Nitin S. Bhope has over 22 years of experience in mechanical maintenance and project management in the steel industry. He is currently a consultant focusing on industrial engineering solutions. His previous roles include Deputy General Manager at JSW Steel Ltd where he oversaw maintenance of production lines and utilities. He has experience managing various capital projects from design to commissioning. Nitin holds an MBA in project management and a BE in mechanical engineering, and has a proven track record of improving plant efficiency and reliability.
1. Nitin S. BhopeNitin S. Bhope
S- 206, Saraswati Apartment; Aakar Nagar. BE-Mechanical, Year 1990
Near Friends colony ; Katol Street, Govt.College of engineering, Amravati.
Nagpur- 440013 (Maharashtra) – India MBA- Project management, Year 2008
Mobile No- 9823011078 National Institute of Managements
Email- bhopenitin@rediffmail.com Valid Passport- N 4320531
Social profile- https://in.linkedin.com/in/nitinbhope Total Valid Exp. @ 22+ years
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Post applied for- Mechanical Head – Steel, Process industry & Project
Department- Technical Reliability,Project & Engineering
Functional Area- Mechanical Maintenance & management, Reliability, Utility, CMMS, Planning,
OEE, Project engineering, site engineering & value Engineering, Dept.Head
Professional pursuit and Responsibility
• Hands on Experience @ 24+ years of mechanical maintenance and project of steel plant process lines ,
power plant and boiler equipments and Water effluent treatments like cold Rolling Mills, Galvanizing,
Galvalume, CCLs, Utilities, Compressors, Rotary equipments and static equipments, cranes and
Furnaces with Innovative approach for Business goals and over all equipments effectiveness and efficiency.
• My responsibility covers overall Asset management and maintenance performance of mechanical equipments
for ; OEE; MTTR; MTBF; Day to day preventive maintenance and Breakdown analysis analyst; FMEA; HIRA
documentation, SMP; SOP, RCA developments.
• Hydraulics; Condition monitoring of equipments, Precision maintenance RCM; RBI (Risk based inspection) to
comply for production target and quality oriented projects.
• CMMS strategically framework philosophy implementation for maintenance OEE; QA, QC, Business and
performance presentation.
• Applying TPM methodology to project implementation and maint. To plan and execute augmentation of
resources and remodeling of works etc. Monitoring utilization of existing engineering assets and to fulfill
budgetary assignments.
• To comply and support for initiatives like Recycle, Standardization of spares, Yield improvement, FMEA, TPM
tools for Zero Break down; Zero effluent discharge; Total productive maintenance 11 pillar presentation; six
sigma initiatives, SHE Projects; TS-16949 ; Iso-50001, TPM implementation , Audits and Govt. liasoning etc.
• Innovations; Vendor coordination; Project Scheduling and Management.
Value definition and time management (a priority setting plan) for Task targets as well as cost reduction and
productivity improvement for value addition.
• Responsible for Depts. Opex & Capex, Skill index & Training, Safety data and Accidents; ELVP; promotion
and Increments.
• Expert in the technical, conceptual planner and modification for OEE improvements. Proven ability to
drive repetitive and concurrence problem to zero breakdowns to case history & Brain storming.
2. Career summery
• Head of Mechanical Maintenance for cold Rolling mills, coated process lines like Galvanizing, Galvalume &
ccls.
• HOD for Project, Civil, operation and maintenance for Total utility, Steam Boilers, Water treatment plant, Zero
liquid discharge plant, STP, ETP, ARP , Have versed for Quality, Planning, cost control, CAPEX etc.
• Headed Chair person for Kobetsu kaizen and PM pillar for TPM.
• Successfully Handled and commissioned midsize 5 no’s projects namely steel plant / power plant / water treatment
plant projects at @ costs 50 to 350 cores .
• Handled Project activity & Maintenance thereof at M/s Jsw steels ltd for conversion of Existing Galvanizing
line to Galvalume line in year 2010, Project costs around 40 cores.
• Actively handled water treatment capacity improvements projects like ZLD, PTRO, and ETP from design to
production stage with all engineering facets in yr 2014-15.
• Worked as Project manager & Maintenance thereof and for Continuous Galvanizing cum Annealing line Project
Since inception to completion in M/s. Lloyd’s steel in year 1995. Project costs around 65 cores.
• Handled Project activity of Thermal power plant @ 250 crores of 2 no’s 40 MW at M/s.Lloyds steel
ltd.comprises of Turbine Generator, Boiler 90 TPH and ancillary ESP, Water treatment plant etc in year 2003.
• Commissioned Galvanizing line in Year 1994 at M/s Jindal iron and steel co ltd. Project costs 40 cores.
• Experience to Conduct Pre-bid meeting and Technical Evaluation of bids. A well versed awareness of working
with multi-disciplinary team.
• Strong understanding of plant design and equipment layout, Improvements based on practical experience.
• Hands upon feasibility/concept studies, FEED and detailed scope of work as per customer requirements by
focusing on economy, safety, reliability, quality and sustainability for existing and new projects.
• Have the capacity to be inspirational and the ability to lead merely won examples.
• Responsible Experience for Auto shop maintenance and heavy utility vehicles like pay loader, Forklifts, mobile
hydras, Jcb, etc.
Key skills
• Mechanical maintenance, management
and strategy planner.
• Root cause analysis and why why
analysis.
• Continual process improvements and
optimization of Processes Through
PDCA
• Training and skill improvements for
Strategic orientation.
• Leadership and stewardship attitude.
• Project Engineering, planning and
management.
• TPM methodology.
• Erection and commissioning of plants.
• Water sewerage / Effluent treatments.
• Accountability for plant OEE, Safety, Iso,
Audits, Govt.liasioning.
• Spares standerzation, Inventory control, Re-
cycle, Re-engineering for waste management.
Professional honour, Certifications & Publication
• Certificate of Achievement for successful training for Iso/ TS 16949-2002 auditor training in year-2008.
• Certificate of participation for six sigma green belt training in the year-2007.
• Certificate of Appreciation for upkeep running of plant related contingency of strike call by tech. in year-2000.
• Certificate of appreciation for Innovative modification in furnace for OEE improvements in the year-1997.
3. • Certificate of appreciation for on job contingency in process breakdown and challenging work done during
zinc pot failure in galvanizing in the year-1999.
• Awarded certificate of Merit by Prof.M V deshpande foundation for technical paper presentation and
publication on state level seminar for “Energy from biomass “in the year-1985.
Promotion Employment & Experience
M/s CISAT Ltd – As a Consultant & Head of Business excellence centre. Tenure- Dec-2015 to Till.
• Presently associated with CISAT, an ISO 9001:2008 certified organization as a consultant for industrial solution
provider and industrial mechanical Engineering faculty.
M/S.Jsw Steels Ltd – An ISO, TPM, Integrated steel plant in business of hot roll, cold roll, Galvanized,
Galvalume, colour coated coils and accessories.
Deputy General Manager- Mechanical, Tenure-06/2006 to 10/2015
Handled Maintenance of Cold rolling mills and coated process lines like Galvalume, Galvanizing, CCLs etc &
Operation and Maintenance. Of Utility, ARP and Environment related process lines.
OEE improved in ARP plant to design level from repeated breakdown prone process by reengineering.
Successfully commissioned conversion of Galvanizing line to Galvalume process.
Successfully performed up gradation of EOT cranes at drive, capacity enhancement, Erection, fabrication of
new cranes etc.
M/S.Lloyds steel Ind Ltd, Wardha- An integrated steel plant.
Mechanical Manager, Tenure-01/1995 to 04/2006.
• Worked for total project activity and Maintenance for continuous Galvanizing cum annealing line since inception
to completion which comprises of -
• Look after Maintenance of cold roll mill 4 hi single stand; united egg. And cold rolling complex as a whole. Hands in
experience of auto shop maintenance and troubleshooting – a brist.
M/S.Jindal iron and steel co ltd, Vashind- An integrated steel plant.
Asst.Engineer-maint, Tenure- 04/1994 to 12/1994.
• Worked for commissioning and running maintenance of continuous Galvanizing cum annealing line.
M/S.Jai corp.Ltd, Nanded- Downstream Steel plant.
Maintenance Engineer-Mechanical, Tenure-01/1991 to 12/1994.
• Look after Maintenance of 2 No’s 20 Hi, 1240 mm Cold Rolling reversible Mills & 4Hi Skin Pass mill.
HR-Slitter & Pickling line, CR Slitter & CRctl CRCA section And Rotating Equipments.
• Worked with M/s. Sipta Coated Steel Ltd. Nanded as a “Shift Engineer”. My portfolio covers day to day Maintenance of
continuous Galvanizing line, techno based of CMI, Belgium. It includes LPG based Gas plant for N2H2 & N2 Gases &
Radiation oil fired furnace.
Education Background
Sr. No. Exam. Year Univ./Board Percentage Grade
1.
MBA ( Project
management )
2008 Nagpur 70 % 1st
2. B.E. (Mech.) 1990 Amravati 68.73 % 1st with Distinction
3. H.S.S.C. 1985 Nagpur 75.17 % 1st with Distinction
