SHANTANU SAMAJDAR
Reliability Engineer/Maintenance Engineer
adgq32@r.postjobfree.com
Toronto, ON
(Open to Relocation)
linkedin.com/in/shantanusamajdar
CORE STRENGTHS
4Maintenance Planning & Execution
4RCM & Life Cycle Cost Analysis, RSM
4Fault Tree Analysis & RCFA, Bad Actor Assessment
4Lean, TPM & Six Sigma, Project Management
4Reliability Modeling & FMEA’s, RAMS
4Pursuing PEng (PEO)
4Asset Management System: Meridiam 6.2
4Windows Tool: MS Word, MS Excel, MS Project, MS PowerPoint
4Design & Drafting; AutoCAD & solid Works
4CMMS Systems: IBM Maximo 6.2, SAP
4Specification: API, ANSI, ASME, PM, PdM
PROFILE
A seasoned mechanical engineer over 9 years of hands on experience in engineering, construction, and commissioning in the manufacturing industry.
Certified Maintenance & Reliability Professional (CMRP) from Society for Maintenance & Reliability Professionals (SMRP) USA.
Established programs to enhance health and safety and designed plans to determine optimum inventory levels and optimum utilization of machinery.
Expertise in equipment maintenance, planning, installation, troubleshooting and reliability improvements.
Extensive knowledge of in plant equipment’s like piping, heat exchangers, pumps, boilers, turbines, blowers, compressors, and vibration analysis techniques.
In-depth understanding of condition monitoring, equipment parts selection, testing, repairing, CI, and maintenance procedures.
Excellent relationship/interpersonal skills and problem-solving ability and strong written and verbal communication skills.
Proven leadership and motivational skills encouraging teamwork, integrity, trust, and entrepreneurship
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Singapore Refining Company Private Limited, www.src.com.sg, Singapore June 2011 – April 2020
Senior Reliability Engineer June 2011 – April 2020
Project Highlights
Net Gas Compressor(2800HP) Lubrication Conversion Project: Execution lead for upgrade project involving removal of cylinder and overhaul resulting in 50% reduction of annual maintenance cost.
Sulfuric Acid Pump Bad Actor Study: Initiated and implemented six sigma projects resulting in elimination of 80% corrective maintenance cost.
Diesel Feed Multistage Pump Upgrade Project: Initiated and executed wearing upgrade project resulting in 35% reduction in operating cost.
Key Responsibilities
Responsible for researching, analyzing and gathering technical requirements to assess project scope and lead engineering design review to perform cost studies to evaluate financial feasibility of potential projects for new or remediated assets.
Drove reliability and profitability through setup, implementation, and integration of condition monitoring techniques like oil analysis, vibration analysis, infrared thermography for manufacturing equipment’s to maximize plant availability.
Lead bad actor elimination process for recurring failures and implement root cause failure investigations for repeated failures to improve OEE (Overall Equipment Effectiveness).
Actively lead Planned turnarounds, shutdowns, and capital expenditure projects from beginning to end by evaluating performance of vendors, managing contracts, purchasing spare parts, develop process workflows and review staffing.
Leveraged Lean Six Sigma CI principles and tools to improve overall operations to create a more predictive manufacturing operation model.
Coached operations and maintenance department to develop procedures, training, and processes as part of continuous improvement initiatives.
Prepared budgets for maintenance projects, resolved complex work problems, recommending contract change orders for required areas.
Provide support in Process Safety Management (PSM) initiatives like Functional Hazard Analysis (FnHA), Process Hazard Analysis (PHA), Hazard & Operability Study (HAZOP) and Prestart-up Safety Reviews (PSSRs) for analyzing manufacturing process-related risks and incidents.
Investigate material substitutions for equipment and process improvements.
Incorporated performance evaluations of manufacturing equipment’s to identify downtime sources, developed solutions to resolve issues to improve system performance.
Lead mill wrights, electricians, and technicians for equipment overhaul during plant shutdown/turnaround.
Provide technical/maintenance support to operations and maintenance during for commissioning and troubleshooting of critical equipment’s.
Understanding of ASME/CSA code and requirements and conduct life cycle Costing on existing and old assets.
Execute compliance and regulatory requirements by coordinating with cross functional departments like Operations, Maintenance and Health/Safety.
Design and implement predictive maintenance and preventive maintenance programs to monitor the condition of the plant and equipment to maximize plant reliability and minimize plant downtime.
Developed and implemented improvement action plans to ensure year over year improvement in critical plant metrics
Machinery Intern July 2010 – January 2011
Exxon Mobil Asia Pacific Limited-Singapore (www.exxonmobil.com.sg)
(Global oil & gas company with sales of $ 14.3 Billion and 71,000 employees)
Reliability Key Performance Indicators (KPI’s) statistics generation and reporting for centrifugal pumps.
KEY ACCOMPLISHMENTS
Successfully coordinated and managed 7+ maintenance shutdowns involving operators, contractors and plant personnel resulting in 0 safety incidents.
Reduced annual maintenance cost by 50% on 2800HP reciprocating compressor by implementing lubrication conversion project.
Achieved 35% reduction in operating cost by initiating and implementing multistage pump wearing upgrade project.
Eliminated 80% corrective maintenance cost on acid pumps by implementing Six Sigma and Lean Manufacturing methods.
EDUCATION
Master of Science, Mechanical Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (WES) 2011
Bachelors of Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Vinayaka Missions University, India (WES) 2009
CERTIFICATIONS
ISO 18436-2 Vibration Analyst Category 2- Vibration Institute, USA.
Certified Maintenance & Reliability Professional (CMRP)-SMRP, USA.
Certified Root Cause Analysis Facilitator Course- Chevron Corporation, USA.