Engineer Manager
Resume:
Ravindra Acharya E-Mail: ********.*******@*****.*** Phone: +973-********/+91-944*******
A Project Management A Detail Engineering/Design APLC/RTU/SCADA Engineering A Installation, Testing & commissioning
Professional Summary
Instrumentation professional & qualified engineer with experience in Industrial Automation, Project Engineering, project Management, Field Engineering, testing & commissioning of Instrumentation /Automation systems.
Professional Work Experience
Lead Projects- Safety Instrumented Systems (SIS) – YOKOGAWA MIDDLE EAST & Africa
SEPT-2011- present
Reporting To: Project Manager
Responsible for the project management throughout the entire project lifecycle, including project initiation/proposals, project delivery, business liaison / stakeholder management, post implementation review and project close out / handover.
Responsibilities:
Lead for the hardware design team of SIL 3 Safety Instrumented System for ESD application.
Setting budgets and agreeing project time scales and deadlines with clients.
Holding weekly internal and external meetings on progress.
Single point of contact for all communications between the customers.
Managing staff to ensure that all milestones are achieved within the agreed timeframes.
Ensuring effective quality control processes are in place to monitor deliverables produced.
Maintaining client/Vendor relationships.
Responsible for identifying, analyzing, measuring and managing project risks.
Conducting regular impact analysis in order to assess the consequences of the project deliverables.
Keeping accurate administrative records of expenditure, accounting, costing and billing.
Assisting the technical team in their design and development tasks.
Producing project definitions to include validated functional requirements, scope, roles, responsibilities, budgets, timescales and resources.
Major Projects Handled:
Wireless Battery Room Communication at Saudi Aramco Abqaiq Gas Plant-Yokogawa wireless transmitter
And wireless Gate way
Up gradation of Siemens S5 PLC to S7 PLC at 17 locations for IBN RUSHD Aromatics Plant Saudi Arabia
Well Shutdown System at Qarn Alam for Petroleum Development of Oman-Yokogawa ProSafe RS Safety System
SNGP PDO ProSafe Safety PLC to ProSafe RS Safety System Migration Project
Fire Protection System for KOC Kuwait-Yokogawa Stardom PLC and Fast Tools SCADA
Tank farm Control System for JO Kuwait- Yokogawa Stardom PLC and Fast Tools SCADA
Well Shutdown System at Uthmaniyah and Shedgum for Saudi Aramco-Yokogawa ProSafe RS Safety System
Telemetry Replacement for Bunduq Complex Abudhabi- Yokogawa Stardom RTU and Fast Tools SCADA
Luberef Yanbu Refinery Expansion Project
90 Well Shutdown System-Saudi Aramco at Haradh, Hawiyah.
NAUG System A- Unconventional Gas Development project at Waad Al Shamal
Supply of 225 Well Shut Down Systems for Gas wells at Haradh/Hawiyah/Uthmaniyah/Shedgum-Delivered
In record time for which Yokogawa HQ award has been received.
Application Engineer/Senior Application Engineer– SAUDI ELECTRIC SUPPLY (GE SUPPLY SAUDI ARABIA): GE Fanuc Automation
AUG-2002- AUG 2011
Reporting To: Manager Automation Division
Accomplishments:
Automation Project execution with major customers in Saudi Arabia & Bahrain
Oil & Gas--Saudi Aramco
Petrochemicals--SABIC,GPIC, SIPCHEM
Power -- Saudi Electricity Company
Utility ---Marafiq, Royal Commission
OEM’s -- AES Arabia,Metito, WESCOSA,REMAL,CPIC,Tiepco,Alfanar
EPC --Snamprogetti, Flour, Bectel,NCC,Nesma,Kathlan, SA Kentz
Responsibilities:
System Design, Implementation, Testing & commissioning of PLC based Control systems
System Design, Implementation, Testing & commissioning of RTU & SCADA System
System Design, Implementation, Testing & commissioning of Telemetry System
Managing Shut Down, Up gradation & Replacement of Control System Projects
Skill Set:
Operating Systems: Windows XP, Windows 7,
PLC Programming: LM90,Versapro, Cimplicity ME
HMI/SCADA: Cimplicity PE, ifix, Wonderware
Communication Protocol: Modbus, Ethernet TCP/IP, Modbus TCP,OPC, Profibus, Genius
Major Projects Handled:
System design, Programming, testing & commissioning of Gas Detection system at NGL plant Saudi Aramco
at Yanbu using GE Fanuc Series 90-30 Redundant PLC
System Design, Programming, testing & commissioning of Redundant GE Fanuc 90-70 PLC with field control
IO & Redundant Cimplicity SCADA system for Saudi Electricity Company, DM water plant at Jeddah.
System Design, Programming, testing & commissioning of Redundant GE Fanuc Rx-7i PAC System
with Versamax IO & Redundant Cimplicity SCADA system for Saudi Aramco Gas plant at Khursaniyah,RO plant
System Design, Programming, testing & commissioning of Redundant GE Fanuc Rx-3i PAC System
with Versamax IO & Redundant Cimplicity SCADA system for Gulf Chemical and Industrial resin at Dammam for distillation Colum. Installation Supervision testing & commissioning of field Instruments.
Design, implementation of Telemetry system with GE Fanuc 90-30 & Micro PLC’s, Data Link Modems &iFix SCADA system for Dhaharan Air Base.
Programming,testing & commissioning of Substation Automation Systems using 90-30 PLC and Quick Panel HMI
For Switchgear manufacturing companies like WESCOSA, Arabian Point 8, TIEPCO.
Programming and commissioning of metering skid using 90-30 redundant PLC for Saudi Aramco at Rastanura Refinery.
System design,implementation,testing & commissioning of Chemical plant using GE Fanuc 90-70 Redundant
PLC with Rack IO’s at Basic Chemicals Dammam.
Analyser Shelter Automation using Versamax PLC & Quick Panel HMI for M/s CPIC
System Design, Programming, testing & commissioning of Redundant GE Fanuc Rx-3i PAC System
with Versamax IO & Redundant Cimplicity SCADA system for water treatment plant at Rabeigh Refinery.
PROJECT ENGINEER- RECHNER AUTOMATION SYSTEMS, MUMBAI
Project Engineer (Feb 1999 – Jul 2002)
Reporting to: Project Manager
Key responsibilities:
PLC, SCADA System Design
PLC System Cabinet design
PLC Application Software development
SCADA Development
FAT with Customer
System commissioning at site
Field Instrumentation Installation Testing & Commissioning
Major Projects Executed:
Galvanising line at Jindal Vasind
Bogie hearth furnace at L& T Powai
Tank farm automation at IOCL Matura
Glass furnace control at Gujrath Glass
Material Handling at Ashapura Volclay Limited Bhuj Gujarath
Air Handling unit at KRIBCO Hazira
Package machine control at L& T Nashik
Distillation Coolum Alkyle Amines Pune
PROJECT ENGINEER - VSL SYSTEMS & CONTROLS (P) LTD, MUMBAI
Project Engineer (Jan 1998 – Feb 1999)
Reporting to: Site Manager
Key responsibilities:
Responsible for all the activities of Installation, Testing, Commissioning of Field Instrumentation.
Managing the entire site supervision and ensuring that all the activities are functioning smoothly.
Accountable for determining the exact needs of client and delivering the project within defined scope, quality parameters and time constraints.
Major Projects Executed:
5000MT Ammonia storage Tank facility Instrumentation at Coromandel fertilizer vizag
Caustic Acid Flaking and Prilling unit Instrumentation at IPCL Bharuch
Terminal Automation Project at IOTL Uran Navi Mumbai
Academic Credentials
Bachelor of Engineering-Instrumentation Technology Shri Jayachamarajendra College Of Engineering MYSORE-1997
Personal Details:
Date of Birth: 01-06-1974
Address: Ferry Cross Road, Bolara Mangalore, Karnataka, India 575001
Nationality: Indian
Marital Status: Married
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