Kaushik Mehta P.Eng.; PMP

+1-780-***-**** Edmonton, Alberta, Canada T6L6X9 ac5q1o@r.postjobfree.com

PRINCIPAL PROCESS ENGINEER

Oil & Gas ~ Petrochemicals~ Project Management

Over 25 years of progressive success performing and leading Process Engineering design, development and project management for Greenfield and Brownfield projects in Oil & gas and Petrochemicals from its conceptual to commissioning & Operation phases across multiple locations while ensuring high integrity of Health, Safety, and Environmental aspects

Well-qualified with solid background in Process Engineering design, Project management and Operation support adding values and bottom line results to the new projects, its execution and ongoing operations.

Excel at driving full lifecycle delivery of complex, large/mid/small scale and MOC based projects to meet challenging business needs.

Regarded as an exceptional coordinator with cross-functional leadership, hands-on engineering and business alignment skills – able to lead and motivate technical team to peak performance.

Areas of Expertise include:

Basis of Design, PFD & P&ID development

FEED and Detail Engineering

HSE Compliance and mgmt.

Process Engineering Calculations

Project Planning & Execution

HAZID, HAZOP, SIL, CA & QRA

Equipment sizing and pipeline hydraulics

Schedule/Workflow management

Pre-comm. & Commissioning

Team lead with cohesive work practice

Staff Recruitment, Training & Mentoring

Techno-economic Design Study

Process Department management

Change order review & management

Optimization & Trouble shooting

Lead Quality and Technical improvement

Liaise with client, vendors, consultants

Technical Services & support

Professional Experience

TRINITY ENGINEERING INC. Edmonton AB CANADA Jan.2017-Present

Senior Engineering Consultant

Providing consistent professional, friendly and engaging engineering & Technical service assistance and project execution support to EPCM and Operating facilities.

Process Engineering Calculations, Process Equipment sizing viz. Separators, Towers, Oil treaters, flare KO pots, Flare header and system for oil &gas and petrochemicals facilities.

Ensured that design include all required safety features, easy operability and maintainability.

Assisting in bids, techno-economic evaluation and costing estimation for proposals/RFQ.

LARSEN & TOUBRO ARABIA LLC: SAUDI ARAMCO GAS PROJECT, Al-Khobar, SAUDI ARABIA Feb.2015-Dec.2016

Lead Process Engineer & Commissioning Manager

Leading Saudi Aramco’s 75 MMSCFD/$300m Midyan Gas Processing Facility detail engineering/construction project.

Directing 9+ engineers for detail engineering, Design studies, scope development and engineering support.

Planning and scheduling for manpower requirement, daily engineering and commissioning activities at site.

Developing and directing pre-commissioning/commissioning activities, documentation and planning.

Prepared SOP and conducted PSSR, risk assessment & operation readiness review for commissioning.

Plant walk-through for system wise partial mechanical completion & inspection for total mechanical completion.

Supporting & contributing Site engineering and construction activities aggressively to meet project milestones.

New project proposal review and bidding support to business development.

Achievements:

Utilized available resources strategically and cost effectively integrating other international office resources saving cost & time.

Led & coordinated successful rollout and completion of all project deliverables cost effectively and on time with superior quality.

Assumed additional challenging role of Commissioning Manager to accelerate commissioning activities.

TOYO ENGINEERING CANADA: JACOS SAGD/HEAVY OIL PROJECT Calgary, CANADA Aug.2012 - Dec.2014

Lead Process Engineer

Lead Process Detail Engineering phase of CPF design for JACOS 30 KBPD/$ 1.2B SAGD Capital project.

Guided and directed 14+ process engineers for detail engineering design and process calculation & deliverables.

Detail Engineering of U & O facility, optimized and fixed utilities requirement and distribution system.

Lead Shell Canada’s heavy oil well-pads development projects for FEED & Detail Engineering phase,

Developed integrated associated gas gathering and compression system attached with well-pads.

Aiding higher management for corporate and business development projects and proposal development.

Accomplishments:

Credited with achieving and maintaining impressive department performance in terms of timely delivery and effective utilization of available manpower resources.

Identified and fixed bottlenecks in coordination issue between international offices affecting performance, cost and schedule.

SNC LAVALIN CANADA: PDVSA VENEZUALA HEAVY OIL PROJECT Calgary, CANADA Jan.2012 - Aug.2012

Lead Process Engineer

Involved with Conceptual & FEED design & development for upstream Heavy Oil and Gas processing systems.

Simulation, PFD and P&ID development with equipment sizing specifications for CPF.

Facilities planning and lay-out with Utilities and Offsite conceptual development.

Gas gathering and gas processing system design and engineering.

Led and directed 7+ process engineers team.

Project Coordination and engineering support.

BECHTEL/BANTREL CANADA: SHELL CANADA, ESSO & HUSKY ENERGY PROJECTS, CANADA May 2010 – Jan.2012

Senior Project Development- Process Engineer

Supported Site Project/process Engineering for Shell Canada 155 KBPD/$10+ B Upgrader Expansion project.

Engineered change order requirement, coordinated and monitored its execution for Shell upgrader Expansion project.

Senior Project Development Engineer with Imperial Oil-Strathcona Refinery Site-Edmonton.

Defined and validated discipline scope involvement for each MOC projects

Developed MOC base brownfield project its PEP and integrated it with OEMS in line with project business goals.

Conducted Pre-feasibilities Studies, economic evaluation, HAZID & safety review and value engineering report.

Aided site project team for engineering and construction support.

Accomplishments:

Developed and successfully executed 7+ brownfield projects at ESSO Refinery achieving desired business goals

Successfully engineered and implemented numerous change orders at Shell Canada green field expansion project.

METAPOWER INC.: SUNCOR ENERGY PSI PROJECT Fort MacMurray, CANADA Jan.2010 – May 2010

Project/Process Lead.

Project Planning, Scheduling and execution of PSI project deliverables.

Development and execution of Process Safety Information Projects for Upgrading and Extraction processes.

Updating PSM and documentation system on as built/as see basis with smart documentation and accessibility.

PYRAMID PROCESS FABRICATORS: VARIOUS CLIENT JOB WORK Nisku/Alberta, CANADA May.2009 – Jan 2011

Senior Engineering Consultant

Process engineering support for upstream oil & Gas engineering and system design & development.

Vessels sizing viz. Separators, Towers, Oil treaters, flare KO pots, Flare header and system for NG & SAGD.

Aided small independent clients for heavy oil well-pad design and development and separation facilities.

Natural Gas conditioning and processing, LNG feasibility proposal study and basic PFD development.

Amine Treatment and dehydration design development and engineering.

Assisted in bid techno economic evaluation and costing estimation.

WORLEY PARSONS: SHELL CANADA, OMV PROJECTS Edmonton, CANADA Aug. 2007 – May 2009

Senior Project Development-Process Engineer

Deputed to Shell-Canada Scotford site with upgrader Project Group as MOC project development engineer.

Business case study, Project Development, Process integrity review and FEED of brown field projects up to $50 M.

Prepared Scoping study, basis of design, cost estimation and Project Execution Plan for MOC projects

Carried out Project life cycle analysis with complete techno economic evaluation and study report.

Participated in HAZOP Review, HAZID and Root cause analysis for new MOC projects.

Sr. Process Engineer for OMV PETROM-Rumania Refinery hydrocracker FEED project.

BANTREL: SUNCOR ENERGY PROJECTS Edmonton, CANADA May 2006 – Aug 2007

Senior Process Engineer

Involved with Suncor’s MNU & MVU Project Process Engineering Design and development jobs.

Design & scoping/feasibility studies and assessment of existing systems for process optimization.

Process Simulation, PFD developments, Heat & Mass balance & Hydraulics calculations.

GUJARAT STATE FERTILIZERS AND CHEMICALS LTD. Gujarat, INDIA Aug.1983 – Nov 2005

Largest Fertilizers and Petrochemical Complex with forward Integration.

Technical Service Manager - Fiber and Petrochemicals division

May 2003 Nov 2005

Analyzed process problems and determined critical factors of investigation for up gradation/revamping.

Designed, developed and proposed various cost and energy saving schemes with detail Techno-economics.

Prepared regulatory compliance guideline and reports for environmental and effluent issue.

Optimized plant operations improving specific raw material consumption and reducing waste/byproducts.

Conducted and coordinated HAZOP study and HSE review meets and Root cause analysis of incidents.

Supported team efforts for achieving consistent production with leadership in technical improvements.

Accomplishments:

Proposed and implemented about 18 nos. of various Process improvements and up gradation/revamp schemes resulting in Energy and cost saving worth of $ 1.6 M CAD on yearly recurring basis achieving attractive returns on investment and major improvements in environmental and safety aspects at the complex.

Recognized by management with incentives and appreciations. Developed and successfully executed 7+ brownfield projects at ESSO Refinery achieving desired business goals

Senior Project Engineer/Coordinator- $250M/50,000 MTPY Caprolactam & $25M/9000 MTPY Polyamide(Nylon-6) Projects

Feb. 1991 –May. 2003

Participated in project feasibility study, and technology/Design evaluation study at licensors site.

Accurately analyzed technical designs, prioritized project needs and produced measurable project deliverables.

Prepared detailed scoping studies for utilities and raw materials integration with existing facilities/grid

Defined and developed Utility& Offsite and tank farm facility, requirements and engineering.

Ensured that design includes operability, maintainability and reliability with best HSE practices.

Managed, Coordinated and executed in-house Nylon-6 rehabilitation project in close liaison with licensor and contractors

Assisted and supported both plants commissioning and operation for 2 years.

Accomplishments:

Commissioned and streamlined both projects successfully meeting time and cost deadlines

Gave numerous various value engineering suggestions and initiated concurrent execution practices.

Nylon-6 project could be completed before time achieving 5% project cost savings.

Appreciated by management with incentives and awards.

Plant Engineer-Operations: Hydrogen/Ammonia, Caprolactam, Nylon-6, U & O, Hydrocarbon Storage, Cryogenic Separation

May 1983 – Feb. 1991

Monitored, Organized and controlled daily production activities of various plants, utilities and Off-site.

Optimized and improved processes to get consistent and efficient operation and productivity.

Planned, scheduled and coordinated turnaround, start up, shut down and maintenance activities.

Operated and managed commercial cryogenic separation unit for Argon, methane and nitrogen from purge gas.

Prepared and maintained operation logs/data, Production, costing and budgetary provision and MIS reports.

Aligned production activities to comply with ISO-9001-2000, ISO-14000 norms and regulatory requirements.

Responsible for safe, reliable and consistent plant operation without safety incidents.

Education & Professional Development

B.Eng. in Chemical Engineering –DD Institute of Technology - Gujarat University- India.

P. Eng., Regd. Professional Engineer with PEO-Ontario, APEGGA-Alberta & APEGBC-BC – Canada

Project Management Professional -PMI-US

Various in-house & external management and technical training

References available upon request…

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