Suhas C A

Experience

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  Hindustan Zinc Limited

  Sept 2006 - Aug 2015

  Head of Mechanical maintenance and Improvement Projects

  • Team size: 12 engineers and 55 workmen • Revenue Budget - Rs.10 crs pa and Capital Budget - Rs.5 crs pa• Driving Improvement projects and Capex of the Unit• Corporate convener for Incident Management Sub-committee in Safety under DuPont journeyKey Achievements:• Selected as “Star of the Business” in 2009 and rated Excellent in 5yrs out of 9 yrs• Certified external assessor in Asset Optimization across Vedanta group• Played a key role during the merger of Hydro-1 and 2 and optimized 20% manpower• Multiple imported and critical spares were indigenized leading to cost savings and reduction in lead time Show less

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  Outotec

  Aug 2015 - Jul 2016

  Manager, Service Sales

  Services and Spare parts sales, Upgrades and Modernization sales, Key Account Management, Technical plant audits

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  Tata International Limited

  Jul 2016 - Feb 2020

  Head of Engineering services and Maintenance

  • Team size: 6 managers, 15 engineers, 70 workmen and 35 Apprentice trainees• Revenue Budget - Rs.22 crs pa and Capital Budget - Rs.10 crs pa• Utilities operations – Boilers for LP Steam, Pump House, Compressed air, Power, Gas, ETP/RO/MEE (ZLD)• Upkeep of the facility spread across 100acres with assets worth Rs.300 crs and Regulatory ComplianceKey Achievements:• Improved plant availability from 82% to 93% by Critical eqmt mapping and revisiting PM and CBM plans• Reduction in cost of Spares by 44%, Fuel by 27% and Power by 7%. (Absolute savings ~Rs.6 crs pa)• Inventory classification of Vital, Essential and Desirable (VED) with ageing to drive NMI reduction by 8%• Implement and drive Daily Management Activity to improve KPIs by focussing on Lead Indicators• Implement and drive the use of qualitative tools like RCA, FMEA, QC, Kaizen etc to solve chronic problems • Revival of ETP, RO & MEE of 800 KLD by flow modifications and systemizing the operations to achieve ZLD• DMS: All 45yr old drawings and documents were converted to soft copies and uploaded to server Show less

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  Phillips Carbon Black Limited

  Feb 2020 - Apr 2022

  Chief Manager - Engineering & Maintenance
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  Hindalco Industries Limited

  Apr 2022 - Jun 2024

  General Manager Projects
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  Hindalco Specialty Alumina Business

  Jun 2024 - now

  Head of Engineering and Projects