Saugata Lahiri

• Partnered with suppliers, buyers, schedulers, shipping and receiving, quality and production teams to promote timely delivery, availability and production usage of materials for optimal production.
• Applied planning strategies using tools to manipulate data, assess scenarios and perform project analysis.
• Assisted in developing strategic plans for long-term initiatives while managing short-term tasks simultaneously.
• Managed budgets and resources for planning projects, ensuring efficient use of funds.
• Total streamlining of refractory bricks SAP codes from old to new, along with the segregation and creation of new Dalian codes for bricks that were cheaper.
• Weekly planning of refractory jobs and converter jobs, including statutory job compliance and securing contracts for the same.

• Develop Long term maintenance plan, identify long lead material, resource planning and capacity levels, Create STD jobs and set planning indicators
• Actively participating in maintaining and managing/updating the CMMS(SAP) within the mine MTCE department.
• Accurately processing all relevant paperwork in day to day running of area of control.
• Arrange and coordinate for engineering services wherever required.
• Efficiently and effectively resolve any technical,safety and administrative problems and escalation.
• Preparation of shutdown Scope of Work, contracting strategy, schedules and job packages, tracking progress and publish SD reports.
• Working closely with maintenance teams/stakeholders to forecast , validate and communicate resource requirements(have a 4 year ahead maintenance plan.)
• Assess incoming work and decide upon the most appropriate action to achieve desired outcome for the business
• Contributing actively towards the optimization of long term planning process and implementation of TQM.
• Understanding of mining regulations to ensure health,safety and environmental safety, work to be completed in accordance with the metalliferous mining regulations 2001.
• Regularly check on progress
• Meeting Compliance and prioritizing the statutory NDT inspections.

• Planning site operational activities leading to common objectives, focusing on efficient and cost effective services and actively contributing to safe work practices ensuring safety.
• Management of turnaround work-list by incorporating all jobs extracted from SAP i.e- planned PMs, RBI recommendations as per shutdown/turnaround process and TA charter. Updating all data in CMMS to enable the identification,scheduling,co ordination and reporting of preventive and corrective maintenance activities.
• Preparation of contracting strategy for all jobs in shutdown which suits the best for the end user and come up with detailed scope of work for each job.
• Coordinate with major maintenance coordinators, facility engineers, production, supply chain, logistics and support services personnel in the preparation of materials requirements and specifications for planned major maintenance. activities.
• Thoroughly plan and organize all work prior to distribution to relevant parties for execution.
• Ensure maintenance policies and planning procedures are applied consistently.
• Ensure environmental compliance is maintained with regards to corporate objectives
• Commitment to health, environment and safety and company best practices.
• Budget estimation for the jobs of Turnarounds including material,services,logistics and other indirect costs.
• Diminished financial discrepancies 20% by implementing reclassification.
• Scope optimization for including only jobs which cannot be performed in normal operations.
• Monitoring of Execution and control phases of TA project.
• Project closure after ensuring completion of all service entry release and zero commitment cost in SAP for the project.
• Engaged professionally with stakeholders and customers to build rapport and nurture relationships.
• Coached and developed 4 internal candidates for promotion to general management.
• Boosted profit opportunities, conducting cost, schedule, contract performance, variance and risk analysis procedures for corrective action.
• Managed several Capex projects and all team members through exemplary managing skills

01/2014 - 07/2015

• Provided efficient project management by orchestrating operations, devising schedules and reporting status to Planning head.
• Achieved cost-savings by developing functional solutions to over allocation problems.
• Monitoring and extracting all PM jobs from CMMS (SAP ERP) and scheduling with resource allocation and monitor weekly and monthly compliance of job.
• Worked closely with team members to deliver project requirements, develop solutions and meet deadlines.
• Prioritizing safety overall production or maintenance targets.
• Work closely with reliability teams to identify bad actors and increasing the MTBF of rotating equipments by implementing recommendations through resource planning and budget allocation.

• Efficiently executed shut downs for planned maintenance.
• Created step-by-step procedures for day-to-day tasks to streamline workflow and improve efficiency.
• Consulted blueprints and repair manuals to complete high-quality repairs and restore optimal functionality.
• Coordinated tooling changeovers, setups and repairs to minimize downtime and improve productivity.
• Create cost estimate of yearly preventive maintenance kits for all logistic items.
• Contacted vendors to ascertain and procure necessary equipment and tools needed to successfully complete jobs.
• Diagnosed and resolving machinery performance issues through implementation of troubleshooting techniques and preventing in future through RCA analysis.
• Performed repair work on stationary and turbo machinery equipment, typically returning machines and tools to service within limited time avoiding any production loss.

• Worked closely with team members to deliver project requirements, develop solutions and meet deadlines using design load calculations.