Engineer Maintenance

Suresh Desai

*****, ********** *****, *********.

CA95014, U.S.

(PH) (408) - 203 - 6322 . ***************@*****.***

Background and Objective

. Worked for Reliance Industries Ltd, Hazira,( India)complex, a

Petrochemical Complex and Fortune 500 company, as an Instrumentation

Manager. Was responsible for the engineering & maintenance for

Petrochemical & Polyester units.

. Have 35 years of experience in petrochemical industry and excelled

extremely well in using engineering and business skills to benefit

company.

. Involved in mega petrochemical projects from grass root to production

stage.

. Responsible for managing site, projects, engineering, construction and

people for multidisciplinary massively large projects.

. Sound knowledge in mechanical/electrical/automation/construction

domain.

. Have strong interpersonal and communications skills.

. Passionate about supplementing these skills with stronger business and

technical knowledge within the Petrochemical industry. Highly

believe my experiences will come as a benefit to this industry.

Personal Details

US green card

Education

. Bachelor of Science (Physics)

1967 -

1970

The South Gujarat University, Surat, India.

. Bachelor of Engineering, (Instrumentation & Electronics Engineering.)

1970 - 1973

The M.S University, Baroda, India.

Professional Experience

SSMInfotech Solution Pvt. Surat, India

01/2010 to 11/2011

www.ssminfotech.com

Full Time Consultant.

SSM InfoTech is the leading Industrial software & automation solutions

company for manufacturing and energy industries. It provides products and

services to cater to automation, software and IT requirements, such as

Alarms management & Information management software (AIMS), calibration

management software for process control instruments, utilities data

management systems & energy management systems.

SSM is Wonderware distributor in India, providing Wonderware related

turnkey project with hardware & software solution. SSM is distributor of

Master clock USA GPS, time synchronization system in India. SSM is also an

authorized system integrator for Schneider and Rockwell PLC & drives. SSM

supplies turnkey based automation systems which cover complete hardware

supply, engineering, installation & commissioning the systems including

panel wiring by own manpower. Clients are leaders in petrochemicals,

refinery, oil & gas, power plants, and fertilizer industries in India.

. Responsible for total business development of the company including

Budget preparation, scheduling & controlling the same

. Coordinate project planning, scheduling, engineering & execution of

the project till commissioning and providing services support after

commissioning.

. Responsible for day to day contacts & communication with the client

with focus on providing client satisfaction through subordinate

leaders. Also responsible for recruitment, training and man power

development.

Reliance Industries Limited, Hazira, India

01/1989 to 12/2009.

www.ril.com

1989 - 1996 (Role: Site Manager Engineering - Instrumentation)

. Worked as Site Manager for Reliance Industries Ltd., Hazira for phase I

and phase II large size projects

o Phase I included plants such as MEG, PVC, VCM, HDPE-1 and power

plant. Total Budget for this project was 1Billion US Dollars.

o Phase II included MEG 2/3, HDPE- 2, Naphtha/Gas Cracker, PP-1/2,

PTA 1/2/3, Butadiene and polyester project. Phase II budget was 10

Billion US Dollars.

. Responsible for coordinating mechanical, electrical, civil and

automation projects executed by different EPC contractors such as ECC

(L&T), Bechtel, John Brown Engineering,

. Job covered supervision of overall activities and liaison with

construction contractors on day to day basis and report back to overall

site project in-charge for project status and reporting.

1996-2009 (Role: Head of Instrument)

. Responsible for daily engineering, maintenance & reliability improvement

jobs.

. Responsible for reliably maintaining Instrumentation & Automation systems

like DCS, PLC, Analyzers, Field Instrumentation, Weigh Bridges, Fire &

Gas Monitoring systems, Vibration Monitoring Systems.

. Work closely with the Projects department to complete phase 1 and phase 2

projects, which included Cracker, PTA, MEG, VCM, PVC, Power plants (GT &

STGs), Utility plants, PE, PP and Polyester plants. These included

detail review of P&ID's, Instrumentation, Control Systems, Interlocks,

Hazop & IPF study.

. Successfully upgraded DCS & ESD systems of MEG, Cracker, PE and CPP

plants.

. Successfully operating all Instrumentation and Automation system across

Hazira complex without any AMC with OEM.

. Successfully commissioned special equipments like Gas Turbines, Steam

Turbines, 20MW Compressors and other rotary equipments needing

specialized instrumentation and control systems like Mark IV, V, VI,Triconex, Max DNA, System 1 and other systems.

. Successfully commissioned Tank Farm Automation System.

. Successfully completed unit revalidation of Petrochemical Units which

includes detailed review of P&ID's, PFD's, Instrument Alarm summary, and

logic of every process loop.

. Started and achieved ISO9001 certification and 5 Star from British Safety

Council.

. Started and achieved Integrated Material Management System.

. Prepared and Implemented Best Maintenance Practices across all plants.

. Started and achieved Preventive as well as Proactive Maintenance to

achieve reliability and availability of Instrument & Control Systems.

. Started and Implemented Advance Process Control in all Petrochemical

plants and achieved better production rates and better quality.

. Have worked with varieties of Instrumentation starting from pneumatic to

FF devices.

. Has worked with world renowned consultants like foster & wheeler,

john Brown, Bechtel, flour Daniel and Jacob engg

. Also I have worked with different Process Licensors like shell, Union

Carbide, Unipol, In vista, DuPont, Stone Webster, Geon & Dow.

Petroleum Development - Shell Group of Company. OMAN.

1983 to 1989

www.pdo.co.om

Engineer - Instrumentation & Control .Oman

. Worked as Maintenance Engineer to maintain the Gas Gathering &

Processing plant having state of art Instrumentation & Control Systems

. Worked to achieve reliability and availability of Instrumentation

Systems.

Hindustan Chemicals Company, Surat, India. (FKA Cyanides& Chemical

Company) 1982 to 1983

www.hcc-cyanides.com

Instrumentation Engineer .

. Worked as Instrumentation engineer to maintain the plant

. Worked to achieve reliability and availability of Instrumentation

Systems.

Atul Products, Valsad, India

1974

to 1982

www.atul.co.in/

Instrumentation Engineer.

. Worked as Instrumentation engineer to maintain the plant

. Worked to achieve reliability and availability of Instrumentation

Systems.

Application Experience

. Study of P & ID and PFD documents and Suggesting changes in Instrument

specifications given by Licensor.

. Preparation of DCS / PLC system, including ESD, specifications.

Selection of system vendor after evaluation of their specifications.

Designing of DCS /PLC system based on the specifications. FAT and SAT

of control systems. Maintenance of systems. Deciding forward path

against Obsolescence issue. Implementation of networking across

DCS/PLC systems to do routine health checkup and minimize diagnostic

time thus reducing down time.

. Preparation of specifications for Control valves based on

specification given by Licensor. Evaluation of specification

submitted by manufacturers and selection of control valves.

Maintenance of control valves and Modifications to avoid frequent

failures.

. Preparation of specification for Field Instrumentation. Evaluation of

specification submitted by manufacturers and final selection.

Proactive maintenance of Instrumentation using Asset management

software. Thus minimizing maintenance cost.

. Preparation of specification for Analyzers based on requirement of

Licensor. Evaluation of specification submitted by manufacturers and

final selection. Maintenance of Analyzers. Deciding forward path

against Obsolescence issue.

. Preparation of specification for Package Instrumentation. Evaluation

of specification submitted by package suppliers and final selection.

. Preparation of specification for Fire & Gas system. Evaluation of

specification submitted by Manufacturers and final selection.

. Design of power distribution system for Instrumentation and Control

systems. Proactive Maintenance of the power distribution systems using

thermography, IR temperature detectors.

. Preparation of installation and commissioning checklist for

instrumentation based on various Instrumentation standards (ISA) and

implementation. Preparation of Proactive and Preventive maintenance

checklists and implementation to achieve better reliability and

availability.

. Classification of plant area into different hazardous area. Selection

of Instrumentation to suit to the area classification.

. Design and Implementation of Interlock system as per specification of

Licensor. Developing checklist & SMPs for Interlock checking.

. HAZOP and IPF study of to be commissioned plants as well as running

plants.

. Design of control room from the point of view of Instrumentation like

area requirement, Air conditioning, air monitoring requirement,

Grounding requirement, layout of panels, operator stations in the best

possible way.

Leadership and Achievements

. Audited by D.T.Karney & Solomon for maintenance bench

marking. Agency awarded No.1

. 03 numbers of six sigma projects completed successfully

with profit of & quality improvement.

. 5 star safety award from British Safety Council.

. All the plants in Petrochemical complex are ISO9001

certified.

. Achieved the best execution timing for Projects and

Shutdown jobs across all sites of Reliance.

. Fluent in English, Hindi & Guajarati.

. Extensive global travel and respectful to diverse cultures

and customs

Skills

. Understanding of Business needs, deciding business goals and realizing

them.

. Proficiency in handling varieties of DCS & PLC, Analyzers, Field

Instruments & Automation Systems.

. Excellent understanding of Standards, Process Automation Systems.

. Development of sub-ordinates to take up new challenges.

. Ability to handle consultants, contractors and vendors.

. Proficient in Microsoft Office.

References

. Mr. Bharat Dalal.

Sales Director, Fisher Controls, Stafford, Texas 77477

Tel.: 1-281-***-****.

Cell: 1-281-***-**** Houston

E mail: ******.*****@**************.***

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