Ram V. Mani

Senior Instrumentation Engineer

Summary of Professional Qualifications

• Twenty-two years of hands on as well as management experience in Instrument Engineering from in-house design to startup for air separation plants, ammonia production, fertilizer plants, coal gasification plants, nitric acid plants and refineries.

• Twenty-four years at Merck, New Jersey. Supervisor of the Predictive Maintenance group performing Leak Detection and Repair, vibration, Infrared Thermography, vessel thickness, and steam trap analysis. Initiated the instrument BOM efforts in RY Maximo group. Responsible for the Rahway Class A initiatives. Site Champion for Rosemount Transmitter PM maintenance reduction program. Maintenance and Installation supervisor at Rahway for 4 factories producing multiple products with over 5000 instruments, associated GMP paper work, and management of 10 union instrument mechanics, electricians, and PDM mechanics, main focus being SYNERGY.

• Review and implementation of SLC documentation and MMD Quality Manual guidelines, all in conformance to System Life Cycle methodology. Produced the necessary concept, requirements, design, test plan, and acceptance documentation of process control systems in pharmaceutical processing plants.

• Managed the Andover Controls Building Automation Systems project at Rahway

• Produced three of the five mandatory standards (safety valves, rupture discs and tank protection devices) at Merck

• Managed the first validated installation of PI software project at West Point with customer satisfaction as the top priority. Formulated the project management concepts for transference.

• Over 35 years of progressive experience in design, development, and implementation of digital, electronic, electric and pneumatic control systems and analyzer systems; published and reviewed several standards and papers.

• Designed and implemented the only operational COAL GASIFICATION PLANT in USA, controlled by the largest Honeywell TDC system ($15MM), control hardware ($50 MM), and 10 analyzer systems ($10MM); managed 30 people for six years with a budget of $125 MM and 100,000 instrument man-hours.

• Coordinated the design, transfer and start-up of medium to large- scale air separation, anti-pollution, and ammonia plants; managed 3 to 6 people for seven years.

• Over 35 years of learning and practice of technical, administrative, interpersonal and communication skills.

• Excellent ENTJ according to Brigg-Meyers test. Very Good to Outstanding rating in Covey’s Seven Habits. Technical Summary

• Instrumentation Quality Control Auditor/Engineer.

• Pd.M. Supervisor at Rahway site

• Instrument Engineer for Rahway Maximo instrumentation BOM efforts

• M&I support of four 24X7 Production facilities

• Managed the continuous PDMS software production by OSI Software, Inc. including the write-up of test plans.

• Defined the functional requirement specification of $15MM TDC 2000 system and $10MM analyzer system. Designed Factory Acceptance Tests of digital control system and analyzer systems.

• Managed the modification of SARVAL software for safety valve sizing to comply with Corporate Mandatory Standard

• Use of IMS software by ISA, Microsoft Word/Excel/Power Point/Project and other application software for effective job management

• Conducted FIFTEEN domestic and international five-day training classes [excellent rating] on safety valves.

• Responsible for the operation and supervision of one of the most successful and one-of-a-kind Instrument Test Program at Merck

• Trained instrument engineers to use Instrument Management System software for instrument database management and specification

Education

MS Chemical Engineering, UC at Berkeley; GPA: 3.6/4.0 BS Chemical Engineering, IIT, Madras, India; GPA: 4.0/4.0 (Best Outgoing Student) Company Chronology

KBR Engineering – Newark, Delaware

Instrumentation Engineer (Access Database) Nov 2018 –Now Worked as an Instrument Engineer assisting DuPont Instrumentation Projects, MS Access updates of Instrument Index / Instrument Queries/ Instrument Forms / Instrument Specification Reports, Verification of P&I D accuracy, Specification of instruments and automated valves associated with DuPont Industrial Chemical Projects, Evaluation of Instrument Hardware Quotes, Budgetary Pricing of Instruments, Preparation of Instrument Dimensional Catalog Cuts for PDMS Group, Coordination with Client for Review of selected Instrumentation. Jacobs Engineering – Conshohocken, PA

Instrumentation Engineer (Excel) Apr 2018 – Aug 2018 Worked as an Instrument Engineer checking Vendor Instrument Submittals, Instrument Index Updates, Verification of P&I D accuracy, Specification of instruments and automated valves associated with a Pharmaceutical Flex Factory Project in Pennsylvania.

Fluor Engineering – Greenville, SC Jun 2017 – Mar 2018 Instrumentation Engineer (Smart Plant In tools)

Produced hundreds of instrument specifications associated with a 2.1-billion-dollar Pharmaceutical Project in North Carolina. Guided Fluor Instrument and Process Engineers in sizing and selection of instruments, safety valves and rupture discs.

P66 Refinery – Linden, NJ Jan 2016 – Nov 2016

Instrumentation Engineer (Smart Plant In tools)

Instrument Engineer responsible for the selection and specification of Instrumentation on FPCC, Pipe Still, Propylene Recovery Distillation Columns, Compressor Upgrades, Waste Recycle Units, and Heat Exchanger Instrumentation. Guided process engineers in sizing and selection of control valves varying from 1 inch to 12 inches in size, in applications of water, low and medium pressure steam, and waste water applications. Selected various instrumentation for the noncontact flow measurement. Innovative use of existing instrumentation with oil storage tank replacement projects and safety modifications as required. Worked on IPL Instrumentation in various operating units. Completed the Safety Instrumented System Project involving various Process Hazard Analyses, Safety Instrumented System, Safety Instrumented Functions, SIL Solver, Cause and Effect Diagrams, and associated Safety Requirements Specifications.

AMCS Corporation – Bedminster, NJ Jan 2015 – Jul 2015 Instrumentation Engineer (Excel)

Instrument Engineer working for AMCS Corporation, Bedminster, New Jersey. Responsible for the ENTIRE instrument engineering activities for a hydrogen recovery plant in Poland. Weatherly, Inc. – Atlanta, GA 2012 – 2014

Instrumentation Engineer and Quality Control (Smart Plant In tools) Instrumentation Quality Control and Audit Specialist and Engineer at Weatherly Engineering Company, Atlanta, Georgia, responsible for finding errors in specifications and associated documentation, update P&I Drawings, perform calculations using Tool Kit by Emerson, produce specification sheets in Smart Plant Instrumentation, generate quote packages, evaluate vendor quotes for compliance, resolve discrepancies, and issue purchasing packages.

Merck and Company, Inc. (Pharmaceutical) 1987 – 2011 Predictive Instrumentation Supervisor (2004 – 2011) – Rahway, NJ Senior Instrument Engineer implementing the use of vibration analyzers, sonic devices, infrared cameras, resistance devices, and Toxic Vapor Analyzers to predict the operability and failures of the entire plant hardware. Environmental Compliance with EPA, Implementation of Safety Policies and procedures, training of personnel to be compliant with Federal regulations and policies

Instrumentation Supervisor (2000 – 2004) – Rahway, NJ Senior Instrument Engineer responsible for calibration, procurement, installation, and operation of flow, pressure, level, analytical and miscellaneous instrumentation hardware in compliance with company validation protocols. Active participant in company initiatives for Operational Excellence. Instrument Preventive Maintenance cycle reduction Program. Implemented Instrument Bill of Materials efforts for Computerized Maintenance Management System (CMMS).

Instrument Engineering Associate – Process Automation (1996 – 2000) – Whitehouse Station, NJ Senior Instrument Engineer responsible for Instrumentation and Process Control of the operating plants, implemented Fisher Provox System Life cycle Documentation, procured Plant Information System packages and associated documentation for testing and acceptance, visited various sites for assistance with Automation and Control System Operations.

Instrument Engineering Associate – Central Engineering Group (1987 – 1996) – Somerset, NJ Senior Instrument Engineer responsible for Fisher Provox Systems for operating plant expansion and/or modifications. Specification of Instrument hardware, sizing of control valves, safety valves, and analyzers. Update of P&I Drawings. Produced three Mandatory Standards for safety valves, rupture discs and tank protection devices. Conducted eleven domestic and four international five-day training classes for over 300 Merck Safety Valve Sizing Engineers to implement the Mandatory Standards. Managed Instrument Test Program for deployment of the latest industrial instrument offerings to solve process measurement problems. Previous Experience 1987-1966

HR International, Edison, New Jersey – Instrumentation and Process Control Engineer Lummus and Company, Bloomfield, New Jersey – Instrumentation and Process Control Lead Pullman Kellogg Engineering and Design Company –Ammonia Plants Control Systems Airco, Murray Hill, New Jersey – Process Control Design and Start-Up C. F. Braun and Co, Murray Hill, New Jersey – Process Control Engineer Environmental Technology Inc, Wilmington, Delaware – Chemical Engineer Stauffer Chemical Co, Richmond, CA – Chemical Engineer