RAJAIAH CHINTHANIPPULA, P.E.

Houston, TX *****

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Cell: 281-***-****

SUMMARY:

Professional Mechanical Engineer with 20+ years of Experience in Mechanical Product Design, Development, Manufacturing, Analysis, and Engineering Project Management in Water, Oil & Gas and Industrial Applications. Out of which 5+ years of experience in supervising/coordinating the designers, technicians and junior engineers. Possess Master’s Degree in Mechanical Engineering.

Designed using Pro-E/Creo, Solidworks, Inventor and Catia V5 s/w’s and GD&T per ASME Y14.5M.

Experienced in Finite Element Analysis (FEA) using ANSYS.

Lead the development, implementation & operational support of Engineering IT applications, such as PDM/PLM, ECN/ECO Process, CAD Tools, and CAE methodology.

Design for Manufacturing and Assembly (DFM/DFA) with Tolerance Stack up Analysis.

Experienced in Lean Six Sigma Manufacturing, Value Engineering, FMEA, Root Cause Analysis and DOE. Attended several Safety, Quality, Health, Environmental and Product Awareness Trainings.

Experienced in dealing with technical regulatory agency approvals (UL, CSA, ETL, NSF, ABS and DNV) and Very good exposure to several API and ASME/ANSI standards and ISO 9001 for design and development of mechanical equipment.

Manage all phases of the product development life cycle from concept and specification generation to production ramp up, optimizing functionality, manufacturability, reliability, serviceability and cost.

Rotating Equipment specification, selection, bids evaluations for Engineering & Construction Company.

Experienced in managing/coordinating offshore product design and development team located in India, Mexico, Denmark and China in various companies.

Experienced in working with multi-national, multi-cultural diversified team members. Possesses highly

“Pro-Active Approach” and “Can Do Attitude” in solving the problems.

Excellent in conducting Research and Development activities and possesses very good Project Management skills (per PMI & PMBOK).

Providing technical guidance, mentoring to “Young Engineers” and other ‘Technical Staff’ as and where needed.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

GE Oil & Gas HOUSTON, TX, USA

Lead Mechanical Engineer August 2015- Current

Executing Product Design, Analysis and Development to support and improve the product performance using sound engineering principles and reduce the Cost of Quality.

Leading multiple Value Analysis/Engineering Projects to bring total cost out savings ($2MM) to the business for margin enhancement and improve product competitiveness.

Sustaining Engineering operations support activities such as ECN/ECO implementation for Natural Gas Meters, Pumps and Actuators by Resolving Customer Complaints by conducting Root Cause Analysis, Supplier Deviation Request Reviews, Non-Conformance Reports and ongoing production issues in timely fashion.

Created new material specification for Actuator Shafts & Gears that not only brings the cost out savings to the business, but also improves the quality and consistency of Manufacturing Processes. SCHLUMBERGER TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION HOUSTON, TX, USA Sr. Mechanical Engineer Jan’2015 to June 2015.

Lead Design and Development efforts for rotating control device (RCD) product per API 16RCD used in managed pressure drilling (MPD) and under balanced (UBD) drilling technologies used in deep water pressure management (downhole drilling) technology applications. CHICAGO BRIDGE AND IRON (CB&I) INC HOUSTON, TX, USA Sr. Mechanical Rotating Equipment Engineer Aug 2011 to Jan’2015 1). Westlake Project ($60MM): Westlake Ethylene expansion plant, Sulphar, Louisiana, USA 2). Williams Project ($300MM): Williams, Ethylene Expansion Plant. Louisiana. USA 3). Mozambique Project ($13 Billion): LNG Development, FEED. Cabo Afungi, Mozambique. 4). Shell/Kinder Morgan LNG FEED Project ($2Billion): ELBA Island, Savannah, Georgia. 5). Trunk Line LNG (British Gas/Technip) FEED project ($2Billion): Lake Charles-USA

The following Engineering standards used in above projects while applying mechanical engineering fundamentals to suit the application: API 610, ANSI B73.1/73.2/73.3, API 682, API 541/547, Hydraulic Institute, NFPA 20, API 674, API 675, API 676 and CB&I Specific in revamping existing and specifying new Rotating Equipment.

Technical bid evaluations, Managing/Coordinating with interdisciplinary cross functional team while reviewing vendor documents ensuring client requirements are met and be in compliance with the requirements of authority having jurisdiction.

GRUNDFOS INC. Houston, TX, USA

Sr. Mechanical Product Design Engineer May 2007 to July 2011

Manage/Lead “Design, Development and FEA” of new centrifugal pump products per HI standards from the concept till release to production.

Engineering calculations such as Shaft deflections, Bearings L10 life, shaft stresses, fatigue life calculations, static structural and dynamic model analysis.

Manage product change requests per ECO process in line with ISO 9001 system. GARDNER DENVER INC Quincy, IL, USA.

Sr. Mechanical Engineer Nov 2006 to Apr 2007

CAD using Inventor, FEA with ANSYS on engine block, and Kinematic/Dynamic Analysis on Crank Shaft Design for Reciprocating Compressor to reduce the vibrations. PENTAIR INC - North Carolina, USA Jan. 1999 to Oct. 2006 Mechanical Product Design Engineer

Involved in design and development of centrifugal pump from concept to its release.

Direct and establish product-testing plans for reliability and certification purposes.

Possess patent on the newly designed commercial ‘EQ series’ pumps. BHABHA ATOMIC RESEARCH CENTER (BARC), INDIA Feb. 1996 to June 1997

Development of an on-line diagnostic system for condition monitoring of 236MW Turbo generator set for a power plant by analyzing the vibration signals. EICHER TRACTORS LIMITED, INDIA June 1995 to Dec. 1995

Analysis of the transmission shaft and the gear for static strength, fatigue strength, rigidity and critical speeds for the given operating conditions. HINDUSTAN AERONAUTICS LTD, INDIA Oct. 1994 – May 1995

Analysis of Break Wheel Hub for Light Combat Aircraft (LCA) to reduce the turnaround time. EDUCATION:

Master's Degree in “Mechanical Engineering ”, Graduated in December 1998 Indian Institute of Technology Delhi (IIT Delhi), India.

Bachelor's Degree in Mechanical Engineering, Graduated in July 1994 JNTU College of Engineering Main Campus, Kukatpally, Hyderabad, India.

Board Certified Professional Engineer (P.E.) in Mechanical Engineering, Texas. CITIZENSHIP: Citizen of USA.