Lead Project Engineer

PROFESSIONAL RESUME

Name : Balamurugan Selvaraj

Date of Birth : 01.07.1986

Nationality : Indian

Discipline : Project & Piping

Function : Senior project / Sr. Piping Engineer

Qualification : Bachelor of Mechanical Engineering.

Years of Experience : 20 years

Language : English & Tamil

CAREER SUMMARY

With 21 years of extensive experience in the Oil & Gas, Power, Flowline, Piping, and Pipeline sectors, I have honed my expertise in managing and executing large-scale engineering projects.

As a Senior Project & Piping Engineer, I have successfully led multi-disciplinary teams and managed the end-to-end execution of complex projects, ensuring timely delivery, adherence to budget, and compliance with technical and safety standards. My strong background in project management, engineering design & vendor coordination has enabled me to oversee critical pipeline and power plant projects, from initial concept through to engineering project completion and handover.

Detail Engineering work experience includes preparation of Plant overall Layout, Equipment arrangement drawings, technical specification/Material Requisitions & datasheets for Pipe & fittings, Valves, equipment, and Review of vendor drawings & documents.

Application Knowledge of industry standards and international codes like ASME, API, NFPA, ISO, IS, BS, DEP, NFPA, etc., accepted design practices, and quality standards.

Handled team with more than 5 members from Engineers to draftsmen, skilled with leadership, team management, problem-solving, decision making, training & development of the team, analytical & communication skills.

CORE COMPETENCIES:

Project Management: Leading the planning, execution, and delivery of oil & gas and power projects, ensuring they are completed within budget, on time, and in compliance with client specifications.

Engineering Design & Coordination: Expertise in detailed design of piping systems, flowlines, pipeline routing, material specifications, and stress analysis. Proficient in coordinating with cross-functional teams and stakeholders to resolve technical challenges.

Vendor & Stakeholder Management: Experienced in managing vendor selection, procurement, and contract negotiations. Skilled in building strong relationships with clients, contractors, and suppliers to ensure smooth project execution.

Quality & Safety Assurance: Certified ISO Lead Auditor with a focus on quality assurance, environmental management, and health & safety compliance. Conducting regular audit inspections and audits to ensure adherence to QHSE standards and regulatory requirements.

Team Leadership: Proven track record in leading engineering teams, providing mentorship, and driving collaborative efforts across disciplines to achieve project goals.

HAZOP & Risk Management: Leading HAZOP sessions, ensuring all safety risks are identified and mitigated. Proactively addressing project risks and implementing corrective actions to prevent delays or scope changes.

Project Scheduling & Budgeting: Develop and maintain detailed project schedules, ensuring that milestones are achieved on time. Monitor project budgets and manage costs, ensuring projects are delivered within financial constraints.

Risk & Quality Management: Identify project risks and implement mitigation strategies. Ensure adherence to quality standards and manage non-conformance reports (NCRs), ensuring compliance with ISO 9001, ISO 14001, and ISO 45001 standards.

Reporting & Documentation: Prepare detailed project progress reports for senior management and clients, highlighting key performance indicators, milestones, and budget performance.

Project Closeout & Handover: Manage the final project closeout process, ensuring that all deliverables, as-built documentation, and final reports are completed and handed over to the client.

Highlights include:

Detailed Piping Design and Engineering for Power plants, Flowlines, Oil and Gas facilities, etc.

Preparation of Technical specifications for pipes & fittings, valves, and specialties.

Stress & flexibility analysis carried out by using CAESAR II 2013 R1 version.

Familiar with Design, development, & Review of overall Plot plan, Equipment & Piping Layout, Piping Isometrics, Pipe rack/ Pipe Trench arrangement Drawings,

Pipe support drawings and above 24 “pipe fabrication drawings.

Pipe Sizing, Pipe & insulation thickness Calculations, pipe rack/ trench loading calculations.

Checking of Equipment layout, piping isometric drawing in line with P&ID, piping

Layout and line list.

Design & Review of new well hookups, Manifold, Flowline replacement & New header Flow

Line (on plot and off plot) Routing layout & stress analysis report preparation.

P& ID preparation, line & valve list extracted by using Smart plant P&ID (SPPID)

3D MODELLING based project completed using plant design system PDS, SP3D & Cad Worx

Plant professional for Equipment and Piping models, Extraction of ISOs, and Total BOM.

3D Modeling Review using Autodesk Naviswork Freedom & simulate and Smart plant

Review (SPR)

Preparation of Bill of Materials Pipe & Fittings as per Pipe Layout drawing /pipe routing.

Bill of materials of Valve & insulation schedule preparation.

Vendor drawings/Documents Review and approval.

Pre Bid and tender proposal-related drawings and technical documents preparation.

Interdisciplinary drawing/Documents Review like Process, Civil, Electrical, Instrumentation, and survey department.

Continuous good Interaction with clients and other disciplines.

Professional Experience

A.COMPANY: M/s. RITAJ ENGINEERS & CONSULTANTS, Al Khuwair, Muscat, Sultanate of Oman.

Period of Employment: January 2015 to Till Date.

Projects:

1.ARA –Farha SW Oil & Gas Export Pipeline FEED project, Act as an Engineering company.

2.Burhan Water Injection concept selection report / Field development project

3.Burhan Water injection FEED lite project.

Responsible as the Senior Project & Lead Piping Engineer for pipeline drawings and documents.

Preparation of the engineering project schedule, and monitoring and controlling project progress.

Conducting weekly project review meetings, preparing reports, and submitting them to ARA.

Handling project invoicing and following up with the client until payment is received.

Coordinating engineering activities with ARA and subcontractors.

Conducting initial site visits to the field, understanding the area, and proposing pipeline routes until approval from ARA is obtained.

Tasks include TOPO surveys, designing the overall pipeline route map (100 km length), key plan, and pipeline alignment sheets, all up to ARA approval.

Preparation of piping and pipeline design basis, wall thickness and Wadi crossing calculations, and managing MR, C4, and C6 documents until ARA approval.

Participation in design reviews, HAZID, Retrospective HAZOP sessions and constructability review, as well as supporting close -out report preparation and submission,

Project close-out and handing over.

Project: ARA –Flare Gas to Power concept study project.

Responsible Engineer for the Overall plot plan and equipment layout drawings.

Initial site visit to the Field and understanding of the field area.

The job includes the design of the Overall plot plan for different configurations (Gas turbine and Gas Engines. & up to the ARA approval.

Project : Crude Oil Desalting Project – FEED (Daleel Petroleum) & Daleel Petroleum – 20” CS+PE Pipeline FEED (Bushra to B-Block Station)

PROVISION OF ASSET REGISTRY WITH ASSOCIATED SERVICES FOR DALEEL PETROLEUM (5-YEAR CONTRACT)

ROLE: Positioned as DALEEL approved Asset Registry Engineer-Piping & Sr. Project Engineer, performing the following activities.

Provision of asset registry Services for wells, on-plot and off-plot locations and all the Production facilities.

Site verification and gather all required inputs that are deemed necessary for the generation of asset templates.

Including collecting data from the field for all equipment where the data sheets or manuals are not available.

Review available drawings, vendor catalogues, operation & maintenance manuals and any

related documents deemed essential to populate the asset registry templates.

Collection of all information for parent, child, class and sub-class assets as per provided templates.

Preparation and update of asset templates for assets installed in the plant facilities as listed

In this scope of work, including the 7 standard templates:

Asset Master, Schedule Definition, Activities, Maintenance Routing, Activity Association

and Asset Route.

Preparation of Daleel asset tagging philosophy/procedure, if there are any requirements to assign or generate new tags.

verify and ensure all physical tags are available for each asset (parent and child), and install

Required tags if the physical tags are not found during site verification.

Final template submission to Oracle for uploading.

POWER PLANT projects:

1. M/s. Khasab Power Station, Musandam, Oman, 80 MW Diesel Generation Power Plant.

2. M/s. Masirah Power Station, Oman. 56 MW Diesel Generation Power Plant.

3. M/s. Fershat Qatbeet New Power Station In Dhofar Governorate (Capacity 4x2 MW, 2x1 MW Diesel Generator)

4. M/s. Rehabilitation of Hitam Power Station in Wusta Governorate (Capacity 4x500 KW Diesel Generator)

5. M/s. Upgrading of Andat Power Station (Capacity 2x500 KW Diesel Generator)

6. M/s. Upgrading of Hijj Power Station In Alwusta Governrate, Sultanate Of Oman

ROLE : Positioned as Senior Piping & project Engineer, performing the following activities

Preparation of design basis Report for pipe and Fittings, valve & expansion Bellows specifications

Preparation of bill of quantities for pipe and fittings, valves, Supports, & Specialties.

Design and review the Overall Plot plan, Equipment & piping Layout.

Design and review the general arrangement of the Pipe rack/Pipe trench drawing.

Design and review pipe fabrication drawings, Piping Isometrics, & Supports.

Design and review the inside Engine Hall Piping layout and engine access platforms

Review the P&ID, flow diagrams, line, and valve lists.

Pipe Sizing, Pipe Thickness & insulation thickness Calculations, pipe rack/ trench loading calculations.

Review the vendor’s drawing & Documents.

Interdisciplinary drawing Review, like Process, Civil, Electrical, and Instrumentation department.

Stress & flexibility analysis carried out by using CAESAR II 2013 R1 version.

OIL & GAS PROJECT: PROCUREMENT & CONSTRUCTION OF FLOWLINES, PETROGAS RIMA LLC. -3 years’ service contract

FLOWLINE CONSTRUCTION FOR QARRAT AL MILLAH (QAMP) -3 YEARS’ SERVICE CONTRACT

ROLE : Positioned as Piping Lead & project Engineer, performing the following activities

Flowline (On / off plot) & Well Hook-ups

Site visit & Input collection from client and well pad vendor drawings.

Design, Review, and Approval of New well hookups, Flow line (Pipeline) Routing layout, isometrics, and Manifold for QAMP oil field in QARRAT AL MILLAH area.

Design, Review, and Approval of MTO well hook-up on-pad and off-plot work up to the manifold at EPF area.

Coordination with RAY (EPC Contractor) for interference checking and resolving technical issues.

Design, Review, and Approval of Flowline routing Plan / Site verification from Burhan North to Burhan station (19 KM)

Stress & flexibility analysis carried out by using CAESAR II 2013 R1 version. Preparation of bill of quantities for pipe and fittings, valves, Supports, & Specialties.

OIL & GAS PROJECT:

AL-BURJ WATER INJECTION, HUBARA AND SAHMAH BOOSTER STATIONS (AS-BUILT PROJECT), NIMR-E POLYMER, DWD STATIONS, QHARIR, THULEILAT, SADAD, AL-NOOR, MARMUL-A, ANZUZ, ZAULIYAH GAS PLANT, SWAIHAT AND MARMUL MAIN PRODUCTION STATIONS (AS-BUILT, design modification and asset registry) FOR PDO

ROLE : Positioned as Piping /Project Lead Engineer, performing the following activities

Input collection and preparation of the Engineering Project planning schedule in MS Project.

Design and Review of Overall plot plan, equipment location plan, site plan, Key plan, General arrangement of piping layouts, Hazardous area classification, Fire and safety equipment, and Emergency escape route layouts based on site & Engineering requirements.

Physical site verification of all the piping and mechanical related drawings / Documents & preparation of Redline mark-ups (RLMU).

Review of Process Engineering flow scheme (PEFS), Process flow scheme (PFS), utility flow scheme (UFS), Spectacle Blind register, Fire and Gas layout diagram.

Review the vendor drawings and make technical comments/approval.

POWER PROJECT: DALEEL Power Plant and Distribution (5 GTs)

ROLE: Positioned as Piping Lead & Project Engineer, performing the following activities

Design & Review of Complete Piping plan drawing (Fuel oil, Rich & Lean fuel Gas system, cooling water, potable water & instrument and service Air) and pipe trench layout, General arrangement of (Gas turbine, Cooling tower area, water tanks fuel oil tank farm area, fuel oil unloading & transfers pump house, fire water tank, and pump house), overall Plot plan.

Preparation of design basis report for piping, Valve & expansion Bellows specifications/ Datasheets. (for fuel gas systems referring to PDO standards)

Preparation of bill of quantities for pipe and fittings, valves, & Specialties.

Design and Review of the overall Plot plan, General arrangement & piping plans.

Design and Review piping Trench loading calculations.

Design & Review of General Arrangement of Pipe rack/Pipe trench drawings.

Design and Review Pipe fabrication drawings, piping Isometrics and support Drawings.

Review of PEFS, PFS, UFS, Line, and valve lists.

Review and approval of vendors/subcontractors’ drawings & documents.

Coordination with Client/Consultant and attending meetings with Client/ Inter departments.

Review the input vendor drawings and make technical comments/approval.

Pre-bid / Tender proposal

ROLE : Positioned as Piping Lead Engineer, performing the following activities.

Proposal drawing preparation, like flow scheme & Overall plot plan.

Bill of Quantities of Pipe & fittings and valves for bidding.

List of deliverables with Estimated Man-hours

Exhibits drawing preparation.

QA/QC Engineer: ISO 9001 -2015 certified Internal Auditor & ISO 14001:2015 & ISO 45001:2018 certified Lead Auditor.

Assisting in Internal Quality Audits & subsequent client Audits.

Maintaining specified standards and quality and resolving quality-related technical issues.

Continuous follow-up, ensure the quality of the project’s internal process and deliverables.

Coordinate and supervise all the quality control activities in inspection, site projects, and the maintenance department regarding the modification, maintenance, and subcontractors’ activity. NCR close outs, corrective action and maintaining the records.

DCRP qualification document preparation up to the certification.

ISO 14001:2015 & ISO 45001:2018 Environmental management system & OHSMS qualification document preparation up to the certification.

B.COMPANY: WORLEY PARSONS Ltd, Al-Khobar, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

Period of Employment: January 2014 to December 2014.

POWER PLANT PROJECT: SAUDI ELECTRICITY COMPANY: PP13 & PP14, 2175 MW POWER PLANT

ROLE : Positioned as Piping Lead Engineer, performing the following activities.

Pipe Thickness and pipe Rack loading calculation.

Design & Review of the General arrangement of Pipe rack and pipe sleeper planning.

Design & Review of 3D model using Plant Design System -2010(PDS Equipment and piping)

Review & Approval of General arrangement drawing, Equipment & piping Layouts, Isometrics, and Supports.

Preparation of P&ID using Smart plant P&ID

Coordination with the interdepartmental team for interference checking and resolving clashes.

Preparation of design basis Report for piping, valve & expansion Bellows specifications.

Preparation of bill of quantities for pipe and fittings, valves, Supports, & Specialties.

Stress & flexibility analysis carried out by using CAESER II 2013 R1 version.

C.COMPANY: FICHTNER Consulting Engineers (India) Pvt Ltd, Chennai, India.

Period of Employment: September 2006 to January 2014.

PROJECT: 71MW & 21MW CATERPILLAR POWER GENERATION SYSTEMS PORT BUCHANAN & TOKEDE PORT AT LIBERIA

ROLE : Positioned as Piping Lead Engineer, performing the following activities.

Preparation of design basis Report for piping, valve & expansion Bellows specifications.

Preparation of bill of quantities for pipe and fittings, valves, Supports, & Specialties.

Development of Complete 3D modeling of Piping (Thermal oil, HFO, DFO, Lube oil system) and pipe rack layout, Equipment Layout (Caterpillar Diesel generator powerhouse building, Tank farm & Unloading pump house, and Radiator cooler area), Plot plan using CADWORX PLANT- 3D.

2D Layout and Isometric drawings extraction using CADWORX Plant- 3D.

Preparation of Technical Specifications for pipes, fittings, valves, specialties, piping, and valve material selection.

Pipe Thickness and pipe load calculation.

Pipe Sizing, Pipe Thickness & insulation thickness Calculations, pipe rack/ trench loading calculations.

Review & approve vendors’ drawings & Documents.

Coordination with the interdepartmental team for interference checking and resolving clashes.

(6-month deputation to Germany for engineering coordination).

PROJECT: 2400MW RAS Al KHAIR AND DESALINATION PLANT (PHASE-1), KINGDOM OF SAUDI ARABIA.

ROLE : Positioned as Piping Lead Engineer, performing the following activities.

Preparation of design basis Report for piping, valve & expansion Bellows specifications.

Preparation of bills of quantities for pipe and fittings, valves, Supports, & Specialties.

Design of Complete Piping (Main steam, LP steam, Gas lines, etc.) and pipe rack layout, Equipment Layout (Gas turbine and steam turbine building), Plot plan using SMART PLANT- 3D 2009.1.

Review engineering for piping drawings of Shenguwa (Critical and composite piping layouts, pipe rack layouts, Large diameter cooling water piping layouts, BFP piping layouts etc., Isometrics, and support drawings).

Preparation of Technical specifications for pipe & fittings, valves, and specialties, piping, and valve material selection.

Pipe Thickness and insulation thickness Calculations, pipe rack/ trench loading calculations.

Review & approve vendors drawing & Documents.

Coordinating with inter-departmental teams for interference checking and resolving clashes.

(9 months deputation in Stuttgart, Germany for SP3D training and engineering coordination/ 6 months deputation on JINJU, Korea for engineering coordination)

COMBINED CYCLE POWER PROJECT:

1.428MW Al QATRANA ELECTRIC POWER COMPANY CCCP, JORDAN

2.300MW COMBINED CYCLE, KERAWALAPITIYA, SRILANKA

3.225MW BETA COMBINED CYCLE POWER PLANT, UTTARKHAND, INDIA.

4.1100 MW, SUGEN CCPP, AKHANKHOL, NEAR SURAT, GUJARAT., INDIA

ROLE : Positioned as Piping Engineer, performing the following activities.

Preparation of Technical Specifications for pipes, fittings, valves, specialties, piping, and valve material selection.

Preparation of bill of quantities for pipe and fittings, valves, Supports, & Specialties.

Design of Complete Piping (Main steam, LP steam, Gas lines) and pipe rack layout, Equipment Layout (Gas turbine building, steam turbine building, BFP building, HRSG area), Plot plan using CADWORX Plant- 3D.

2D Layout and Isometric drawings extraction using CADWORX Plant- 3D.

Pipe Rack /Trench loading calculation.

Pipe Sizing, Pipe Thickness & insulation thickness Calculations, pipe rack/ trench loading calculations.

Review & Approve vendor’s drawings & Documents.

Coordinating with inter-departmental teams for interference checking and resolving clashes.

Development of STG plant 3D model using CadWorX Plant 2009 (Won First prize from Intergraph USA).

(9 months deputation for site Engineering Coordination at kerawalapitiya, Srilanka)

THERMAL POWER PROJECT: 2 x 270 MW GVK Thermal Power Project, Punjab

ROLE : Positioned as Piping Engineer, performing the following activities.

Preparation of Technical Specifications for pipes, fittings, valves, specialties, piping, and valve material selection.

Preparation of bill of quantities for pipe and fittings, valves, Supports, & Specialties.

Development of a complete balance of plant piping layout and Pipe rack layout.

Detailing of Large diameter cooling water piping and pump house.

Design & Review of isometrics and Preparation of the bill of materials of pipe supports.

Pipe Rack /Trench loading calculation, Pipe Sizing, Pipe Thickness & insulation thickness Calculations, pipe rack/ trench loading calculations.

Review & approve vendors drawing & Documents.

Inter-department coordination for interface checking.

D.COMPANY: Bharat Heavy Electrical Limited, Tiruchirappalli, India.

Period of Employment: September 2005 to September -2006. (Technician apprentice)

Computer Literacy

Software knowledge

CADworX Plant professional 2019,

AutoCAD 2023 & Micro station v8i

Smart plant P& ID

Plant design system 2010 (Equipment & Piping)

Smart Plant 3D (Equipment & Piping)

PDMS 12.6 (Equipment & Piping)

CAESER II 2013 R1

Autodesk Naviswork Freedom & simulate.

Smart Plant Review SPR

MS Office (Word, Excel & PowerPoint).

MS Project -2023

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