Pratik Patil

Experience

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  Mahindra and Mahindra Limited [Automotive and Farm Equipment Business]

  May 2018 - May 2018

  Intern

  • Identified and reduced door gap issues in pickup trucks from 48 instances per week to 6.• Implemented reduction of steering wheel gap in pickup trucks saving 0.8% of cost per vehicle.

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  JSW Steel

  Sept 2019 - Jul 2021

  Junior Manager

  Maintenance and project junior manager.• Oversaw expansion project - From 3.2 to 3.8 MTPA at Hot Strip Mill – Design selection and approval, manufacturer, and contractor selection for augmentation projects in pneumatic and water cooling systems.• Implemented reliability support programs to reduce critical equipment MTBF by 30% and increase overall reliability.• Planned and executed technical jobs, safety operation procedures and failure analysis of pneumatic and water cooling systems.• Conducted technical and economic viability studies for expansion projects.• Reviewed and strengthened Standard Operating Procedures(SOP), Hazard Identification & Risk Assessment(HIRA), Emergency Response Plan(ERP) to increase safety measures and to reduce manual interference.• Experience in SAP PM (Plant Maintenance) – implementation in preventive, breakdown, and shutdown maintenance.• Wrote and maintained database for safe operation and maintenance procedures of 100+ equipment.• Maintaining history of equipment maintenance and inventory management. Show less

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  Modi Clear & Associates LLC

  Sept 2022 - Feb 2023

  AI/ML Software Engineering Intern

  • Developed face and eye detection module to capture periocular region for age verification from photos with 96% accuracy.• Classification of the captured periocular regions into age brackets using various Machine Learning models with 82% accuracy.

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  Virginia Transformer Corp

  Feb 2023 - now

  Robotics Engineer