Apr 2024 – May 2024 · 1 mo · Mumbai, Maharashtra, India · Hybrid

• Digitalization of the raw material supply chain of a reputed steel producer
• ✓Conceptualized a mobile app for client to streamline data collection and track supply chain activities for 18 carriers across 2 ports.
• ✓Developed a digital logic model to automate invoice generation based on 4 complex contracts, eliminating manual processing error.
• ✓Analysed ship turnaround time, pinpointing bottlenecks for cost-saving improvements in client’s raw material supply chain process.
• ✓Facilitated client engagements to gather user requirements and ensure the mobile app concept aligned with the business needs.
• ✓Presented project findings and recommendations to the client leadership team, securing support for the mobile app development.
• ✓Maintained a clear and concise project documentation, ensuring transparency and facilitating client understanding of the solution.

Mar 2022 – Jun 2023 · 1 yr 3 mos

• Process Engineer, CFD Analyst
• Responsible for identifying technical deficiencies within the Manufacturing process and providing cutting-edge solutions in this regard using Process Data Analysis, Process Optimization, Chemical Process Calculations, and proprietary Process Simulation tools for all 5 PCBL Units.
• ✓ Independently conducted Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) studies for troubleshooting and conceptualizing Unit Processes and Unit Operations not limited to Heat Exchangers, Jacketed Reactors, Dryers, Combustors, Reactors, Spray Quenching, Manifolds, Bag-house Filters, Spray Nozzles in Carbon Black Manufacturing units of PCBL.
• ✓ Revamped Process Control logic for the dryer which led to consistent product temperature with less manual intervention. Actively engaged with cross-functional teams and led this initiative on the shop floor to achieve the scope.
• ✓ Responsible for identifying global technologies which can be implemented in the Carbon Black Manufacturing process in order to cater to both organic and inorganic growth.
• ✓ With Customer Centricity as the core value, retrofitted Process equipment like Pelletizers, Product Coolers to consistently achieve quality targets set by the customer.
• ✓ Trained my peers across 5 units of PCBL on Carbon Black Unit operation and on the role of CFD in research and development of the process.
• ✓ Actively engaged in reviewing emissions and control methodologies from manufacturing units of PCBL. Reviewed the prospect of installation of CCUS (Carbon Capturing, Utilization, and Storage) at PCBL units in the Future.
• ✓ Reorganized the technical documents related to calculations and drawings of Carbon Black Manufacturing. Compiled the performance metrics of air preheaters on a monthly basis, which supplemented the process improvement. Devised centralized calculation sheets using MS Excel for Chemical Process calculations.

Jul 2021 – Feb 2022 · 7 mos

• CFD Engineer, Design Engineer
• ✓ Responsible for Schematic Drawing preparation, Process Design Calculations, Pump and Fan Selection, and Pneumatic conveying calculations for projects at Mundra, Durgapur, and Chennai Units of PCBL.
• ✓ Independently conceived Multiphase flow analysis for Atomizing Nozzles, Combustion analysis for Reactors, Flow distribution analysis for Manifolds, Porous media simulation for filtration, and Quenching simulation for reactors using commercial CFD software.
• ✓ Conceptualized Process Control logic which led to consistent product temperature with less manual intervention.

Dec 2020 – Jul 2021 · 7 mos

• CFD Engineer, Design Engineer
• ✓ Analyzed Combustion in Reactors, Flow Distribution in Heat Exchangers, Multiphase Flow within nozzles, and filtration in Baghouses using commercial CFD software.
• ✓ Responsible for Equipment Drawings; Process Schematics; Chemical Process Calculations for Projects at Mundra, Durgapur, and Chennai Units of PCBL.

Aug 2020 – Dec 2020 · 4 mos

• CFD Engineer, Process Engineer
• ✓ Responsible for developing insights for process improvement through Combustion analysis, Flow distribution analysis using commercial CFD software.

Aug 2019 – Aug 2020 · 1 yr

• Process Engineering, CFD Engineer
• ✓ Acquired an understanding of the Process of Carbon Black Manufacturing and its business.
• ✓ Assessed Flow Distribution inside Heat Exchangers using commercial CFD software.
• ✓ Carried out Process Calculations, Process Dynamics Control for the Carbon Black Manufacturing process.
• ✓ Responsible for identifying the scope of improvement for organic growth in the manufacturing process by carrying out Technological initiatives for yield, productivity, and quality improvement.

May 2017 – Jun 2017 · 1 mo · Bhubaneswar · On-site

• Iron ore beneficiation
• ✓ Responsible for determining optimized process conditions (Temperature, Time of Heating, Coal to Ore Ratio, Coal size, Iron ore size) in order to maximize the yield of iron from the ore.
• ✓ Acquired hands-on experience in the usage of Analytical Chemistry combined with Taguchi statistical Design of Experiments in order to meet the above-mentioned scope.

May 2016 – Jun 2016 · 1 mo · Angul, Orissa, India · On-site

• ✓ Gained shop-floor-level exposure to industrial processes in an Aluminum Smelter Plant.
• ✓ Particularly associated with the Carbon Area - Anode Making, where I developed my knowledge of Energy Integration and Temperature Control methodologies within the baking process of Anode.