Engineering Technical Support

KIRAN RAMACHANDRAN

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Mechanical graduate professional with four years of industrial experience in piping design and manufacturing with extensive knowledge in detail engineering, procurement and construction projects in the field of Oil & Gas, Petrochemical and Water Treatment plants.

To pursue a challenging full time position and be a diligent professional in a progressive organization that will utilize my education to obtain valuable real life experience and knowledge in the field of EPC / Manufacturing.

Areas of expertise includes piping and pipelines, Engineering Procurement & Construction (EPC), project management, materials management, lean manufacturing, value stream mapping, statistical analysis, purchasing and quality control.

Specialist in material handling and control, generating technical specifications and bill of materials, planning and scheduling, analyzing data’s with excel, vendor coordination, establishing coding standards with prime focus on client satisfaction.

Demonstrated record of positive attitude, passionate and creative problem solver who is adaptable, independent, self-starter and team player. EDUCATION

Master of Science - Mechanical Engineering CGPA - 3.22 /4 Expected Graduation - May’17 Illinois Institute of Technology Chicago

Bachelor of Engineering - Mechanical Engineering CGPA - 3.3/4 Aug’07 - May’11 College of Engineering Guindy, Anna University, India PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Piping Material Engineer - JGC Gulf International Co. Ltd, Saudi Arabia Sep’11 - Jun’15

Involved mainly in the downstream Oil & Gas EPC projects with solid experience in both brownfield and greenfield projects in the middle east.

Worked on various projects with clients such as Saudi Aramco, SABIC, Dow Chemicals, Tatweer Petroleum and Bahrain Petroleum Corporation.

Handled challenging projects in maintaining close coordination with client, project management & control team and subcontractors, have served as an effective interfacing with other engineering disciplines and also provided technical support to construction team in meeting the project schedule.

Preparation of bill of materials and material specifications at various stages of project for piping bulk items, valves and specialty.

Utilization of ASME, API and Aramco Standards for performing calculations and preparing technical specifications for various piping components.

Evaluation of technical bids based on vendor quotations and assessing potential vendors for supply of finished goods.

Reviewing vendor documents, isometric drawings and ensuring timely delivery and procurement of materials to site.

Preparation of bill of quantities for the entire unit, paint and insulation areas to estimate the construction wok volume.

Maintaining RFI’s, change orders and manage all aspects of testing and inspection activities with vendor in coordinating with quality control team.

Expediting the vendor production schedule, checks manufacturing status report and preparing material tracking list for construction activities. Research Assistant - College of Engineering Guindy, Anna University Oct’10 - Apr’11

Assisted senior professor in implementing a conceptual design of conical diffuser and analyzing the effect of swirl on performance of diffuser.

Numerical simulations were carried out using ANSYS-CFX and experimented in a wind tunnel to study the flow fields of the diffuser.

Recorded measurements of mean velocities & pressures, analyzed results thereby avoiding boundary layer separation and flow recirculation. Summer Engineering Internship - RANE India Ltd. May’10 - Jun’10

Performed the design and simulation of a new integrated shop floor cell in contrast to the actual shop floor machine cell which enables us to reduce lean thereby achieving reduction in cycle time and increases job production. ACADEMIC PROJECTS

Developed a statistical analysis in evaluating the types of crimes in Chicago land area by using statistical process control. Feb’16 - Apr’16

Implementation of Value Stream Mapping in optimizing the warehouse design for a battery manufacturing production cell. Mar’16 - May’16

Personal consulting project by analyzing, optimizing and automating the current layout of a subway food chain. Jan’16 - May’16

Design, Fabrication and Analysis of a conical diffuser coupled with swirl generator. Oct’10 - Apr’11

Design and Fabrication of a single seater all-terrain vehicle - a national level event conducted by BAJA SAE INDIA. Apr’10 - Feb’11 RELATED COURSEWORK

SOFTWARE SKILLS

CERTIFICATIONS

COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT & ACHIEVEMENTS

Member of blood donation camp and tree plantation campaign organizing team in Youth Red Cross (YRC) during the academic year 2007-09.

Handled mathematics for class X students during Summer Camp 2008.

Gold Medalist and School Topper in higher secondary examinations (Class XII). MEMBERSHIP ORGANIZATIONS

Active member of TEDxIIT and GSAC (Graduate Student Advisory Council) in IIT Chicago. Jan’16 - Nov’16

Manufacturing Process and Technology

Computer Integrated Manufacturing

Reliability Engineering

Advanced CAD/CAM

Statistical Process and Quality Control

Supply Chain Management

General : Microsoft Office Suite, Microsoft Visio

Design : Auto CAD, Pro-Engineer, CATIA, Solidworks

Analysis : ANSYS, Abaqus, Arena, Hypermesh

Piping : Smart Plant Materials, Navisworks, Caesar, Primavera

Professional in CATIA course by AU-FRG Center, India SGS Certification for ISO 9001:2008 by SGS, Saudi Arabia

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