Aakash Bhandary

Experience

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  Indian Navy

  Jun 2015 - Jun 2023

  • Appointed as the Trials officer at Mumbai with a team of 20 highly vertically trained sailors, being the nodal agency for clearing diesel engines fitted on ships for safe exploitation. • Undertaken various causative analysis on defects observed on multiple platforms and subsequently issue guidelines and recommendations to reduce downtime.• Spearheaded latest projects involving reducing carbon footprint and early failure identification on Diesel Engines of Vessels.• Planning and execution of various trials across more than 250 platforms in timely manner towards seamless healthy operations of platforms. Show less • Headed the Engineering shopfloor with technical industrial workforce of over 200 personnel initially as Deputy Manager. Shop floor included centers related to Internal combustion engines, Shafting and Shiplift Transfer System . • Assessment and conclusion of rate contracts by outsourcing of repairs of propulsion and power generation system of various marine platforms. • Inventory management and indigenization of spares of foreign origin. • Planning and creating the infrastructure facilities for industrial workforce welfare. • Vendor assessment and management • Headed operations of ship transfer post docking in maiden shiplift (M/s Syncrolift) of Indian Navy • Individually Handled Annual Maintenance Contact of Shiplift Transfer System amounting to Rs 20 Cr.• Individually handled and spearheaded offloading of work packages related to aircraft carried amounting to amount of about Rs 70 Cr.• Undertook Maiden repairs/ overhauls of propulsion system and power generation system onboard tankers and other ships using in house workforce by enhancing their technical abilities contributing of large scale benefits w.r.t finance and operational downtime. • Undertook maiden major overhaul routines on latest technologies of water jet propulsion system through in house workforce without relying on OEM expertise. Show less • Handled Individual appointment as a Technical Manager for 16 harbour support vessels required to support various platforms including Aircraft carrier. Handling a manpower of 300 men for operations and maintenance. • Maintenance of all machinery related to engineering, electrical and hull department using in house recourses and contracts.• Planned and concluded maiden refit cycles for all 16 Yardcrafts for the first time in the Naval dockyard keeping in account of the operational requirement at the harbour. • Undertook various modifications on propulsion system ensuring enhancing operational requirements. • Set up of new centralized store facility for streamlining of inventory management. Established plan for minimum stock requirement of spares. • Concluded contracts with organizations like IRS for periodic maintenance schedules for all 16 vessels for the very first time. • Delivery of 03 new fuel barges into the Indian navy. Show less • Led a multi-functional and cross-cultural team 20 highly talented, skilled and committed Naval technical sailors onboard a frontline amphibious marine platform (of 5650 ton displacement). • Successfully ensured operational availability of all main propulsions, power generation and auxiliary equipment onboard at full capacity to of sustain various operations in International seas. • Always maintained competence, morale and dedication of the engineering department. • Timely completion of refit work package of a financial implication of Rs 98 Cr including work related to marine propulsion and auxiliary system including power generation. • Practiced safe engineering practices ensuring safety of men and machinery. Show less • Concluding Rate contacts and Annual Maintenance contracts to support operational requirements of all marine platforms. • Concluding large scale work packages with renowned OEMs to undertake works onboard refit ships. • Handling major ATWP project cases of huge financial implications (approx 100 Crs) which included enhancing capabilities of the dockyard. • Forecast central budget requirement under various heads for all expenditures for the pertaining to the dockyard, including expenditure on marine platforms, infrastructure, projects and manpower requirements. Show less

  • Quality Assurance Manager

    Dec 2020 - Jun 2023

  • Deputy Technial Manager

    Jan 2020 - Dec 2020

  • Technical Project Manager

    Dec 2017 - Dec 2019

  • Senior Technical Project Manager

    Apr 2016 - Nov 2017

  • Deputy Manager Planning

    Jun 2015 - Apr 2016
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  JPMorgan Chase & Co.

  Feb 2024 - now

  AVP