Assistant General Manager

• Apr 2022 - Present

1. Developing & executing high-level maintenance strategies, making high-stake decisions and overcoming complex business challenges using experience-backed judgment, strong work ethics and irreproachable integrity. 2. Collaborating with clients & stakeholders while keeping them informed of progress and issues in order to manage expectations on all requirements and deliverables. 3. Planning and effectuating preventive, predictive & breakdown maintenance schedules of various equipment/ to… Show more 1. Developing & executing high-level maintenance strategies, making high-stake decisions and overcoming complex business challenges using experience-backed judgment, strong work ethics and irreproachable integrity. 2. Collaborating with clients & stakeholders while keeping them informed of progress and issues in order to manage expectations on all requirements and deliverables. 3. Planning and effectuating preventive, predictive & breakdown maintenance schedules of various equipment/ to increase machine uptime and equipment reliability. 4. Identifying areas of obstruction/ breakdowns and taking steps to rectify the equipment through application of troubleshooting tools. 5. Creating & sustaining a dynamic environment that fosters the development opportunities and motivates the high performance amongst the team members. 6. Looking after proposals, tendering and order execution of revamp projects, De- bottlenecking projects and capex projects. 7. Working on improving safety, reliability and sustainability for the customers Hindalco, Vedanta & Balco. 8. Steering efforts in: o Spare parts agreements, AMC & CMC o Spare parts inventory planning and stock performance based on the global policies 9. Exhibiting ability to foresee changes in the business variables affecting maintenance practices, create strategies and plans including those related to risk mitigation measures, to stay ahead of competition.

Senior Manager

• May 2019 - Mar 2022

Deputy Manager

• Apr 2018 - Apr 2019

1. Lead - Reliability & Maintenance 2. Identified and implemented strategies for building team effectiveness by promoting a spirit of cooperation between team members. 3. Worked on strategic vision, driving change, infusing new ideas and taking business performance and productivity to the next level. 4. Contributed towards planning, organizing, directing, & controlling maintenance operations through business excellence philosophy. 5. Engaged in: o Formulating operating budgets &… Show more 1. Lead - Reliability & Maintenance 2. Identified and implemented strategies for building team effectiveness by promoting a spirit of cooperation between team members. 3. Worked on strategic vision, driving change, infusing new ideas and taking business performance and productivity to the next level. 4. Contributed towards planning, organizing, directing, & controlling maintenance operations through business excellence philosophy. 5. Engaged in: o Formulating operating budgets & managing overall operations for executing the projects within cost & time norms o Developing project baselines, monitoring & controlling the same with respect to cost, resource deployment, time overruns and quality compliance to ensure satisfactory execution of projects 6. Ascertained adherence to quality systems, maintaining requisite documents to ensure complete in-process quality & improvement in process capabilities; providing guidance and recommending improvements on manufacturing methods to reduce errors o Developing supplier assessment systems, identifying areas of quality failures and taking steps to rectify the system wide preventive & corrective actions to avoid the reoccurrences o Planning and developing SOPs, SMPs, PM, AO & CBM activities to ensure reliability of equipment 7. Looked after continuous improvement programs & special projects Team building, people development and succession plan

Associate Manager

• Apr 2012 - Mar 2018

1. Contribute to the creation and implementation of best practice maintenance vision, strategy, policies, processes and procedures to aid and improve operational performance. 2. Effectively delegate any maintenance issues to be resolved on each shift and small projects to the right skills in the team, planning and managing effective works. 3. Manage the team to ensure machine availability, reactively managing dysfunctional machinery with the Shift management 4. Optimize equipment… Show more 1. Contribute to the creation and implementation of best practice maintenance vision, strategy, policies, processes and procedures to aid and improve operational performance. 2. Effectively delegate any maintenance issues to be resolved on each shift and small projects to the right skills in the team, planning and managing effective works. 3. Manage the team to ensure machine availability, reactively managing dysfunctional machinery with the Shift management 4. Optimize equipment according to standard procedure, enhancing performance and product quality, ensuring the achievement of all Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) 5. Develop clear accountability for maintenance material spend combined with a strategy to manage expenditure. 6. Manage systems and equipment data storage and maintain high levels of standards and accuracy 7. Manage the process of the introduction of new machinery, plant and equipment to enhance the plant performance. 8.Manage, coach and develop a high performing Maintenance team that meets agreed objectives and which delivers best practice results, added value and continuous improvements. 9. Prepare the annual Maintenance budget and forecasts and all Capital Expenditure proposals as well as ensuring compliance with legal standards. Manage the budget from identification to completion of projects.

Assistant Manager

• Mar 2010 - Mar 2012

Graduate Engineer Trainee

• Sep 2009 - Feb 2010

Started my professional career immediately after completing graduation in Electrical & Electronics Engineering. Deployed as Graduate Engineer Trainee (GET) in Potline (the reduction area) unit of 0.54 MTPA Aluminium Smelter.