Resume

Personal Details
Name - Mukesh V Shah
Nationality - Indian
Date of Birth - 28/06/1966
Marital Status - Married
Languages Known - English, Hindi, Gujarati.
Passport Number - L9694192
Contact Details
Phone: +91-8805022124
E-mail: mukeshshah66@yahoo.com
Address: 6, Rajnigandha CHS, Plot no.1, Sector 2, Vijay Marg, New Panvel (East), Navi
Mumbai - 410206, Maharahstra.
Educational Qualification
Bachelor of Engineering (Chemical), with distinction from Jawaharlal Nehru Engineering
College (JNEC), Aurangabad 1988.

Professional Synopsis
- Technocrat with 28 years of rich and insightful experience in gas based MIDREX technology
(U.S.A) Direct Reduced Iron plant.
- Presently heading world’s first MIDREX mega module DRI plant commissioned in 1994 at JSW
Steel Ltd, Dolvi, Maharashtra.
- Proven skills in erection and commissioning of continuous process plant and project
management.
- Out of the box thinker with implementation of innovative ideas and methods to enhance plant
performance.
- Optimization of cost through inhouse process modifications.
- Excellence in strategizing and initiating budgets, process streamlining techniques to ensure
best energy, man power and entrust minimum wastage to accomplish corporate objectives.
- Excellent communication skills, honed with the ability to liaise with all levels of the
management.
 Core Competencies
Project Operation/Execution:

- Experience in Project management including engineering, planning, erection and

commissioning.
- Coordinating project activities including works scheduling, monitoring process of work to
ensure timely completion without any time and cost overrun.
- Managing the installation and commissioning of project and liaising with clients for execution
of projects.

Plant Operation/Maintenance:

- Planning and effecting preventive maintenance schedules of various machinery and

instruments to increase machine up time and equipment reliability.
- Minimising bottlenecks for achieving high productivity and optimization of men, material and
machine.
- Inventory control measures to reduce obsolete stock keep tab on slow-moving items and
achieve reduction in inventory management cost.
- Executing cost saving techniques/measures and modifications to achieve substantial reduction
in O&M expenditures/gross margin targets.
- Ensuring downtime reduction through root cause analysis and quality improvement through
process management.

Production Planning & Control (PPC)

- Planning activities, production schedules and allocating work for achieving of monthly
production targets.
- Monitoring production, keeping control over activities and analysing processes for stabilization
thereby enduring smooth operations.
- Conducting training programmes time to time to enhance the skills of the subordinates and as
a result gain improved productivity.

Alternate Sourcing/Vendor Development

- Identifying and developing cost effective vendor/supplier base for cost effective procurement
of materials, spares and consumables.
- Working in close coordination with vendors for detailing them on quality requirements and
finalizing the quality plan.

Organizational experience

Present:

Working with JSW Steel Ltd. Dolvi, since Dec 1994 - Currently as Associate Vice President.

- Successfully completed commissioning of MIDREX Mega Module of capacity 1.0 million

metric tonnes per annum.
- Carried out debottlenecking and enhanced plant capacity from 1 MTPA to 1.6 MTPA without
changing basic equipment (reformer and furnace).
 - Successfully commissioned world’s first coke oven gas injection as feedstock through furnace
to partially substitute natural gas consumption.

Past:

• Kesar Petroproducts Ltd, Dec 1992 - Dec 1994.

• Savita Chemicals Ltd, Dec 91 - Dec 92.
• Rajprakash Chemical Limited, June 90 - Dec 91.
• TATA Oil Mills Company Ltd, May 89 – May 90.

Professional Enhancements

- Attended international MIDREX Operations Conferences in 2000 at Charlotte, U.S.A. In 2012

at Vienna Austria and in 2018 at Athens. Greece.