MUTHUKKUMARAN SOMASUNDHARRAM
Mobile No: +91-900*******
Email ID: **************@*****.**.** LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/smuthukkumaran Seeking assignment in Project Engineering & Management / Electro-mechanical equipment Maintenance / Field Service Engineering with an organization of high repute PROFESSIONAL SNAPSHOT
A dynamic and competent engineering professional with 22 years of experience in Project Engineering & Management, Conceptual Design, Quality Assurance and Process Enhancement of the plant.
Currently associated with GE Power Conversion India Private Limited, Chennai as Lead Marketing Specialist
Adapt in implementation of ISO9001-2008, OHSAS18001:2007, ISO14001:2004 systems, shopfloor safety & HSE professional, he has proficiently established design criteria and methodology with the use of various International codes
Skilled in developing electrical rotating machines for wind/ marine/ steam/ gas turbines, special purpose pumps, heavy structural machinery engineering for textile mills, paper mills, etc.
Possesses excellent knowledge of general engineering processes, sheet metal & heavy structural fabrication, casting, forging, machining, bought-out product selection and establishing requirement specifications
An effective communicator and proven leader with good interpretational and problem-solving skills. CORE COMPETENCIES
Live Project Management Field Service Maintenance Marketing Value Proposition
CAD & GD&T Troubleshooting Sales Collaterals & Proposals
Analytical & FEA Calculation Refurbishment Engineering Supplier Quality Engineering
Conceptual Design FMEA/ RCA/ 6 Sigma Quality Review (MRT & FAT)
Team Management Process Enhancement Liaison / Coordination EMPLOYMENT HISTORY
Since Sep’11 with GE Power Conversion India Private Limited, Chennai, Website: www.gepowerconversion.com
Growth Path:
Sep’11-Feb’16: Lead Engineer/Technologist-Electro- mechanical design Mar’16-Jan’17: eHouse R&D Technical Leader Since Jan’17-Mar’21: Lead Marketing Specialist- Demand Creation Key Role:
Administering entire gamut of actions pertained to marketing campaigns including planning, designing fliers
& brochures, factsheets, preparing maintenance manuals and checklists
Filtering the database and creating prospects list. Describing the offers to the commercial teams and hand allocating the leads to sales officers
Continuously improving the data accuracies of existing installed base via salesforce.com
Reviewing the impact of campaigns, checking the progress of leads and opportunities via salesforce.com
Analysing leads conversion rate, Win/Loss analysis, reviewing value proportions and enhancing sales collateral materials
Extensively working on miscellaneous offering matrix, case studies, FAQs, proposal templates, etc.
Continuously enhancing the results by analytical research and studies eHouse R&D Technical Leader
Responsible for OTR (Order-to-Remittance) project engineering, reverse engineering of eHouse modules that includes developing a structural design practice, MTO tool (Material-to Order) and Should-Costing tool Lead Engineer/ Technologist – Electro-mechanical design
Adroitly designed Alpha range synchronous machines for marine, gas and steam turbine application, handled contract projects engineering, resolved manufacturing queries and issues
Worked on direct material productivity (DMP), design improvements, Cost-out and FEA simulation methods
Supported sales for scoping bids, producing tender during inquiry-to-order (ITO) phase. Decreased the cycle- time, enhanced and standardized existing design and process Significant Highlights:
Deftly devising SmartGrow marketing program resulted as defined service offerings to specific customers who meets the value of offerings in running series
Adroitly launched 20+ campaigns and subsequently increased sales and revenues
Increased the precision of customer installed bases via updating approximately 50% in the Salesforce.com
Proficiently executed the servicing of Stator frame offset failure at customer site and new rotor lead enhancement at SAIL- Bokaro hot rolling steel mill site
Functioned as Reverse Engineer for Freeport LNG & Cameron LNG vendor database
Nimbly coordinated to complete the Structural Design Practice creation
Handled Bokaro site Service call request by the Installation & Commissioning team and refurbished the new design rotor links in the existing motors
Led the projects with major decision, drawing review, approval, completed the target of on time delivery of project, quality first-time-yield and constantly attained zero NCRs in various projects
Successfully reduced the weight of Alpha Stator frame by 15% approximately 7 ton to 6 ton in one project, 30% approximately 15 ton to 10.5 ton in another design and the new designs are efficaciously manufactured, factory tested and installed at customer sites
Expertly reduced the cycle time by 50% via prominent hand calculation into Excel spreadsheets
Established global buying specifications for oil jacking system & CACW cooler procurement May’08-Sep’11 with Suzlon Energy Limited, Pune and Coimbatore Manager- Engineering (Asset Investment Group - Generators) Significant Highlights:
Expertly installed new plant machineries, streamlined initial manufacturing and the production.
Deftly managed the alignment of VTL machines, core building stations, calibration testing of ABRO make dynamic balancing machines, specifically compared with URR & MARU test results
Upgraded the design of existing 2.1MW machine, amplified lead brazing process and reduced failures
Developed design for a new 1250/300 kW induction generator which has 4/6Pole, dual speed, squirrel cage, TEFC frame; prepared a prototype, passed FAT & IP56. Optimized the heat dissipation performance of stator frame by comparing test results of a cast parallel fins versus radial fins welded stator frames
Stalwartly reviewed designs and liaised with cross-functional team, progressed existing product, minimized the field failures, analysed RCA and FMEA
Aug’06-May’08 with Technosoft Information Technologies (I) Limited, Mumbai CAD Engineer
Significant Highlights:
Steered on-site project, involved in designing and developing specialty pumps for the first time. designed a rotary lobe pump, a vane pump, an ergonomic handle and a disc operated two- way valve with improved capacity and performance
Created a new cold forming Pilger mill to operate steel tubes re-sizing with a new planetary and epicyclical gears combined gearbox to adapt rotary motion into reciprocating action and refurbished the existing conventional crank and connecting rod mechanism
PREVIOUS ASSGNMENT
Apr’03-Aug’06 with Wings Technologies, Coimbatore as Design Engineer Dec’98-Mar’03 with Peninsula Engineers, Coimbatore as Design Engineer Aug’97-Nov’98 with KADIMI International, Gurgaon as QC Inspector SCHOLASTICS
2011: M. Tech. in Production Design & Development from Anna University, Coimbatore, scored 7.86 CGPA 2006: B. Tech. in Mechanical Engineering from GCT, Coimbatore, allied to Anna University, scored 59.03% 1995: Diploma in Mechanical & Rural Engineering from SRKV Polytechnic, Coimbatore, scored 77.4% CERTIFICATIONS
WES- Canada verification and certification for entire educational credentials
Training and certification on ‘Wing Energy Technology’ conducted by C- WET PERSONAL SNIPPETS
Date of Birth : May 10th, 1976
Nationality : Indian
Language Proficiency : English and Tamil
Address : Plot 3, Seventh Avenue, Anna Nagar 7th Main road, Pammal, Chennai - 600075