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VIKRAM K MEHTA

Mobile: 009*********** (Currently in Jubail – Saudi Arabia), 91-982******* (When in India)

Email: ux4ide@r.postjobfree.com; ux4ide@r.postjobfree.com

Job Objective: Senior Level Technical Positions in Instrumentation and Control System (I&CS) Project Design Engineering and Management with leading organisations, where my Technical Knowledge, Strategic Planning and Analytical Skills will be utilized to create vibrancy and enhance the performance of deliverables by continuous improvements.

Professional Profile

BE (Electronics & Communication) with over 20 years’ rich experience in Instrumentation and Control System (I&CS) for Design Engineering, Project Management, Contract Management and Maintenance Management with well-known organisations. Currently designated as Control System Staff Engineer with SABIC – E&PM in Engineering Centre of Excellence (ECoE) at Jubail, Saudi Arabia. SABIC – E&PM, ECoE is responsible for supporting Engineering of Mega Projects for SABIC and its affiliates.

Expertise in steering the design, procurement, erection & commissioning of Plant I&CS across new / expansion / upgradation projects across the career span. Superior record of executing mission critical projects on time and within budget. Strong background in Detail Engineering and Procurement. Successful in seizing control of critical problem areas and deliver on set commitments. Excellent relationship management, communication skills with the ability to network with Project members, Consultants, Contractors, Statutory Agencies with consummate ease.

Areas of Expertise

Project Planning

Conceptualise project execution plans after thorough discussions and estimating the costs.

Establish time span of projects and review P&ID’s with process engineer after considering budgetary parameters set.

Prepare ITB (Invitation to Bid) document for FEED (Basic Engineering) and Detailed Engineering of projects.

Participate in bid clarification meetings and bid evaluations.

Discuss project status/review during the course of periodic project review meetings.

Design Engineering

Prepare/review Design Basis, Instrument Index, Data Sheets, Specifications, Loop Diagram, DCS/SIS/PLC I/O summary, Control Valve Sizing, Orifice Calculation, Wiring Diagram, Hook Up Drawings, Hardware and Software Design (HDM/SDM) of DCS, Cable Schedule, Instrument Location Drawing, Cable Trays Layout.

Conduct Technical evaluation of various I&CS Contract and Plant Packages etc.

Participate in Value Engineering.

Witness FAT and SAT for Instrumentation & Control System.

Project Execution

Timely review of detailed engineering per project engineering philosophy, services and deliverables.

Evaluate vendor to achieve cost effectiveness and timely delivery.

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Review/approve layout; supervise the erection & commissioning of I&CS on site.

Review inspections to ensure operational effectiveness of I&CS.

Contract Management

Finalise contracts with Contractors, Consultants, Vendors in view of project schedule.

Settlement of all technocommercial disputes / clarifications during execution of project.

Interact with Consultants to ascertain technical specifications, project related essentials based on prevalent rules.

Maintenance Management

Direct the preventive/predictive maintenance of Plant Utilities, Instrumentation and Control Systems (I&CS) to reduce breakdowns / downtime as well as ensure availability at all times.

Conduct the annual shutdown maintenance of I&CS for continuous trouble free operation of plant.

Conduct regular tests to prevent accidents and ensure adherence to safety norms.

Managerial

Result Oriented leader who takes inventiveness to Identify problems & define solution and skilled in Negotiation, Communication, Co-ordination, Teamwork, Implementing new procedures.

Time and Work force Management.

Building Team Spirit and Confidence among members and colleagues.

People development.

Effectively handling Man power Resources.

To identify Problems and Define Solutions.

Proficient in Communication and Negotiation.

Cost Conscious.

Knowledge Purview

Standards: SABIC Engineering Standards (SES), Process Industry Practices (PIP), International Society of Automation (ISA), International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC), API (American Petroleum Institute).

Smart Plant Instrumentation: Design Engineering for Instrumentation Index, Sizing calculation for orifice flow elements and control valves, loop drawings, Cable drawings, P&ID’s, Specification sheets, Cable and Junction box schedule

Sizing Software: Conval 8 for flow element and control valve sizing, Firstview (Fisher) for control valve sizing, Spink orifice sizing, Masoneilan control valve sizing, Nelprof (Metso) 3.20 control valve sizing,

DCS and SCADA – Selection and Designing, System Engineering, FAT, SAT. Administration, Troubleshooting, Modification, Logic Implementation and changes. Managing Logic, Alarm, Historian, System Administration, Process Graphics Development. DCS Systems of 1) Honeywell - TPS TDC 3000 2) Honeywell Experion PKS DCS with C200 with HPM I/O and LIOM PLC 3) Honeywell Plantscape Process SCADA system (Scan 3000) with 620-35 PLC.

PLC – Selection and Designing, Administration, Troubleshooting, Modification, Logic Implementation and changes for Honeywell 620-35 PLC, Siemens SIMATIC S5/S7 PLC 100U, 115U and 200U, Mitsubishi Melsac series, and Allen Bradley’s SLC 500

Machine Monitoring Systems (MMS) – Selection, Installation, Maintenance and Troubleshooting of Bentley Nevada 7200, 3300 and 3500 Series MMS - for high speed Turbo driven generators, CO2 compressors and Boiler feed pumps. Jaquet FTG 1000 series Turbine Speed System. Schenk Avery series 2000 Vibrocontrols for casing vibration.

Design, Erection, Commissioning and Maintenance of pneumatic conveying system for Boiler fly ash, Soda ash and Salt (Macawber, Flakt)

Maintenance and Troubleshooting of Turbine Governor Control system - WOODWARD Model 505E, Trisen TS 310, Alstom Turloop, BHEL EHTC.

Controllers and Recorders – Selection, Design, Installation & Commissioning single loop controllers (Yokogawa, Honeywell, Chino, ABB) and paper and paperless electronics recorders (Honeywell, Yokogawa)

Field Instruments – Design and Selection, Erection, Calibration and Troubleshooting - SMART Transmitters (Rosemount, Yokogawa, Honeywell, and ABB), Pneumatic Control Valves (Fisher, IL, RK, Intervalve-Elomatic, Keystone, MIL, Copes-Vulcan, BTG and Dresser), Control drives and Power cylinders (Bailey, IL, Keltron, Bells, RK, Veljan, Nucon, Festo, Schrader), I/P Converters (Emerson-Rosemount, Watson Smith, ABB), Flow elements (Orifice, Av Pitot tubes, Flow nozzle), Nucleonic Level Gauges (Berthold, E&H), Electronics Drum Level Indicator (Levelstate, Schumeberger), Vortex, Massflow and Magmeters (E & H, Krohne Marshall,

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Yokogawa), Ultrasonic and Radar Level Transmitter (E & H, Solartron Mobrey, Vega, Milltronics), Temperature Sensors (GI, Pyro, Toshniwal, Tempsens), Pressure switches (Switzer, Barksdale, UE, SOR, Varma Trafag, Indfoss, Ashkroft), Belt weighers & weigh feeders (PBL, Sartorius), Bagging machines (Chronos Richardsons, PBL), Platform weighing scales (Mettler Toledo, Sartorius), Pyrometer (Tempsens, Toshniwal), Flame detector (Honeywell, COEN Bharat, Fire eye), Burner Management System (CEHP- ABBCE, COEN Bharat), Solenoid Valves (Asco, Festo, Schrader, Rotex, Rexrorth), ZSD and Proximity switches (P&F, ifm, Jayshree, Kana) etc.

Analyzer – Erection, Maintenance, Calibration and Troubleshooting - Power Plant Stack Analysers (Rosemount, ABB) and SWAS (Rosemount, Forbes Marshall). Soda ash effluent Lime Analyser and NH3 Analyser at Absorber outlet Brine (Applikon ADI-2040), Liquid analyzer (Conductivity, pH – Bela, GLI, E & H, Fisher Rosemount) and Gas analyzer (In situ Oxygen, CO, CO2, NOx analyzer – ABB, Rosemount, Yokogawa).

Selection, Design Engineering and Procurement of Hardwares - Instrumentation Cables, SS 316 Tubes, Tube fittings, Instrument Air lines, Air distribution manifolds, Pipe Fittings, Isolation Valves, Field junction Boxes etc.

Organisational Experience

Since 3rd Aug 2007 at SABIC – E&PM – Jubail, Saudi Arabia as Control System Staff Engineer (M12)

SABIC and Affiliates - Support Instrumentation and Control Systems Mega Projects Engineering, Maintain SABIC Engineering Standards (SES) and Extend Expertise Services.

Prepare ITB for Basic Engineering and Detailed Engineering. Participate in bid clarification meetings. Evaluate the technical bids.

Participate in Technical Assessment Review (TAR) for project engineering documents of Basic and Detailed Engineering.

Audit at the contractor’s site for 30% and 60% progress of Instrumentation and Control System Project engineering and execution.

Review, update and maintain R and X series of SABIC Engineering Standards (SES) for Instrumentation and Control System.

Handle waivers and clarification requests for projects Instrumentation and Control System.

Handle evaluation of new vendor

- Handled development of ITBs, attended bid clarification meetings and prepared bid evaluation for following SABIC Affiliates projects:

HADEED Steel – BaRod, SPLP and PP

GAS Phase VIII

EMDAD PLF (Portside Logistic Facilities)

Saudi Kayan – LDPE Rebidding

Saudi Kayan – Amines Rebidding

Petrokemya – Revamping of Milliseconds Furnace

- Attended 60% engineering completion audit of Instrumentation and Control System for Saudi Kayan – HDPE project at Daelim – Seoul, South Korea in May 2009 .

- Executed 90% engineering completion audit of Instrumentation and Control System for Yansab – HDPE and BBTX projects.

- Executed Control Systems readiness audit at site for SHARQ 3rd expansion project (Ethylene, EG, PE and U&O ).

- Handled and completed the review of following SABIC Engineering Standards: X08-S01 - Process Control Cable Specification , X08-C08 - Process Control Systems Cabling and Wiring, R05-E01 - Flow Elements, R05-E02 - Flow Instruments and R03-E01 - Pressure Instruments .

- Participated in the review meetings of following SABIC Engineering Standards: R01-C01 – Instrument Installation, R01-G01 - Field Instrumentation, R02-E01, Temperature Instruments, R04-E01 – Level Instruments, R07-E01 – Control Valves, R07-E03 – On/Off Valves, R07-E05 – Inspection and Testing of Control and On/Off Valves, R08-G01 – Analytical Instruments, X01-G10 – Control System Design Criteria, X01-S01 – Burner Management Systems, X01-S02 – Local Control Panels, X01-S04 – Combustion Safeguard System, X01-S05 – Fired Equipment Control System, X05-G01 – DCS Implementation Guidelines, X05-S01 – Programmable Logic Controller, X05-S02 – DCS, X08-G01, Foundation Fieldbus

- Handled following expertise services: 1) HADEED Bar mill2 Instrument Air Consumption Study. 2) GAS – HADEED Flow Metering Measurement, Control and Communication Issue Study. 3) HADEED – DR Plant Top Gas Scrubber Control Valve Vibration Study. 4) SHARQ – Study for suitability of control valve 4HV1521 for vibration and noise issue for MEG column Reboiler in EG4 plant. 5) SHARQ – Study for abnormal noise issue in control valve 4FV1202 in EG4 plant.

- Handled development of Global Service Contract with Invensys of Triconex Systems for SABIC affiliates.

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- Handled more than 45 waivers and 4 clarification requests for SABIC projects.

- Evaluated more than 15 vendors for Instrument and Control System

From April 1992 to July 2007 at Tata Chemicals Limited - Mithapur, Gujarat, India as Manager – Instrumentation (F2)

Effectively managed Design Engineering and Procurement of Instrumentation and Control System for: 1) 200 TPH (110 Kg/cm2, 565 Deg C) Thyssen Krupp CFBC boiler in EPC LSTK contract with L&T Sergent and Lundy as Engineering Consultant. 2) 17 MW Topping Turbo Generator set. 3) RO based plant with contract of supply, operate and maintain with GE Energy. 4) Lime kiln Top charging automation. 5) Effluent solids Larox pressure filtration and utility systems.

Handled Design Engineering, Procurement & Project Execution of Field and Control room Instrumentation with Honeywell TPS TDC 3000 series DCS, and Experion PKS with C200 and LIOM PLC for following projects from 1995 to 2006:

2500 TPD Soda Ash Process House (Wet section) Pneumatic to DCS based plant Automation – 2200 I/Os with plus 200 PID closed loops – Honeywell Experion PKS DCS.

2500 TPD Soda Ash Process House (Wet Section) Carbonating Tower Automation – Intervalve-Elomatic and RK control valves.

600 TPD Monohydrate Dense Ash Plant – Akzo Nobel Technology and Jacobs H&G as EPC contractor.

Larox – Finland effluent pressure Filters and Utilities with Experion PKS DCS.

9 Nos Lime kiln Instrumentation Automation – Berthold Nucleonic level gauges, CO2 and O2 gas analysers, Air flow measurements by Averaging pitot tubes and controls by power cylinder control drives, Kiln zone temperature measurements.

Soda ash effluent Lime (Cao) analyser and NH3 analyser at Absorber outlet brine – Applikon Netherlands model ADI –2040.

70 MW Complete Power Plant Instrumentation and Control System revival after fire mishap in year 2001 – Pneumatic and single loop controller scattered control panel based Instrumentation transferred to centralised CCR DCS based controls with Honeywell TPS TDC 3000.

11 MW LPT10 Skoda Czechoslovakia back pressure TG set Instrumentation and Control System with L&T ECC.

7.5 MW ECT11 TDPS - Japan condensing TG set Instrumentation and Control System.

9.5 MW TT7 Alstom - Germany back pressure TG set Instrumentation and Control System.

2oo3 Trip logic implementation in power plant for critical interlocks.

Managed Instrumentation and Control Systems project requirements for improvement and modification in various process plants.

Efficiently managed Instrumentation maintenance of existing 2500 TPD Soda Ash Plant, 70 MW Power plant, 100 TPD Chloro Caustic, Water Treatment, 1500 TPD MUW and Salt plant, 2500 TPD Cement and ESF plant.

Efficiently managed the annual shutdowns of Boilers and Steam Turbines for complete overhauling of field Instrumentation, tests and trials in power plant from year 1992 to 1995

Exhaustively handled the Plant maintenance of Instrumentation and Control System of 70 MW thermal cogenerative captive power plant and turbo driven CO2 compressor plant from year 1992 to 1995

Achievements

Distinction of completing all projects on time and within budgets.

Distinction of achieving zero breakdown in power plant critical Instrumentation

Timely and effectively zero defect power plant design engineering and execution - Revival with DCS after fire mishap

Coordinated and Implemented Sap PM for Instrumentation within a year in 2000.

Played an Instrumental role in year 2002 as Facilitator in manthan (Accelerating Performance Initiative) for cost, quality, production and safety with Mckinsey for operation excellence of

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various units of plants, procurement and safety. Manthan identified savings worth of INR 1 Billion in a year.

Critical issues resolved and Cost reductions achieved

Validated steam flow metering across the plant with FCRI and documented.

Bed Temperature Thermowells designed for highly erosive duty for longer life of CFBC HPB3 and FBC B&W and IBIL boilers – Using Incolloy 800 thermowell with exposed surface stellited with CN6 electrodes

Improved overall availability of captive power plant by efficiently carrying out annual shutdown maintenance and scheduling regular Preventive Maintenance of Instrumentation and Control Systems.

Apr 92 onwards Career at Tata Chemicals Limited, Mithapur

Promotions

Apr 1992 – April 1993 - GET

April 1993 –Oct 1993 - Assistant Engineer (S1)

Nov 1993 – Dec 1997 - Senior Assistant Engineer (M7)

Jan 1998 – April 2001 - Instrument Engineer (M6)

May 2001 – Dec 2002 - Assistant Manager (G2)

Jan 2003 – Mar 2006 - Deputy Manager (G1)

Apr 2006 – July 2007 - Manager (F2)

Aug 1998 – Dec 1998 at Reliance Petroleum Limited, Jamnagar, Gujarat, India as Deputy Manager

Handled with team members Instrumentation Erection & Supervision for Gas based Power plant and BOP for 380 MW capacity for Petroleum Refinery consisting of Gas turbines, HRSG, Steam Generators, Steam Turbines and Utilities.

Dec 1991 – Apr 1992 at Echjay Steel Industries, Rajkot, Gujarat, India as GET

I got exposure to Temperature Instrumentation for Forge shop, PLCs for Ring Rolling Machines and Hydraulic press, Control Instruments of CNC machines and UPS etc.

Attended Training Programs

Overview of Experion PKS DCS at TCL, Mithapur, India.

TDC 3000 DCS Operation, Implementation and Maintenance at Honeywell, Pune, India.

Bently Nevada 3500 series machine monitoring system at TCL, Mithapur, India.

Siemens S5 series PLC O&M at Siemens Nasik, India

Control valves basics, selection and troubleshooting at TCL, Mithapur, India

Lime (Cao) analyser O&M at Applikon, Netherlands

Achievement Motivation at TCL, Mithapur, India

Leadership training MDP (Management Development Program) at TCL, Mithapur, India

Finance for Non Finance Managers at TCL, Mithapur, India

Dupont safety training module for safety observation at TCL, Mithapur

Himalayan Trekking Program of Leadership development at Uttarkashi by TSAF, UP, India

Sap PM, MM and QM module operation

Cost of Quality (COQ) understanding and calculation in plant maintenance

5S in plant and offices

Development of Balance Score Card (BSC) and Strategic Development Matrix (SDM) for Instrument Department

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Education

BE (Electronics & Communication) from L D College of Engineering, Gujarat University, India in 1991. Secured 76% Distinction.

Diploma (Business General Management) from Brilliant School, Chennai, India in 2004 through VAT (Video-Audio-Text) curriculum sponsored by TCL, Mithapur

MDP – A Leadership Development Program in 2006 – sponsored by TCL, Mithapur

IT Skills

MS Office – Excel, Word, Power Point, Projects & Scheduling, Internet, Sap MM, PM and QM functionalities and hands on work experience.

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