Veluri Sagar
Kalyanadurg
Summary
Dedicated and results-driven professional with extensive experience in overseeing and optimizing solvent recovery operations. Proven track record of successfully managing teams and implementing efficient processes to ensure the safe and cost-effective recovery of solvents. Skilled in troubleshooting, process improvement programs to enhance overall plant performance. Demonstrated ability to streamline operations, reduce costs, and enhance productivity. Seeking a dynamic role to apply strategic leadership and drive continuous improvement in plant performance.
Overview
8
8
years of professional experience
Work History
Deputy Manager
Aurobindo Pharma Ltd
Hyderabad
01.2016 - Current
- Plant Operations: Proficient in the day-to-day management of solvent recovery plant operations, including overseeing production, monitoring equipment performance and implementing process improvements.
- Process Optimization: Skilled in identifying opportunities for efficiency enhancement and cost reduction through process optimization, troubleshooting and continuous improvement initiatives. Manufacturing capacity increasing by evaluating the optimization of time cycle, Batch size, de bottlenecking.
- Equipment Maintenance: Experienced in the maintenance and troubleshooting of solvent recovery plant equipment, ensuring minimal downtime and optimal functionality.
- Safety Compliance: Adept at implementing and enforcing safety protocols to ensure a secure working environment in adherence to industry standards and regulations.
- Environmental Sustainability: Knowledgeable about eco-friendly solvent recovery methods and committed to implementing sustainable practices to minimize environmental impact.
- Regulatory Compliance: Well-versed in industry regulations and compliance standards, ensuring that the solvent recovery plant operates within GMP and regulatory guidelines.
- Team Leadership: Proven ability to lead and motivate cross-functional teams, fostering a collaborative and results-driven work environment.
- Quality Assurance: Skilled in implementing quality control measures to maintain high product standards and compliance with industry specifications and investigation of failures and implement appropriate CAPA.
- Problem-solving: Demonstrated capability in identifying and resolving operational challenges promptly and effectively, minimizing disruptions to plant processes.
- Communication Skills: Strong interpersonal and communication skills, facilitating effective collaboration with team members, management, and regulatory authorities.
- Production Compliance : Supervise and monitor the production activities of solvent recovery units across all shifts.
- Planning of solvent recovery plant daily production schedule as per the production requirement
- Mapping of process equipments based on cycle time, demand and complexity of the batch.
- Preparation of yield improvement action plan of solvents.
- Inventory management and maintaining of solvent stocks as per production demand.
- Preparation of action plans for capacity utilization, time cycle reduction and energy conservation.
- Preparation of daily, weekly and monthly reports to have a review on the production targets.
Education
B.Tech/B.E - Chemical Engineering
JNTU College of Engineering
Anantapur01.2016
Skills
- Solvent recovery
- Distillation Column
- Manufacturing
- Solvent Extraction
- Environmental Awareness
- QMS Handling
- Production
- Production Management
- EHS Compliance
- GMP Compliance
Accomplishments
- Received awards for cost saving initiatives from management.
- Champions in LDM in plant level for 5 out of 9 times.
Affiliations
- Acetonitrile solvent overall recovery improved from 83 to 87 benefited in RM cost reduction of product.
- Improvement in Monoglyme solvent recovery% by changing the mode of distillation from batch mode to continuous mode which results in cost saving of Rs 143 lakh / year.
- Extraction of DIPE from DIPE + ACN mixture which resulted in cost saving of Rs 170 / Kg of product.
- Installation of Distributed Control System (DCS) for auto operation of distillation column.
- Batch cycle time of acetonitrile reduced by changing the distillation process from batch mode to continuous mode to meet the increased production demand.
- Initiation and execution of critical and high value solvents distillation (THF, DIPE, MTBE, Monoglyme, Acetonitrile) in solvent recovery plant.
- Solvents Handled : THF, DIPE, Iso propyl alcohol, Ethanol, MDC, Toluene, Chloroform, Acetonitrile, N-Heptane, Methyl Tert Butyl Ether (MTBE), Monoethylene glycol dimethyl ether (Monoglyme), Ethyl Acetate, Methanol , Acetone, Methyl Iso Butyl Ketone (MIBK)
- Distillation Types experienced: Fractional Distillation, Azeotropic Distillation, Simple Distillation And Extractive Distillation
Languages
Telugu
First Language
English
Proficient (C2)
C2
Hindi
Proficient (C2)
C2
Timeline
Deputy Manager
Aurobindo Pharma Ltd
01.2016 - Current
B.Tech/B.E - Chemical Engineering
JNTU College of Engineering
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