Devash Rajcoomar

Experience

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  Sasol

  Dec 2011 - Jan 2012

  Vacation Student

  Worked in R&D- Separation Technology, Batch distillation of Sasol’s FT condensate was conducted and analysed through GC

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  Sasol

  Dec 2012 - Jan 2013

  Vacation Student

  Bench-marking of Ammonia Refrigeration cycle

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  Tiger Brands

  Jan 2015 - Jan 2022

  • Senior Process Engineer for 5 inland Manufacturing plants incl Beverages, Home and personal care, Pasta, Powders( Spices and powdered juice), Cereals ( Sorghum and Maize)• Provide process engineering input & leadership across all areas of the Inland operations• Identify and implement operational continuous improvement initiatives e.g. to improve Yield, OEE MUV.• Assist in execution of Capital Projects (Scope, URS, Technical lead, Commissioning)• Leverage best practices from Tigerbrands COE divisions as well as from other industries to deliver world class performance in plant and equipment design, project implementation etc• Implement sustainable engineering practices and programs ensuring sustainability in plant design and operation.• Act as a key interface between Operations, Engineering & Maintenance teams and to ensure seamless handover of projects to plant operations.• Provide subject matter expertise in equipment selection, process design, commissioning and validation.• Provide technical support for miscellaneous processing/quality issues to Operations & Quality team• Identify and deliver strategy for the site in conjunction with Operations Director.• Facilitate the introduction Manufacturing excellence practices. FI Pillar lead.• Act as a key interface with the R&D Team and Site operations. Lead Process and packaging trials.• Assist in improving process capability across all processes in Tigerbrands Inland.• Generate training documentation as required and deliver on site training.• Develop and update SOPs as required• Management, reporting and taking corrective action on agreed KPIs as required.• Assist in providing a safe place of work, investigate incidents and accidents and apply appropriate corrective actions.• Participate in and lead Change Management Initiative Show less • Process Lead on 193 million Project, Scope definition, P&ID Review, Hazop, 3D model review Full process plant and Packaging line installation and commissioning, Utility and process design, civil work. Performance acceptance Test Complete, Full Budget and spend ownership. Project management of mechanical work, electrical, civil and automation work. Continuous Inline Blending process, fully automated Packaging line Inline blow molding to automated palletizing.• Continuous improvement perform data analysis, Root-Cause Analysis and identify and implement process improvements to support issue resolution and optimizing production process to eliminate losses, improved quality, capacity, Throughput and conversion costs. MECP methodology of cost and loss and continuous improvement. • Working with R&D to support design of new systems and process for the introduction of new products and improvement of existing process.• Renders compressive process engineering service on projects investigations to all other engineering disciples involved.• Capex lead on beverage plant continuous improvement projects up to R 20 million, Effluent plant upgrade, SCADA upgrade, Water Treatment plant, Civil structure, Boiler project. • Hygienic and engineering standards development• Focused improvement pillar lead• Talent management, managing a team of 3 engineers Show less Environmental Sustainability• Consolidation, analysis and Reporting of Key environmental indicators of more than 40• manufacturing sites.• Detailed Caron Tax implication analysis and reporting• CDP climate change reporting 2016 incl. Consolidation, verification and CDP reporting and write-upTPM• Certified TPM instructor by JMAC, specializing in the AM and FI Pillars. Project Manager/ Engineer (R3 million), Clean-in-Place System Beverages plant.Project Manager/ Process Engineer (R 6 million) – Beverages-Pasteurizer Project management, design review, P&ID review, utility services, layout modification, regime definition, automation and electrical tie –in routes. This also included integration with filler via swing bend panel.Process Engineer (R 20m) – Process Commissioning, CosmeticsDeveloped functional descriptions (FDS) including the automation matrices. This involved a detailed breakdown of manufacturing sequencing (all valves, instrumentation, agitators etc.) The documents are used to aid in the ICE (Instrumentation, Control and Electrical) on the project. In conjunction with this, P&ID’s had to be reviewed and system functionality checked. This was done for the utilities and process SkidsProject manager/Engineer (R 75 Million), Powdered PlantPowdered plant for export juices and stocks, packaging equipment specification, layout, design, capex write-up and adjudication. Show less

  • Process Engineer- Inland ( Center of Excellence)

    Aug 2020 - Jan 2022

  • Process Engineer-Beverages

    Mar 2018 - Jul 2020

  • Project Engineer

    Nov 2017 - Mar 2018

  • Process Engineer- Manfacturing Excellence

    Jan 2015 - Nov 2017
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  PepsiCo

  Oct 2021 - now

  • Productivity and LSS Lead SSA

    May 2023 - now

  • Technical Manager- Beverages and Sustainability SSA

    Oct 2022 - May 2023

  • Regional Expert Beverages

    Oct 2021 - Oct 2022