Ashish Mahajan Email & Phone Number

Brisbane, Australia

MIPAC is wholly owned and managed Australian design and engineering firm. MIPAC is an engineering powerhouse specialising in the design and development of automation of mineral industry ranging from mining to mineral processing and from heavy industry works to drilling rigs.Apart from being a senior Project Manager in MIPAC, Ashish also performs the role of Principal PLC and SCADA engineer and so is responsible for the Checking / approving / developing and managing PLC & SCADA design standards and building on standard control systems. Ashish is also heavily involved in the business development activities by scoping, designing, documenting, tendering, contract administration and estimating the electrical / automation aspects of projects. From time to time Ashish also take on the role of Lead Design and Controls engineer in multi faced engineering projects.Projects:• Feasibility Study for Mine DevelopmentManaged a team of project Engineers who were preparing a Bank Feasibility Report and estimate for the development of a mine.• Crusher Control SystemManaged a team of project Engineers who were designing, specifying and configuring the controls and monitoring system for the crushers.• Underground Mine Control systemManaged a team of project Engineers who were designing, specifying, procuring and configuring the controls and monitoring system for the entire underground mining system.• Advanced Process Control in Copper ConcentratorManaged, designed, configured and commissioned the complex, constraint controlled and specialised cascaded control loops based on feed forward / feedback control philosophy.• Guidance While Drilling SystemDesigned, configured and commissioned the PLCs and SCADA for the data acquisition and automation of the sampling and testing system.• Burner Management System for Lead SmelterDesigned, configured and commissioned the Safety Instrumented System for the burner management system used for the lead smelter.

SEMF is an independent engineering, environmental and management consulting firm with an interdisciplinary focus.Lead Electrical engineer for the Queensland office. Responsible for the growth and electrical and control design for project in the region.Project:• Automation of dual fuel furnaceAs a Lead Systems Engineer designed, configured and commissioned the PLCs and SCADA for the dual fuel furnace for chip board press.

Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

A leading warehouse management company which designs, manufactures and automates the warehouses and associated products to the state of the art technologies. Due to its global presence Schafer Systems is the leader in the business of warehouse automation.Joined as a Systems Engineer for designing and configuring the PLC for conveyors and communication to warehouse management system. In January 2007 Promoted to the role of Team Leader (Maintenance) for the facility.Project:• Automation of National Distribution CentreAs a Project Team Member designed, configured and commissioned the PLCs and SCADA for the automation of complex box conveying system. This warehouse was fully automated using many kilometres of intersecting conveyers, box storage and retrieval cranes, 3 dimensional carousels, robotics and packaging and labelling systems.The automation system was based on Siemens S7 PLC, Simatic WinCC and an inventory management system. The design of the automation was based on the KPIs like high box transfer rate, minimum conveyor traffic, zero check failures.RESPONSIBILITIES• Design and configuration of the PLC & SCADA for box conveying system.• Managing, heading and developing a team, for the post commissioning maintenance.

A leading fully integrated iron and steel making company, producing both basic and special steels for construction, engineering, power, railway, automotive and defence industries. SAIL produces 12.5 million tonnes of sellable steel annually with a turnover of US $ 7.3 Billion.Joined the organisation as a Management Trainee continuously promoted in the organisation. Responsible for the automation, maintenance and project work of Hot and Cold Rolling Mills.RESPONSIBILITIES• Managing and heading a maintenance and project team, for the instrumentation and automation in rolling mills.• Managing subcontractors and preparation of job activity schedule vis-à-vis production, safety and quality aspects involved in the job involved.• Liaising regularly with Production, Electrical and Mechanical Maintenance, Quality, Sales, Purchase, HRD and R & D.• Upkeep, fine-tuning and smoothening of the automation process with eye on quality, safety and production at a lower cost and manpower.• Up grading automation in the area through internal projects, Greenfield / technology, or through reputed technological firms which included the tender specification, drawings, their design and or approval, site development, implementation, preparation of ITPs and HAZOPS, commissioning and performance guarantee and acceptance.• Training personnel on instrumentation & automation and conducting courses for safety, quality, motivation, maintenance & operating practices to team members.• Conducting internal audits to meet quality standards like ISO 9001QMS, 14001EMS, OHSAS 18001 and government statutory requirements for industrial safety and standards.• Programming, maintenance and functioning of PLC, DCS, SCADA, Single and Multi loop controllers (PID), SMART with their field communicators, programmers, etc.

Diploma In Management, Project Management

Master Of Business Administration (M.B.A.), Operations Management

Postgraduate Diploma In Management, Operations Management

Diploma In Management, Operations Management

Bachelor Of Engineering, Electronics And Instrumentation