PRASHANT M. GHADGE

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PROFILE SUMMARY

• 10+ years of experience of design, project engineering and project management.

• Specialties in rotating equipment, high pressure components and process equipment.

• Six-Sigma green belt certified.

• Proven leadership, strong communication, listening, teamwork and ethical practice. EDUCATION

• Master of Science in Mechanical Engineering, Lamar University, Texas / GPA: 3.7 Dec 2010 Thesis: Removal of Lunar Dust inside Confined Space and Effect of Shape Irregularity on Particle Migration.

• Bachelor of Engineering in Mechanical Engineering (Cryogenics), Pillai’s IIT, India June 2007 Thesis: ‘Design and Fabrication of Pancake Type Heat Exchanger’ PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Enerflex, Houston TX Dec 2013-Present

Project Engineer – Enerflex Gas Processing (Midstream)

• Responsible for design and fabrication of process equipment for natural gas processing facility.

• Recent experience of design and fabrication of 300 MMSCFD gas plant for Shell Nigeria.

• Supported for Front End Engineering Design (FEED), balance of plant, and pipe rack design.

• Prepared P&ID, PFD and GA drawings.

• Sized pressure relief valve using API 520 and 521.

• Ensured accuracy, completeness, timeliness and safety on the responsible projects.

• Prepared data sheets for procuring pumps, vessels, control valves and instruments.

• Performed technical and commercial bid evaluations for parts or vendor packages.

• Followed up on vendor packages on technical and commercial items from purchase order to delivery.

• Worked with vendors and EPCs to ensure proper information flow.

• Witnessed leak test, performance test and FAT at Enerflex shop and vendor shops.

• Familiar with API, ASME Section VIII/IX, ANSI B31.3/31.8, TEMA, and IEC & OSHA.

• Participated in HAZOP meeting, and Safety Integrity Level (SIL) meetings.

• Led pre-fabrication and pre-assembly meeting to communicate details to shop personnel.

• Made planning to disassemble large packages and prepare for international shipping.

• Provided support to field technicians during startup and commissioning.

• Provided support to sales and application teams to prepare quotations. Project Manager – Enerflex Rental Compression

• Set up an assembly flow line for mass manufacturing of compressor packages.

• Successful fabrication of over 100 compressor packages with the set up.

• Led team of engineers, designers, supply chain, and manufacturing personnel.

• Decision making using analytical and problem-solving skills.

• Engineered compressor packages for Enerflex’ rental business with large quantity.

• Performed extensive upfront design efforts to minimize the assembly time and material cost. PRASHANT M. GHADGE

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• Process set up for smooth coordination between supply chain, production team and engineering teams.

• Performed root cause analysis of failure and quick implementation of design changes.

• Prepared cost estimations for upcoming projects and conducted cost review meetings on completed projects. Project Engineer/ Manager – Enerflex Gas Compression

• Engineered and managed projects to build natural gas compressor packages.

• Experience with motors, engine, reciprocating/screw compressors, various types of coolers, pumps, silencers, pulsation bottles, scrubbers, and coalescer.

• Scheduled and led internal and customer project kick-off-meetings.

• Communicated design specifications with customer, engineering companies and designers.

• Reviewed and approved GA, P&ID, electrical, spool, vessel, and skid drawings to meet customer specs.

• Reviewed acoustical and torsional analysis reports and implementing recommendations in the project.

• Sized safety relief valves, control valves, pumps, sheave-pulley-belt assembly, and different instruments.

• Selected instrument like pressure transmitters, thermocouples, RTD, vibration transmitters, level transmitters, and proximity switches to maintain the safety of the equipment.

• Prepared sequence of operation, capacity control logic and alarm settings for PLC programming.

• Released Bill of Material in SAP system, such that it should be received on time.

• Tracked time, cost and schedule for projects, to make cost effective packages in committed time.

• Contributed to standardization and process improvement activities within company. Project Engineer, Atlas Copco Compressors LLC, Houston TX May 2011-Dec 2013

• Designed instrument air packages which typically include a screw compressor, dryer, filtration and panel.

• Designed air dryers with PSA technology

• Designed industrial gas and natural gas compressor (reciprocating) packages which typically include components like a motor, a compressor, pulsation bottles, coolers and a control panel.

• Performed as Lead Engineer for CNG Dispensers.

• Created computational models, manufacturing and production drawings using CAD tool SolidWorks.

• Prepared and reviewed fabrication and assembly drawings.

• Familiar with codes like ASME, ANSI, API 618, NFPA and electrical codes such as UL, CSA, CE and NEC.

• Managed ERP System (Made 2 Manage) to load the BOM, to keep track of individual part, to keep the track of working hours on project and to keep the production on schedule.

• Prepared operating and quality manuals for finished products.

• Troubleshooted of engineering problems occurred during and after production.

• Learned company safety procedures. Made sure safety of our customers and vendors on company premises. Research Assistant, Lamar University, Beaumont TX Aug 2008- Dec 2010

• Performed CFD simulation of lunar dust behavior on lunar environment.

• Designed 2D and 3D computational models of dust particles using different CAD tools.

• Performed Grid Independence Study for the validity of the grid used for analysis.

• Performed Fluid Flow Analysis, Thermal Analysis or Stress Analysis of models.

• Developed User Defined Function (UDF) codes for the modification of CAE tools using C++.

• Analyzed statistical data and prepared technical reports. PRASHANT M. GHADGE

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Operations Engineer, Air Products Ltd., Pen, India June 2007 – July 2008

• Operated 1260 TPD and 300 TPD Air Separation Unit (ASU) over Distributed Control System (DCS).

• Ensured the continuous supply of oxygen to a steel plant by maintaining reliability of the plant.

• Quality assurance of cryogenic products include liquid nitrogen, liquid oxygen and liquid argon

• Experienced operation of centrifugal compressors, centrifugal pumps, cryogenic pumps, compandors, gearbox, various types of heat exchangers, cooling tower, and distillation column/ cold box.

• Experienced plant startup, shutdown and normal operation of plant.

• Knowledge of operation of storage tanks and transportation tanks, and insulations to minimize evaporation.

• Troubleshooting equipment and performing root cause analysis.

• Teamwork, communication and coordination with operation, maintenance, electrical and logistic departments

• Reviewed and updated standard operating procedures (SOP) and standard maintenance procedures (SMP).

• Identified critical spares and maintained inventory for spare parts.

• Implementation of Environmental, Health and Safety Standards (EH&S) HVAC Intern, United Refrigeration, Pvt. Ltd., Mazagaon Oct 2006 – Jan 2007

• Learned fabrication and maintenance of commercial air conditioners and refrigerators

• Implemented Design for Manufacturing (DFM) and Concurrent Engineering concepts

• Got hands on experience of brazing, welding, gas cutting, drilling and different fabrication operations

• Learned insulation process for refrigerators, air conditioning units, tubes and ducts

• Leak testing using high pressure nitrogen and ensuring proper working of the system

• Witnessed design and fabrication of ventilation system for commercial complexes GOALS ACHIEVED

• Developed a standard controls narrative for compression packages which became basis for all the packages.

• Created instructions for sizing relief valve using Hysys.

• Developed a Master Data for parts which engineers are using to building Bill of Material (BOM). This helped to reduce quotation time, increased accuracy and allowed company to have control over BOM and cost.

• Used Adobe pdf and Autocad capabilities to create P&IDs quickly using Adobe. This allowed Application engineers to create and give P&IDs during bidding phase and engineer use it as go-by P&ID.

• Developed folder structure to organize different files related to a project. This became company’s standard structure and helped anybody in the company to locate files easily. COMPUTER SKILLS

• Hysys • SolidWorks • Pro Engineering Wildfire

• Autodesk Inventor • CADWorkx • CFD Tool-Ansys Fluent

• Gambit • FEA Nastran • FEA Ansys

• ERP Tool-Made2Manage • SAP • Microsoft Office

• C & C++ • Microsoft Visual Studio 2008 • MATLAB

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS

• Recipient of scholarship from TSGC (Texas Space Grant Consortium)

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