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Anand Ilangovan

Balclutha,OTA

Summary

Technical Manager with a proven track record at Danone Nutricia, adept in stakeholder management and technical process improvement. Spearheaded a biomass boiler commissioning, achieving over 95% availability and significantly reducing fuel costs. With on the ground experience in transforming to renewable energy and delivering productivity exceeding the business case trajectory. Excelled in enhancing team integration and engagement, demonstrating exceptional strategic planning skills.

Overview

13
13
years of professional experience

Work History

Technical Manager

Danone Nutricia
03.2021 - Current
  • Manage the Site Technical Team including Maintenance, Utilities and Sustainability functions
  • Coordinated with other departments effectively, integrating technical requirements into broader organizational goals seamlessly and delivered results with improved OE and OU.
  • Commissioning of Biomass Boiler, Internalization of Boiler Operations and deliver >95% Boiler availability with productivity on fuel cost.
  • Balclutha at 97% Renewable energy for 2024 YTD
  • Identify sustainable way to dispose Boiler ash to be repurposed as fertiliser delivering productivity
  • Integration of Maintenance and Services team with improved engagement scores in DPS and GPTW surveys in 2022 & 2023
  • Maximize Cow water recovery and Biomass Boiler water usage reduction to reduce overall m3/ton by 10% (2023 Vs 2024 YTD)
  • Represent Danone at various forums and deal with local authorities including not limited to Regional Council, District Council, Court Hearings and neighbouring farmers regarding effluent discharge


Reliability and Maintenance Lead

Miraka
10.2018 - 02.2021
  • Part of Engineering team in a site with a 10 Ton Dryer, UHT (Tetra) and Frozen Milk Concentrate manufacturing site all powered by renewable energy
  • Commission 'Re-Boiler' which produces clean steam out of Geo-thermal and generate electricity from Geothermal Energy
  • Develop Asset Life Cycle Management Plan and perform Asset Criticality Analysis
  • Improve Dryer MTBF by successfully implementing New Maintenance Strategy
  • Developed strong vendor relationships for cost-effective procurement of parts and services.
  • Critical parts review to make sure we are comprehensively covered for unexpected breakdowns


Maintenance Excellence Lead

Abbott Nutrition Singapore
04.2014 - 06.2018

● Responsible for maintenance budget forecast and Maintenance excellence project deadlines in the powder plant producing premium Infant formula and Follow on products
● Lead Asset criticality & asset hierarchy set up in CMMS system which also includes creating BOM
● Perform equipment level FMEA for can (GEA COLBY) and pouch(BOSCH) lines based on historical functional failures, analyse failure modes and come up with suitable maintenance strategy.
● USD60,000 annualized cost savings by converting 147 assets from time-based maintenance to usage based and condition based maintenance

● Introduction of TPM with site level education and setting up of departmental committees. Draw out master plan for first phase of implementation.

Equipment Engineer

Micron
04.2011 - 03.2014
  • Plan and schedule preventive maintenance for the photolithography scanners and track equipment based on production window availability and approval from production planning team.
  • 5Why methodology used in case of machine functional failure resulting in yield/reliability downgrade. Based on which Control Point Improvement Action(CPIA) and Preventive Recurrence Action(PA) were implemented
  • Played vital role in Commissioning and Equipment validation such as
    IQ/OQ/PQ for new Photolithography 248nm high throughput scanner at TECH site
  • Won
    Recognition award for from INTEL MICRON FLASH, Singapore for a 3 months assignment to stabilize process for 15 photolithography layers and resolving yield issues. Adaptability and Equipment knowledge was very much
    appreciated by the Managers at the Sister Plant.

Education

Master of Science - Electrical Engineering

National University of Singapore
Singapore
04.2011

Bachlor of Technology - Electrical, Electronics Engineering Technologies

Pondicherry Engineering College
India
08.2009

Skills

  • Technical process improvement
  • Stakeholder Management
  • Sustainability
  • Innovation and productivity
  • Performance Metric Design
  • Renewable energy
  • Project Management
  • Data Analysis
  • Strategic Planning
  • Solutions-focused

Cricket

Used to play weekend Cricket but restricted myself to evening indoor cricket in the last couple of years

Timeline

Technical Manager

Danone Nutricia
03.2021 - Current

Reliability and Maintenance Lead

Miraka
10.2018 - 02.2021

Maintenance Excellence Lead

Abbott Nutrition Singapore
04.2014 - 06.2018

Equipment Engineer

Micron
04.2011 - 03.2014

Master of Science - Electrical Engineering

National University of Singapore

Bachlor of Technology - Electrical, Electronics Engineering Technologies

Pondicherry Engineering College
Anand Ilangovan