Prajwala R
Sameera
Senior Engineer
Contact
Address
No 8 SF No 236/1 Ground
Floor Third Main Road East
Gopalapuram Pattabiram
Chennai, Tamil Nadu,
600072
Phone
***************@*****.**
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Skills
Mechanical engineering
Excellent
Strong analytical mind
Excellent
Six Sigma tools expert
Excellent
Leadership skills
Very Good
SAP
Very Good
Project Management
Good
Senior engineer with over seven and a half years of successful experience in Operational Excellence and Utility operations & maintenance. Recognized consistently for performance excellence and contributions to success in petro-chemical industry. Strengths in operational and business excellence, industrial engineering, project management, utility O&M, statistical problem solving techniques, RCM backed by training in process excellence, lean six sigma, ScrumMaster, World Class Manufacturing concepts. Currently seeking a role as
"Process / Operational Excellence Lead" to learn and demonstrate my skills and experience towards personal and organizational development.
Work History
2019-07 -
Current
Senior Engineer
Birla Carbon India Pvt Ltd, Gummidipoondi, Tamil Nadu
Documented daily activities in internal system and submitted daily shift reports for management MIS
reporting.
Tended steam boiler, turbine and all associated
equipment during operation and monitored
readouts to determine areas of concern and quickly correct problems.
Observed all equipment in operation, system
activities and control readouts on continuous basis.
Thoroughly documented the utility plant activities in daily logs and detailed concerns and issues prior to distributing reports to department and functional
heads.
Assigned tasks to team members of three based
upon individual strengths and experience, realizing productivity and workflow improvements within
three members on daily basis.
Extended life of equipment and maintained
consistent performance by planning for regular
cleaning, lubrication and basic preventive
maintenance activities. Total equipment handling
are around 100.
Control testing of water and condensate to check safety and compliance with regulations and initiate corrective actions. The quality compliance
Experience using AutoCAD
Good
Cost estimation
Very Good
Project estimation
Good
Presentation creation
Excellent
Document control
Very Good
Stormwater management
Very Good
Writing RFIs
Very Good
Teamwork / Collaboration
Excellent
Budgeting
Good
Project Planning and
Development Skills
Very Good
achieved is 95%
Kept plant areas clean and ready for inspections to maintain high audit and compliance scores.
Followed established safety, operational and
corporate policies with all areas of utility plant operations and achieved all the operational KPIs as per the target.
Prevented personnel injuries and achieved zero
accidents during plant operations and maintenance
by practicing diligent global safety processes and procedures.
Balanced power production, operating costs and
safety concerns through continuous system
regulation.
Operation and maintenance of three steam boilers with total capacity of 162 TPH, four steam turbine generators with total capacity of 33.7 MWH, water treatment and recycling plant.
Defined engineering problems, collected data,
established facts and drew conclusions to solve
chronic engineering issues. Trained in utilizing RCM, 8D Analysis, root cause analysis, vibration analysis.
Support role in project management and execution in current production line expansion project of 100 TPH steam boiler, 25 MWH steam turbine, RO and DM
water treatment, evaporator and other water
recycling plant.
2013-03 -
2019-06
Engineer
Birla Carbon India Pvt Ltd, Gummidipoondi, Tamil Nadu
Recognized areas needing improvement and
implemented process improvement program like
Lean Six Sigma significantly achieving an overall
yield improvement of 1.792 and achieving quality
improvement.
Enhanced and redefined organizational structure to maintain company's competitive edge across the
business in achieving overall operational excellence.
Conducted site investigations through various
assessments and audits, reported issues and
escalated those that required further assistance.
Communicated best practices through business best practice portal among the operating unit and sister business units to align efforts and goals.
Created and entered data into WCM software
system by easing the usage and implementation of
OPEX activities among the team and achieved a
score band of 85-90% in Aditya Birla Group OPEX
assessment.
Conducted training to Section Heads, Engineers and field level teams on Operational Excellence
concepts and techniques, boosting operational
excellence scoring to 85-90% band.
Evaluated existing operational activities and current internal and external benchmarks to identify
necessary improvements and capitalize on changes.
Conducted monthly performance review meetings
with executive leadership team to identify
opportunities for improvement, establish milestones on OPEX, formulate action plan and further follow
ups.
Coordinated all business executives and leadership teams by interacting effectively and establishing
communication best practices.
Produced regular weekly and monthly reports to
evaluate performance, adjust strategies and
maintain agile, sustainable operations through
achieving the control & result indicators and teams QCDIPs.
Conducting ISO systems audit as trained internal auditor for SA 8000, OHSAS 18001, TS 16949 to
strengthen the systems and procedures internally.
Education
2008-09 -
2012-06
Bachelor of Engineering: Industrial
Production And Engineering
Bapuji Institute Of Engineering And Technology -
Davangere, Karnataka
Member of Industrial and Production Engineering
department Forum and represented as "Forum
Representative" during 2011
Accomplishments
Established Unit level daily plant performance report to monitor the daily plant performance which is
chaired by the Unit Head.
Improved the yield and productivity of third carbon black production line by improving feedstock oil
temperature through DMAIC and achieved a yield
improvement of 8% and monetary benefit of 481
lacs per annum. Awarded platinum in QCFI 2016
project presentation competition.
Collaborated with team of three in the reducing the overall water consumption in carbon black
production by reduce and recycle and reuse water
through various treatment process and reduced 225
KL per day water and fulfilling the business vision towards sustainability.
Collaborated with team of four in the quality
improvement of N220 and N234 carbon black
grades without affecting the yield property thrugh DMAIC. Achieved the quality within customer
specifications limit and also improved the yield
attaining the customer satisfaction and increase in customer order for the particular CB grade. Also
awarded first place in CII south region project
presentation competition.
Certifications
2018-06 Lean Six Sigma Black Belt by Tira Consulting India Pvt Ltd
2017-03 Lean Six Sigma Green Belt by Corporate Business Excellence Cell, Aditya Birla Group
2013-12 Lean Six Sigma Yellow Belt by Qual Mind Global 2019-08 Certified ScrumMaster by Scrumalliance
2015-06 Certified Operational Excellence Assessor by Corporate Business Excellence Cell, Aditya Birla Group.
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