Virupax Kotabagi
Houston
Summary
Mechanical Engineering professional with extensive experience in design and development within the oil and gas sector. Proven track record of leading teams to successfully deliver projects, manage change using PDM tools, and enhance safety and reliability through cost-effective equipment modifications.
Overview
10
10
years of professional experience
Work History
12.2022 - Current
- Onsite Work Experience: Houston
- Halliburton Delegated Assembly Drawings and BOM Approver.
02.2016 - 04.2016
- Onsite Work Experience (Singapore)
QuEST GLOBAL Services Pvt Ltd
- Design support of drilling optimization tools and oil & gas components, Product Design & Development related to oil & gas.
- Working on configuration management tools like PDM software to maintain Product related information and to have track of Revision changes at Part and Assembly level.
- Estimation of work involved, lead time and execution of task according to customer requirement.
- Initiate the Workflow and Routing request to push the drawing documents for production release.
- Prototype development and testing to validate the concepts. Prototype re-works activities.
- Technical review of drawings for the work executed by Team members.
- Communicate and interaction with the clients regularly on the progress of the tasks.
- Develop and review specifications for purchased parts.
- Modeling, Drafting and Detailing according to the inputs.
- Supporting Client: Halliburton, Houston, USA
Tantra Infosolutions Pvt Ltd
- Design for Idler Conveyor Components for Troughing Idlers, Self-Alignment Idlers.
- Reverse Engineering design support for Plasma Therm semiconductor projects.
- Engineering support for Bakery Equipment drawing creation.
- Semiconductor Project support for BOM creation in PDM.
Education
B.E -
Mechanical
Skills
- Handled team of 10 engineers to assign and co-ordinate work
- Effective communication and presentation skills
- Worked across cross functional teams with Oil and Gas Domain
- Manage small projects and develop man-hour estimates
Onsite Experience
- Singapore: 30/02/2015 till 15/04/2015
- Houston, 12/12/22, Present
Mechanical Package
- Solid Works
- Autodesk Inventor
- PDM tool
Work Executed - Halliburton Client
- Specstar Tool: Manufacturing Drawing Creation of Part Components, Assembly and BOM build. Rework and Repair Drawings, Weldment Drawings Creation. Fixture Design for component level Testing.
- Modeling and manufacturing drawing creation for Coiled Tube Drilling Project.
- Design and Development of interconnect Junction components for Lithostar Tool.
- SF6 Shock Test Fixture-Vertical and Horizontal.
- Shipping Plug and Cover Design for Interconnect Junctions.
- Tooling, offset hanger installation and extraction tool.
- Electrical Enclosures for SDL Project.
- Modeling and Drafting support for iCruise and MLWD Projects.
Timeline
12.2022 - Current
02.2016 - 04.2016
QuEST GLOBAL Services Pvt Ltd
Tantra Infosolutions Pvt Ltd
B.E -
Mechanical