Project Manager
Resume:
ARUN GUPTA
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Annandale, NJ-08801
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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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