Experience

NICOMET INDUSTRIES LIMITED

• India
• Chemical Manufacturing
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Dy Mgr

  • 2010 - Present

  The company is in the manufacturing of Cu, Co and Ni metals and crystals heading maintenance & projects. The plant is having Equipments such as Boiler, Thermic fuel heater, Compressors, Dryers, Evaporators, Cranes, Pumps, Material handling eqpts bucket elevator, belt conv, screw conv, Vibratory machines, Vertical Roller mill, Crusher, Reactors, Centrifuges, Chiller, Reverse osmosis plant, Pneumatic conv, Hydraulic machines, Utility vehicles – Forklift, JCB, Loader, Tipper. Resolved the major maintenance problems provided strong leadership and technical expertise, established better work procedures and schedules. Developed & maintained the schedule of TPM to ensure its timely execution for enabling uptime of machines with compliance of 90%, Drive continuous improvement through kaizen and focussed improvement Reduced the repairs and maintenance cost in the plant through value engineering, OEM spares substitutes, improvement in equipment life by corrective maintenance practices and innovative solutions Geared the activities for developing spares locally, reduced the yearly spares consumption cost by 30 lakhs by local development of spares and service providers for pumps, gearbox, Seals, hydraulic systems, utility vehicles, liners, cranes etc Implemented and maintained better safety practices at work area, led & guided the team in ensuring compliance to all safety norms to minimize/achieve zero accidents Major projects handled Modification of solvent extraction unit to process 300T leach solution, Installation and comissioning of RO Plant of Cap 21M3/hr , Modification of cobalt hydroxide in leaching, Errection and commissioning of DG set of cap 2800KVA, Expansion of Ni Plant to double the plant operating cap Show less



Saint Gobin Gyproc India ltd

• wada plant Thane, 2.5yrs Bangalore plant 2yrs

• Mechanical Engineer

  • Apr 2006 - 2010

  Gypsum Plaster and board plant, wada Mumbai, (March 2006 to Jan 2008) Was responsible for Maintenance of Gypsum Plaster and board plant of cap 11 million sq mtr Technology from Grenzebach, Also worked in major retrofitting of plaster unit for capacity up gradation Gypsum Board plant, Bangalore, (Feb 2008 to Feb 2010) worked in Plant Commissioning and Maintenance of board plant having cap 15million sq mtr, Technology from Grenzebach, Stabilized the plant operation successfully in minimum turnaround time The equipments handled are Crusher, hammer mill, hot air generator, dryer, thermic fuel heater, kettle, belt conveyors, apron conveyors, weigh feeders, bucket elevators, screw conveyors, Extrusion & setting belt, Stacker & roller conveyors, Automation systems operating by hydraulics and pneumatics, pneumatic conveying systems like Pumps, mechbar system, blowers, fans, Utilities-Compressor, DGs, chiller, Air dryer, cooling tower, Oil and water management, Pumps, Fire hydrant systems, overhead cranes, Mobile eqpts like loader and forklift Implementation exposure of WCM (World class manufacturing) was heading the PM and focussed improvement piller, established maintenance system as per WCM standard Prepared and implemented effective periodic maintenance checks, schedules and maintenance planning and achieved improvement in reliability from 77% to 94% Developed the critical spares/services, Proficient at developing cost effective vendors and alternate suppliers, Substituted imported spares of rupees up to 50 lacs by locally developed vendors Detailed study of the inventory needed made, generated item codes and identification for the spares for spares management Maintained 5S of the allocated area and developed standards, schedules, SOP and kaizens, Received the 5’S’ trophy in inter zone competition held in April, Sept and Oct’ 2009 regularly Member of Core Group for OHSAS18001 implementation prepared the relevant procedures & documents for maintenance dept Show less



Associated Cement Companies ltd

• New wadi plant, Wadi, Gulbarga Karnataka

• Asst Manager Plant

  • Jan 2001 - Mar 2006

  Worked in fully automated New Wadi Cement Plant of Cap 2.6mtpa technology from FL Smith during commissioning and stabilization of the plant. Exposure in Operation & Maintenance of Rotary machines like crusher, grinding mills, ball mill, hammer mill, kiln, mixers, cooler, Conveyors like belt conv, bucket elevators, screw conveyors, chain conv, roller conv, apron conv, stacker conv Feeders like batch type, belt weigh feeders, dosing feeders, agitators, RAV’s, vibro feeders, Dust collecting systems like Bag house, ESP, and bag filter systems, Dryer system of thermic fuel type, hot air generator, rotary dryer, Hydraulic and pneumatics systems, power packers and systems Worked as Shift manager for 2 yrs, Was handling shift maintenance jobs. I was responsible for Monitoring the equipments operation, Condition monitoring, Operation troubleshooting, Attending Planned & breakdown maintenance jobs, downtime analysis Worked as Sectional incharge for crusher & hammer mill, transport area, material handling units stacker, reclaimer and loader. Responsible for the yearly shutdown & major modification jobs of the allocated area, I was in charge of the area crusher, stacker, Scrapper & reclaimer, coal mill & raw mill Modification and improvement jobs done to reduce downtime, cost and improve the life of equipment in processes such as hopper liner plate hard facing, crusher blade hardfacing, provision of scrapper for apron conveyors, centralised lubrication systems etc. TPM & 5S - Having worked in Implementation of TPM for the pillars Autonomous and Planned maintenance, Kaizens through QC circles and 5S Show less