Electrical Engineering

JOB OBJECTIVE

Seeking a responsible and challenging position in the Senior level assignments in project Engineering, Erection & Commissioning / Maintenance & Operations/ Process Enhancement /Optimization Initiatives with an organization of repute.

PROFESSIONAL SYSNOPSIS

An Electrical and Electronics Engineer with over 27 years of experience in Project Engineering, Installation & Commissioning, Maintenance, Operations & Process Enhancement in steel industry.

Extensive experience in erection and commissioning activities of plant Electrical and Electronic equipment and Automation system

Well conversant in planning & scheduling effective maintenance schedule for reducing down time of systems and escalating productivity.

Develop adhesive teams structures and drive company visions in to viable, realized goals.

Solid leadership background with the ability to provide strategic direction for the project management, improved maintenance and production efficiencies.

Process automation modification & enhancement initiatives for improving the productivity.

ORGANISATIONAL EXPERIENCE

March ’2006 – April ’2020 (14 Years)

Qatar Steel Company, Qatar

Last position held: Head of Section EF/CC Electrical

One of the integrated steel plants located in Middle East with rated capacity of 2.5 MTPA consisting of

1.Direct Reduced Iron plants ( 2Nos.)

2.Electric Arc furnaces( 05 Nos.)

3.Billet casters( 5 Nos.)

4.Rolling Mills (2 Nos.)

Key Result Areas:

Project Engineering Erection and Commissioning

Project Engineering( BI, BE & DE), site supervision of erection & commissioning activities and witnessing the performance test related to Electrical as well as Automation system of Brown field Expansion project of Steel Melt shop, i.e. for Electric Arc Furnace (80 MT), Ladle Furnaces (two), Caster (4 strand), Material Handling System, De-dusting System, Fume treatment plant and water treatment plant supplied by Danieli Italy in the year 2006-2007 along with the substation equipments.

Project Engineering, Site supervision of erection & commissioning activities and witnessing of performance test of the Green field project of Steel melt Shop related to Electrical as well as Automation system i.e. for Electric Arc Furnace (110 MT), Ladle Furnace, Caster (4 strand), Material Handling System, De-dusting System and water treatment plant supplied by Siemens VAI Germany in the year 2013- 2014.

Developing the technical specification and evaluation of the offers of the Industrial control system upgrade project in the steel Melt shop area to fulfill the cyber security requirement by the government of Qatar and implementation of the project by coordinating with the Industrial control system supplier.

Maintenance & Operations

Leading and providing the front line technical support to the Electrical and Automation maintenance team for the steel melt shop and the substation to ensure smooth operation of the electrical equipment, comprising of Substation transformers rated up to 315/160/100MVA, Static-VAR compensator equipment, Furnace transformers(70,74 & 125 MVA), ladle furnace transformers(15 & 30MVA), Load center transformers, Siemens VVVF Drives, LV/MV motors, LV/MV switchgears and its protection system, as well as Automation system comprising of Programmable logic controllers, HMI system, Networking, SIMELT(Siemens Patented) Furnace electrode regulation & HIREG( Danieli patented) Digital Electrode control system.

Executing and scheduling preventive, corrective maintenance and major repair activities as well as the trouble shooting during the unscheduled breakdown of the electrical / automation equipment related to Steel Melt Shop.

Develop long term plan for the CAPEX and the OPEX, for management approval, in order to ensure that plant and equipment maintenance needs are met and production process availability optimized for the coming 5 years.

Manage and control expenditure (spare parts and repair cost) to ensure that costs are either within the planned budget or that additional expenditure is anticipated and fed into overrun plans.

Identify and develop maintenance operating standards, policies and procedures in order to support continuous improvements in operating performance in line with production strategy.

Utilize technical expertise/Experience to assess new technology and recommend its implementation as appropriate in order to support the achievement of continuous production operation at minimum maintenance cost.

Implementation of PTW (Permit to work) & LOTO ( Lockout & Tag out system) in Steel melt shop.

Process Enhancement / optimization Initiatives

Undertaking projects for capacity expansion, modernization, modification & enhancement with a control on process parameters to get optimum production.

Devising and effectuating process schedules during normal as well as in breakdowns and shutdowns.

Analysing various processes/applications recommending modification & equipment calibrations to enhance operational efficiency.

Assigning reliability improvement tasks by considering the major equipment breakdowns and enhance the availability of the equipment.

Implementation of Oxy-Burner system for production enhancement.

Dec ’1995 – Feb ’2006 ( 10 years )

Ispat Industries Ltd.( Present JSW Ispat Steel Ltd)

Dolvi. Raigad

Maharashtra India

Last position held - Sr. Manager (Electrical & Automation)

One of the world’s most modern integrated steel plant with rated capacity of 3.0 MTPA and has the state of the art technology from SMS –Demag AG Germany.

Key Result Areas:

Project Engineering, Erection and commissioning

Project Engineering and Supervision of erection and commissioning activities of plant equipment and the Automation system related to the steel melt shop.

Co-ordination with the equipment supplier/system supplier & manpower planning to ensure timely completion of the projects.

Conducting regular inspection and tests to ensure the performance capacity of various machines and equipments to ensure smooth operations

Maintenance & Operations

Scheduling and planning predictive, preventive and breakdown maintenance jobs with key focus on spares availability and root cause analysis for Twin Shell 180MT Electric Arc Furnace by MDH (Germany), Ladle Furnace by MAN GHH (USA), Material Handling System and Gas Cleaning Plant.

Scheduling and planning predictive, preventive and breakdown maintenance jobs for 137MVA EAF Transformer, 30MVA LF Transformer, LV and MV Switch gear and

Logic Modification and trouble shooting through Siemens S5 & S7 Family PLCs.

Preparing maintenance plans/schedules for reducing machinery downtime to minimum for ensuring smooth production.

Overseeing inventory control by spares management and vendor development for procurement of requisite materials.

Commenced professional career as an Electrical Maintenance Engineer with Marmagoa Steel Ltd., Goa and engaged in Maintenance of Electrical Sub-station, Arc/ladle furnace, fume extraction system and casting equipments. (Apr ‘93 –Nov’95)

PROFESSIONAL TRAININGS

Furnace related Electrics from Mannesmann Demag Germany

Basic Hydraulics at Mannesmann Rexorth Germany

On the job training at Acroni Slovenia

PC 10 for programming logic controllers from Siemen’s India Ltd.

Wonderware Intouch Basic /advanced training at KLG Systel India Ltd.

Basics of S7 and WIN-CC

Melt shop automation system at Daniel Automation training centre at Italy

Handling of Sinamic drives.

ACADEMIC CREDENTIALS

Bachelor of Engineering (Electrical & Electronics ) with 1st division from Anjuman engineering college Bhatkal, Karnataka in 1992.

PERSONAL DETAILS

Date of Birth : 31st Oct 1969

Present Address : B-605 Komarla Brigade residency

Uttarhalli Main Road

Chikkalsandra

Bengluru.

Karnataka- India

560061

Permanent Address : B-101, “Neel Sanskruti” Plot No. 45 -48 Sector -9

New Panvel

NAVI Mumbai -410206

Maharashtra, INDIA

Languages known : English, Hindi, Kannada.

Passport validity : 02.11.2024

Mr. NAGARAJ BALERI

E-Mail: ******.*******@*****.***

Mobile No. +91-932*******.

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