Johnson K. Kurien

La Nouvelle General Trading & Contracting Company WLL

P.O.Box. 20744 Safat 13068

Phone: 965-********/965-********, E-mail: adh99o@r.postjobfree.com

SENIOR MECHANICAL ENGINEER

Results-Oriented, dynamic professional with 35+ years’ experience.

Proven expertise in Sourcing, Procurement and Supply of complete range of Oil Sector Equipment and materials. Gauging and Ensuring Compliance with Specifications and with International Standards.

Bidding Negotiating and Managing multi-million dollar material supply contracts with oil sector companies in Kuwait.

Supply, Erection, Commissioning and Maintenance of Medical Equipment, Medical Gas Pipelines, Medical Vacuum Pumps.

Quality Inspection of Medical Equipment, Medical Gas and Vacuum Pipelines, complete range of Oil Sector Equipment and materials as per specifications and International standards such as ANSI ASTM ASME ISO API BS and EN (European) Standards).

Quality assessment and preparation of Quality control reports. Resolving discrepancies by coordinating with vendors and users.

Effective Technical Documentation/Specifications review/writing skills and techniques. Updating of specifications due to change in user requirements, change in standards, changes by manufacturer and material becoming obsolete.

Construction, testing, commissioning, acceptance, and handing over of all the sixteen Distillation Units in Doha West Power Station.

Excelling in bridging differences, expanding staff knowledge, and reworking processes to drive service quality and continuity, increase team capabilities, and attract new and add-on business.

Certified Internal Auditor for ISO 9001 & 14001.

Permanent Resident of Canada since 10th May 2004.

Life Member Kuwait Society of Engineers.

SKILLS SUMMARY

Contract Management Procurement Sourcing Bidding Negotiations Client Interfacing Supplier Relations

Good Communication skills Good Interpersonal Skills.

Exceptional leadership skills and ability to build lead and motivate teams to achieve company’s objectives.

Excelling in bridging differences, expanding staff knowledge, and reworking processes to drive service quality and continuity, increase team capabilities, and attract new and add-on business.

Applications – Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) Softwares (a) E-Beams, (b) Passport MMMS and (c) software custom built for La Nouvelle

Ms Word, Ms Excel, Ms Outlook; Power Point, Ms Access.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

La Nouvelle General Trading & Contracting Co. [Kuwait]

Senior Engineer 2017 (May)-to 2020 (Feb)

Business development. Supervising other Engineers.

Directing the engineering team and support staff through bidding, negotiation, sourcing, and fulfillment for multimillion-dollar short-term and multi-year materials contracts for refineries in Kuwait, major customers being Kuwait National Petroleum Company, Kuwait Oil Company, and Joint Operations (Chevron & Kuwait Gulf Oil Company).

Resolving technical aspects by coordinating with the clients and principals as necessary.

Gathering and validating technical specifications and documentation related to the contracts and the materials.

Used ERP software custom built for La Nouvelle.

Kuwait Oil Company [Kuwait]

Purchasing Inspection Engineer 2011(Nov) to 2017 (Jan)

Quality Inspection of Materials and Equipment for the Oil Company including KOC Hospital like Medical Equipment, Complete Heat Exchanger Assemblies, Fire Trucks, Fire Fighting equipment ferrous and non-ferrous metals, pipes, pipe fittings, valves, pressure vessels, tubes, tube bundles etc.

Managing communication with suppliers and end-users and developing final reports based on technical documentation and test certificates to decide on approval or rejection in the company’s ERP software E-Beams (E-Business and Enterprise Asset Management System).

Documenting changes in company’s E-Beams System and updated BOM description if necessary.

Evaluated new materials and generalized single-source items where possible.

La Nouvelle General Trading & Contracting Co. [Kuwait]

Engineering Projects Manager 2003 (Nov)-2011 (Oct)

Directed 12-person team of engineering and support staff through bidding, negotiation, sourcing, and fulfillment for multimillion-dollar short-term and multi-year materials contracts for refineries in Kuwait, major customers being Kuwait National Petroleum Company, Kuwait Oil Company, and Joint Operations (Chevron & Kuwait Gulf Oil Company).

Coordinated technical aspects of contracts by visiting our principals in U.A.E, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Egypt, India, Canada, Korea & Japan

Gathered and validated technical specifications and documentation related to the contracts and the materials involved, like ferrous and non-ferrous metals and materials including pipes, pipe fittings, valves, pressure vessels, tubes, tube bundles, and complete heat exchanger assemblies and machinery.

Used ERP software custom built for La Nouvelle.

Kuwait Oil Company [Kuwait]

Purchasing Inspection Engineer 1993 (Oct) -2003 (Oct)

Quality Inspection of Purchased materials and equipment, managing communication with suppliers and end-users and developing final reports based on technical documentation and test certificates to decide on approval or rejection in the company’s ERP software Passport MMMS (Materials Maintenance & Management System).

Documenting changes in company’s MMMS System and updated BOM description if necessary.

Evaluated new materials and generalized single-source items where possible.

House of Trade & Contracting Company [Kuwait]

Mechanical Engineer 1992-1993

Project Engineer for the execution of contract for restoration of plant / equipment damaged during Iraqi occupation. This involved replacement / restoration of pumps, valves, pipelines (plain, epoxy coated and rubber lined up to 2 meters dia.), vessels, compressors, heat exchangers, tubes and associated equipment at the Distillation Plant in Doha West Power Station in Kuwait.

Handled repairs, testing, and maintenance for Distillation Plant in Doha West Power Station (Kuwait) for equipment such as pumps, valves, compressors, heat exchangers, and vessels including repairs of corroded areas and epoxy coating.

Assisted company in accommodating new contract services, training personnel in client-side maintenance activities to ensure on-time completion.

Ministry of Electricity & Water [Kuwait]

Distillation Plant Engineer 1984 to 1990

Supervised international EPC contractor’s mechanical works and inspected during installation testing, commissioning, acceptance, and handing over to MEW for sixteen Multi Stage Flashing type Distillation Units in Doha West Power Station, Kuwait. This Power Station has 8 power generation units, each having a capacity of 300 MW.

Managed maintenance and troubleshooting for 16 Distillation units after handing over to MEW.

Abdul Aziz Yousuf Al Essa & Co WLL

Service Engineer Feb 1980 to Jan 1984

Maintenance of Medical Equipment in CSSD (Central sterile services department) Operation Theatres, Labor Rooms Wards and other Locations during warrantee period in Al Adan Hospital (Kuwait)

Maintenance of Medical Gas Pipelines, Medical Air and Medical Vacuum Pumps and Associated Systems during warrantee period in Al Adan Hospital.

Supply, Erection, Commissioning of Medical Equipment, Medical Gas Pipelines, Medical Vacuum Pumps etc.

Execution of various mechanical and civil projects undertaken by the company from time to time.

CREDENTIALS

Bachelor of Technology in Mechanical Engineering,

Banaras Hindu University [India]

Kuwait Society of Engineers, Kuwait (Life Member)

Certified Internal Auditor for ISO 9001 & 14001

Multilingual in English, Hindi, Malayalam, and Arabic

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