Ramandren Naidu

* *** ******** ******.

Bluff, South Africa 4052

phone: (27-31-836****

cell: (27-083*******

acrubd@r.postjobfree.com

PERSONAL

Date of Birth: November 12, 1974

Place of Birth: Durban, Kwa ZuluNatal, South Africa

Citizenship: South African

Position

Instrument Technician

EMPLOYMENT

First Company, Serantech

Consulting at : Engen Refinery, Sapref, Mondi, AECI, Mittal Steel

And various other manufacturing companies

2004- present

Project Service Instrument Technician

Manage and provide high level technical support to the instrument technicians, instrument mechanics, trainees and co-ordinate contractors working on site.

Train, maintain and coach staff in work, safety, health and environment aspects to ensure worlds best practices

Manage budgets, do plant inspections, technical audits, plan shutdowns, do project evaluations and order spares.

Attend all projects, service, planning, safety and shutdown meetings.

Responsible for plc and scada software modifications, generate and update drawings (as built) and write reviews of procedures

Interpretation of loop drawings, cabling schedules & termination points, hook-up, P&ID drawings

Installation and testing vibration sensors velometer, accelerometer and proximitor.

Diagnostics and installation of radioactive, capacitance level transmitters, vibration level switch, load cell transmitter, mass and volumetric flow meters

Installation, calibration and testing of fire and gas instruments

Analyser systems, oxygen and dew point transmitter calibration.

Install and set up and maintain temperature, flow and level loops

Commissioning and bench test standalone loop controllers

Project layout, planning and implementation

Standby and call out duties

Project Work Undertaken

Mondi

Hook up I/O points allocated by main contractor, loop test, calibrate devices and ensure proper operation from control room

Identifying and closing gaps from a punch list and handing over all completed loops to main site agent

Diversey Lever

Install chemical monitoring system at sites they are contracted to. System includes pH, conductivity controllers, dosing pumps, flow meters, pneumatic control valves with pneumatic control bank.

Sappi Mandini

Supervise a team on the final commissioning phase on pulp refining plant. Loop check all I/O points, control room simulation, field check devices, simulate production run

Illovo Sugar

Design, install and commission control system for flocculent tanks. Wrote Siemens PLC program, assemble control panel with all interface equipment with MMI panel. Provided a turnkey solution to automate process

Bromor Foods(Now Tiger Brands)

Install and commission instrumentation for installation of new rotary filling machine. Flow meters, temperature probes, pressure transmitters and controllers. Setup up system to ensure proper flow, temperature and pressure on the supply line.

Colgate Palmolive

Turnkey project on multiple hopper feed dosing system on Protex plant. Siemens S7 programme design, install and commission all instrumentation for the system, design SCADA layout. Create operator remote MMI. Lead the team from installation phase to final production

Mittal Steel

Install and commission standalone flow control units on the effluent plant

Setup all instrumentation according to design specifications issued.

Second Company, Sasol Refinery

2003

Instrument/DCS Technician

Troubleshooting and maintenance of field instruments

Field diagnostics and calibration using hand held communicator.

Calibrate and tune loops online

Install and maintain pneumatic control systems

Testing and commissioning of DVC, Smart Transmitters,

Analogue/Digital Transmitters. Controllers and FF units

Pre-commissioning and functional testing of process loops.

Interpretation of loop drawings. Instrument cabling & terminations details, hook-up drawing, P&ID drawings

Installation and testing vibration sensors velometer, accelerometer and proximitor.

Diagnostics and installation of radioactive, capacitance level transmitters, vibration level switch, load cell transmitter, mass and volumetric flow meters

Shut down work schedule duties.

Third Company, Clover Dairies, South Africa

2000 - 2003

Instrument Technician

Fault finding on plant and machine breakdowns

PLC Programming editing, debugging and SCADA page editing and updates

Install, commission and maintain temperature, flow and level loops and controllers

Install, commission and maintain pneumatic controllers

Commissioning and bench test standalone loop controllers

Calibration of temperature, flow and level transmitters

PLC programme design for machine optimization

Install and maintain pH control systems

Project layout, planning and implementation

Standby and call out duties

Maintenance schedule planning

Root cause analysis on critical equipment failures

Manage contractors on project work.

Fourth Company, Rotoflex Quix, South Africa

1997 - 1999

Trainee Technician

Assistant to lead technician

EDUCATION

ML Sultan Technikon, South Africa

S4 Electronic Engineering (Instrumentation)

1993 - 1995

PR Pather Secondary School, South Africa

Matric Exemption

1992

COURSES

Pneumatic – Festo Hydraulic and pneumatic course

PLC – Siemens S5/S7, Allan Bradley, ABB, Modicon, Yokogawa

SCADA – InTouch Wonderware, Siemens WinCC, Archestra V 7

SKILLS

Language - Fluent in English (Written and spoken)

Computer Skills - Microsoft Office, Windows 7, Microsoft Projects, Database, Networks

REFERECE

Salish Seetal – Senior Process Technician (Saudi Aramco)

Contact No – +966(0) 533755149

Thiru Naidoo – Engineer (MTA Automation)

Contact No - +27(0) 713833608

Selina Naidu – General Manager (Serantech)

Contact No - +27(0) 835562694

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