Maintenance Engineer

ARUNBALAJI BASKAR, B.TECH

FS ENG (TÜV RHEINLAND, # 7998/14, SIS)

Male, Indian, 26 years

Plot No: 66, 4th Street, Dr.Dc.Kothari Nagar, Ramapuram, Chennai-600089, India.

Email: **************@*****.***

Ph: +919*********

OBJECTIVE

Seeking a challenging position in a world class oil and gas company where my skills and experience will greatly enhance the company's success and my personal growth.

SPECIALTIES & SKILLSET

-Functional Safety Engineer - FS Eng (TÜV Rheinland, # 7998/14, SIS)

-Process Safety Management – Certified by Petroskills (John N Campbell)

-DCS/PLC Certifications: DCS – Honeywell’s experion and Yokogawa’s Centum3000.

PLC – Honeywell’s Safety Manager, Yokogawa’s Prosafe, Siemens’s S7- 300/400 and Allen Bradley’s Controllogix.

-Turbo machinery: Certified in Operation and Maintenance (Solar Turbines)

-Metering System (Custody transfer/Fiscal) – Validation, Maintenance and troubleshooting of Gas metering (Orifice/ Daniel Ultrasonic meters), condensate metering ( turbine meters and proving- compact provers), C9+/C6+/C6+ with H2S Gas Chromatograph Analyzer & controllers, Flow computers (Daniel Flow boss & Omni), Moisture analyzer and auto sampling systems (gas and condensate skids). Working knowledge on AGA and ISO standards relevant to metering systems.

EDUCATION

Degree: B.TECH, Instrumentation and Control Engineering from the National Institute of Technology (formerly REC), CGPA: 8.6, 2005-09.

Major Oil and Gas Projects handled:

-ESD Migration at BG Group Offshore production platform (2013-14): Migration of Pneumatic based Emergency Shutdown systems to Programmable Electronic Safety Instrumented system (HIMA safety PLC). Responsible for the development of functional design specifications, FAT, Installation and commissioning. Participated in the HAZOP and SIL studies for the project. Performed SIL safety validation & verifications for the installed systems, cause and effect checks and responsible for the black startup of the offshore production facility with the new installed system.

-Phase II compression at BG Group Offshore production platform (2012-13): Participation in HAZOP and SIL studies. Responsible for adequacy checks on the field instruments and control systems. Installation and commissioning of the new compressor skid – Platform E&I support. Review of key documents which include various philosophies for shutdown/blowdown, start-ups & Cause and effect matrixes. Participated in the workshop for the revision of offshore platform Safety case.

-DCS and SIS revamp at Indian Oil Refinery (2010-11): Responsible for Budget approvals, Preparation of Functional Design specification, Front end engineering, Evaluation of technical bids from Yokogawa, Invensys, Honeywell and Emerson Process Management, FAT, Installation and Commissioning of Honeywell EPKS and Safety Manager. Safety Instrumented Systems installed were technically evaluated as per IEC 61511. OPC was also configured with the EPKS for establishing a Plant Database Management System (PDMS).

-SCADA for ambient air quality and Stack Monitoring systems at Indian Oil Refinery (2010-11): Responsible for Budget approvals, Preparation of Functional Design specification, Evaluation of technical bids, FAT, Installation and Commissioning of ThermoFisher Analyzer systems.

Operation and Maintenance Experience:

Hands on experience on the maintenance and operation of Offshore and Onshore (Refinery) Oil and Gas Processing facilities, trip logics and safety systems for Well head controls (pneumatic and hydraulic), F&G, ESD, Compressors, Gas turbine generators, Boilers, crude furnaces, Sales Gas and condensate Metering systems automation.. Knowledge on Root cause analysis, Cause and Effects Matrixes, Risk Assessments, SAP and other offshore/Onshore systems of work. Modeling of feed forward control strategies for crude furnaces – pass balancing and coil outlet temperature control. Engineering studies and services involving control valve, flowmeters selection and sizing.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

1.Sr. Instrument Technician at ADNOC group – ZADCO (Zakum Development Company), Abu Dhabi from November 2014 onwards. (Direct Hire employee)

Maintenance of process control and instrumentation systems for Offshore Gas treatment plant, Water injection plant.

Engineering and commissioning of the following brownfield projects:

Slug catcher modification project

Low pressure gas compressor control system up gradation

Water injection plant relay logic to Allen Bradley based PLC sequencer system and interfacing with DCS.

Artificial islands initial production ESD and hook up of the same with DCS.

2.Engineer – Instrumentation (offshore) at BG Group - BG Exploration and production India Limited from October 2011- November2014.

Knowledge and Job Responsibilities:

Project Engineering for Brownfield projects

oReview of Design documents/ Data Sheets / P&IDs/ PFD/ HAZOP/ SIL Study/ Cause & Effect/ Safe Chart

oInstallation of additional phase of compression facilities. (Compressors and Dehydration systems). Participated in HAZOP and SIL determination studies. Review of Various philosophies like Shutdown, Blowdown, Process control systems and compressor Balance of Plant documents. Was closely associated with M/s L&T Valdel in carrying out the studies.

Project coordination in drilling campaign for new wells - Participation in rig pre-arrival survey, Installation and commissioning of control module for new well heads, Multiphase flow meters, Field instruments and Hook up of new well tags in SCADA system - Remote terminal unit

Maintenance and Troubleshooting of instruments and control systems for DCS, SCADA/RTU, ESD, F&G systems, HIPPS, Solar Gas compressors packages, Gas turbine generators, Satellite offshore platforms, Gas Dehydration, Well head control systems (Pneumatic and Hydraulic systems).

Metering System (Custody transfer/Fiscal) – Validation, Maintenance and troubleshooting of Gas and condensate metering systems (orifice/ultrasonic/turbine meters, GC, Sampling systems, flow computers)

Planning & Scheduling – CMMS, Maintenance Management and Asset Integrity KPIs

Inventory management

Providing assurance to Asset Integrity Management Systems and carrying out corrective maintenance as per the Asset Integrity Scorecard.

Preparations of Risk assessments, Root cause failure analysis, work orders and the completion of the same.

Carryout routine Preventive maintenance activities on SMART instrumentation and process control systems.

3.Maintenance and Refinery Projects Engineer – Instruments and Control at the Chennai Petroleum Corporation Limited (a group company of the IndianOil), June 2009-Oct 2011.

Refinery Projects handled:

DCS/PLC Revamp, Ambient and Continuous Emission monitoring stations (SCADA), Electronic Governor Retrofit, CCTV systems, Loading Gantry Automation system and Crude pipeline.

Knowledge and Job Responsibilities:

Project Engineering for Brown field Projects

oDCS/PLC Revamp: Responsible for Budget approvals, Preparation of Functional Design specification, Front end engineering, Evaluation of technical bids from Yokogawa, Invensys, Honeywell and Emerson Process Management, FAT, Installation and Commissioning of Honeywell EPKS and Safety Manager. Safety Instrumented Systems installed were technically evaluated as per IEC 61511. OPC was also configured with the EPKS for establishing a Plant Database Management System (PDMS)

oSCADA for ambient air quality and Stack Monitoring systems: Responsible for Budget approvals, Preparation of Functional Design specification, Evaluation of technical bids, FAT, Installation and Commissioning of ThermoFisher Analyzer systems.

oOthers Projects include Electronic Governor retrofit for Turbine, Installation and commissioning of Emerson’s Radar Tank Gauging systems for Tank Farms, Metering system for custody transfer application.

Maintenance and Troubleshooting of Field instruments and Control Systems (DCS/PLC) for Process units, Power plant and Tank farms including online Analyzers.

Responsible for modeling and design of feed forward controller for crude furnace for Pass Balancing and integration with feedback controller for Coil outlet temperature

Execution of work orders, PO, Service PR and allocation of resources in SAP.

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENTS

Published a paper on “Design, Fabrication and Testing of a Meso-scale Accelerometer made of Spring Steel” in the journal of Instrumentation Society, March 2009 issue, Vol 39.

Presented a paper on “Meso-scale Accelerometer using a Compliant Mechanism” at the 13th National Conference on Mechanisms and Machines, pp 240-246, IISC, Bangalore, 2007.

Presented a paper on “Design Optimization of a MEMS Accelerometer” at the 2nd National Conference on Instrumentation and Signal Processing, Chennai, 2007.

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