Ashokkumar Varadharajan

Experience

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  Madras Fertilizers Limited

  Nov 2003 - Nov 2004

  Graduate Engineer

  • Had a valuable experience in Operation, trouble shooting, start up and shutdown operations of new HALDOR TOPSOE designed 1050 tpd• I have well versed with the following units of Utility and Ammonia Plant Operation from Panel (DCS TDC 3000 supplied by M/s. Tata Honey Well Ltd.,) & Field. • Worked in Catalytic Reformer- Hydrogen generation plant• Performed material Balances and heat balances in Process Engineering. • Process design & develop technical specifications of Heat exchangers, Columns, pumps, Control Valves, Safety Valves, Line sizing. • Preparing process flow diagram (PFD) shows all major parts of equipment. Show less

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  TransStar Projects Private Limited

  Dec 2007 - Dec 2009

  Process Engineer

  Roles and Responsibilities:• Preparation of Technology Licensor selection for various downstream processing units.• Preparation of P&ID Diagram.• Prepared Design Basis Memorandum• Identifying of Crudes and Blending of Crudes• Preparation of Product slate with existing configuration and new configuration with EURO specifications• Reviewed process data sheets, instruments data sheets, flow sheets, P&I diagrams, equipment lay out & piping specification prepared by vendor• Detailed Study analysis and optimization of crude heater and burner• Simulation carried out for Naptha Stabilizer and Crude Distillation using HYSYS • Simulation carried out for LPG Recovery from Natural Gas using HYSYS• Detailed Study and simulating of the Refinery• Preparation of Technology Licensor selection for RFCC unit.• Performing Material and Energy balances for the whole refinery• Identifying of Crudes and Blending of Crudes• RFCC Product slate with existing refinery and material & energy balances calculation. Show less

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  Cognizant

  Dec 2009 - Jul 2016

  • Worked with Lead MBR designers providing feedback with the process • Validated MBR’s and providing technical approval of the created MBR’s • Creation of SOPs for the MBR created.• Performed Validation with the ERP interfacing for PASX environment • Understanding of the BPML for SBM and W&D• Lead and represented ERP - Werum PAS-X Integration Testing - UK project Management & Test and Defect Management responsibilities (ERP– MES Integration) including Project Status Reporting at Client Onsite Location for a month.• Experience in Created overall HPALM scripts for MES – ERP Integration.• Performed requirements elicitation and documentation for recipe management, specification management, documentation templates. Managed project planning, estimation and milestone reporting for CMMi compliance Show less • Co-ordinated overall with the team and generated the business requirement document for the development phase • Implemented integration of DYNSIM with the IN-BATCH MES in CLOUD OTS support & modeling and its Testing• Supporting the REFICAR REFINERY OPERATIONS – ALKYLATION PLANT – FAT• Automation development using PYTHON for DYNSIM OTS validation • Managed and executed – Plan, Test Scripts, Workflows, Test Traceability and Approvals test plan as per Test Management Owner.• Co-ordinated with the development team for implementing some major models into product and create a detailed testing schedule.• Mentor and Lead Project Team membersBusiness Analysis Experience• For a leading Refinery for Alkylation plant – Hexamer Thermo implementation • Hexamer thermo integration method for Alklylation plant.• DYNSIM Package Assessment and solution for thermo method for major Refinery operations • Implementation of the thermo method solution for Alkylation plant using hybrid development model (Agile + Waterfall).• Review of effort estimation and commercials Show less

  • MBR Designer

    Jan 2016 - Jul 2016

  • Senior Process Simulation Engineer

    Dec 2009 - Jan 2016
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  Cognizant

  Jun 2017 - Jun 2024

  Project Manager- OSC IT - (MES/MOM)

   Performing a Senior Business Analyst role – Client side Operations and supply chain management IT - Food manufacturing industries manufacturing operations management (MOM) for level A 95 IT operations in U.K • Majorly worked in OSI PI and MES application IT support • Plant IT segmentation project for client Business units • Implémentation MES/MOM for diffèrent BU’s • MES – Tech Support and requirement gathering and implementation in sites • Completed three implementation of MES and Labelling systems in different sites UK , Scotland , France and Norway BU’s• Business case development for new projects and requirement gathering. Show less

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  HCLTech

  Feb 2024 - now

  Senior Technical Architect MES Critical Manufacturing