Bhadresh B Karatela

Houston TX

Tel: +1-281-***-**** / 281-***-****, email: he7k55@r.postjobfree.com

Profile: Self-motivated, result oriented peak performing professional with 25 years of international experience in Oil & Gas, refinery, petrochemical and power industries.

Analytical and effective problem solver with customer centric mind set to thrive for win-win results. Gained technical and administrative experience to achieve revenue and CM growth. Following are the main traits helping deliver results:

* Business planning and forecast * Provide solution to resolve customer issue

* Analytical approach to resolve issues * Effective communication to all the parties

* Team building and leadership * Strategic planning and implementation

* Strategic thinker * Resources planning and utilization _____________________________________________________________________

Professional Experience:

KBR Sep-08 to to-date

Principal Technical Consultant:

•Led the team of process automation engineers to complete FEED for one of the envelope consisting of 8 process unit of one of the largest integrated petrochemical plant to be built.

•Co-ordination with various disciplines, client and program team to complete FEED documents in timely manner.

•Learned client’s non-traditional way of control strategies and trained group of people during FEED execution.

•Actively involved in resources allocation, schedule management, budget control and resolving technical issues.

GE Energy Optimization and Control Aug-99 to Aug-08

Project / Service Manager:

•Developed Reliability consulting business for the Africa, India and Middle east (AIM) region

•Instrumental in growing long term services contracts in the AIM region.

•Recruited, trained and mentored engineers and consultant at various levels.

•Developed project department in Canada. Project department contribution is more than 50% of services revenue.

•Catalyst to service revenue and profit growth.

•Providing leadership, mentoring and training to the team members to carve the career path for the team members.

•Looking after resources management, productivity, time management, business forecast and reports.

•Implementing business processes and tools such as Six Sigma and SAP

•Maintaining good customer relationship by providing timely and proactive services for win-win situation.

•Executed projects for end users such as Shell Canada, Syncrude, Exxon Mobil, NSPI, EPCOR, OPG, Dow Chemicals and Nova Chemicals

•Worked with EPC companies such as Flour Canada, Bantrel, Jacobs Engineering, Veco, SNC – Lavalin and Tri Ocean for the project execution.

•Taking part in the sales process to understand customer issues and provide appropriate solutions and widening services scope.

•Responsible for cabinet manufacturing, FAT business.

•Moved to UAE in Feb 2006 where promoting reliability and long-term service agreements.

Petroleum technology (Petrotec) Qatar Nov-92 to June-99

Manager Instrumentation

•Developed instrumentation portfolio for the company.

•Achieved business revenue growth by providing technical solutions to the customer requirements.

•World known products were added in to the offerings to provide cost effective and quality solutions to the customer need.

•Petrotec was established as leading instrumentation Supplier Company in Qatar.

•Established Instrumentation Calibration Company by forming joint venture with UK firm (Qatar Calibration – Qcal)

•Executed retrofit and grass root projects for various operating companies.

•Handled products ranging from field instruments to DCS, ESD, Tank gauging, F&G system, fiscal metering such as Bently Nevada, Honeywell, Enraf, MSA, Magnetrol, CCC, Triconex, Jiskoot, and Masoneilan etc.

•Major Project/work handled:

1)MSA F&G system upgrade for the offshore platform

2)Triconex ESD system for QAPCO and QAFCO

3)Metering system for Occidental

4)Various instrumentation and system related work for the LNG plants

5)Enraf tank gauging for carious plants

6)Bently Nevada system upgrade

Honeywell - Kuwait Jan-89 to Apr-92

Instrument/ project Engineer

•Responsible for refinery control system upgrade project in which analogue system was to be replaced with TDC 3000, LCN based DCS system

•As part of the project, carried out various activities such as: Collection of existing data during GRTA to revise the existing drawings and documents.

•Revised P&IDs and generated loop drawings and other instrumentation related on PC.

•Configured points, highway and boxes of TDC 3000 system. Developed Database, I/O count and distribution of I/Os.

•Devolved dynamic graphics, interlock design etc.

•Successfully lead the factory acceptance test at Honeywell factory in Phoenix – USA.

•After the gulf war, carried out tank farm project for KOC/ Bechtel by providing engineering and database to Honeywell- PACE. Fast track project was handled efficiently with the team at Honeywell at PACE and Bechtel engineers in Kuwait. Successfully completed FAT at PACE facilities.

IMCO - Kuwait Mar-88 to Nov-88

Instrumentation Supervisor

•Lead the team of technicians during commissioning stage of various plant of Mina Abdullah refinery – Kuwait. Successfully executed Loop checking, calibration of various field instrumentation and interlock checking for various plants.

M. F. Kent & Co- Kuwait Nov-85 to Nov-87

Instrument Engineer

•Carried out preventive and corrective maintenance at Refinery Modernization Plant of Mina Al Ahmadi Refinery in Kuwait.

•Lead the team of technicians for the day-to-day maintenance work and plant modifications work

Indian Petrochemical Corp.- India Apl-84 to Oct-85

Asst. Instrument Engineer:

•During commissioning stage of PVC plant involved in loop checking, calibration of various field instruments, analyzer, control valves etc. Interlock checking. Foxboro Spec 200 card calibration. Understanding of the process helped in commissioning and maintenance at later stage.

Excel Industries – India Sept-83 to Mar-84

Instrument Engineer

•Developed control strategy for semi automated process to increase safety and efficiency of the plant. Carried out day-to-day maintenance of the plant.

Educational and other details:

•Education: Bachelor of Engineering (Instrumentation & Control) from L. D. College of Engineering of Gujarat University – India with Distinction in the year 1983.

•Registered as Professional Engineer (P. Eng.) with The Association of Professional Engineers, Geologists and Geophysicists of Alberta (APEGGA) – Canada.

•CMRP and Six Sigma Green belt certified.

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