A. THAMBARANATHAN

Sachidananda Sabai, Gurushetram, Selaiyur – Post, Chennai – 600 073, India.

Phone: 00-91-909-***-****

E-mail: g28cye@r.postjobfree.com

Seeking senior level assignments in Plant Operations/ Maintenance Management/Materials Management / Electrical Engineering/Production Management/ with a frontline organization.

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PROFESSIONAL PROFILE

An Electrical Engineer with over 2 decades of experience in Project Management, Production, Operations & Maintenance, Installation & Commissioning and Quality Assurance. Currently associated with M/s TDM INFRASTRUCTURE PRIVATE LIMITED, CHENNAI as Head of Operations. Have experience in Identifying new project site, conduct the evaluation, analysis test and conducting the feasibility study for the project. Expertise in handling the complete project operations entailing planning, resource utilization, electrical maintenance, production management & manpower management. Proven ability in swift ramp of the projects within scheduled time, cost & quality parameters. Managed a wide spectrum of machinery, equipment & utilities; while curtailing the operational costs & expenses. Adept at installation and commissioning operations with demonstrated abilities in working on initiatives, thereby bringing down plant breakdown & achieving annual costs savings.

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AREAS OF EXPOSURE/ EXPERTISE

Project Planning and Execution

• Planning, scoping, estimation & implementation of project plans within preset budgets and deadlines.

• Coordinating projects for the set up facilities with accountability for strategic utilization & deployment of available resources to achieve organizational objectives.

• Preparing budgets & planning funds for diverse operations, ensuring adherence to allotted budgets.

• Preparing periodic MIS reports to facilitate decision making by top management

Plant Operations

• Overseeing plant operations encompassing material planning & store, R&M and utility budgeting and other allied functions for accomplishment of overall business targets.

• Handling plant operations including safe start-up, operation and shutdown of plant, trouble shooting and routine maintenance during shifts.

• Developing new process concepts and SOPs for production optimization yield improvement as well as handling quality initiatives etc.

• Liaising with Government authorities for obtaining necessary approvals and clearances.

• Establishing quality standards, implementing stringent quality control systems to enhance quality and reduce rejection level.

Operations & Maintenance

• Planning and effecting preventive/ predictive/ breakdown maintenance schedules of various machineries and equipments in the plant to increase machine up time/

• Proactively identify areas of obstruction/ breakdowns and take steps to rectify the equipments through application of trouble shooting tools.

• Executing cost saving and energy saving techniques/ measures and modifications to achieve substantial reduction in O&M expenditures and work within the budget.

• Coordinating material/ spare parts planning related activities encompassing identification of vendors, requirement specification & offer evaluation.

Installation & Commissioning

• Handling installation and commissioning of plants as well as handling facilities for completion of projects in stipulated time/cost parameters. Design of crusher machineries, conveyors, electric motors, control panel systems and selection of handling system is the major role.

• Undertaking up gradation, renovation & modification job of the existing machinery, equipment and manufacturing facilities of the plant.

• Reviewing plant layout & carrying out inspection tests for determining the effectiveness of the equipments/ plants.

Team Management

• Leading, motivating and training the employees to improve their operational efficiency.

• Organizing training internal/external programmes based on the training need analysis to elevate the skills & productivity of employees.

• Mentoring and motivating the employees to increase their operational efficiency

• Actively involved in the new product development in the organisation which is value added product. That product is manufactured from the quarry product and that is used for the chemical base industries. This prototype product was manufactured and tested in the various laboratories and various project sites.

EXPERIENCE DETAILS

Since July 2007 with TDM INFRASTRUCTURE (I) P LTD., CHENNAI, INDIA as Head of Operations. In India, the organization has infrastructure projects in various places of India like Japalpur, Bangalore (BOT completed), Jaipur and Chennai. The company have own Mining/Quarry set up for the projects. I was getting transfer to India Operation from Malaysia

Highlights;

Actively involved in the following activities;

• Experienced in running daily production, operations, maintenance of the plant.

• Good understanding of processes, equipment/technology, environmental safety and health management. Maintain the HSE policy in the shop floor area

• Familiar with Project management, Quality Assurance / Maintenance

• Strategic, yet with ability to go down the line when necessary

• Strong leadership qualities and strong people management skills

• Preparation of electrical design, drawings, reports, specification and cost estimation

• Total productive Maintenance & Autonomous maintenance implementation by involving the workers.

• Scrutinize ambiguous and incomplete data and recommend better working ambience and information access for the development of production output.

• Overall responsible for preparing electrical design, drawings, reports, specification and cost estimation.

• Effectively liaison with clients and internal departments to produce electrical system design from concept to detail design and contract administration support.

• Instrumental in framing on-site and off-site Emergency Management Plans and conduct safety drills periodically to familiarize the personnel with Emergency Management Plans.

• Initiated Continuous Improvement concept to enhance working practices, procedures, standards, and machine performance.

• Having credential of implementing Kaizen, 5S, 3C to improve the maintenance work.

• Planned and controlled production process and directed efforts of workforce to maximize productivity. Metso crushers, sandvik crushers and other brand crushers are in the production line.

• Developed Vendors and negotiated with them to supply the best qualitative products on most competitive prices.

• Propagated Quality Circle movement and developed quality culture in the work force to achieve quality leadership in the industry.

• Pioneer in analyzing various processes/applications and recommending process & equipment modification to enhance operational efficiency.

• Responsibilities:

1. Safety: Ensures that employees, equipment and processes meet or exceed the MSHA, OSHA and Company guidelines. Pursues a culture of safety that is best in class with an objective of "zero" injuries or incidents. Actively engages with the workforce to reinforce safe behaviors.

2. Environment: Establishes the environment as a priority at the site. Ensures regulations are met or exceeded by following best practices.

3. Operations Management: Provides direct oversight in the extraction, processing, storage, and shipping of aggregates at the site. Embraces best practices, processes and tools to ensure plant activities are optimized and costs are best in class. Effectively utilizes maintenance programs to maximize plant up-time and manage costs.

4. Inventory Management: Closely manages inventory needs at site through frequent coordination with the Territory Manager/s and Quality Control

5. Performance Management: Promotes a culture of performance. Effectively utilizes KPIs, Performance Efficiency Reviews, financial statements and operational reports to track performance, establish effective action plans and continuously improve the operations.

6. Quality: Understands the value of quality and ensures processes are in place to provide a quality product to our customers. Utilizes best practices in extraction, processing, stockpiling, stock-pile reclamation and re-handling to ensure product remains within target specifications as it is received by our customers. Uses available reports effectively to measure quality, identify variances and establish corrective action.

7. Planning: Develops operational and capital plans for the plant to continuously improve productivity and maintain costs as low or lower than our competition. Prepares budgets and forecasts. Prepares rolling 12 month production forecasts monthly and works closely with sales and customer service personnel to optimize production, sales and inventory levels. Assists in the creation of Mine Plans and ensures they are closely followed/executed (overburden removal and placement, extraction, and progressive rehabilitation/reclamation).

8. Capital: Works with Operations Manager to identify necessary sustaining and development capital according to best practices.

9. Plant Image: Maintains the plant in accordance with standard guidelines for plant image. Plant image includes housekeeping, parts storage, vehicles and equipment condition (cleanliness and appearance), entrance & property, and buildings.

10. HR/Labor Relations: Supervises the workforce, typically through plant foreman and/or lead-hands. Responsible for effective recruitment, merit/recognition, disciplinary actions and terminations on site. Fosters effective employee relations. Establishes a safe and productive work environment where employees are proud to be members of the Company family.

11. Community Relations: Works proactively with the local community to ensure that the Company is a valued member of the community. Activities include organization of open houses and participation with local schools and non-profit organizations.

12. Customer Focus: Interacts with on-site customers to insure their expectations for quality and quantity of material are met. Also ensures they are meeting are exceeding best practices in relation to safety and the environment.

From Nov 2002 to July 2007 with MILLENNIUMVEST SDN BHD., MALAYSIA AS TECHNICAL MANAGER

This company have quarry at Tanah Merah, Seremban and also manage to run the Task Link Kuari Sdn Bhd., Pahang. The company is running the quarry under M/s HANSON(UK) group. The company’s subsidiary unit is M/s I&I EQUIPMENT SDN BHD dealing with the heavy machineries of VOLVO tippers and all Hyundai excavators.

• Working as chief officer for the entire plant operation and maintenance.

• Involve the electrical design, erection, commissioning and maintenance of the plants at Tanah Merah site and Pahang site.

• In charge of 500KVA, 800KVA, 1000KVA generator sets maintenance and operation also.

• Project engineering, supervision of Plant, Inventory management, Capacity improvement, Cost reduction and increased efficiency of Metso crushers, sannvik crusher and Kue Ken crushers.

• Leads and motivates a large group of Engineers whose primary responsibility is to define and implement complete manufacturing processes. Provides exceptional support to customers, team members and shareholders.

• Demonstrate a commitment to customer service, anticipate, meet and exceed expectations by solving problems quickly and effectively; making customer issues a priority.

• Assists with the proper training, tools and resources to execute the various ME job responsibilities. Develops, motivates and challenges employees to perform to their full potential

• Explores and monitors new processes and procedures to support customer’s expanding requirements on cutting edge technology and product densification.

• Establishes clear measurable goals and objectives by which to determine individual and team results (operational metrics, result against project timelines, training documentation, attendance records, knowledge of operational roles and responsibilities, personal development goals).

• Assures that procedures and work instructions are efficient and not reluctant.

• Assess the adequacy of data gathering methods utilized by the workcell. Drives continue improvement through trend reporting analysis and metrics management.

• Ensure optimal utilization of equipment, space, manpower and material resources with bottleneck operations identified.

• Exchange knowledge and information with other facilities to ensure best practices and shared throughout the organization.

• Manage, coordinate, and maintain the facilities layout and adhere to all safety and health rules and regulations of the plant through internal manpower and external vendors.

• Coordinate facilities, equipment and station installations of all product transfers and new startups.

• Tag, label and manage manufacturing equipment assets related to manufacturing

• Taking care of preventive & breakdown maintenance of electrical machineries & controls.

Oct’94 to Nov’01 with FT ROCK SDN BHD., Malaysia as an Electrical Engineer cum Asst. Plant Manager

This company involves to operating the quarry at Rawang in Malaysia with three manufacturing outlet in Rawang and a production capacity of the company was 1.8 Million tons per year.

Highlights;

• Supervising all Electrical system, mobile and fixed plant operations and maintenance

• Carry out inspection on major failure and prepare a detailed scope of work and technical specification to effect repairs or improvements.

• Planning & implementing maintenance programs for the electrical system and equipment to achieve the targeted reliability of overall electrical system.

• Ensuring the Quality work as per British Standards

• Involve the both electrical and mechanical maintenance of the plant and machineries, all mobile equipments and wheel loaders and excavators.

• Prepare the maintenance schedule for the company and adhere strictly in the shop floor.

• Improve the productivities by way of introducing the production policy at site and conduct the tool box meetings at site to ensure the safety procedures at site.

• Implement the safety audit frequently and make the plant neat and clean.

Significant Contributions

• Involve the designing of fixed crusher unit of Task Link Kuari Sdn Bhd at Triang Site, Pahang state, Malaysia.

• Involve the design of electrical system in the crushing unit.

• Major repair and maintenance work handled in the Jaques, Parker, Pegson, Allies, Nordberg Primary jaw crushers, Kue Ken 1300, Kue Ken 107, Kue Ken 120, Pegson 1200, Shenyang 51 and Nordberg, Allies HP 4000 & SP 3000 models of crushers.

• Due to the preventive measure taken on time during the operation of crushing unit of Pegson 1200 crusher, the company saved monetarily and man, material also.

• Operation in charge of the 3 units

• Have vast experience in materials management, cost analysis and operation management in this area.

• Due to my initiative of work involvement, the company promoted me from Electrical Engineer to Assistant Plant Manager position with in the short period of time frame.

PREVIOUS ASSIGNMENTS

Feb’90 to Jun’94 TOKAI KANCO EXPORT CO., LTD., CHENNAI., as MANAGER PRODUCTION

Oct’86 to Oct’89 SATHYA ELECTRICALS as an Electrical Supervisor, Madras

Aug’82 to Dec’84 Premier Synthetics (India) Pvt Ltd., Coimbatore, as Junior Engineer.

EDUCATION:

• P.G.D.C.A from Glinsys Software, Chennai, India in 2001-2002

• M.B.A (Production) from A.M.Jain Institute of Management, Chennai, India in 1989-91

• A.M.I.S.E., Associate member in India Society of Engineers 1988

• Diploma in Electrical Engineering from Government Polytechnic, Coimbatore, India. 1980-1982

COURSES

2004 – SAP R/3 MM Functional Consultant course completed at SAP Solution Academy, Malaysia.

MEMBERSHIPS

• Member in Indian Institution of Plant Engineers, Tamil Nadu chapter, India

• Member in National Institution for Quality and Reliability, Madras Chapter, Tamil Nadu, India.

COMPUTER PROFICIENCY

O S: Windows Xp Language: VB C, C++ GUI TOOLS : Visual Basic 6.0

DATE OF BIRTH : 05.05.1963. Languages known: English, Tamil and Bahasa Malaysia

Thursday, June 23, 2011

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