Alok Choudhary, Sr.Process Controller - Continuous Copper Rod Plant

Alok Choudhary

Sr.Process Controller - Continuous Copper Rod Plant

Vedanta Resources

Location
United Arab Emirates - Fujairah
Education
Bachelor's degree, Chemistry/Physics
Experience
14 years, 8 Months

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Total years of experience :14 years, 8 Months

Sr.Process Controller - Continuous Copper Rod Plant at Vedanta Resources
  • United Arab Emirates - Fujairah
  • My current job since April 2010

Present assignment : Presently working in FUJAIRAH GOLD FZC(Vedanta Group), Copper Rod
Plant
Professional Experience:

• Sterlite Industries India Ltd., Silvassa.
A Unit of Vedanta Resources Plc.
Copper division.
Duration: Sep-09 to Apr 2010.
Designation: Process Controller - Continuous Copper Rod Plant

• Fujairah Gold FZC,
A Unit of Vedanta Resources Plc.
Fujairah, UAE
Duration: Apr 2010 to Till Date.
Designation: Sr.Process Controller - Continuous Copper Rod Plant


Job Responsibilities

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• Providing training to juniors, shift planning, and supervision in Casting and furnace.
• Continuous process monitoring and giving feedback to the concern department
• Recording the process parameters in SAP
• Preparing Daily, monthly reports
• Facing Internal and external ISO audits
• Independently handling casting, furnace hot rolling mill operations
• Maintaining equipment availability and reliability with a goal to achieve lowest production loss against equipment breakdowns.
• To make daily production and maintenance planning to achieve the targets and minimize Cost of Production
• Ensure constant flow rate of metal for production.
• Maintain oxygen level in metal from furnace to final rod.
• Ensure good flow of molten melt and maintain pool level
• Maintain water quality and level of casting cooling tank, Emulsion tank, Pickling &Quenching
• Check grain structure of cast bar
• Utilization of man and machine to achieve preset production targets
• Shift-in charge in Continuous Casting and Rolling plant
• Continuous observe Burner for any chock up
• Remove impurities from the surface of molten metal, using sample tools
• Observe and maintain co % inside furnace
• Check materials to be charged into furnaces


Significant Achievements


• Active participant in “Performance Enhancement Plan” programs and given a lot of suggestions for better Process and Quality Controls
• Got selected for an abroad assignment in a very short span of 7 months in view of excellent performance
• Active member of successful commissioning of Copper Casting and Rolling plant at Fujairah without any incidents and accidents within a shortest span of 2 months
• Rewarded with “CEO Kitty ’’ for reducing DM water Consumption 200 m3 per month
• Rewarded with “CEO Kitty ’’ for reducing Consumption of acetylene
• Got Very +Promotion in last annual appraisal
• Active participant in TQM project to Increase productivity from 255mt/day to 275 mt/day


Core skills

• CCR lab activities
• Independently handling casting, furnace and hot rolling mill operations
• Have a very good knowledge in handling of hot metal and troubleshooting skills
• Handling of Hazardous chemicals.
• Taken training in Gold Refinery
• Taken training in Cu Anode Casting
• Analysis of water samples from water treatment Plant etc


Training programs attended
• Basics of Safety and Emergency preparedness.
• Safety and fire fighting.
• First Aid training program
• Leadership Skills & Team building...
• 5S Training program.
• Time management...
• Basics of Refractory.
• Communication skills
• ISO Training program((ISO 9001, ISO 14001, OHSAS 18001)



Computer proficiency : Ms Office - Word, Excel, Power Point, , Internet, Working in SAP



ABROAD ASSIGNMENT -
Transferred from Sterlite Industries India Ltd. (Vedanta group) to Fujairah Gold FZC (Vedanta group) for a new copper rod project. Project of 12.5 metric ton copper rod production line is completed successfully

Process Controller - Continuous Copper Rod Plant at Sterlite Industries India Ltd
  • India
  • September 2009 to April 2010

• Sterlite Industries India Ltd., Silvassa.
A Unit of Vedanta Resources Plc.
Copper division.
Duration: Sep 09 to Apr 2010.
Designation: Process Controller - Continuous Copper Rod Plant
• Fujairah Gold FZE,

Education

Bachelor's degree, Chemistry/Physics
  • at Govt. M.G.M. College Itarsi
  • April 2009

Exam passed School/ college University/ board Year of passing Percentage Marks % Class/ Grade B. Sc (PCM) Govt. M.G.M. College Itarsi Barkatullah University.Bhopal APR 2009 60 1st class

Specialties & Skills

APPRAISAL
CASTING
COOLING
EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS
LEADERSHIP SKILLS
MAINTENANCE
OPERATIONS

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