Jai Shroff
Round Rock,TX
Summary
An engineering professional with over 25 years of experience, applying my skills of leadership and creativity in food processing (Aseptic Processing) to advance the competitive position of the company thus leading to increased profitability and productivity.
Overview
25
25
years of professional experience
Work History
Sr. Manager of Technical Operations
Niagara
10.2022 - 11.2023
- Working as a liaison between Vendors and Plant personnel for optimal hand off
- Working with all our Aseptic Facilities and Beverage Development to deploy batching recipes on to the plant floor process recipe managers
- Optimizing product/water transitions between batching and VTIS to increase yield using additional instrumentation
- Interviewed additional Engineering folks to bring on to our team
- Deployed software for version control for PLC programs
- Worked on batch sizes to match processing speeds to reduce product/water transitions
- Experience with tea brewing (GEA process)
Director Plant Engineering
INW Group
12.2021 - 10.2022
- Assisted with design and engineering for a complete PET Aseptic bottling line (GEA)
- Performed multiple layouts for the above-mentioned line
- Assisted with the utility design for the above-mentioned line including steam, compressed air, and glycol/chilled water
- Negotiated multiple contracts (Terms and Conditions) with multi-discipline vendors for processing equipment, sanitary piping, and utilities
- Part of multiple design and build meetings with contractors from various disciplines for quoting purposes.
Aseptic Process Engineer Manager
Niagara
03.2021 - 12.2021
- Worked with vendors to clear “rouge” from the aseptic storage tanks
- Worked with Ecolab to setup multiple chemical drops for CIP and drops for sterilizing the preforms and caps
- Assisted DBA folks through the validation process by setting up a temporary incubation room and other tasks such as providing charts from the various “Jumo” data recording devices.
Plant Engineer
LiDestri Foods
05.2018 - 03.2021
- Develop master plans, and capital budgets in partnership with key stakeholders
- Manage and execute multimillion-dollar capital projects for high-speed aseptic beverage processing and bottling
- Manage vendor relations, performance expectations, and costs
- Develop and implement standards for equipment, installations and training
- Involved with strategic corporate planning
- Extensive experience with GEA aseptic fillers.
Director of Maintenance and Engineering
Schweid and Sons
08.2017 - 05.2018
- Managing a team of 15 maintenance mechanics/supervisors in two locations including a new startup location
- Develop master plans, capital and maintenance budgets in partnership with key stakeholders
- Manage implementation of a CMMS system including MRO inventory, purchasing, PM’s, Work Orders, etc
- Manage multimillion dollar capital projects
- Manage vendor relations, performance expectations, and costs
- Develop and implement standards for equipment and installations and training
- Job duties included identifying and hiring talented maintenance personnel.
Factory Engineer
Tribe Mediterranean Foods
12.2016 - 07.2017
- Managing a team of 5 maintenance mechanics and executing capital projects
- Responsibilities also included managing the maintenance budget for a hummus manufacturing facility
- Manage a 1-Million-dollar maintenance budget
- Manage multimillion dollar capital projects
- Job duties included identifying and hiring talented maintenance personnel.
Electrical Engineering Manager
Winpak Lane
12.2013 - 02.2015
- Managing a team of PLC/Motion control programmers, and electricians for a packaging equipment manufacturer
- Evaluated different software platforms for multi axis packaging equipment
- Designed and implemented electrical and safety control systems compliant with CE standards.
Plant Engineer-Liquid Products
Golden State Foods
Industry, CA
01.2006 - 12.2013
- Directed projects designed to increase Liquid products’ production from 4 million cases/year to 18 million cases/year for McDonalds
- Directed a maintenance crew comprised of a Project Engineer, Maintenance Manager, 2 Maintenance Supervisors and 26 mechanics for a 3-shift operation in a unionized environment
- Decreased Maintenance cost/case by 10% by strategically implementing spending controls
- Managed an annual maintenance budget of $8.0 Million
- Directly responsible for a capital budget of up to $5.0 Million
- Responsible for decommissioning plants and reinstalling equipment in the US and overseas.
Plant Engineer-Meat Operations
Golden State Foods
Industry, CA
01.2005 - 01.2006
- Maintained meat processing equipment (McDonalds Hamburger Patty Production Lines) maintaining an efficiency target of 90%
- Directed a mechanic crew of a maintenance supervisor and 7 mechanics for a 3-shift plant operation
- Maintained a predictive/preventive maintenance program
- In charge of a safety committee that received full participation from 90 associates and resulted in the decrease of incidents by 30% from previous year
- Managed annual maintenance expenses and budget
- Completed a $2.5 million meat grinder/conveying system project
- Responsible for annual capital budget planning and execution.
Project Engineer-Liquid Products
Golden State Foods
Industry, CA
10.2002 - 01.2005
- Implemented capital projects for the Liquid Products facility in California
- Managed multi-million-dollar project implementations, including $1.8 million ketchup room expansion with a 50 GPM pasteurizer and ancillary batching equipment
- Projects included condiment line expansions, ketchup line expansion, etc
- (McDonalds Liquid Products) Responsibilities include engineering, obtaining quotations, and evaluating scenarios with senior management.
Senior Design Engineer & Project Manager
FES International
Pomona, CA
12.1999 - 10.2002
- Design of a Control Systems for a State-of-the-Art Automated Egg Processing Facility in Japan
- Managed a group of engineers and draftsmen to ensure proper installation and commissioning of FES equipment
- Responsibilities also included coordinating projects with customers to ensure a smooth installation
- In-depth knowledge of Processing Equipment and Instrumentation for the Food Processing Industry including complying with 3A Standards and Practices
- In-depth knowledge of Allen Bradley PLC’s and HMI Systems
- Developed a Control System for a Reverse Osmosis System to concentrate Egg white
- Was involved in the design of this system from the drawing board to the actual construction of the system, through to USDA approval
- All the projects included the pasteurization of liquid egg and spray drying
- Responsibilities included: Control System Design
- Electrical Consulting with respect to Indian Environment
- Consulting Services to FES International with respect to internal Indian Labor problems and techniques to solve them
- Startup and commissioning of the facilities and to ensure that the product met international standards for export.
Education
MS Electronics & Computer Technology -
02.1993
GPA: 4.0/4.0
BS Electronics & Communications Engineering -
05.1990
GPA: 3.0/4.0
Skills
- People Skills
- Problem Solving Skills
- Technical Skills
- Project Management Skills
- Training Skills
- Reporting oversight
- Budget Oversight
- Organizational improvement
- Influencing and negotiating
Work Availability
monday
tuesday
wednesday
thursday
friday
saturday
sunday
morning
afternoon
evening
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Accomplishments
Completed BPCS Training
Work Preference
Work Type
Full TimeContract WorkLocation Preference
On-SiteRemoteHybridImportant To Me
Career advancementWork-life balanceCompany CultureFlexible work hoursTimeline
Sr. Manager of Technical Operations - Niagara
10.2022 - 11.2023
Director Plant Engineering - INW Group
12.2021 - 10.2022
Aseptic Process Engineer Manager - Niagara
03.2021 - 12.2021
Plant Engineer - LiDestri Foods
05.2018 - 03.2021
Director of Maintenance and Engineering - Schweid and Sons
08.2017 - 05.2018
Factory Engineer - Tribe Mediterranean Foods
12.2016 - 07.2017
Electrical Engineering Manager - Winpak Lane
12.2013 - 02.2015
Plant Engineer-Liquid Products - Golden State Foods
01.2006 - 12.2013
Plant Engineer-Meat Operations - Golden State Foods
01.2005 - 01.2006
Project Engineer-Liquid Products - Golden State Foods
10.2002 - 01.2005
Senior Design Engineer & Project Manager - FES International
12.1999 - 10.2002
Indiana State University - MS Electronics & Computer Technology,
Karnataka University, India - BS Electronics & Communications Engineering,