PHANIRAJ .

Experience

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  Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited

  Jul 1997 - Nov 1998

  Apprenticeship Trainee

  • Actively worked for projects like Variable Frequency Drives for Vindhyachal Super Thermal Power Plant and Unchahar Thermal Power Plant• Ensured preparation of schematic diagrams (GA, SLD & LA) for AC drives system• Carried out testing of AC drives panels including electronic cards

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  HeidelbergCement (Formerly known as Mysore Cements Ltd.,)

  Jul 2002 - Oct 2004

  Electrical Maintenance Engineer

  • Electrical Maintenance of Cement Plant• Oversaw operations & maintenance of 25 MW HFO Power Plant, which includes 5 MW Co-Gen Power Plant• Worked in various shifts for continuous plant running.• Accountable for maintaining electrical systems, which includes HT/LT Motors, its drives like VFDs, DC Drives, Soft Starters, etc. and Transformers connected to various sections• Shared electrical generation and consumption report daily with MD, Managing Director of the company• Devised plan for shutdown, spares, inventory control and manpower utilization• Responsible to Maintain and update ISO records Show less

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  ABB

  Oct 2004 - Jun 2010

  Senior Design Engineer

  • Lead a team “Design & Engineering – LV Drives” of 15 employees of both Electrical & Mechanical discipline• Ensured on-time release of purchase requirement for imported components and other long lead materials like Motors, Transformers, HSDC Breakers etc., as per FCM – Full Cost Model• Preparation of General Arrangements (GA), Single Line Diagrams (SLD), Internal Component Arrangement (IGA), Schematic Diagrams and List of Apparatus (BOM) of VFD system required for the project based on the customer’s and/or consultant’s technical specification and Internal TATO by using tools like E-PLAN 5.7 & P8, AutoCAD and SAP ECC 6.0.• Carried out system engineering of DTC (Direct Torque Control) technology drives used in ABB’s LV Stand Alone Drives, Multi Drives and DC Drive Units with programmable controllers like PLC AC010 & AC500• Shared engineering documents with customers and internal manufacturing team to release for Production• Interacted with vendors and suppliers to finalize the technical issues• Drove continuous improvement in circuit diagrams based on feedback from testing and Commissioning Engineers• Targeted actual material cost to be within 95% of the estimated cost and FPY, first pass yield of engineering to be greater than 95%• Review all the Drawings to add value to reduce Inventory, design standardization, optimum utilization of the resources and documentation• Cross functional team work with SCM, Commissioning, Finance and dispatch section• Functioned as EHS, Environment, Health & Safety Coordinator for Drives & Power Electronics at ABB Ltd., India for attaining DNV Recertification for ISO 14001: 2004 & OHSAS 18001:2007. Show less

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  Schneider Electric

  Jun 2010 - Jun 2016

  • Ensuring deployment of Specifier tools, Electrical Design Software, Online Configurators & Mobile Apps across Schneider Global• Imparting training to customers on products, translation activities, data references & OPS data updates during the deployment process• Extending Strong Expert level (L3) of support of all the deployed software through BFO system and JIRA• Rendering support to Director in the business developments activities across APAC• Involved in understanding the partner/power global offers and data to the targeted country’s local offers, to integrate in the adapted localized versions• Maintaining cordial relation with the countries in order to get commitment for the specifications, project cost agreement, CB testing, acceptance and closure of the project• Targeting Time to Market, TTMd of the projects to be <10% with project cost drift +/-10%• Implementing Train the Trainer (TTT) in the country with the new features of the software• Ventured into a successful agreement with Department of Technical Education, Govt. of Karnataka in introducing “My Ecodial” software into the curriculum of 5th Semester of DEE, thus  promoted brand building among 6300 potential students across 130 institutions been established in line with the strategy – Connect Everywhere. Show less

  • Project Lead

    Jun 2010 - Jun 2016

  • Project Lead

    Jun 2010 - Jun 2016