGHLIGHTS
Working as a Plant Operator at Gilead Sc.
Worked as a Plant Operator at Clariant (Canada) Inc. Master batch division.
Worked as a Plant Operator at Apollo Crop. Health & beauty care products
Over Eleven years of experience as a Sr. Plant Operator in continuous process operated from
control room chemical plant.
Power Engineering class 4th completed from ABSA. ( A-72410)
Power Engineering class 5th completed in Aug 2010 from ABSA.
Operation of steam Boiler as a shift Engineer.
University Degree in Chemistry.
Creative, detail-oriented, team player with a focus on continuous improvement.
Ability to work as an individual contributor and as a team.
Experience in sulfonation,nitration,autoclave reaction.(H-Acid manufacturing )
Maintaining process parameters and maintaining the Stoichiometric amount of reactants to be fed to
the reactor. Handled Low pressure Distillation, Mixing, Filtration & Other Unit operation.
Excellent analytical judgment, critical thinker, problem solver, Troubleshooter and able to innovate.
Working knowledge of relevant safely regulations, GMP, C-GMP and ISO 9000 standards.
Flexible in accepting a broad range of assignments.
Experience working with Production, handling and Transportation of hazardous chemicals with total
safety.
Good mechanical aptitude.
Physically comfortable working in plant production areas.
Experience with Distributed Control System (DCS), PLC.
Flexible and willing to relocate
Certified forklift operator from Liftow
RELEVANT SKILLS
Operating unit process like High pressure Distillation, Low pressure distillation. Worked in
Anhydrous ammonia plant.
Controlling all the process parameters at start –up, shutdown and normal operation, and to carry
out trouble shooting measures to get optimum production with safety of equipments as well as
persons involved.
Operating and monitoring various Plant equipments like Filter Press, Spray Drier, Tray Dryer,
Pumps(Centrifugal, Positive displacement), Valves, Turbo-Blowers, Ball mills, Vacuum filters,
Evaporators, H.P. Boiler etc. as per process requirement
Planning and executing process schedule during normal operation and also shutdown planning.
Monitoring and optimizing process unit operations and developing small projects to improve unit
operation efficiency.
Performs basic troubleshooting and initiates repairs or requests for repairs when required.
Issuing safety work permit following Lockout-Tag out procedure.
Working with teams to ensure that a high degree of cleanliness is maintained in work areas and
common areas at all times.
Ashvin Patel
Phone & Fax: 780-***-****
EMPLOYMENT EXPERIENCE
Gilead Sciences
Plant Operator Oct.2008 to continue
• Boiler Operation as a shift Engineer
• Looking after process for safe operation of equipment and processes within the process unit
assigned.
• Issuing safety work permit following Lockout-Tag out procedure
• Monitoring level,Temp,pressure and record data following SOP for API batch.
• Maintain Housekeeping
• Operating DCS system
• Operating Agitated pressure dryer,manual operated dryer
Clariant (Canada) Inc. Sept.2006 to oct.2008
Plant Operator
• Measured, weighed up and loaded chemical ingredients following formulation cards.
• Operated Mixer & cleaning after batch completed.
• Run Extruder line for producing master batch.
• Monitoring level,Temp,pressure and Record batch data
• Adjusted processing machines and equipment
• Packaged product as per customers’ requirements
• Operate PLC & manually operated Mixer.
• Attended maintenance job like die head cleaning, classifier cleaning & fitting, palletizer
cleaning & fitting.
Apollo Corp. July 2005 to Sept. 2006
Plant Operator
• Mixing vessels Cleaning/sanitizing prepare for Batch
• Measured, weighed and loaded chemical ingredients following batch formulation cards
• Operate PLC system for raw material feeding Temp. control & mixing.
• In process Analysis of Product for PH & Viscosity
• Adjust colour of the batch as per standard product sample.
• Transferred of final product to Holding tank after approved by Quality Control.
• Drew samples of products and raw materials
• Recorded operating data, such as process conditions, test results, and instruments readings
• Cleaning & fitting of sparkler Filter & basket filter.
Foamco Industries, Toronto Oct. 2003 – July 2005
Plant Operator
• Working on the Horizontal cutting machine for slicing of the Foam set up as per quality standards,
troubleshooting and verification of material.
• Set up of the Product dimensions as per requirement of drawing and quality standards.
• Conduct quality inspection of current production and verify the documented/recorded operator
checklist, labels, etc
• Preparation of shift production report. Assisting to the supervisor for the production planning.
Forklift operation for shipping & receiving whenever required
Ashvin Patel
Phone & Fax: 780-***-****
United Phosphorus Ltd March 1992- Sep.2003
Senior Plant operator
• Looking after overall processing of manufacturing operation including production, production reports,
research and implementation of new process, manpower controlling and scheduling of manpower and
preventive maintenance. Inventory of R.M., finished goods and material
• Significantly improved in yield from 90% to 91.5% with help of instrument Dept. product cost was
reduced. This improvement is also proven environment friendly because the treatment of Effluent was
got reduced.
• Planned, organized and co-organized daily shop floor activities in order to meet qualitative and
quantitative outputs
• Developed skills in mechanical and product setup and became a strong source of responsibilities a
self-motivation.
• Developed working knowledge of process validation and method validation.
• Assisting Production Manager for preparation, modification/changes of SOP’s and GMP’s
• Worked continuously over a period of 56 hours during natural calamities conditions and more
over worked over 12hrs. /day over a period of weeks
• Test and record in process checks and all necessary information
• Demonstrated ability to work as a team leader/lead hand
Maintain and improve levels of expertise in the area of training and assisting operational staff in
troubleshooting and training new operators
Jay Chemical Industries March 1989- Feb. 1992
Process Operator
• Looking after overall processing of manufacturing operation.
• Significantly achieved production targets by utilizing minimum manpower & time cycle.
• Filter Press Cleaning & fitting, centrifuge cleaning & operating.
• Tray dryer filling & temp controlling.
• Analysis of Final product & shipping.
EDUCATIONAL & PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
• Power Engineering Class 4th completed from ABSA
• Power Engineering Class 5th passed in Aug 2010 from ABSA
• Bachelors Degree in Chemistry (Gujarat University)
• Trouble shooting and team approaching to implement a friendly environment with the team as
a team leader and team player and assisting to senior manager for preparation of documentation
of Quality System ISO 9002 and SOP
• Certification program attended and passed examination to be a Certified member of Health
and safety committee at United Phosphorus Limited
• Ontario Operator–in-training (OIT) Certificate, Ontario Environmental Consortium Water
Distribution Water treatment, Wastewater Collection
References Available upon Request
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