Instrumentation Engineering

Christopher Thanaraj

Senior Instrumentation & Control Professional proficient in running successful Method - Oriented Operation & Maintenance; Technical Manager targeting for Assignments in Project Management, Instrumentation & Control, Fiscal Metering in Oil & Gas/ Petrochemicals/ Chemicals Industry. Location Preference: India / Gulf ***********@*****.*** +91-996*******

Executive Profile Key Impact Areas

Senior Professional offering 14 years of diverse experience in Engineering Maintenance & Plant Operations and Control Systems, Installation, Testing & Commissioning of Field Instrumentation, Boiler Instrumentation, DCS, PLC, Analyzers, Test Equipment, Custody transfer and Allocation system

Spearheading of Project Management, Shutdown Maintenance Planning, Commissioning activities such as preparation work of Process Instrumentation, providing support to start-up scope and coordinating project performance tests

Hands-on experience in Engineering & Maintenance activities of DCS i.e. Yokogawa’s Centum XL / CS 3000 & Centum VP, Emerson’s Delta V and in PLC-Allen Bradley

Capable of planning Preventative Maintenance schedules for Equipments & components of utilities to ensure Zero/ Minimum breakdown, machinery increase uptime & equipment reliability

Proven capabilities in managing CAPEXs for plant expansion & new Machines Installation; Annual Budget planning for Plant R&M and S&C

Experienced in vendor development for instrument spares for Plant Operations; Familiar with SAP MM & PM Modules and Oracle P2ES

Skilled in Managing functions related to in-process inspections, implementation of quality standards & various techniques and adopting modern methodologies in compliance with Health, Safety & Environment Instrumentation

Engineering

Operations &

Maintenance

Instrument

Calibration

Technical

Services & Loss

Control

Control &

Instrumentation

System upgrade

Project Planning

& Execution

Erection &

Commissioning

FAT/SAT/PGT

Walkdowns

Site Management

Team Building

& Leadership

Education & Credentials Soft Skills

B.E. (Electronics & Instrumentation Engineering) St. Peters Engineering College, Chennai (Anna University) in 2006 (First Class with Distinction)

Notable Accomplishment across the Career

Handled the Project of adding PGMME plant with existing P.O. plant

Coordinated the Upgradation of Yokogawa Centum XL to CS 3000 DCS for Improved Monitoring and Control of the Plant

Piloted the Project of Upgrading Old Relay system in Caustic Fusion Plant for Burner Operation and Process Control with SCADA by implementing Allen Bradley Compact Logic Processor PLC System

Harmonized the Commissioning of Pipeline Leak Detection System ( PLDS ) in KOC Crude oil transfer Gravity lines

Augmented safety interlocks in 20KSC boiler by Designing and Implementing Boiler Burner control using LDR technology

Steered efforts in designing automatic Oracle Reports and Configuration of AGA-3 Block and associated API Calculation in KOC GC Export Meters Growth Path

Tamilnadu Petro products

Limited

Kuwait Oil Company,

Kuwait

Sep’06 –

May’14

Jun’14 –

Dec’14

Jan’15

Aug’20

Manali Petrochemicals

Limited

Professional Experience

World’s second largest Oil Exploring and Exporting Company through Heavy Engineering Industry and Ship Building Co. Roles and Responsibilities:

Previously Worked as an Instrumentation Engineer/ Specialist In KOC Oil Movement & Measurement Function

Project management roles of Installation and commissioning of the ongoing Projects of the Company

P&ID Interpretation and Preparation of Instrument Index, I/O list, Instrument Specification & Control System Schemes

Preparation & Checking of Instrument Data Sheets for Gauges, Flow meters, Transmitters, Temperature Elements Pneumatic On Off Valves and Sizing Calculations for Control valves, Orifice etc. and Load calculations for Instrument Panels

Preparation of Control schemes, logic diagrams and Cause and effect, Alarm lists based on Operation Philosophy

Involved in design of Control Loop diagram, Hookup Diagram, Cable Schedule and JB Schedule and layouts

Familiar with Area Classifications, Types of Protections, Codes and Standards for Instruments e.g.: ANSI, API, IEC, ISA, BS

Conversant in Selection of Correct Instrument type based on Service, Material and other PID information

To Ensure Timely Completion of ongoing Project’s Erection, supervision of Installation & Commissioning activities

Participation in FAT/SAT/PGT and Walkdowns for verification of Various Projects

DCS Engineering Station on-line and off-line maintenance to modify interlocks and tag configuration

Maintenance & Calibration of Control Valves of different Makes i.e. Masonelian, Samson, Fisher, IL, Dresser

Maintenance & Service of Electric & Pneumatic actuators of different manufacturers i.e. Rotork, Elomatic, Rotex

Material Request, RFQ,purchase order and delivery tracking and Job service request, Service Order and Payment

Budget planning for Spares and consumables Repair and Maintenance of Field Instruments Monitoring installation & scheduling preventive, predictive, condition based & breakdown maintenance of C&I system

Leading the maintenance of instruments as per release Schedule; Handling calibration of testing & measuring equipment

Executing preventive, corrective, shutdown and schedule maintenance of DCS & Field Instrument

Scheduling manpower in accordance with the planning for shutdown jobs

Achieved maximum accuracy in all field instruments for both custody transfers and Process Control systems by implementing advanced measuring instrument techniques

Curve generation of Fiscal Meters and analyzing the Meter factor for outliers using Grubb’s Test Key Result Areas:

Evaluating and Upgrading the Flow calculations for existing Orifice meters as per API and International Standards

Played a key role in maintaining online data of National Pollution Control Board through monitoring Stack Analyzers, Ambient Air Quality Instruments Were Procured and installed

Calibration of Provers by Water draw and Master Meters and Rectification of Prover related maintenance

Conducting flow calculation constants audits; Ship-shore Investigations when exceeding KOC Tolerance limit

Commissioning of 40 Tons and 60 Tons Weighing systems using In house Maintenance with Sartorius system

Utilized SAP PM & MM modules and Oracle P2ES applications; procured various online instrument, online analyzers

Participated in the given activities as an internal auditor: o ISO 14001 Environment Management systems

o ISO 9001 Quality Management systems

Instrument Engineer Jan’15 - Aug’20

Kuwait Oil Company, Kuwait

Previous Experience

A SPIC group company having two plants With Major production of PO, PG, Polyols i.e. Plant-1 and Plant-2. A Joint venture of TIDCO and SPIC and an ISO 9001 & ISO 14001 Certified Company that won National Safety Council Award, British Safety Council Award and has its own Captive Power Plant in individual Divisions i.e. Linear Alkyl Benzene, EpiChloroHydrin, Heavy Chemical Division.

Technical Skills

DCS Yokogawa Centum XL/VP and Emerson Delta V

Smart Plant Instrumentation- Oil & Gas/Petrochem.

Flow Computers (Technip FMC & OMNI)

Control Valves (MIL, IL, Fisher)

SCADA Wonder ware InTouch / GE Proficy IFIX

PLC Allen Bradley

Boiler Automation & Batch Process Control (SEBOL)

Automatic Tank Gauging Systems

Test Equipment (YOKOGAWA/GE)

SAP R/3 USER ( PM & MM Module)/Oracle P2ES

Training & Conferences Attended

International Flow Measurement Conferences held in Kuwait

KELTON Advance Metering technology and SGS Fiscal & Allocation Measurements

YOKOGAWA CENTUM XL and CS3000 DCS Engineering

GE Proficy iFix fundamentals and Wonder ware InTouch 2014 R2

ISO 14001:2004 STD Environmental Management System from DNV

CPCL Refinery Engineering School of Training Advanced Refinery Technology Program

Sizing & Selection and Maintenance of Control Valves from MIL Controls Ltd

SAP Modules and HAZOP study and Motivation & Leader ship Personal Details

Date of Birth: 25th December, 1984

Marital Status: Married

Number of Dependents: 4

Languages Known: English/Tamil

Present & Permanent Address: 8/1, T A Nagar Extn

Kolathur P.O, Chennai-600 099, Tamilnadu, South India Nationality: Indian

Passport Number: L1008233 Valid Till 04 / 2023

Membership: Kuwait Society of Engineers

Driving License: Both India and Kuwait

Asst. Manager - (Head- Instrumentation) Sep’06 – May’14 Tamilnadu Petro products Limited, Manali, Chennai, South India. Asst. Manager - (Head- Instrumentation) Jun’14 – Dec’14 Manali Petrochemicals Limited, Manali, Chennai, South India.

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