Project Management Global Engineering

Santhosh Varughese- MBA, PMP, BE

***, ********* ****, ***** ******, OHIO-43035

Cell Phone no. 740-***-****

E mail Id: *****************@*****.***

SUMMARY

A global Engineering Professional (MBA, BE& PMP) with 33 yrs. Of accomplished experience in Global Service, Global Engineering, Project Management, leading and managing engineering projects, optimizing plant operations, and implementing processes.

A highly skilled leader, experienced in developing the reliability strategy of critical and key assets (facility and equipment) to drive quality and safety compliance and asset availability, leading global teams across the globe to deliver actions across Capital delivery, Service, operations, and support functions. Past experiences include leading plant Engineering teams (Mechanical, Electrical, Utilities and Process automation ) and implementing various modern technologies for optimized operation of critical utilities and assets.

Presently Employed with Owens Corning, Global Capital Delivery, as Global Engineering Leader in Granville S&T, OHIO USA, with Proven track record of strong leadership, including setting up an innovative, accountable, inspired culture.

Employment Summary

Owens Corning S&T Granville

Global Engineering Leader, July 2022 to Current

Accountable for all the corporate divisions Globally for Operation, Engineering and Project management to accelerate the growth and profitability of Business. Collaborating across business functions globally with key areas of focus in Project management, Operation support, Productivity, Strategic planning, Building Teams, Establishing systems and Training, Mentoring, Long Range Planning, Resource allocation and Capital Delivery with business acumen in driving budget and organizational cost requirements. Ability to work with data to understand the impact of competitive changes as they affect the offering portfolio and determine a successful course of action.

Job Responsibilities

Drive a robust safety culture with strong engineering design, develop the necessary project safety systems, procedures, and controls to ensure a safe work environment.

Provide strategic direction and accomplish projects from feasibility analysis to execution with full lifecycle management, Plant, and Automation Engineering functions.

Drive consistency within the operations and global capital delivery teams, to drive efficiency, Productivity, and utilization with the Service Operations teams at various levels globally and regionally.

Creates and manages departmental KPIs that align with site and corporate specific objectives.

Monitor annual operating plan execution, identify roadblocks and areas where strategies, tactics, and execution need to adjust based on new learnings.

Provide Projects Services, Operational support to ensure continuous operations with high reliability by robust equipment design Develop and Mentor Engineering resources and provide recommendations for tactical staffing in support of project execution.

Drive continuous improvement through engineering solutions, practices, and tools

Review and guide project engineers in development of project conceptual designs, justifications, scopes, specifications, schedules, and investment grade cost estimates for multi-discipline industrial manufacturing capital projects across the globe.

Implement robust procurement and quality control procedures.

Expertise

Can manage multiple projects simultaneously. Developed the technical skills and international business acumen to deliver complex projects successfully across the globe.

Gained the communication skills to effectively interact with stake holders and project teams. Also, can bring timely improvements in the project through collaborative ideas generated by the team by asking meaningful questions and giving them equal opportunities to express their ideas.

Learned to keep organized and utilize my time effectively to manage multiple tasks at the same time. Exposure to multiple projects across the globe has made me easily adaptable to challenging situations. Working with diverse manpower, understanding their perspective, and engaging effectively and compassionately with everyone have made me successful in dealing with difficult situations.

Ability to stay composed under pressure has helped me in having a balanced approach towards problems and sailing through difficult situations effectively. Also have learned to reflect on the learnings from a difficult situation and record the learnings to use them effectively to avoid similar situations.

BS in Electrical engineering and MBA with 30 years of Engineering experience, demonstrated success in managing large projects over $50 MM and managed engineering efforts over $10MM .

Owens Corning S&T Granville

Sr Engineering Leader, Jan 2012 to June 2022

Roles : Engineering Leader /Project Manager / Design Manager

Department: Global Capital Delivery

Projects 2013-2022

Project and Design Manager for Electrical systems, Brown field project in Mumbai, India ($110 MM) designed the safest electrical system in OC network with enhanced Electrical safety and saved capital cost by $2MM.

USA Anderson Rebuild - Safety ad Infrastructure upgrade for reliable operation

USA Jackson Rebuild – Arc flash upgrades and operation ease

USA Restoration of Aiken after the fire incident in a record time of two weeks ($ 1 MM)

Brazil - Rio Claro Upgraded all the Electrical systems and Improved safety.

Mexico -Tlaxcala T1 Rebuild –E boost system safety upgrades implemented and saved capital cost by regrouping activities up to $300K

Russia -Gous Start up – Commissioned all the Power system and played a key role in start up

Developed an alternative vendor for e boost thus saving 20% cost, $ 1MM annually

Experience Owens Corning India Limited

Maintenance, Reliability &Projects Leader Jan 2006 to Jan 2012

Responsibilities

Plant Maintenance - Department Head

Lead the Plant & Reliability Engineering teams by building a strategic vision for the site on overall asset reliability for critical facility infrastructure and equipment.

Promotes the use of risk assessment methodologies into identifying appropriate engineering controls for utility equipment and GMP manufacturing equipment.

Evaluates opportunities to streamline facility shutdowns and builds processes for effective shutdown management.

Monitors the health of critical manufacturing and utility assets and communicates opportunities to leadership.

Fosters a culture of quick turnaround response time in troubleshooting and repairing critical assets.

Identifies opportunities to perform troubleshooting or maintenance work in-house.

Partners with the teams to develop robust strategies in preventive and predictive maintenance.

Lead the engineering function in the maintenance of the building automation system.

Supports the design and implementation of SCADA systems for critical assets.

Promotes the use of automation tools for data collection and data analysis.

Lead implementation of ISO system SAP maintenance systems, and Process Automation

Implemented Proactive, Predictive and preventive maintenance techniques to achieve Zero downtimes ensuring 100% uptimes of critical process equipment and systems

Project Management - Project Manager

oProject planning and execution.

oTo Prepare capital investment proposals

oExecute various projects for Capacity enhancement.

Facility Maintenance - Facility up keeping, Implementing 5S

oResponsible for Building and Estate Maintenance

oResponsible for awarding the Annual Maintenance contracts to various agencies

oResponsible for coordinating and interacting with Govt. offices.

oLeading the team in all Lean initiatives Six sigma, Kaizen etc.

oIndependent handling Energy Management of the organization

oMonitoring safety and House keeping

Previous Roles

Owens Corning India Limited

Manager, Electrical Utilities & Instrumentation Aug 2004 – Mar 2006

Manager, Electrical & Utilities Jan 2003 – July 2004

Manager, Electrical Jul 1997 – Dec 2002

Herdillia Unimers Asst. Manager- Electrical Jul 1995 – Jul 1997

CIPLA Pharma Limited Officer - Engineering Jun 1993 – Jul 1995

Lead the engineering design and engineering troubleshooting in a regulated environment.

Jaypee Cements Engineer Jun 1991 - Jul 1993

Skills & Strengths

Developing talents within the organization by working very closely with people

Problem solving, Complex and decentralized team management

Oral and written communication - internal/external contacts

Edifice Relationships & employ interpersonal skills

Evolving recommendations based on robust and quantitative evaluation of different alternates

Execution strategy definition and risk analysis

Achievement oriented with people management skills and an ability to manage change with ease

A good team player with an ability to lead a team by example and motivate them to achieve goals

Arranger- Ability to figure out best way of doing things in complex situations

Proven strength in problem solving, coordination and financial analysis

Positive attitude, Creative and a good organizer

A technical guide to the team by regularly updating the technical skills

EDUCATION AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT: -

•B.E. (Electrical) 1st Class. From NIT Allahabad (MNREC) 1991

•Post graduate Diploma in Operation management, IGNOU 1997

•MBA Southern New Hampshire University USA), 2012

•Project management Professional (PMP) 2015

TOTAL WORK EXPERIENCE: 33 Years

Status in USA USA Citizen

HIGHLIGHTS

Safety

•SIF

•Global safety

•LOTO

•Arc Flash

Power System Design

•EHV from 400 KV

•Control System

•Distribution

•UPS systems

CI initiatives:

TPM

Kaizen,

Six Sigma

RWP

ISO

Corporate Project Management

•Project Conceptualization

•Capital Estimate

•Engineering Procurement

•Equipment Selection

•Construction & Erection

•Commissioning & Start-up

Design Management

Engineering design

Contract management

Cost control

Scheduling

Design reviews

PMP Gated process

General management

•Operation

•Safety,

•Manufacturing

•Reliability

•Maintenance

Energy Management

Energy Projects

Energy Conservation

Energy Audits

Sustainability projects

Maintenance Reliability

•Root cause analysis

•Vibration Analysis

•Thermography

Life cycle analysis

Contact this candidate