SUMMARY

A piping engineer with **+ years extensive experience in Power Plant and Oil-Gas Industry particularly in pipe stress analysis, pipe support design, pipe support structure design, 3D modeling, and engineering management. I have a proven ability to work independently or handle an engineering team on diverse projects in domestic and international setting. EMPLOYMENT DETAILS:

TOTAL EXPERIENCE: 15+ Years in piping/stress analysis design, total 21 years incl’ pipe support design & fabrication.

OCT 2020 to PRESENT : NEON INFOTECH SOUTH EAST ASIA CO. LTD. THAILAND, POSITION : Engineering Services Lead

Duties and Responsibilities:

● Responsible for business development of Neon Infotech in engineering services by presenting engineering design capability and further execute/manage those projects. JAN 2015 to PRESENT : BLACK & VEATCH THAILAND, BANGKOK POSITION : Pipe Stress and Support Group Manager

Duties and Responsibilities:

● Lead and mentor the Pipe Stress Analysis and Pipe Support team of 6 engineers to successfully complete engineering of various projects in chemical, power plant and Air separation industries.

● Responsible engineer for executing pipe support contract worth 1 million USD, completed on schedule and under budget for 600x2 MW CCPP BANGPAKONG power plant for client EGAT in Thailand.

● Review of stress reports of critical lines done by stress team members,

● Review of vendor designed pipe supports and responsible for all deliverables from pipe stress group,

● Assist estimation group for bidding new projects. MARCH 2012 to DEC 2014 : DOOSAN POWER SYSTEMS, INDIA POSITION : Senior Manager Pipe Stress/Supports Group Duties and Responsibilities:

● Review of stress reports of critical lines done by stress team members,

● Review of vendor designed pipe supports

● Responsible for all deliverables from pipe stress group,

● Assistance to estimation group for bidding new projects.

● Managed pipe stress and support work in the piping group and completed 3 power projects worth 4000MW for NTPC, India.

JAN 2009 to Mar 2012 : BLACK & VEATCH CONSULTING PVT LTD, INDIA Position : Lead Pipe Stress Engineer

April 2006 to Jan 2009 : BLACK AND VEATCH CORP, USA Position : Pipe Stress Engineer

Duties and Responsibilities:

● Analyze piping systems using caesar 5.0 for large bore, high temperature critical steam systems and also design their pipe supports.

● Check work of other pipe stress engineers and provide them training in pipe support design.

● Design of pipe supports for critical steam systems as well as non-critical systems like Instrument Air etc

● Issue fabrication drawing to pipe support vendors.

● Provide training to new engineers on lisega pipe support software “LICAD 8.2”.

● Check shop drawings for systems like Hot Reheat, Cold Reheat, Main Steam & Extractions.

● Coordinate with pipe support team in Pune and Bangkok office.

● Coordinate with pipe support vendors for on time delivery of pipe supports at site.

● Attend to site queries in regard to pipe hangers and supports.

● Checking Pipe designers work and issuing shop drawing to vendor.

● Perform pipe stress analysis and pipe supporting for complex steam systems and turbine generator lube oil systems.

● Perform coordination between KC and Pune stress teams as per tasks received directly from Kansas office stress lead.

PROJECTS worked in BLACK & VEATCH, Usa, India, & Thailand offices between 2006~2020:

● Bangpakong CCPP, 2x600 MW combined cycle power generation unit, located in Chachoengsao, THAILAND.

● Abu-Qir PP, 2x600 MW oil fired power plant in Alexandria, EGYPT.

● OPPD-NCCP unit station II, 670 MW, coal fired power plant, located in Omaha, Nebraska, USA.

● JK SPRUCE, 670 MW coal fired power plant, located in San Antonio, Texas USA.

● PPPP Plum Point Power Partners, 665 MW, coal fired power generation unit, located in Arkansas, USA.

● SCPP Sandy Creek Power Partners, 900 MW, supercritical coal fired power generation unit, located in Riesel, Texas USA.

● Glow Energy PLC, 350MW combined cycle power generation unit, located in Rayong, Thailand.

Jan 2002 to Apr 2006 : LISEGA Inc. Tennessee, USA

Position : Product Design Engineer (pipe supports) Duties and Responsibilities:

● Design solutions to special conditions from clients for various pipe support product.

● Responsible for designing standard as well as special pipe supports used in commercial and nuclear power industry.

● Special pipe support product design calculations, input design modifications & verify code requirements as per ASME/ANSI B31.1 standards,

● Perform site inspection for determining condition of pipe supports

● Perform piping stress analysis (finite element method) using software such as Caesarii.

● Assist project engineers with special product design,

● Assist estimating department with the quotes on future projects,

● Solve manufacturing problems by modifying product designs (if required),

● Reschedule the activities in product design to ship the orders in time,

● Provide quick fix to pipe support problems at client site. Aug 2001 to Dec 2001 : Piping Technology and Products, Houston, Texas, USA Position : Project Engineer Internship

Duties and Responsibilities:

● Work on In-house developed project management software “JOB QUOTE” that was used to prepare bill of materials for piping supports like shoes, springs & supplementary steel structures.

● Assist the project manager with activities like preparing quotes,

● Facilitate client with required data,

● Provide quick and easy solutions to the problems at shop floor as well as site.

● Solve bellow flexibility problems.

Jan 1997 to July 2000 : Aker Solutions Mumbai, India Position : Graduate Trainee Engineer - Piping

Duties and Responsibilities:

● Perform pipe stress analysis of high temperature lines for pumps, turbines, heat exchangers & towers using Caepipe.

● Review construction drawings generate piping specifications and coordinate compliance for quality assurance of design documents as per ISO 9001.

● Coordinate submission and checking of statutory approval drawings, equipment layouts, piping layouts.

● Execute all the activities in compliance to client’s front-end engineering package, basic engineering package, scope and process licenser specifications.

● Estimated Material Take-off, Reviewed Construction drawings for Statutory approvals like Static and Mobile Pressure vessels (SMPV) & Chief Controller of Explosive,

● Interfaced with Civil and Mechanical Engineering departments for Ducting, Pumps and Compressor installation.

● Conducted Piping Stress Analysis on jacketed pipelines using Caepipe,

● Prepare detailed Pipe Support sketches

● Prepare documentation for inter-departmental information,

● Got familiar with ASME & ASTM standards applicable to Piping and Equipment Design.

● Generated design documents using computer interfaces, trained in PDMS- Plant Design Management System.

● Trained in familiarity of PFD, P&ID and piping/equipment Layouts.

● Field experience at Reliance Jamnagar Refinery - Conducted piping stress analysis of pump lines to solve start-up problems.

PROJECTS worked on in Aker Solutions, India

● Praxair Inc. Liquid Oxygen Plant USA

● Monsanto Sulphuric Acid plant, South Africa

● Borealis Polypropylene Plant, Kvaerner Process, Netherlands

● Reliance Petroleum Jamnagar Refinery Project - Foster Wheeler Coker site at Jamnagar India

EDUCATION:

Masters in Industrial Engineering

August2000 – May2002

University of Texas at Arlington, USA

Bachelors in Mechanical Engineering

June1992 - May1996

Nagpur University, India

COMPUTER SKILLS

Operating system proficiency : Windows NT/2000/XP

Software packages:

1 MS-Office/Access,

2 CAESARII, AUTOPIPE & RISA

3 PDMS/PDS/SP3D

4 AutoCAD R14 & R-2000,

OTHER SKILLS

Knowledge of MSS, ASME31, AISC7, ANSI, ASTM, JIS, EN and DIN material standards related to piping & pipe supports.

PERSONAL INFORMATION

Date of Birth : 19th July 1974

Marital Status : Married

Passport Information : K4122474, July 2022

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