Project Coordinator, Interface Manager, Head of Department

OBJECTIVE

I am a hard-working, motivated professional with 26+ years of experience and a demonstrated track record of initiative and enthusiasm. My background in Instrumentation engineering with 18+ years in Design Engineering, gives me an insider's perspective when it comes to engineering-related industries. My business development experience (8+ years) provides strong skills in facilitating Clients/Operating Companies relationships, as well as confidence to start new business unit/branch in new areas.

Thriving in a fast-paced environment, I am a strong negotiator and networker, and very much a 'big picture', strategic thinker. Above all, I am looking for a stimulating position in an energetic and supportive team where I can continue to make a transition from engineering to a strategic business development role.

EXPERIENCE SUMMARY

Over 26 years (including 16 years in Foreign Countries, Brunei, Oman, Japan, Taiwan, Qatar, UAE) in the field of Oil and Gas, Petrochemical and Refinery, which can be broadly classified as:

Business Development, Bids, Proposal – 8+ years

New Office/Branch Development - Continuous

Project Lead/Project Manager – 3 years

Department Manager - Instrumentation dept. – 2 years

Engineering Coordinator for Remote Engineering (Sub-contracting) – 1 year

Design related experience such as Basic, FEED and Detailed engineering. – 12+ years

Inspection, testing, erection and commissioning

SKILL SUMMARY

Over two decades of Professional and Progressive leadership experience from Design Engineer, Lead Design Engineer, Design Department Manager, and Project Manager to Business Development Manager.

Strong and proven experience in heading and developing Instrument & Control Engineering division.

Proven experience in start-up of new business unit in Abu Dhabi.

Maintained strong relationships with Key contacts in existing Accounts and developed new accounts for business development in UAE.

As a part of Management rank, I do have decision making experience related to Technical and Commercial quotations in Abu Dhabi.

Proven experience as a Project Manager for engineering (Conceptual, FEED and DD) projects. Also worked as Project Coordinator for many projects as a link between Engineering Consultants to EPC Contractors during erection & commissioning of the projects as well as Interface Manager to coordinate & resolve multidiscipline engineering issues.

Experience with Contracts (Engineering Projects) Administration and control knowledge.

Extensive experience in leading a team of engineers at well-known EPC/Consulting organizations

Thorough knowledge of Instrumentation & Control engineering

EXPERIENCE

Mar’19 – till date: AMBURES CONSULTANCY FZE

Position Held: Owner/Founder

Signed MOU with different Service provider companies based in India and started representing them for UAE market. We can provide following services:

-Multidisciplinary FEED/Detailed Design Engineering

-Engineering calculations

-3D Modeling

-Training

Apr’10 – Dec’18: Ramboll Oil & Gas, Abu Dhabi-UAE

Position Held: Business Development Manager

Transferred from Ramboll-Qatar to newly established Ramboll-Abu Dhabi office.

Ramboll-Abu Dhabi office was established in 2009 to tap the UAE’s O&G market.

Was reporting to MD- Middle East, to explore local business opportunities and establish Ramboll brand in the local market.

Maintained strong relationships with key contacts in existing accounts and developed new accounts. My strength is identifying emerging market trends, discover gaps and identify niches to develop strategic business development plans and strategies. I have demonstrated ability to gain Customer trust and provide exceptional follow-up, leading to increased repeat and referral business.

I was involved in Registration and Pre-qualification process with all Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC) Group of companies in UAE.

My responsibilities include Project Coordinator with various offices of Ramboll world-wide to complete the technical and commercial bid submissions within time frame with quality & quantity, as required. Involved in decision making meetings, for commercial bids.

In the initial phase of the Office, I was the Local Coordinator for engineering activities between UAE based Clients to Ramboll’s various world-wide offices for the awarded contracts.

In addition, I was also responsible for securing businesses with local EPC Contractors.

Apr’09 – Apr'10: Ramboll Oil & Gas, Qatar

Position Held: Project Manager/Lead Engineer-Inst

a.“EPIC for Inst Air System for Crude Oil Tank Farm, Mesaieed ” for Qatar Petroleum.

b.“Metering Stations at ORYX (modification) & Qatar Gas (New)” for GASAL Company Q.S.C.( AirLiquid, France joint Venture)

The work consisted of managing multi-disciplinary engineering execution tasks, conducting review meetings with clients and vendors as required and taking actions for mitigating slippages in schedule.

The job responsibility included contract management with respect to allocated budget in terms of man-hours and cost by constant review of outputs.

The lessons learnt during execution of the contract were uploaded on frequent basis to improve working performance.

Deputed to GASAL office as a Technical Coordinator between Design office and Site office during erection & commissioning of the project.

Jan’08 – Jan’09: Electrowatt-Ekono Sdn Bhd., Brunei

Position Held: Lead Engineer (Department Manager)- Control & Automation/ Project Engineer

Electrowatt-Ekono had three years of engineering services Frame Agreement contract with Brunei Shell company (BSP) and Brunei LNG company (BLNG) for on-shore and off-shore assets.

Led a team of 20 (engineers & designers).

Responsible for managing & controlling ‘Control & Automation’ design department.

Supported organization as a Project Engineer/Project coordinator for multidisciplinary engineering projects.

Worked as Interface Manager between Client & EPC Contractor (appointed by Client) for Instrumentation oriented projects for procurement assistance and to resolve site queries.

As a Department Manager, I was responsible to review and approve documents & drawings before submission to Client.

Helped engineers to resolve technical issues.

Responsible for man-hours estimation. Attended Man-hour challenge meetings.

Was responsible to allocate manpower to all projects.

Conducted interviews for recruitment as well as performance reviews.

Reported directly to Local Company Director and Local Contract Manager.

Feb’07 – Dec’07: Essar Engineering Centre, India

Position Held: Joint General Manager- Instrumentation division

Essar Engineering Centre was newly established engineering company of Essar Group, to cater engineering requirements of group companies for O&G production, refinery, steel, construction projects.

Led a department of 25 engineers plus designers.

Streamlined Company specific Specifications and Procedures

Responsible for giving training to trainee engineers

Ensured smooth running of projects & department activities

Lead Engineer for OSBL projects of Jamnagar Refinery Expansion – Phase 1 and 2 projects. The project scope was design, erection & commissioning of 67 tanks.

Jan’05 – Jul’06: JGC Corporation, Yokohama, Japan

Position Held: Asst. Lead Instrument Engineer/Engineering Coordinator- Instrument

Worked on major project, ‘Sumitomo-Saudi-Aramco: Rabigh Refinery, Saudi Arabia’.

Involved in FEED and Detail design of Saudi-Aramco-Sumitomo joint venture’s Rabigh Development project; a world class Refinery complex at Rabigh, Saudi Arabia. JGC was a lead EPC contractor. Yokogawa was process control system provider.

Was responsible for Engineering-Coordination between JGC Yokohama and JGC-Philippines (JPHIL) for DCS/ESD system engineering documents and construction dwgs for which engineers were working in JPHIL on InTools, PDMS (3D-Model) modules.

Sep’04 – Dec’04: CTCI Corporation, Taiwan

Position Held: Sr. Instrument Engineer

Worked on Formosa’s Petrochemical project.

Involved in Detail design of IIP (Integrated Isocynates Project) Shanghai, China project. It is a joint consortium team (Shanghai-Flour, Huntsman America, Daelim Korea, BASF Germany) involved in this grass-root project.

2003 – June’04: PETROKON UTAMA SENDIRIAN Berhad, Brunei

Position Held: Sr. Instrument Engineer/Project Engineer

Worked on Brunei Shell Engineering Frame Agreement projects.

Worked as Project Engineer and Lead Engineer for different types and scale of engineering projects in Brunei for Brunei Shell Company.

Deputed to Offshore site on Secondment for Interface Engineer position.

2000 – 2003: PARSONS GROUP OMAN ENGINEERING LLC, OMAN

Position Held: Control & Automation Specialist/Project Engineer

Worked on Petroleum Development Oman (PDO) Engineering Frame Agreement projects.

Projects:

Combined Salalah Pressure Reduction Terminal

Barka Pressure Reduction Terminal

Many Small Scale Revamping Projects of Oil & Gas Fields

Government Gas Plant at Yibal, Oman.

1991 - 2000: TOYO ENGINEERING INDIA LTD, MUMBAI, INDIA

Position Held: Sr. Instrument Engineer

Worked on Refinery, Petrochemical, Chemical projects.

Projects:

Indian Oil Corporation Ltd. Baroda, India.

Purified Butene-1 project

Formosa Olefins Corp. TAIWAN

Ethylene Project

MOBIL Corp. SINGAPORE.

Refinery project

11 grades of polystyrene product plant, Pushpa Polymer Ltd. Baroda, India.

E.O. Purification, Ethoxylate unit, I.G.L. Kashipur, U.P., India

Ethylene Oxide by molysis, S.M. Dychem Ltd. Kurkumbh, M.S., India

Additive products, MTB unit, Lubrizol India Ltd, M.S., India

EDUCATION

Course

Year

University

Major

Bachelor of Engineering – (B.E.)

1991

University Of Pune (India); Govt. College Of Engineering Pune (COEP)

Instrumentation and Control Engineering

COMPUTER LITERACY

Well versed with the different software’s + Engineering Software.

PERSONAL DETAILS

Phone: Mobile: +971-********* / +971-********* / +971-********

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