Chemical Engineering Plant
Resume:
Nand
Kumar
“Head of operations”
at Hindustan Zinc
Limited Debari,
Udaipur
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Skills
Operations Management
Risk Assessment
General Management
Contractor Management
Process Safety Management
Environment Management
Resources Management
Lead and Zinc sintering, Blast
furnace and Refining of
Objective
Looking for a leadership role where I can add value in operations and create wealth for Organization & society as well.
Introduction
Heading operations at Hindustan Zinc Limited Udaipur, India
Leading a team of 500+ employees of operations.
Manufacturer of sulfur base chemicals, its Derivatives & nonferrous Metals, Handling of Process of Roasting, gas cleaning, acid production, leaching, purification, electro winning, melting, casting, Sintering, blast furnace & Zinc, Lead, Copper, Silver and Cadmium Refining
Heading the team of Process, maintenance, logistic, Safety, Environment, QC, Commercial function, Stakeholder management & CSR.
International Exposure
Participated in the international Sulphur conference in Montreal Canada in 2007. Learning about heat recovery system in acid plant converter, Upgraded demisting equipment, absorption towers packing material innovation, maintenance practices in an acid plant
& sulfur burning processes.
Visited Lead & Zinc Smelters shaoguan China in 2007 and learning of best practices in ISPL plants in China.
Visited Lead and Zinc Smelter Huludao China in 2009 to judge the suitability of concentrate for HZL operation planned to buy from Glenncore.
Visited Kennecott copper smelter Salt Lake City, Utah, the USA in 2010 for technology selection for one of the expansion projects in my group company. Visited MECS & Lewis pumps site in saint Lewis USA learning of global practices of fabrication, assembly, QA, Safety, 5S.
Participated in an international sulfur conference in Paris in 2014. Learning about new innovation in absorption tower irrigation systems, about the upgraded catalyst, best maintenance practices in refractories, and treatment of lean SO2 & tail gas treatment processes Zinc. Lead, Cadmium, Silver
and Copper
Fluid Bed Roasting, Gas
Cleaning, and Sulphuric
Acid Operations
ETP & Reverse-Osmosis
Work permit system
Analytical and Problem-
solving skills
Waste water management
Coaching and mentoring
Hazardous waste management
Incident Investigation
ERCP
Work Experience
Apr’16-July
20,
Head of Operations
Hindustan Zinc Limited, UDAIPUR, Rajasthan
Head Operations & Maintenance of Zinc and sulphuric acid manufacturing processes (Fluid bed Roasting,
Acid plant DCDA process, Leaching, Purification,
Electro winning & Moore cake treatment in Kiln at Zinc Smelter Debari.
Streamlining of processes to achieve volume with environment friendly manner. Improvement in acid
plant operations to reduce fuel consumption with
saving of 5.7 Cr PA and reduction in COP by improving efficiencies, optimization of consumables & services.
Improvement in mercury fixation from 46 to 88% in roasters worth saving of 10 Cr PA
Drive Process safety management in Debari & PSSR at HZL corporate level. Implemented all safety initiatives to achieve zero injury at Debari & facilitated SME & VSAP audits for zone.
May’09-
Mar’16
Strategic Business Unit Head
Production & Maintenance planning, resources
management and OJTs for skill improvement.
Improvement in ISPL blast furnace OEE from 65% to 85% by changing the standard operating procedures
and maintenance practices to improve cooling water system & by adding two innovative cost saving
projects in ISF. Unlocking of 17 crore inventories lying in blast furnace WIP yard.
Improvement in Roaster 3 OEE from 66% to 88% by
enhancing operation and maintenance practices,
improvement in sulfur fixation from 99.5 to 99.9%.
Lead Process Optimization in the AO framework.
Jan ’05-Apr’09 Plant Manager
Problem identification & revamping of the
nonperforming sulphuric acid plant by major changes in gas cleaning plant and absorption section leading to savings of Capex of INR 45 Cr in 2008.
Commissioning of 954 MTPD roaster and 900 MTPD
sulphuric acid plant.
Improvement in Effluent Treatment and RO plant,
system efficiency improved from 60 to 86%.
April’91-
Dec’04
Process Engineer
Shift in charge in lead, silver, copper, ISF, Sinter, Acid, ETP & RO plants at HZL.
Commissioning of lead & silver refining plant within the defined timeline and produced the first
consignment of refined lead from Chanderia Zinc
Smelter Chittorgarh.
Commissioning of Junker and BBOC and first batch of silver Produced in Pyro plant
Steam lining the process of Sinter, acid, Blast
Furnace, Zn refinery, Lead Refinery, Copper
Recovery, Cd Refinery and effluent treatment plant Oct’87-Mar’91
Shift Supervisor
Manpower management, Guide to process, and
maintenance team in the following operations.
1. Continuous fractional distillation column.
2. Hydrogenation & oxidation process in high-
Pressure autoclaves
3. Process of Menthol and Thymol manufacturing
4. Process of making resin for paint industries.
5. Menthol and Thymol Crystallization
6. Catalyst manufacturing for the internal process of oxidation and hydrogenation
7. Per Acetic Acid manufacturing unit
Education
Jun’06-Aug’09 Bachelor in Process Engineering
Birla Institute Of Technology And Science - Pilani Jun’90-May’92 Diploma in Production Management
Annamalai University - Tamil Nadu
Jun’83-May’87 Diploma in Chemical Engineering
UP Technical Board - Lucknow
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