Durgesh Nagulkar

Metallurgical Engineer with 2+ years of experience in Quality, Operations, & Commissioning of Automotive Galvannealed and Galvanized steel equipment’s & products in Continuous Galvanizing Line (CGL) at AM/NS India. Strong understanding of galvanizing metallurgy, furnace thermal cycles, coating control, strip cooling and surface quality improvement. Experienced in troubleshooting process instabilities, defect analysis and parameters optimization for appliances grades (EDDQ, DDQ, DQ & CQ Soft) & automotive exposed/un-exposed grade products (IF, HSLA, DP, AHSS).

Skilled in real-time problem solving, decision making, and troubleshooting. Actively involved in attending & learning from equipment breakdowns and shutdowns to improve plant reliability and efficiency.

Graduate Engineer Trainee at AM/NS India (2024-07 – 2025-07)

• Assisted in the commissioning of a galvanizing line, gaining hands-on experience in the equipment calibration and setup.
• Contributed to the development of standard operating procedures, ensuring compliance with safety & quality standards.
• Collaborated with cross-functional teams to troubleshoot operating issues, fostering a proactive problem- solving approach.
• Daily diversion report, CAPA and root cause analysis of the quality defects related to process.

Assistant Manager (M-10) at AM/NS India (2025-07 – Present)

• Quality defects data analysis, making 5 why & root cause analysis, CAPA, SOP revision, daily quality, delay & diversion report for defect reduction and plant efficiency.
• Monitored and controlled zinc coating weight (80/90/180 & 276 GSM) on GI/GA products to meet customer & grade specific requirements.
• Daily shift-wise scheduling, planning, & production of Galvannealed and Galvanized coils.
• Deals with GA/GI sheet metal to check dimensional (length, width, material thickness etc.) & shape/profile accuracy requirement of customers.
• Identification & elimination of process related surface defects such as coating-related defects, Oil marks, Edge Quality, Powdering, Dents, Scratch, waviness, surface cleanliness etc. of GA/GI automotive sheets.
• Mechanical testing of sheet metal sample after process to ensure that the processed material meets customer specifications, automotive standards, and formability requirements before dispatch.
• Coordinate with the DCM team to optimize coil scheduling and liaised with the Automotive Quality UD team to facilitate timely UD clearances and maintain production flow.
• Co-ordinate with Operations, Electrical, Mechanical, Roll shop and Automation maintenance team for smooth line operations to achieve better Quality.
• Use of 5s, kaizen, HIRA, TBRA & Six directional hazards for efficient work activity.
• Facilitated daily toolbox talks and maintained close shop floor coordination with engineers, technicians and workers to reinforce safety standards, enhance awareness and build a proactive safety-oriented work culture.
• Co-ordinate with Electrical, Mechanical, Roll shop and Automation maintenance team for smooth line operations.

Bachelor of Technology in Metallurgical Engineering – College of Engineering, Pune (2020-08 – 2024-06)

12th Grade – Shree Samarth jr. college of science, Akola. (2018-07 – 2019-03)

10th Grade – Yashwantrao Chavan sainik school, Washim. (2016-06 – 2017-03)