Engineer Engineering

Vikas Kapadia

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Houston, TX 77060 ************@*******.***

Summary of Qualifications

• Experience in industrial instrumentation and control systems for Oil and Gas offshore facilities, refineries, chemical plant, Mining, Material Handling and Compressor Stations. Experience includes instrument system commissioning and start-up, PLC programming, PLC troubleshooting, DCS FAT troubleshooting, HMI configuration, instrument selection, control valve sizing, control loop diagrams, relay ladder logic, protective instrument system design, project scope development, Cause and Effect development, control functional specification development, P&ID development, project cost/man-hour estimates, quality control, controller configuration, instrument installations, PLC and DCS wiring, cable routing. Experience in material requisitions, purchasing, reporting and expediting. Coordination of projects between engineering disciplines and operations. Onsite engineering for construction, commissioning and startup of projects.

• Familiar with ISA standards and AutoCAD

• Extensive knowledge of instrument communication systems and approaches of measurement technologies.

• Working knowledge of 60Hz and 400Hz power generation and distribution.

• Working knowledge of shipboard controls systems from selection of the instrument, interface protocols, interface networks to workstations.

• Bachelor of Science in Electronics Engineering with First Class.

• Previously experienced on QC Project Marine Engineering based out of New Orleans with Northrop Grumman and Huntington Ingalls Industries.

• Strong communication skills, solid management skills, demonstrate proficiency in leading and mentoring individuals to maximize levels of productivity, while forming cohesive team environments.

• Working experience with Panel engineering for system and Aux. & replay panels.

• Excellent skill to interface between external and internal clients as well as operation personal effectively and professionally and resolve the issue in timely manner.

• Excellent with planning to ensure requires prerequisites are in place prior to commencing work.

• Experience in implementing, designing and supporting microprocessor based instruments

• Operation knowledge of NFPA, API 14F and IEEE.

• Presently working with Intelligrated/Honeywell as Electrical Tech for Amazon site in Houston TX.

Educational Summary:

Bachelor of Science in Electronics Engineering

North Maharashtra University in Mumbai, India

June 2006

Diploma in Electrical Engineering

Technical Education Board, India

June 2002

Professional Experience:

Presently working for Intelligrated(Honeywell) as Electrical Tech.

Waldemar S. Nelson and Company, Incorporated, New Orleans, LA

Control Systems Engineer – III

February 2015 – August 2016

• Main tasks include instrumentation drafting on panel layouts, loop diagrams, wiring diagrams, and junction boxes. Revise drawings on structural, and electrical, as well as P&IDs.

• Job task includes put together complete work package for client (Shell, Exxon, Kinder Morgan, Sewage and Waterboard New Orleans, Gas storage facility etc.)

• Witness FAT at vendor location and put together test report.

• Work package will include selection, quotation, drawings furnished and approval, FAT testing, support field engineering with installation and set-up.

Shell Exploration and Production Company – Mars DCS Upgrade phase II/III

• Instrumentation team member. Assisted with HMI Graphics development, server cabinet heat load calculations, gas annunciator panel design and fabrication, fiber optic specification and layout, work pack development for Ethernet side card upgrade for safety system PLCs, and GPS antenna installation.

Shell Exploration and Production Company – Mars Well A3 Waterflood Tie-In

• Instrumentation team member. Project covers the conversion of Well A3 from a producing well to a waterflood injector. Responsible for equipment specification, wiring diagrams and installation details.

Kinder Morgan – Hartwell Compressor Station

• Assistance Control System Engineer. Project covered the expansion of existing station including addition of (2) natural gas compressors, pipeline, gas coolers and other related equipment. Responsible for control/safety system design, control panel design, wiring diagrams, equipment specification, and installation details.

Kinder Morgan – Jefferson Compressor Station

• Assistance Control System Engineer. Project covered the design of new natural gas compressor station. Responsible for control/safety system design, control panel design, wiring diagrams, equipment specification, and installation details.

Kinder Morgan – Rincon Compressor Station

• Assistance Control System Engineer. Project covered the design of new natural gas compressor station. Responsible for control/safety system design, control panel design, wiring diagrams, equipment specification, and installation details

Huntington Ingalls Industries, New Orleans, LA

Program/Ship Design Engineer

January 2012 – February 2015

LPD Class ships US Naval Contract

• Responsible for managing and staffing emergent technical issues for In-service and new construction LPD's. Also responsible for conducting engineering design reviews associated with class I changes prior to implementation.

• Responsible to provide technical support and resolution on technical issues on fleet ships and existing construction ships to the US Navy Customers via e-mail, Phone.

• Heavily involve with arranging and participating in client/contractor meetings and resolving client/engineering and management technical issues.

• Ability to plan tasks and delegate them to the appropriate personnel.

• Excellent interpersonal abilities for successful interactions with customers, engineers, and subordinates.

• Streamlined processes and procedures so that different engineering discipline levels were met with regard to internal and external customer expectations.

• Establishing a mindset within engineering to improve efficiency of our products so implementation of changes can be more efficient which reduces costs while be able to maintain established schedule

• Monitor engineering product delivery schedules and ensure engineering is meeting targets.

• Responsible to developed Quarterly Program review chart associated with technical agenda and represent to the customer (The Navy).

• Continue focus on improved quality, meet or exceed engineering quality goals.

Northrop Grumman Ship System, New Orleans, LA

Controls & Instrumentation Engineer

January 2008 – January 2012

Previously worked LPD, Coast guard Cutter (Deep Water), LHD, LHA

US Naval Contracts

• Responsible for the controls, instrumentation and Fire & Gas interfaces with the Prime Controls Contractor such as Raytheon, Honeywell and Sperry.

• Designed & maintain various Access databases such as the I/O Lists, Cause & Effect Diagrams and Instrument Installation Details that are used to specify/procure/ support production of Navy LPD17 class vessels, LHD class LHA6 and National Security Cutter (Deepwater).

• Worked collaboratively with operation engineers, design engineers purchasers and other internal staff for completing multiple projects.

• Maintained and modified existing systems

• Responsible for specifying control valves(pressure regulating/back pressure regulating/pressure sustaining/thermostatic), relief valves, solenoid valves, power operated valves, manual valves, sensors, gauges, thermometers and plus other flexible hoses.

• Presently works on field engineering/production control issues/concerns related to sensors, valves, gauges, TLI (Indirect/Direct/Radar), Flexible hoses etc.

• Support Material sourcing, Purchasing, 3D modeling, piping design and System engineering as well as review/approve and comment on vendor and customer concerns. Also responsible for doing technical reviews on vendor submittals BIDS and VIDMs.

• Provided support for various Tank level indicating systems for cargo oil, lube oil, fuel oil and ballast tanks using side mount, in tank and radar type sensors.

• Responsible to doing change paperwork's, editorial changes to drawings & various lists, authorized to revised the purchase order/TPRSOW/PTS requirements per class-I or class-II changes and process it.

• Familiarizes with The Navy Standard drawings and contract specifications.

• Working knowledge on to read blue print for piping diagrams, as well as electrical wiring circuits/layouts.

• Ability to work on control circuit and power system drawings.

• Familiarize with EOS/MCMS/ECS system and working knowledge of control circuits.

• Handled the tasks of setting standards for corporate utility instrumentation and boiler controls

• Assigned the tasks of replacing systems and controlling projects

• Handled the responsibilities of control system checkout, tuning and set-up

• Responsible for developing and designing new control systems

Northrop Grumman Ship System, New Orleans, LA

Controls System/Instrumentation Tech

July 2006 – 2008

Worked on LPD 18 LPD 20 & LPD 21

US Naval Contracts

• Calibrate switches, Transducers, Gauges and other instruments.

• Test, sell, and deliver products and services that meet or exceed Navy Customer quality.

• Allocate shipboard instrumentation problems by troubleshooting.

• Sounding of Tank Level Indicators on LPD 20 and 21

• Comprehend Electrical wiring diagrams and allocate problems by troubleshooting.

• Research, coordinate, and present systems to Navy customer aboard USS New Orleans Builders Trials.

• Able to read Blue Print (pipe), as well as Electrical Wiring diagram.

• Ability to work on Control Circuit and Power System Diagram.

Narmada Chemature Petrochemicals Ltd., INDIA

Electrical Engineer

Sep. 2002-June. 2003

Person in charge of electrical Department, Maintenance and Shutdown work

• Motor Maintenance in field and shop. Overhauling motor, Bearing replacement.

• Read the control panel wiring diagrams, execute and trouble shoot the problem

• Read the lighting diagram of plant lighting and trouble shoot the problem

• Modify the drawing & installation of all kind of relay & doing all the wiring work.

• Working on high voltage equipment.

• Working full shift during shutdown of the plants and doing preventive maintaince.

Areas of Interest:

• To develop and design instrumentation systems and procedures to cover a range of data for evaluation programs

• To design logic systems and programming of systems by using of Allen-Bradley programmable controllers

• To design Instrumentation equipment that operates effectively, efficiently and in safely way

• To develop Instrumentation and Piping Diagrams

Technical Expertise:

• Low level hardware programming using microprocessor

• Installation/Repair & Troubleshooting of IR&C

• All Microsoft Office products full functional hands on expertise.

• Familiar with ISA standards and AutoCAD

• Operation knowledge of NFPA, API 14F and IEEE

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