* 24 years Engineering & Technical experience.
* Steel & Metals Industry
* Project Engineering Management for Manufacturing.
* Technical Sales (Domestic & International)
* Technical Consultatnt for Steel & Metals Industry.
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Refayet "Ray" Amin - Experienced Professional - Steel & Metals Industry - Engineering Manager, Technical Sales, Technical Consultant
1. Refayet “Ray” Amin
Unique Combination of:
•Technical Expertise in Multi-disciplinary Engineering Fields
•Technical Consultant – Design, Engineering, Operation
•Specialization in Steel Mills & Processing of Metals
•Technical Sales of Steel Industrial Equipment
•Exposure to Global Business of Steel Mills
•Capital Equipment Project Management
•Ind. Automation & Controls Systems
2. 23+ years of Professional experience in Technical & Managerial fields
Technical Consultant
(Steel Mill & Process)
Engineering 2010-11
Manager
(Steel Industry)
Technical Sales 2011
Engineer
(Steel Industry)
Sr. Project 2010
Engineer
(Mill Auto. Syst)
2004
Electro-Mech
Syst. Engr.
1998 2002
Oper & Maint
Engr. Sr.
1995
Oper & Maint CELERANT
Engr. Jr. Consulting
1987 1990 Connexion
Systems &
Engineering
Wallem
CI Shipping Al-Yousef
Shipmanagement ESAB / L-
Ltd. Cauffiel Technologies, Toledo, OH Suleiman
Ltd. TEC, Florence,
London, U (Manufacturer of Steel Mill & Steel
Hong Kong Processing Equipment) SC
K
3. •Multi-disciplinary Engineering Knowledge
•Marine •Project Management for
Engineering Manufacturing (Steel Mill
Equipment):
Mechanical
•Mechanical Engineering (Industrial Concept to Production
Electrical
Automation & Controls System) Assembly, Fabrication
Hydraulics
Machine Design with AutoCAD Programming, Start-
Programming for PLC Ladder Logic up, Troubleshooting, Field Service.
Controls (Siemens S7, A-B, GE etc.)
HMI Software Development (Siemens
WinCC, A-B PanelView, Wonderware etc.)
Automated Rolling Mill – Stainless Steel
Automated Rolling Mill – 2-High
Training of Customer’s personnel.
- HMI for Steel Mills
Steel Mill Equipment – Field Service Engineering
Field Service Engineering
4. Industrial Design & Manufacturing Experience:
(Steel & Metals Industry: Rolling Mills & Processing Equipment)
• Technical Consultancy
• Conceptual Design (Industrial Automation & Controls Systems
• Design for Manufacturing
• Fabrication, Assembly & Manufacturing
• Commissioning, Start-up, Troubleshooting, Field Service
Engineering
Type of Machines:
• Steel Mill Scarfing (with Oxy-fuel flame)
Heavy Industrial Machinery for: • Rolling Mill
• Steel (Carbon, Stainless, HSLA etc.) CRM, 2-Hi, 4-Hi, CZ-Mill
• Aluminum & Alloys • Leveler
• Copper & Bronze Plate, Tension Leveler
• Tantalum • Cut-to-Length Line
Heavy gauge, Light gauge
• Titanium
• Slitter
• And all other metals.
Coil-to-Coil
• Push-Pull Pickling Line
5. Technical Sales & Marketing
Steel Mill & Processing Equipment
•“Sales Advantage” – Dale Carnegie Institute
•Heavy Duty Industrial Equipment
•Specialized for Steel & Metals Industry
• Rolling Mill & Processing machinery
•Global Marketplace Experience
•Profound Knowledge of Design and Engineering :
•Automation & Controls
6. •Engineering & Production •Project Management
Management •Start-up, Commissioning, Field-
•Team Design works Service Engineering
•Assembly & Fabrication Floor •Customer Relation –
• Project Coordinator
• Documentation
7. •Business & Finance Management
•Budgeting for manufacturing & production
•P&L Analysis, Key Performance Factors Monitoring
•Supply Chain Management
•Business Development
•Team Leadership & Management in Manufacturing
•Managed team of Engineers and Technicians
As Engineering Manager:
15 Engineers & 65 Technicians (millwrights, electricians)
As Sr. Project Engineer:
8 Engineers & 20 Technicians (millwrights, electricians)
•Always worked in a High-Caliber Team of Technical Personnel
•Marine Engineering
•Heavy-duty Cap-Ex Machine Manufacturing environment ($1/2 million to $30
million machinery)
8. •Represented OEM in Global Marketplace (Steel Industry)
•Technical Sales Presentation & Consultant
•Business Negotiation
•Sales Contract & Letter of Credit
•Techno-commercial Meetings
•Site visits (prospective clients or existing client for demonstration
•Assistance in Capital Investment
•Aluminum Rolling Mill Plant •Technical Consultancy for green-field
project of Steel Processing Center
Continuous Caster
Business Planning
CRM
Strategic Planning
Annealing Furnace
Design & Concept
Tension Leveling & Inspection
Material Flow for Production
Color Coating
Plant-wide Environment & Safety
•Push Pull Pickle Plant Implementation
Business Plan Cap-Ex Equipment Procurement
Land Selection, Building & Construction Cut-To-Length Lines
Machine Installation & Commissioning Slitting Lines
Start-up & Production Blanking & Roll Forming Lines
Sales & Marketing Channel, Bar, Angle Forming Lines
9. Executive Management
Technical Sales & Marketing
International Technical Consultant
Business Negotiation in Global Marketplace
China – Executive Briefing & China –Successful Sales
Technical Consultancy meeting Meeting & Reception
Successful project – 4 High Steel
Rolling Mill
Japan – Sales Meeting & Reception. Vietnam – Cap-Ex Project
10. Skills:
• Technical Ability as Electro-Mechanical Engineers (multi-disciplinary)
– Concept to Manufacturing Design,
– Engineering Calculations
– Drawings & Drafting
– Programming (PLC, Industrial Controls System, HMI)
– Troubleshooting, Start-up & Commissioning, Field-Service Engineering
• Computer: Fluent (Engineering Software, CAD, MS Office etc.)
• Communications: Writing, verbal, PowerPoint presentation, speaking & negotiation
• Management: Manufacturing management, Business & Finance management
• Technical Sales & Business negotiation
• People Skills: easy to get along
• Adaptability: New career, job responsibility, new country, culture and environment.
Reflections of all the above skills are demonstrated when:
• Started career as Marine Engineer at sea, but adapted to manufacturing engineering and
production management very quickly.
• Excelled in the workplaces and got promoted with the responsibility of Project Management
• Within few years, improved skills for Technical Sales
• Promoted to with Technical Sales responsibilities for Machineries used in Steel & Metals Industry
– domestic & international market
• Business Development & Financial Management (P&L, Key Performance Parameters)
• Managed and supervised engineers and technicians for manufacturing and production.
• Team leader + Team member.
11. PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:
Technical Consultant
Aug 2010 – Present
Clients:
* Celerant Consulting, Boston, MA
* Connexion Systems & Engineering, Sudbury, MA
* Al-Yousef Suleiman Steel Mill, Jeddah, Saudi Arab
ESAB / L-TEC, Florence, SC
Dec ’10 – 2011: Engineering Manager – SIP (Steel Mill Industry Products) contract
Cauffiel Technologies, Toledo, OH
Mar ’04 – Jul ‘10: Technical Sales Engineer (domestic & international)
Jan ’02 – Mar ‘04: Sr. Project Engineer – Manufacturing Project Management
Oct ’98 – Jan ‘02: Electro-Mechanical Systems Engineer – Design Engineer
Wallem Ship Management, Hong Kong
Jul ’90 – Jun ‘95: Sr. Operation & Maintenance Engineer
CI Shipping Ltd. London, UK
Nov ’87 – Jun ‘90: Jr. Operation & Maintenance Engineer
12. EDUCATION:
1998 Master of Engineering (Mechanical)
Industrial Automation and Controls System
Concordia University, Montreal, Canada.
1987 Marine Engineer
Marine Academy, Chittagong, Bangladesh.
SALES TRAINING:
2006 “The Sales Advantages”
by Dale Carnegie Associates & Inc.
ADDITIONAL COURSES:
• Wonderware InTouch Foundation and Advanced Training, Cleveland.
• ICONICS Genesis32 Training, Cleveland.
• AutoCAD and 3D Modelling (wireframe, solid and surface model), Montreal.
• Instrumentation & Control System, UK.
• Machine Drawing & Design, UK.
• Applications of Microprocessors in Business, UK.
• Electrical Maintenance, UK.
US Citizen
References available upon request