Profile
A top-performing Chemical Engineer offering 8.0 years expertise in Productivity Enhancement and DCS Operation related functions
• Qualified Chemical Engineer with 8.0 years of experience in the area of Operations.
• Participated in Plant performance tests and field optimization.
• Operational experience in Process Quality Control.
• Good experience in Trouble-shooting of Equipment.
• Excellent organizational skills, process designing skills and communication skills.
Work Experience
Presently working in a HMEL is a joint venture Company between the HPCL and Mittal Energy Limited having the capacity of 9 MMTPA Refinery at Bathinda, in the state of Punjab, India for producing transports fuels of EURO IV specifications.
HPCL – Mittal Energy Ltd
Nov 2012 to present
Assistant Manager (Field/console supervisor)
DCS : Yokogawa
Plant : Refinery and Petrochemical
Operational Skill : Panel Control and Field Activities
Working Unit : Crude/Vaccum Distillation Unit
Key Deliverables:
Operations:
Hands on experience of DCS Panel operation.
Studying daily laboratory result test reports and highlighting the abnormalities and advices.
Operations & Troubleshooting of Fired Heaters, Desalter, Crude Distillation Column, Heat Exchangers, Pumps, Vacuum Distillation Column, Ejectors, steam generation etc.
Ensuring smooth operations of plant within the specified operational parameter by the manufacturer to meet the organizational goals.
Handling the start-up and shut-down activities.
Ensuring effective resource planning for optimizing man & machine utilization, reducing wastes for enhancing productivity and profitability.
Coordinating with service departments for preventive shutdown, breakdown jobs.
Heat exchanger leak test, Pump trial run, ID & FD Fan trial run, Heater ventilation and start up, Plant emergency handling, Knowledge of Toxic gas handling.
Safe preparation of equipment for maintenance, enforcing the safety rules in area and ensuring housekeeping and cleanup, and assisting engineering, technical and other group working in area during normal plant activities as well as shutdown activities.
Safety Management/ Quality Compliance:
Strictly follows the Safety Work Permit System for Hot work, cold work & Confined space entry.
Follows safety practices with providing Tool Box Talk, Task Based Risk Assessment and Near Miss Reporting for contract people working with Hydrocarbon & Toxic Gas prone Environment.
Involved in Internal safety audits.
Implementing systems for meeting different quality standards for maintaining the relevant documents.
Implementing safety measures during normal operation and emergency.
Undergone through Basic fire training, Toxic gas Training, Process safety management & various safety Mock Drills
Team Management:
Directing, leading & motivating workforce and imparting continuous on job training for accomplishing greater operational effectiveness/ efficiency.
Working on succession planning of the workforce, shift management activities, appraising the member’s performance & providing feedback.
Previously worked with Linde India Limited as Engineering Officer-Operations (Hydrogen Generation unit [Reforming process]) from November 2011 to October 2012.
Hydrogen Plant:
Raw Material: LPG
Product : Hydrogen
Handling of Pretreatment section (Hydrotreater, Desulphurizer), Reformer section, shift converter and Pressure swing adsorption systems, Waste Heat Recovery System.
Handling of FD & ID Fans, Compressors and pumps.
Handling of Sprinkle System, Fire hydrant System.
Responsibilities:
Planning for maximizing production, arranging manpower, proper utilization of raw materials and issual of work permits.
Hydrogen Plant start-up and shutdown activities, Trouble Shooting during emergency.
Experience in DCS operations.
Handling of inflammable fluids Hydrogen, Liquid Hydrocarbons and Hazardous chemicals.
Responsible for LPG loading into the LPG Storage Tanks.
I have been involved in the Pre Commissioning & Commissioning activities of SMR (Steam methane reforming) unit.
Shift Engineer (Hydrogen generation unit [Reforming process]
Asian Peroxides Limited. Sullurupeta, Nellore, A.P.
Dec’2007 to Oct’2011.
Raw Material : Naphtha
Product : Hydrogen and Hydrogen peroxide
Company Profile:
Asian Peroxide Limited (APL) is a public limited company, a 100% export oriented unit. APL manufactures hydrogen peroxide under technology (Anthraquinone process). This state art of process is controlled by a modern Distributed Control System (DCS). A second largest manufacture of hydrogen peroxide.
Area of Exposure:
Hydrogen plants:
Pretreatment section
Cracking and steam reforming of naphtha
High temperature shift converter
Pressure swing adsorption system
Auto oxidation plants:
Hydrogenator reactor – Trickle phase fluidized bed catalytic
reactor
Oxidizer – counter current flow two phase reactor
Extractor – Liquid-Liquid extractor
Heat Exchanger – Shell & Tube
Distillation plants:
Packed bed vacuum distillation
Steam ejector
Utilities:
Boilers – Horizontal fire tube boiler
DM plant – Ion exchange process
Cooling towers – Induced draft cooling tower
Instrument air compressor – reciprocating compressor
Process air compressor – CENTAC & reciprocating compressor
Responsibilities:
Planning for maximizing production, arranging manpower, proper utilization of raw materials.
Hydrogen Plant start-up and shutdown activities, Trouble Shooting during emergency.
Experience in DCS operations-Tata Honeywell.
Handling various work permit issual to maintenance departments to ensure plant safety.
Responsible for safety of people and equipment by ensuring that there is no deviation from safety standards.
Responsible for catalyst loading & unloading in Hydrogen plant.
Responsible for reducing Naphtha losses, hydrogen losses.
Handling of inflammable fluids Hydrogen, Liquid Hydrocarbons and
Hazardous Chemicals
Computer skills
Ms-office, C language.
Education
B.TECH (Chemical)
Vignan’s engineering college,J.N.T.U
(2007) with 66.49%
Strengths
Smart work with creativity
Self confidence and optimistic
Flexibility and adaptability
Independent problem solving attitude
Posses excellent communication skills and team management skills.
