Ranbir Ghotra
Mequon,WI
Summary
Project engineer with 20 years of experience in process automation and control. Areas of expertise include project management, project engineering and commissioning of PLCs, DCS, instrumentation AC/DC drives, Electrical switch-gear, networking.
Overview
29
29
years of professional experience
Work History
Project Engineer
DRS Technologies Inc.
Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States
11.2015 - Current
- As lead project engineer on US Navy's DDG 1000 Integrated Fight Through Power System (IFTP) program Managed technical team, addressed system issues on ship, developed technology insertion and product life cycle management plans.
- Lead Engineering team for designing, prototyping and qualification of the main Controller boards to meet system requirements.
- Designed, qualified and integrated differential filter AC capacitor using dry type and oil Type technologies.
- Served as onsite project representative to clients and crew members.
- Estimated quantities and cost of materials, equipment and labor to address the obsolescence of electrical and electronic components on the project.
- Edited project reports, specifications, plans, Project schedules, environmental impact studies, permits and designs.
- Created flowcharts, diagrams and other Engineering documentation for manufacturing and testing department for manufacturing and troubleshooting of the various Power electronic module hardware.
- Lead the simulation modeling effort from DRS working jointly with FSU-CAP for development of Control hardware in the Loop (CHIL) modelling system.
- Provided system level support for solving control philosophy issues like load shedding, low voltage ridethrough, power sharing between dual feeds and high common mode current at the bus level.
- As process improvement initiative helped developed improved process for the product design life cycle and Best practices for electrical design.
Business Development and Sales support
Emerson Process Management (Power and Water Solutions)
Pittsburgh, PA
09.2014 - 11.2015
- Manage technical and commercial relationship with Local business partners in Canada.
- Prepare strategic planning reports and analysis for C level management.
- Help prepare customer's vision for retrofitting existing OEM Gas/ Steam turbine and excitation controls.
- Develop financial models for future investments for world areas and revamps to existing business model.
- Develop financial models for future investments for world areas and revamps to existing business model.
- Identify and attend Power and Water industry trade shows, co-ordinate with subject matter experts for presenting technical solutions and manage trade booth for product and system demonstration.
- Deliver solutions based presentations at various levels of customer engagements.
- Facilitate Combine Cycle optimization offer preparation using consultative approach and aligning them to customer's operational patterns.
Senior Project Engineer
Emerson Process Management (Power and Water Solutions)
Pittsburgh, PA
12.2004 - 08.2014
- Managed and engineered multi-million US Dollar (6-8M) Power Projects from project kick off meeting to Customer acceptance.
- Designed static frequency convector, SCR bridges using Power electronic concepts for automatic voltage regulator.
- Applications handled TWIPS, retrofit of Turbine Controls (CT and ST), Combustion Controls, Excitation controls, intelligent soot blowing, water treatment and Burner Management System, NFPA compliance, Advance Sequence Controls.
- Designed and Engineered Distributed Control System cabinets, IO partitioning, marshaling cabinets, transducer, PLC (Schneider, Allen Bradley, GE Fanuc) and Burner Management System cabinets and PDBs.
- Developed electrical drawings and controls logic and HMI for upgrading the vintage bench board controls to DCS controls.
- Design and implement third party networking using link card/SCADA over protocols like Modbus, GSM, Allen Bradley, IEC61850, DNP3, Profibus and OPC.
- Prepared detailed specifications, budget forecasts, vendor contracts, product acceptance procedures for project buyouts and outsourcing services to execute project within budgeted time and cost.
- Successfully managed project budget and controlled vendor prices during project execution.
- Developed electrical drawings and controls logic and HMI for upgrading the vintage bench board controls to DCS controls.
- Developed procedures to reduce the turnaround time between offshore office and US operations.
- Designed technical write-ups for Power & Water applications for training and on-site guidance of entry level engineers.
- Prepared proposals for various Power and water applications supporting the sales and proposal team.
Project Engineer
Larsen & Toubro Limited
Mumbai, India
08.1997 - 12.2004
- Managed and engineered Multi-Million US Dollar (1-2M) process automation projects for metals, chemical, oil &gas, Food & drug, nuclear industries.
- Prepared project scheduling, resource & budget planning, buyout engineering (motors, UPS, cables, HVAC, P&V, Trays, Conduits, energy meters, Protection and metering relays), final hand over and contract closure.
- Design, engineer and commission controls & automation/HMI solutions using Modicon Quantum, premium, Micro , Allen Bradley and HIMA (SIS) PLC.
- Designed, tested and commissioned SCR controlled DC drives and variable frequency drives for variable speed and variable torque applications.
- Engineered, procured and commissioned motor control centers for metals and oil and gas applications.
- Developed procedures and designed mock-ups, resulting in reduction of inventory and manufacturing lead time delays. Ordering time for high cost items reduced by 35-40 days, on-time delivery improved by 20%.
- Developed procedures and quality plans for developing low cost vendors resulting in 10% improvement in bottom line.
- Selected as Green belt team member for executing six sigma project to reduce the field services hours. The project helped reduce the field services time by 35% on certain applications.
- Consulted with sales teams in bid preparation and sales presentations, resulting in strong customer touch points and effective negotiations.
- Developed custom engineered offers for aeronautics, space and nuclear projects.
- Streamlined procedures and manuals for field engineering department for ISO certification activity.
Consultant
PPG Industries
Katz Business School, Pittsburgh
05.2011 - 07.2011
- Conducted five forces analysis to create industry value chain diagram. The diagram helped Opportunity analysis, problems and market needs in various segments of Marcellus shale's concerning water treatment industry.
- Prepared final recommendations for PPG's new product using the blue ocean theory rather than the red ocean.
Consultant
Westinghouse Electric
Katz Business School, Pittsburgh
08.2012 - 12.2012
- Analyzed expected spare capacity on shop during the downturn in nuclear market, delineating fixed and variable costs.
- Mapped Westinghouse Electric's competitive strengths using SWOT analysis to expand in the non-nuclear markets.
- Conducted secondary research of potential markets and analyzed BCG matrix using Westinghouse's value streams.
Education
Project Management Professional (PMP) - Project Management
Project Management Institute
2017
MBA - Finance and Marketing
University of Pittsburgh, Katz School of business
Pittsburgh, PA2013
Engineer in Trainee certification - Electrical
Professional Engineers of Ontario
2008
Bachelor of Science - Electrical Engineering
National Institute of Technology
East Pittsburgh, PA1997
Skills
- Project Management, Product development
- Design, Engineer and Commission PLC, DCS, DC drive, VFDs, Power Electronic, Networking and Instrumentation
- Implementation of PLC/ DCS application software
- Business development and sales
- Windows, UNIX
- AutoCAD, Win911
- Oracle,
- MS-Office, Excel, MS Access, Microsoft Project
- SPSS (IBM), Statgraphics
Additional Information
- Mckinsey cup competition, first place in fall 2012.
- Selected as Top talent amongst the total strength of 9000 engineers employed at India's largest engineering conglomerate Larsen and Toubro Ltd.
- US Citizen. No Visa or sponsorship required
Timeline
Project Engineer
DRS Technologies Inc.
11.2015 - Current
Business Development and Sales support
Emerson Process Management (Power and Water Solutions)
09.2014 - 11.2015
Consultant
Westinghouse Electric
08.2012 - 12.2012
Consultant
PPG Industries
05.2011 - 07.2011
Senior Project Engineer
Emerson Process Management (Power and Water Solutions)
12.2004 - 08.2014
Project Engineer
Larsen & Toubro Limited
08.1997 - 12.2004
Project Management Professional (PMP) - Project Management
Project Management Institute
MBA - Finance and Marketing
University of Pittsburgh, Katz School of business
Engineer in Trainee certification - Electrical
Professional Engineers of Ontario
Bachelor of Science - Electrical Engineering
National Institute of Technology