Manager Engineer

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R Vel Pravin Kumar

Plot no **,*th Street,Sri rajeshwari nagar,

Sathaankuppam,Kelambakkam.Chennai-603103

*********@*****.*** +91-956*******

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Personal Details:

March 1981 Married Indian

Tamil: native, English, Hindi & Telugu: fluent

Team leader of Proposal, Product, Upgrade & retrofit of Cement Plant

Analytical and resourceful engineering professional with 16+ years of global experience in optimising plant/process efficiency and improving operations within cement industry. Proven success, achieving capacity enhancement and energy reduction with attractive paybacks by conceiving and converting cement plant upgrades. Instrumental in identifying problematic/underperforming circuits/systems and implementing technically robust solutions. Ability to lead teams, mobilise resources, and adapt quickly to demanding environments; immense ability to effectively communicate with all functional groups and through several levels of the organisation.

Areas of Expertise/Highlights

Estimation

Plant Upgrade & Retrofit

Layout optimisation

Techno-Commercial Evaluation/Negotiation

Project Evaluation, Conversion, and Finalisation

Operation & maintenance

Stacker Reclaimers & Transport system

Tender bidding

Capacity Enhancement & Energy Audits

Sales Management (Products & Upgrades)

Alignment jobs

Continuous Improvement/Cost Efficiency

Contract Development/Management

Pyro systems.

Crushing Circuits Grinding circuits

Career Experience

FLSmidth Private Limited, Chennai, India

Manager / Deputy Manager Proposal (Products & Upgrades, Retrofits), Apr 2015 to present Conceptualised many pyro-process and mill circuit upgrades for enhanced capacity and energy reduction by conducting comprehensive audits. Converted the conceived ideas to projects with attractive pay-backs by leading teams of various disciplines. Led and performed techno-commercial project evaluation, negotiations, and contract making for all the projects. Key Contributions:

Produced positive results and achieved yearly sales targets.

Steered overall proposal activities as proposal manager for the biggest vertical mill for clinker and slag grinding, OK 81-6 mill with MAAX Drive.

Executed plant audit for the assessment of potential enhancements and savings, presented the findings to customer, initiated pyro and mill circuit upgrade projects ranging from 10 to 30% increase in output, 2 to 6 Kwh/t of specific power savings and up to 70 kcal/kg clinker fuel savings.

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Expanded business and optimised future growth through successful product sales promotions, new customer development, and customer relationship/support at the highest possible level. Assistant Manager – Global Project Proposal, Apr 2013 to Mar 2015 Communicated effectively for conversion of first OK cement mill conversion to raw mill grinding circuit evaluation techniques. Presented the provided proposed solutions to customers in technical meetings and convinced them for project finalisation.

Key Contributions:

First OK cement mill conversion to raw grinding system with optimised layout.

Provided best, authentic, and achievable system solutions for more moisture handling systems. Sr. Lead Engineer, Domestic Project Proposal, Jul 2011 to July 2013 Enhanced bid preparation efficiency through working different individual tenders in domestic market. Key Contribution:

Quoted for full green field plant project with EP and EPC package.

Attending of customer technical meeting at sites & office.

Achieved individually to manage the team up to 3 persons. Additional Experience:

Lead Engineer, Domestic Project Proposal, May 2008 to July 2011 at FLSmidth Private Limited, Chennai, India

Assistant Manager, Raw mill operation & maintenance at ACC cement Madukkarai. Graduate Engineer Trainee, Mechanical at Andhra Cements Ltd., Vizag Unit, India Education and Credentials

Bachelor of Engineering – Mechanical Engineering,

TREC, Manonmaniam Sundaranar University, Tirunelveli Diploma In Mechanical Engineering,

KNSK Polytechnic,ChenbagaramanPuthur.

Professional Development

Communication across cultures Train the Trainers Performance Readiness Personal Quality

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