Asit Kumar Singh

A qualified professional with over 30 years of rich & extensive experience. Expertise in planning and implementing changes to machinery and equipment, production systems and methods of working, direction of quality control inspection systems & reporting procedures. Functional experience of the operations and maintenance expertise in PET Lines Equipment from Feeding, crystallizer, Extruder, Casting, MDO, TDO, TUT, winding section.

Operations and maintenance expertise of substation & equipment, DG, Transformer, RMU, LT/HT panels & switchgear, compressor, chiller, Boiler, CFH, HVAC, UPS, PLC, SCADA, VFD, ETP, STP, RO, controlling & monitoring equipment's, cooling tower and so on. Functional experience of the operations and maintenance expertise in Gear boxes, Pumps, valves, hydraulic and pneumatic lines, Fire Alarm system, Fire hydrant system, fabrication installation and commissioning. Skilled in minimizing performance bottlenecks for achieving high productivity with proper deployment of men, material & machine implementing quality measures/standards & applied quality management tools & practices for quality control & assurance like Kaizen, Lean, 5S, Root Cause Analysis.

Successfully delivered projects strictly adhering to schedules & specifications while meeting cost & profitability objectives, cost & quality control, risk & claims management, conflicts resolution, and statutory compliance.

AGM-Engineering at JPFL Films Pvt Ltd (2020-09 – Present)

Growth Path: 2020: Sr Manager Engineering | 2026: AGM Engineering. Highest operational availability of all machines, utilities and services with schedules and quality. Demonstrate proactive and professional approach to client service and engagement.

• Successfully reduced operational cost by reducing cost of repair & maintenance, power and fuel
• Optimization and reduction of manpower in engineering
• Installation of VFDs in place of Starters for Motors
• Upgradation of Coal fired Heaters (CFH) obsolete PLC and SCADA system with upgraded version with profinet Communication
• Installation and Commissioning of Induction heaters in Pet line Extruder barrel system
• Refurbishment and retrofitting of 3MVA PCC Panels replacing obsolete ACB with new one
• Achieved Power saving by installation of energy efficient (IE4) Motors
• Achieved power saving by installation and commissioning of AHU and AW fans with inbuilt VFD
• HT compressor shifting and installation in utility area
• Installation of oxygen analyzer and N2 blanketing system Coal fired Heaters (CFH)
• Spearheaded installations of thyristorized controlled APFC panels leading to improved power factor
• Played a pivotal role in Installation of smart over load relays in MCC panels
• Part of Installation and commissioning of 25 MW solar power Project
• 52 week PPM/PDM on basis of condition monitoring and machines history
• Adherence to time lines and cost calculations in compliance with the specifications & requirement in the contracts, QHSE regulations, country law/regulations and contractor's requirements
• Safe & Healthy work environment by following & enforcing safety, health & environment (SHE) & regulatory measures, standards & procedures
• Availability of spares, manpower and other infrastructure
• Minimizing cost of repair and maintenance, fuel, power and optimizing the overall operational machine life cycle cost
• Minimizing TAT to the customer (i.e. operations) for handling routine day to day problem
• Minimizing OEE, MeanTime Between Failure (MTBF) and MeanTimeToRepair (MTRR)
• Minimizing operational cost by efficient utilization of manpower and consumables resources
• Carrying out functions of troubleshooting & breakdown/shutdown maintenance, capacity enhancement, process improvements through Lean, Kaizen, TPM, Root cause analysis
• Adhering to the statutory compliance/requirements by Govt. bodies like PCB and Electricity Board as applicable and 100% audit compliance
• Assisting in planning & obtaining budget allocation for CAPEX/OPEX, repair/maintenance and control the expenditure within the budget
• Generating and sharing the MIS reports, daily maintenance report, monthly maintenance report and critical incident reports
• Identifying training and developments needs of team members and forwarding recommendations
• Controlling projects with respect to cost, resource deployment, time overruns and quality compliance
• Planning, organizing and conducting site meetings to improve coordination, reallocate resources such as machinery, material & manpower
• Directing operations for the development & implementation of standard operating procedures, enhancing service quality and implementing corporate standards & best practices
• Coordinating with various cross-functional teams for implementing construction, erection schedules and performing periodic checks
• Organizing site status meetings with all the key stakeholders and shared minutes to track the activities, opinions and action items
• Creating & sustaining a dynamic environment that fosters development opportunities by motivating high performance amongst team members

Sr. Manager-Engineering at Jones Lang Lasalle India Ltd. (2016-11 – 2020-09)

Growth Path: 2016: Manager Engineering | 2020: Sr Manager Engineering

• Played a pivotal role in the improvement of RO, ETP and STP plant capacity and product quality
• Played a pivotal role in the operation & maintenance of substation & equipment's leading ZERO downtime
• Achieved 6% saving for company through power saving projects
• Monitored & Spearheaded the change of the DGset heat exchanger from aircooled to water cooled
• Spearheaded change of Chiller PHE to shell and tube type for 200TR chiller modification
• Executed the descaling of the cooling tower and started the chemical dosing
• Spearheaded the installation of Biogas plant for canteen waste management
• Assessed the scope of automation of the Hydraulic Testing Machine and FireLine Pumps
• Contributed towards improving the Power factor from 0.960 to 0.999

Maintenance Head at M/s Speciality Silica Pvt. Ltd. (2014-07 – 2016-11)

Growth Path: 2014: Manager Engineering | 2016: Maintenance Head

• Successfully installed 6 ton steam boiler with responsibilities entailing installations and commissioning of machines like reactor, filter press, suspension tank, silo and vibro machines
• Monitored the installation and commissioning of crusher, belt conveyors, screen filter, sand bucket elevators, softener plant
• Administered various Green/BrownField Projects at Speciality Silica Ltd.
• Significantly reduced machine downtime, power cost, fuel cost and maintenance cost
• Successfully control activities like vendor management, waste disposal management
• Develop and implement a facility management program including preventive maintenance and life-cycle requirements
• Contributed towards the power factor improvement from 0.980 to 0.998

Manager Engineering at M/s Relaxo Footwear Ltd. (2009-07 – 2014-07)

Growth Path: 2009: Deputy Manager | 2014: Manager-Engineering

• Efficiency improvement of boiler from 72% to 81% saving fuel cost
• Installed and commissioned machines like kneaders, mixing mills, calendaring machines, sole press, strap press, conveyors, sole cutting/drilling machines and steam lines/water lines/air lines
• Carried out expansion in plant to increase the capacity by 50%; incidents free capacity expansion done
• Contributed in development and implementation of SAP PM Module
• Contributed towards the Power factor improvement from 0.965 to 0.999
• Successfully reduced machine downtime, power cost, fuel cost and maintenance cost
• Played a pivotal role in replacing all MHL (lamps) within the plant with CFL (lamps) resulting in 66% of power saving

Asst. Manager at Willwayfort India Ltd. (2001-07 – 2009-07)

Growth Path: 2003: Asst Manager | 2007: Deputy Manager

• Play a pivotal role in installation and commissioning of Metallizer, Coaters and slitters
• Successfully installations & modifications of vacuum line valves, vacuum pumps, wire feeders, chilled water lines, hydraulic lines, pneumatic lines and so on

Bachelor of Engineering in Electrical Engineering – B.C.E, Bhagalpur (1993 – 1993)