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Taksh .

Taksh .

Brisbane,Australia

Summary

Having an experience of more than 6 years in manufacturing industry as well as Rolling Stock Design & manufacturing industry. Always seeking a challenging position with a progressive organization to provide best professional services with my analytical skills & managerial knowledge and play an effective role in the field of Fire, Safety and Environment for the organization I work for.

Overview

6
6
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

System Safety Fire engineer

Hyundai Rotem Company
06.2024 - Current
  • Contributing in QTMP(Queensland Train Manufacturing Program) and leading Fire Safety activities of Rolling stocks.
  • Maintain a clear and regular communication with the Korean SME related to Fire safety and safety assurance compliance progress, technical integration and stakeholders enquires and issues.
  • Detail verification of the technical specifications, standards and stakeholder’s safety requirements at each project stage to assure that the design meets the compliance obligations.
  • Perform safety engineering activities including: concept definition, requirements analysis and decomposition, interface definition, preparation of specifications and design documents, functional safety modelling, traceability records, verification and validation planning.
  • Identify and maintain fire safety issues and hazards registers and proposed control mitigations.
  • Elaborate Fire Safety concept to the project members and ensure it is implemented at subsystem Level (i.e., Designing of components of Rolling stock).
  • Ensuring the compliance is as per EN 45545 and AS Standards.
  • Preparation of Fire safety precautions for manufacturing, maintenance and operations activities.
  • Maintain an accurate fire safety requirements traceability data base with nominated evidence of compliance.
  • Devloping Fire barrier/Fire resistance test specification in accordance with ISO834, AS 1530.4, etc.
  • Ensuring the compliance for Smoke detectors adequacy as per ARGE guidelines/EN 50553 using CFD Simulation.
  • Numerically simulate the Fire & smoke propagation in rolling stocks with the
    help of FDS software.

Fire & Safety Engineer

ALSTOMTRANSPORT INDIA LTD
09.2021 - 05.2024
  • Dealing with Fire & Safety requirements based on contracts, norms and legislation for a specific railway rollingstock project
  • Handling Customers with their Deliverables and assist suppliers as per the Tender requirement
  • Elaborate Fire Safety concept to the project members and ensure it is implemented at subsystem Level (i.e., Designing of components of Rolling stock)
  • Attend vehicle and sub-system design reviews such as Fire & smoke detection system as per ARGE
  • Guidelines etc
  • Assess Fire & safety risk and opportunities & implement mitigation measures
  • Impart trainings on fire prevention & fire mitigation measures as per the Standards
  • Leading for preparation of Emergency Response & preparedness plan with different stakeholders
  • Perform developments in Vehicle Fire cases and investigation after conducting brainstorming Gap assessment followed by NFPA 921.
  • Perform & facilitate D-FMEA at Vehicle level for components gone through testing.
  • Conduct PHA & OHA with RAMS team during concept design & Final Design stages of Vehicle.
  • Assess design compliance regarding Fire Safety as per EN(European Nation such as EN45545 series),AS(Australian Standards such as AS 7529.3),NFPA -130 & ISO standards or related regulations.
  • Development and evaluation of the methods and tools for Fire Safety analysis to determine the Fire dynamics and behavior of material used.
  • Developing Fire Safety Testing related procedures of the Fire barrier in rolling stock and assess after witnessing the Test to evaluate the Fire performance as per the relevant Standards(such as AS 1530.4,EN 1363, BS 476 etc.). Refer BS 9999 for determining Fire rating of Loading & unloading structures.
  • Prepare Fire Safety Control Plan as well as Fire Safety Design report to evaluate all the Fire prevention & mitigation measures taken as per the requirement and standards.
  • Numerically simulate the Fire & smoke propagation in rolling stocks with the help of PYROSIM software(FDS)
  • Perform Running capability analysis of Rolling stock as per EN 50553 to ensure all the measures shall be taken to reach the vehicle to place of safety.
  • Worked for RRTS(Regional Rapid transit system)-NCRTC, India.
  • Currently working for XTraPolis-2.0(Melbourne), Perth(EMU & DMU) ,PTA Australia Projects and KASSEL (Traxx) Germany.

Junior Manager-Safety & Fire Services

JSW Steel Limited-Dolvi Works
09.2018 - 09.2021
  • Successfully worked as Fire & Safety Shift In-Charge & handled shift duties independently and lead the fire crew in shifts
  • Successfully rolled out ERCP (Emergency Response & Control Plan) in whole JSW Steel Ltd- Dolvi
  • Works
  • Ensure upkeep of Emergency Fire Tenders, Fire extinguishers & Fixed fire protection systems, Fire alarm & detection system by periodically checking and maintaining records
  • Imparted Shop floor trainings at various sites in all plants on workplace safety, fire prevention, firefighting as well as emergency lifesaving equipment
  • Schedule & impart full day firefighting and rescue training (i.e, Agnirakshak training) to employees and contractor employees
  • Conducted and participated in Mock drills at Plant Level and various fire drills for fire crew
  • Perform Periodic Fire Prevention audit of all plant areas as well as facilitate in Cross-functional fire prevention inspection
  • Lead and participated in Mutual Aid Emergencies in other industries as per message received from civil authorities, industry members
  • Reviewed Fire Protection System Designs for Project phases and advise as per the requirements
  • Conducted induction training of DuPont Safety Modules (especially High-Risk Modules) for entire in- house working population
  • Facilitated & Lead to implement Process Safety Management (PSM) in JSW Dolvi Works as in
  • Preparation of PT/PSI, performing PHA, simultaneously expedite MOC
  • Participated in HAZOP, HAZOP Scribing and Chemical Safety Audit of Coke oven done by external agency
  • Successfully performed PSSR (Pre- Start Up Safety Review) of various projects
  • Coordination in Monthly Departmental Safety Committee (DSC) Meetings
  • Providing support to the line organization for Incident investigation from Minor to Major Injury at site
  • Maintain documents for external ISO 45001 audit
  • Carrying out safety observations, inspections, Job safety analysis, JCC (Job Cycle Check) and releasing report
  • Surprise checks on safety violations in work permits, road safety issues
  • Examine the scene of Incidents(Fire & workplace related), gather evidence, Gap assessment, Writing reports after drawings the conclusions
  • Sustainability coordinator of department to sustain all the data related to fire & safety
  • Maintain Daily Work Management (DWM) of Fire & Safety department
  • Recognized for Best Quality Improvement Project (i.e, Provision of High pressurized fire-fighting system for SMS Material Handling Conveyors)
  • Kaizen expert- Impart trainings on Kaizen as well as increase the morale of shop floor employees to implement
  • Conducted brainstorming sessions on Incident analysis for trends in accidents and enable the implementation of hierarchy of controls to reduce or eliminate the residual risks at site level.

Education

B.Tech - FIRE & SAFETY ENGINEERING

UNIVERSITY OFPETROLEUM & ENERGY, College of Engineering Studies, UPES
INDIA
04.2018

Skills

    PyroSim- Fire Dynamic & Smoke Simulator(FDS)

    ALOHA- Hazard Modeling Program

    CATIA V5-BASIC

    Proficient in Microsoft Office(MS word, MS Excel, MS power Point)

    BCA(Building code of Australia)

    Safety assurance activities for design of Rolling stock(PHA, IHA, OSHA etc)

    Fire Risk assessment

    Fire resistance testing

    Performance based design solutions

    Fire Prevention & Protection

    Process Safety Management (PSM)

    TQM-Kaizen, DWM, QIP,5S)

    Teamwork and collaboration

    Problem-solving abilities

    Leadership skills

    Stakeholder management

Certification

  • OH&S Management Systems Auditors/Lead Auditor Training Course (BS OHSAS 18001;2007) APRIL,2017 (BSI Certified)
  • Fire Modelling By PyroSim AUGUST,2020 (IIT Roorkee )
  • NEBOSH IGC (International General Certificate) OCTOBER,2018 (NEBOSH Board, UK)
  • Introduction of Fire & Gas Mapping JUNE ,2021 (RPS Group,UK)
  • Key principles of Fire engineering June,2024(Aura fire)

Affiliations

  • MIEAust(Member In Engineers Australia).
  • Listed in NER(National Engineering Register) as Fire safety engineer.
  • Registered as RPEQ(Registered Professional Engineers of Queensland) as Fire safety engineer.

Timeline

System Safety Fire engineer

Hyundai Rotem Company
06.2024 - Current

Fire & Safety Engineer

ALSTOMTRANSPORT INDIA LTD
09.2021 - 05.2024

Junior Manager-Safety & Fire Services

JSW Steel Limited-Dolvi Works
09.2018 - 09.2021

B.Tech - FIRE & SAFETY ENGINEERING

UNIVERSITY OFPETROLEUM & ENERGY, College of Engineering Studies, UPES
Taksh .