ARUN GUPTA

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Annandale, NJ-08801

a accz3f@r.postjobfree.com

SUM MARY

A results-oriented and multi-faceted professional with proven t rack record in team leadership,

p roject management, and analytical skills with 5.5 years of experience in -

• Managing & supporting multi-million dollar projects through development,

p rototype, testing, and handoff.

• Leading engineering projects and multi-functional teams aimed at developing novel

mechanical equipment.

• Advising innovative, quality, and customer-oriented solutions to critical simulation

centric projects.

Green card holder; In terested in relocating to Montclair, NJ area; Actively working towards

P MP.

EXPERIENCE

F LS M I D T H (F LS) Bethlehem, PA 08/08 - 12/13

G lobal engineering company supplying one source plants, systems and services to the cement and

m inerals industries, with 12,000 employees in 50 countries and a $4.5 BN annual revenue .

J o b T i t l es & J o b R o l es H e l d

• Development Engineer A

09/12 - 12/13

• Development Engineer

08/08 - 08/12

P roject M a n age r/Leader

• Steered development project for FLS biggest roller press, HPGRF4200, through

technical challenges & difficult organizational changes to deliver novel machine design

w hile liaising with multisite project team.

• Directed project team to design, manufacture, and test roller press, HPGR F150

($1.5MM project) with emphasis on simplified & cost-effective equipment design, that

was installed in Minerals Tech-Center, UT.

• Established, maintained, and led project team to investigate industrial-scale viability

of R&D prototype.

• Developed and implemented strategies/framework that significantly improved

t imeline and reduced overall costs of product development processes. Applauded for

efforts.

• Worked closely with senior management on project-scope development, managing

r isks, status updates, centralizing project-documentation, and reporting that

s treamlined project’s daily operations.

• Pooled resources with line managers & core project team on developing and driving

i ntegrated project plans including assigning roles/responsibilities, creating/revising work

b reakdown structures, budgets, and schedules.

• Monitored & controlled engineering, procurement, assembly, and installation

p rogress to ensure on-schedule machine delivery along with orchestrating

communications with internal and external stakeholders.

• Improved engineering work-quality by developing standards/templates/checklists for

requirements gathering, modeling, drawing, and associated data management for

machine parts, and engineering documents creations.

• Led effective project meetings, facilitated brainstorming sessions, managed change &

conflict, and led r isk management with mitigation and contingency plans to align project

performance with goals and deliverables.

• Created, collected, validated and maintained critical technical documentation such

design requirements, material specifications, manufacturing/assembly instructions, and

test plans for roller press projects.

• Selected and In terfaced with vendors/consultants, Issued POs/REQs, Approved

engineering-drawings & BOM for complex machine sub-assemblies and components.

• Selected for apprenticeship with Senior-project manager (PMO) in Mentor-Mentee

p rogram at FLS.

Mech an ic a l E ng i neer/An a lyst

• Designed and developed critical machine components & sub-assemblies and selected

material for engineering projects, supported with conceptual designs, FEM analyses, &

engineering calculations.

• In fluenced priority in FLS R&D-project portfolio by collaborating with multi-

disciplinary teams to perform engineering feasibili ty work, identify critical design areas

and execute design reviews.

• Led onsite mechanical support for equipment assembly, installation, t roubleshooting

& testing, resolved manufacturing issues, worked with vendors on critical

manufacturing concerns for roller press projects.

• Reduced 7% NOx emissions from Calciner by design enhancements supported with

complex CFD studies.

• Convinced customer for approving a $1MM project by modifying design of biggest

F LS - Gas Suspension Calciner with the aid of comprehensive FEA studies.

• Reviewed and approved design of largest size for FLS-Combustion Chamber from

s tructural viewpoint, aided by extensive FEA studies using ANSYS, while working in a

t ight schedule project.

• Performed successful Root Cause Analyses for failed parts in field, which bailed FLS

f rom legal damages.

I n i t i a t ives

• Submitted new business plan ideas for FLSmidth, with one idea being considered as

R &D project.

• Formulated new-employee development program that jump starts one’s integration

w ithin department.

• Assisted with formulating and implementing new corporate strategies/initiatives on

department level.

• Created a new department-library that contains vendor catalogues, scientific papers

and books.

E D UCA T I O N

1 LEHIGH U N I V E RS I T Y

Bethlehem, PA

Project Management Certificate (PMC) GPA: 4.00

08/13

2

3 CA R N E G I E MELLON U N I V E RS I TY

P ittsburgh, PA

Master of Science (MS) – Mechanical Engineering GPA: 3.80

05/08

P U NJAB E NG I N E E R I NG COL L EGE Chandigarh,

I ndia

1 Bachelor of Engineering (BE) – Mechanical Engineering GPA: 3.68

05/07

ADD IT IONAL I N FORMAT ION

• Recogn i t ion :

• Submit ted '4' invention disclosures (novel ideas for product/process/solution); one of the

i deas got recognized as 'FLSmidth t rade secret'.

• Special recognition by Director-R&D for efforts in assisting with mechanical support and

t rouble-shooting services for assembly and installation for HPGR F360.

• In ternational Journal Publication: "Second law analysis of cross f low heat exchanger in

p resence of axial dispersion in one f luid”: Energy In ternational Journal, Vol. 32, Pages 664-

672, 2007.

• Workshop at tended : S tage Gate Process, A NSYS Design Modeler and Mechanical,

B osch-Rexroth hyd rau l ic wor kshops (2), La te ra l Th i n k i ng, TR IZ.

• Sof twa re : M S Project, MS Office, Windows, C/C++, MATHCAD, SW, ANSYS, MAT LAB.

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