PRASANNA JANARDHANAN

Jacksonville

Florida

PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY

  · Four years of Greenfield projects engineering experience including procurement, winning contracts,

manufacturing and construction.

  · Excellent exposure and experience in process improvement, lean standardization and

benchmarking to successfully employ best business practices.

  · Proficient in optimal facility layout, logistics management and interfacing with cross functional

teams.

  · Well versed in project lifecycle management – key skills include strategy setting, flawless execution

and on time within budget delivery.

EDUCATION:

M.S. Industrial Engineering, August 2011

B.E. Industrial Engineering, May 2009

TECHNICAL SKILLS

Certifications / Training

Scheduling

Facility Layout, SCM and

Logistics

Design, Manufacturing and

Construction

Others

469-816-4494

jprasanna20@gmail.com

Curtin University, Bentley – Perth, Australia

Anna University, Chennai, India

Professional Engineer- Engineers Australia, Lean Six Sigma, 5S, Project

Management Professional (PMP), Marketing, APICS CSCP ( In progress)

Coupa Cloud (Procurement), MS Access, Project, Primavera P6 (Project

Planning & scheduling)

Mathematical Programming MATLAB, O-Matrix , Lindo, Tora, Fortran (Optimal Control)

Myopic and Exchange Heuristics (Facility Allocation), Leankit Kanban

AutoCAD, 3D Navisworks simulate, Occupational Health & Safety (OHS),

Elevated Work Platforms and Confined spaces

MS Office Suite, Excel Macros, Adobe Editors, Arena 7 (Simulation)

EXPERIENCE

Senior Engineer - Projects, DDH Engineering Consultant

Jan 2015 – Jul 2015

  · Lead a cross functional engineering management team and systems for high integrity control,

development and implementation of bulk ore handling rail system from mine to port.

  · Provided accurate routing information to ensure that delivery times and locations are coordinated.

  · Expanded long haul control system from design concept through to prototype and production, and

within the systems engineering frameworks.

  · Research and development into innovative systems and products for utilization in the engineering

sectors and the provision of value engineering solutions.

SMP Project Engineer, T&G Corporation Consulting Engineering

In association with Mineral Resources Limited

May 2012 – Dec 2014

Rio Tinto Nammuldi Belo Water Table $2bln Project :

  · Led a project to coordinate Civil, Structural & Mechanical design layout providing technical support

to ensure a smooth operation from initiation to execution phase.

  · Train process engineers and mechanical engineers to perform load Analysis for wet plant process

buildings using Helix conveyor data and verified optimal load factor prior to design and detail.

  · Perform generation and compilation of engineering and equipment specifications.

BHP Billiton (South 32) Ore Handling Newman - $25m project

  · Requirements gathering, analyses, map high level customer needs and convert into a prototype/

general arrangement 2D drawing/3D model for solution proposal.

  · Supported 3D Model analysis and clash detection using 3D Navis simulate for external review.

  · Coordinated in generation and compilation of material order lists and fabrication drawings.

  · Developed, implemented and monitored project schedules by monitoring agreed variances.

Fortescue Metals Group – Christmas Creek Iron ore Expansion - $90m project

  · Negotiated higher flexibility with various contracts/ vendors giving Mineral Resources Limited a

procurement saving worth $550,000 of equipment and supplier costs in one fiscal year.

  · Contributed to project budget by expanding the solutions to enable accurate data gathering and

reconciliation activities.

Project Support Officer, SRK Solutions

Aug 2011 – May 2012

  · Evaluated and helped Identifying right set of tools for geotechnical exploration and reporting on

project risks ensuring project health monitoring, rectification and action plans.

  · Implemented a workflow solution on TrackVia identified on SRK geo-technical engineering standard

and Project Management Instruction PMI.

  · Created long term road maps and detailed project plans.

  · Supported embedding IPD model to improve project delivery outcomes.

Maintenance Scheduler, Rio Tinto Operations Centre

Aug 2010 – July 2011

  · Developed product screen reliability model for Iron Ore Operations using preventive maintenance

order evaluation hitting 85%, 90%, 95% mark by Arena 7 Discrete Event Simulation.

  · Trained a 20 person team of Linemen, superintendents and employees across all levels of preventive

maintenance at three types of product filtration area.

  · Prototype solution proves $150,000 operational savings per year, cutting costs due to breakdown,

labor and maintenance.