Project Management

Radha Krishnan Venugopalan, plot **, *th Street, Balaji Nagar, Santhoshpuram,Chennai73.India

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Profile: Plant Maintenance Engineering and Projects Management

Career Snapshot

A result oriented, competent Mechanical engineering professional with 19 years of overall experience, including 5 years in USA & Gulf in the areas of Plant Engineering, Utility Maintenance, Project Engineering & Project management. Handled the Green/Brown field plant projects covering the feasibility & conceptual stage, definition & detail engineering, procurement, installation monitoring schedule, cost & quality. I am a Certified Process safety Manager (OSHA PSM from US), Lean Six Sigma green Belt Holder, Project manager (ACPM from L&T), MS Project scheduler.

Competency Highlights

Maintenance Stream :

Expertise in equipment sustenance support, multi discipline machine troubleshooting and break down analysis.

Hands on experience in the maintenance activity, developing preventive maintenance schedule, planning shut down & framing work procedures with focused approach on cost management & profit maximization.

Strong problem solving attitude and motivated team spirit with an urge to learn.

Lean six Sigma Green Belt

Root cause analysis - 5whys,cause and effect analysis/ Fish bone analysis

Failure Mode Effect analysis (FMEA technique)

Process mapping and VA/ NVA analysis

Process Reengineering to improve the machine uptime and to improve Process reliability

OSHA Process safety management, critical trips and alarms.

Project management :

Kick off, work planning, scheduling, resource allocation, project tracking, cost monitoring – EV, AC and CPI, Bid evaluation, techno commercial negotiation, contract management, change management, customer handling Experience with Jacobs H&G, Utec Consulting Ltd. in multicultural environment).

Risk management.

Excellence in Scheduling activities in Microsoft projects, Critical path method,Developing project Execution plan.

Proven competence in managing quality, inspection, and cost and schedule management.

Adept in organizing resources for cost optimization, monitoring PBIT, contribution, work progress & project status reporting and change management.

Deft in evaluating tenders/ bids & review of contract/ tender documents.

. Traits

• Initiate and Positive attitude

• Conceptual Thinking

• Interpersonal communication skills

• Can mix and relate well to all levels.

• Professional demeanor and the ability to work well under pressure.

Career Milestones

Howden India Limited( Apr 15 onwards)

Working as Assistant general manager, handling the industrial fan business projects. Responsibilities are managing the customer’s Specification, initiating the manufacturing, commercial receipt, inspection, dispatch and invoicing, payment collection.

Larsen & Toubro–Technology Services, Chennai, India

Project Delivery Manager (Feb 2013 to Mar 2015)

Understanding client’s RFP, Estimate and Prepare proposal after aligning clear scope and objectives to multiple worldwide plants of Procter and Gamble

Monitoring PBIT, Gross Margin of proposal till completion.

Preparation of Monthly report covering stage progress presentation.

Furnishing the monthly Revenue and efforts hours forecast plan, Earned value, actual cost, Cost Performance Index.

Establishing Project Management Control System and monitor project progress to achieve the onsite to offshore ratio.

Participation and guiding teams in Interdisciplinary review for deliverables, project design management plans,

Clear any techno commercial bottleneck issues & field onsite construction progress and change management.

Review the engineering deliverables and inculcate “Right First Time” and “On time delivery” culture.

Contributions:

Instrumental in achieving client relationship & excellent customer satisfaction feedback.

Achieved developing the Project status report including budgeted effort hours plan, actual monitored efforts and projected effort forecast through Bell curve and S curve.

Managing Revenue against target and budgets, and analysing the gap.

Achieved risk mitigation plan.

ORICA USA – Hallowell Manufacturing, Kansas, USA

Plant Engineer (April 2009 to Aug 2012)

Provided engineering operations support function at Hallowell Manufacturing plant focusing on improving productivity and process improvements.

Initiated application of technology and knowledge. Focus on maximization profit margins through guiding contributions of innovative actions to reduce costs and refine process efficiencies.

Ensured preventive maintenance schedule followed on all plant equipment.

Successfully accomplished Project management for scale up assignments as required.

Developed Process safety management documentation system.

Liaison with North American Engineering and Operations Support function.

Contributions:

Safety, Health & Environment

Demonstrated commitment to company-wide deliver the Promise Goal of SHE.

Listing engineering risks and managed including control of modifications at the plant.

Mentored operations management in developing awareness of key hazards and critical model procedures.

As Responsible engineer (RE) designated to Hallowell manufacturing to monitor minimum equipment standards

Engineering Activities

Focus on increased productive capacity of Orica through manufacturing process improvements, consulting, troubleshooting, and repair services.

Support deliverance of two engineering aspects – Governance and Functional Excellence.

Active participation in integration of North American engineering team and implement best practices to deliver efficient and effective Governance and services.

Responsible for providing direction and mentoring the maintenance team.

Financial Focus

Monitor development of innovative opportunities to decrease manufacturing and operational costs.

Provide input into annual budget development and track compliance with budget goals.

Manage and track surplus for both fixed and mobile equipment

RR Donnelley Publishing India Limited, Chennai, India (2006-2008)

As Engineering Manager, steered phase one green field project ($5M) from identifying contractors and developing and floating RFQ packages, Bid review and layout design, budget monitoring, progress and quality monitoring & reporting to leadership with responsibility including following

Performance Parameters-

Development of master project schedule phase 1 and 2 and integrating operations

Project management and control

Organized project by developing cost breakdown structure (CBS) & work breakdown structure (WBS)

Interfaced with production and sales demand, tracked vendor shipments and coordinated with multilingual contractors services & provided guidance, direction, & specialized assistance to resolve complex project control problems.

Tracked actual progress, compared against approved baseline programme, highlighted problems & recommended appropriate solutions

Liasoned with Governmental agencies for necessary approvals to set up a Green field Plant.

Conducted site progress meetings, audited safety, work practices &documentation.

Contributions:

Recruited maintenance team and planned Maintenance schedules of all manufacturing equipment

Maintenance of all site-services, electrical, telecommunication, water, sewage, building and general plant upkeep

Developed vendors and ensured high service levels from them, Negotiated with spare part vendors in the procurement of spares

Maintained a spare parts store to stock key inventory & ensured continuous production supplies

Developed a 24*7 on-site presence & managed preventive maintenance schedules accordingly.

Utilized industry best practices in 5S, predictive maintenance techniques to ensure short turnaround time in case of emergencies

Maintenance and updating of relevant plans, records, manuals and documents related to plant,machinery in keeping with statutory requirements

Minimized energy cost through innovative controls and automations.

Applied and followed ISO 9001:2000 standards.

Galfar LLC. Muscat, Oman (2005-2006)

As Senior Engineer, driven efforts to establish effective Scheduling, management of resources and procurement for capital project requirements of all Business units – Oil and Gas projects. Interacted with consultants and clients to manage schedule and planning, reporting and inspection coordination.

Saint Gobain Glass India Limited, Chennai, India (2004-2005)

As Team member- Utilities Projects, managed the Water treatment plant, Sewage treatment plant utilities project packages with complete understanding of work scope & contract conditions with following responsibilities as per the Key Performance Indices-

Created work breakdown structure (WBS) for the Utilities packages & Driven level 1 to lowest level of integrated planning & scheduling of project.

Reviewed the definition RFQ packages and detailed engineering deliverables at the field, controlled projects progress.

Identified changes against established baseline scope of work / budget & determined their impact

Updated progress on weekly basis, depending upon project complexity after collecting progress data.

Contributions:

Developed conceptual design as per the site requirement for 3x 90 TR chiller package.

Successfully evaluated tenders submitted by sub-contractors as well as reviewed prices of change orders after effective negotiations.

Made significant contribution in successful completion of following projects as per project specifications, time, quality - water treatment plants, sewage treatment plant, air compressor packages and CT water treatment system. On water treatment plants, sewage treatment plant, air compressor packages and CT water treatment system.

Orchid chemicals and Pharmaceuticals Limited, Chennai, India (2001-04)

As Utility Executive, operated and maintained all the project planning activities with a comprehensive goal to meet the production requirement with Key Performance Matrices-

Prepared and gathered all data and information required for effective operation monitoring and controlling of the 20 chillers, Boilers and cooling towers

Prepare optimum performance parameter baseline for all the running utility equipments.

Prepared updated schedules of maintenance, guided breakdown and shut down maintenance activities anticipated possible delays and suggested recovery plans.

Prepared daily progress shift reports for submission to higher management staff.

Applied the knowledge of SAP–PM module and MM modules.

Contributions:

Handled man management issues & monitored resource utilization in the shift to maximize productivity

Maximized Profitability through maintaining efficient operational conditions.

ASIAN PAINTS INDIA LTD, HYDERABAD INDIA (1998-2001)

Assistance Engineer – Plant Engineering

As Supervisor Engineer managed the plant engineering maintenance with a goal of reducing the equipment down time.

Process improvement projects in the Water base paint unit including the conical disperser installation, process piping and electrical controls and instrumentation control installation.

Inventory Management, involved in preparation of estimation of the spares ABC analysis.

Initiated local vendor’s development & maintaining inventory.

Preventive Maintenance, shutdown maintenance, performance testing & efficiency monitoring to improve the machine uptime more than 90%.

Involved with the Project team on the execution of capital & noncapital Projects within the stipulated time period.

Conducting the Energy Audits to improve energy conservation and report the improvement project design to the Engineering service Team.

Had Worked with ETA Clima Pvt Limited from 1996 to 1998 in setting up of the Greenfield project.

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Trainings and certifications

Advanced course in Project management – ACPM from L&T institute of Project Management

Lean Six Sigma Green Belt – Var sigma

Process safety Management PSM – ABS institute, Nashville, Tennessee US.

Programmable Logic control (PLC) from Chennai

AutoCAD R13 from Chennai

Educational Qualifications

Masters Diploma in Business Administration- International Marketing-Symbiosis Institute of management (2001)

Bachelors degree of Mechanical Engineering from the Barathidasan University, Trichy, India 1996

Personal Particulars

Date of Birth: 30th July 1975

Language Proficiency: English, Tamil, Telugu, & Hindi

Computer Skills: MS Office (Word, Excel, Power point), MS Project, basic ERP based SAP (PM module)

Driving License: Indian, USA

Nationality: Indian

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