SAP -PM
PALANIAPPAN MUTHU
Maintenance Manager
Singapore
Summary
Meticulous Mechanical Engineer offering 35 years of successful industry experience inclusive of 14 years leadership role to add value to the Neste team. Developed technical and analytical skills in high-paced engineering environment, with focus on process optimization and efficiency improvements. Strengths include project management, plant engineering, maintenance management, and cross-functional collaboration. Seeking to transition into new field where these skills can contribute to impactful and innovative solutions.
Overview
35
35
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
2
2
Languages
Work History
Senior Process Engineer
Neste
09.2009 - Current
- Commissioning unit lead role in SGEXP and Greenfield project management
- Process safety management, troubleshooting, energy management and optimization
- Managed 16 M Euros capital projects from concept to commissioning, ensuring quality completion within budget constraints.
- Led and successfully executed the catalyst change over activity in 'Turn around'
- Developed and implemented a change management system
- Participated in HAZOP studies to identify potential hazards and recommend mitigation measures for a safe working environment.
- Conducted technical evaluations of engineering designs and test results.
Plant Engineering Manager
BASF
11.2006 - 09.2009
- Led engineering and maintenance departments with a team size of 25 people
- Process risk analysis and HAZOP studies
- Plant startup and commissioning
- Development of maintenance team and system
- Successfully completed USD 120m Anti-Oxidant plant project on schedule and cost
- Successfully commissioned all the facilities by systematic start up and commissioning procedures
- Successfully operate the plant to meet the production targets
- Met the business objectives by aligning the functional team
- OPEX, CAPEX and outsourcing management
- In house maintenance contractors management
Mechanical Engineer
MSD Pharmaceuticals
04.2003 - 10.2006
- CAPEX project management and change control management
- Process optimization, Hazop analysis, and Lean manufacturing, continuous improvement
- Process validation to ensure compliance and regulatory requirements
- Training and development of service team
- Managed USD 30 million process plant improvement and expansion projects
- Initiated and implemented USD 2.1 million cost-saving continuous improvement projects
- Optimized the process cycle time & and improved the productivity for the worth of USD1.4 m
- Developed a reliability-centered maintenance system for better reliability with USD400k maintenance cost reduction
- Lead the E&M team for all the regulatory compliance process
- Evaluated, proposed, and built a tri-generation plant to save USD 1.5 m/year energy cost
Manager E&M
Orchid Chemicals and Pharmaceuticals LTD
06.1994 - 03.2003
- Engineering and maintenance management for the plant and utility systems
- Project management for the capital projects
- Strategic alliance partnership development
- Plant equipment, utility systems validation and compliance
- Energy auditing and conservation ( Heat pump, CPP implementation)
- Lean manufacturing and Continuous improvement
- CAPEX and maintenance budget management
- Project team member for SAP-PM implementation
- Manpower planning and development
- Logistics and contract management
- Regulatory, cGMP, and Quality systems management
- Managed 600 MUSD of assets includes API plants, sterile plant, tablet plant, Solvent recovery Plants, and utility systems ..steam, refrigeration, air, nitrogen, water, HVAC, effluent treatment, infrastructures, and captive power plant
- Successfully managed and operated energy conservation projects including heat pump, CPP
- Recruited, supervised, trained, and motivated a team of 40 peoples
- Concept development and implementation of vent gas condensation system to minimize the process solvent losses and environmental pollution with the solvent recovery worth USD 4m per annum
- Successfully managed two new project commissioning activities at 2 different sites (India & China)
- Achieved an annual cost savings of USD 6 m by recovering waste heat energy
- Formulated energy auditing methodology and implemented energy conservation measures for USD 9 m
- Established departmental KPI and effective monitoring for its consistent achievment
- Achieved a savings of USD 9 m through lean manufacturing and continuous Improvement methodologies
- Developed a system to treat the liquid effluents and achieved 0% effluent discharge and 75% effluent recycling with an annualized savings of USD 140K
- Managed annual budgets of USD 2.5 million
Maintenance Engineer
TTK Pharma LTD
06.1993 - 06.1994
- Maintenance in-charge for all the process, packaging and utility systems
- Modified the bottle washing and filling machines to increase the capacity by 25%
- Achieved a 20% process cycle time reduction in the tablet coating process by modified the spraying and rotating mechanisms
Assistant Plant Engineer
Kothari Phytochemicals International
11.1989 - 11.1992
- Maintenance assistant for chemical plant equipments and relevant utility systems
- Modified & and re-commissioned the HVAC central plant to enhance the capacity by 20%
- Achieved 8% maintenance cost reduction by reconditioning of valves and fittings
Education
Bachelor of Engineering - Mechanical Engineering
The Institution of Engineers
India 04.2001 -
Skills
Process development
Asset Integrity management
Project management
Engineering and maintenance team development
Continuous improvement
Mechanical engineering knowledge
Performance management
Energy efficiency
Safety and compliance management
Contractors management
Software
Certification
Singapore Certified Energy Manager( SCEM)
Timeline
Senior Process Engineer
Neste
09.2009 - Current
Plant Engineering Manager
BASF
11.2006 - 09.2009
Mechanical Engineer
MSD Pharmaceuticals
04.2003 - 10.2006
Bachelor of Engineering - Mechanical Engineering
The Institution of Engineers
04.2001 -
Manager E&M
Orchid Chemicals and Pharmaceuticals LTD
06.1994 - 03.2003
Maintenance Engineer
TTK Pharma LTD
06.1993 - 06.1994
Assistant Plant Engineer
Kothari Phytochemicals International
11.1989 - 11.1992
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