R&D chemist - coating formulations (4 years experience)

RESUME

SUBHAJIT CHATTERJEE

Contact No.: +973-********/+973-********; E-Mail:

*****.******@*****.***

Permanent Address: 28/2/1 Chandra Pathak Lane; P.O.:

Bally; District: Howrah; Pin : 711 201,

West Bengal, India.

Present Location: Manama, Kingdom of Bahrain

I have an analytical frame of mind with technological skills and want to be

a part of an organization and a team that values innovation, creativity and

hard work. I have a short learning curve and look forward to learning and

contributing to the organization with the best of my abilities.

PROFILE SUMMARY

. Formulation chemistry of coatings along with binder chemistry

. Value engineering

. Customer complaint handling, Root cause analysis and plant

troubleshooting

. Knowledge of coatings to metals - for car repair/refinish systems,

general industrial appliances etc.

. Knowledge of phosphating, degreasing and electro-deposition and hands

on experience in lab scale

. Knowledge of surface preparation of metals before application of multi-

coat systems

. Knowledge of spray (conventional, airless and robotic) applications

. Application of 5S, Heath safety and environmental regulations

. Statistical method for designing and analyzing the experiments (DOE)

. Certified fire training and first aid training

. Theoretical knowledge of Powder coatings, set up and application

procedure

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CORE COMPETENCIES

Decorative coatings:

> Water based decorative paints like primers, premium and economy

emulsions.

> Development of different types of alkyd based enamels and undercoats

> Production support and value engineering

Industrial paints:

> Alkyd-amino chemistry

> Epoxy amino chemistry (high build and solvent free)

> PU based paints

> UV curable floor coatings and formulating with different PIs and diluents

Automotive refinish:

> System recommendation and evaluation of damage repair system based on OEM

specifications

> Solution for OEM test failures

> Application techniques

Quality and troubleshooting:

> Batch release and in plant batch approval/release

> In-plant batch troubleshooting of architectural and protective coatings

Specialties:

> Customer relationship management

> Customer complaint handling and resolving

> Root cause analysis

> Technical site visits and coating recommendation

> Statistical method for designing and analyzing the experiments (DOE)

> Job distribution and training

> 5S and fire fighting

> In house training

WORK EXPERIENCE (4 years+)

Since April'12 with Berger Paints Bahrain WLL (International Business unit

of Asian Paints India Ltd), Bahrain

As Technical Executive, Research and Development.

Highlights:

> Formulation of water based and solvent based coatings (top coats and

under coats) including specialty finishes (Texture finish, Road marking

coating, Anti-carbonation coating, Stain-proof coating and customized

finishes with nano emulsions

> Formulation of Protective Coatings for Industrial applications like oil

and fuel tanks, water tanks, refinery pipe lines, tank lining for high

temperature crude etc.

> System recommendation for a site based on requirement and specifications

- surface treatment and subsequent coatings based on Zinc based

anticorrosive primers, Epoxies, polyurethanes etc.

> Customer complaint handling at site and resolving (Customer Relationship

Management)

> In-plant quality supervising, batch approval and troubleshooting

> Root cause analysis of process failures in plant

> Job distribution to reportees

> In house training to applicators, shop boys and contractors

Jan'11 to Mar'12 with Automotive and Aerospace Coatings, Akzo Nobel,

Bangalore.

Junior Research Specialist in Research, Development & Innovation.

Highlights:

> Recommendation of Refinish coating system (low temperature curing) to

different OEMs for getting approvals for Europe, US and Asia Pacific

region (Volvo, Toyota, Nissan etc.)

> Evaluation of the performances of the global products and identifying

their susceptibilities and limits; and giving quick solutions to body

shops without change in formulations

> Maintenance of existing global products and troubleshooting of their

complaints by altering recipes

> Taking part in environment friendly and innovation projects

> Designing of experiments and interpretation of the optimized formulation

along with the interaction factors (through Design Expert software)

> Maintaining 5S and HSE compliances

Feb'10 to Dec'10 with Berger Paints India Limited, Kolkata.

Technical Officer of Quality Assurance department

Highlights:

> Assessing Raw Materials and finished product and their properties

> Familiar with the various analytical methods to ascertain the quality of

raw materials and finished paints

> Acquainted with pre-treatment chemicals and procedure and various

application techniques

> Responsible for checking the quality of Packaging

> Batch trouble shooting

INTERNSHIP

Worked as an In-Plant Trainee (in R&D) at KANSAI NEROLAC PAINTS LTD.,

Mumbai.

Job Profile:

> Handled projects of Tata Motors Ltd. and other projects of Automotive

Sector

> Acquainted with the formulations of General Industrial finishes and

handled projects of Godrej and Videocon

> Developed protective coatings and is familiar with anticorrosive paints,

electro deposition, analytical process and chemicals, resin design

> Acquainted with the eco-friendly water based emulsion coatings of the

architectural sector

> Familiar with color matching technique using a spectrophotometer

CERTIFICATION

Design of Experiments - Statistical method for designing and analyzing the

experiment in 2012

TRAINING

. First Aid and Fire Fighting training

PROGRAMME

. Management Skill Development programme

. Project Management programme

. Operation Management programme

. Introduction and Application of Six Sigma

SOFTWARE TECHNICAL SKILLS

. ERP : SAP

. Operating System : Windows

. Languages : a) C b) C++

. Word Processors : MS-office

ACADEMIC DETAILS

YEAR OF PASSING QUALIFICATION DETAILS PERCENTAGE/GPA

2009 Post Graduation in Paint Technology under Jadavpur 9.54

University, Kolkata.

2007 B.Sc. in Chemistry with Honors from Scottish Church 56%

College, University of Calcutta, Kolkata

2004 ISC (12th Grade) from Sunrise English Medium 80%

School, CISCE board (Delhi), Kolkata

2002 ICSE (10th Grade) from Sunrise English Medium 84%

School, CISCE board (Delhi), Kolkata.

PERSONAL DETAILS

Date of Birth : 20th February 1986

Languages Known: English, Bengali and Hindi

Marital Status : Married

Passport Details : H4485181 (valid till 05/05/2019)

Interest : Music, Football and Reading

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