Senior Panel Operator
Qatar Fuel (Woqod)
Total years of experience :25 years, 0 Months
Since Jan '12 with Qatar Fuel Company (WOQOD), RasLaffan Terminal Operations, RasLaffan Industrial City, Qatar as Senior Panel Operator.
Key Result Areas: • Executing quality, health and safety management plans in an effective manner & conducting safety inspections, occupational health surveys, surveillance & field auditing for compliance
• Conducting regular check of the assigned area safety and all area work operational activities are performed safely
• Developing SOPs and assuring all procedures are up-to-date as well as compliance to the Work permit Procedure
• Participating in Accident / Incident Reporting as required and following the recommend corrective actions
• Recommending/developing changes to operating and departmental procedures to improve the safety and effectiveness of the operations
• Continuously monitoring process parameters and taking corrective actions to minimize production loss
• Understanding the consequences of process deviations and their effects on safety/ product quality
• Performing equipment inspections and fault diagnosis on all equipment
• Initiating work permits, carrying out Job Safety Analysis and completing different production tasks safely as per company's Safety standards with subordinates
• Overseeing effective maintenance planning and execution for all portable and fixed fire fighting equipments
• Advising employers / employees on safe & healthy work practices & health / safety management systems
• Ascertaining the implementation of competency based training & development programs
• Handling start-up, shutdown and troubleshooting operations, planning spare parts and executing Vendor Jobs
• Undertaking erection & commissioning of new equipments during plant modification & new designing of operations at regular intervals
• Initiatives undertaken for Energy conservation such as Variable Frequency Drive (VFD) Initiated for continuous pump operations
• Devised and implemented safety measures such as Pressure Relief Valve (PRV) installed in custody meter system to avoid pressure in system
• Bought Costs savings such as Bunkering procedure & inter tank transfer procedure revised for reducing the pump usage.
• Safety Training Courses: H2S/BA, The use of portable fire extinguishers and Safety induction Training by Industrial Cities Fire & Rescue Training & Development Section, Qatar Petroleum, Raslaffan industrial city.
• Oil spill Response by WOQOD Jetty Team
Sep '07 to Jan '12 with Reliance Industries Limited (RPDPL), India as Manager
• Led a team of 20 members
• Handled: o Refinery Process Operations, Sulphur Recovery Unit, Refinery Tank farm/Marine Tank farm/ Terminal Operations of Multi-Purpose Chemical Storage Plants, MS, HSD, Naphtha, LPG and Aviation Fuel Tank Farms
o Ship, Rail Wagons, PLT, & Tank Truck Loading & Unloading Operations
o Tank Gauging, Sampling (UML, TMB & All Level Sample) and Water Draining of Fixed and Floating Roof Tanks
o PM of Valves, Centrifugal Pumps and Strainer Cleaning
o Tank water draining through Sump Drain & Monsoon Checks
o Weekly checking of Tank Equipments and Fitting General Housekeeping of Tank Roofs & OWS Operations
• Served as a DCS Panel Engineer in Foxboro System (TIS, TAS &SAP) and SCADA & PLC Process
• Managed Storage Petroleum Products i.e. MS, HSD, LPG, Naptha & ATF
• Commissioned & decommissioned tanks and pipelines, participated in cardboard blasting & hydro testing
• Supervised cleaning of tanks and unloading materials from Rail Wagon and Ship
• Undertook preventive maintenance of Fire Fighting Systems i.e. Extinguishers - DCP & CO2 and Foam Pourer System
• Controlled total plant equipped with Yokogawa Model Centum DCS Systems Panel Operations integrated with Propylene Oxide, Propylene Glycol and Propylene Glycol Monomethyl Ether Production Units
• Looked after efficient production of Propylene Glycol and Propylene Glycol Monomethyl Ether and Propylene Oxide
• Administered Highly Inflammable, Toxic and Hazardous Raw Materials like Propylene & Chlorine in Gaseous and Liquid Forms, Ethylene Oxide and Propylene Oxide, Burnt Lime and Limestone
• Conducted Hydro Testing of Propylene, Chlorine and Ethylene Oxide Bullets, Condensers & Pressure Equipments while regular periodical maintenance
• Undertook Scaffold Inspection and Lifting Equipment Inspection
• Participated in audit of PPE, First Aid & Health Programme
• Played a key role in reducing cost
Jun '02 to Aug '07 with Manali Petrochemical Ltd., Chennai, India as Executive - Operation/ DCS Control Room In-charge in Propylene Oxide, Propylene glycol, Polyol and Propylene Glycol Monomethyl Ether Production Units
• Worked on process plant operations of 12000 TPA of Propylene Oxide, 6250 TPA of Propylene Glycol and 6000 TPA of Polyol Plants
• Worked as DCS Panel Engineer in Centum-XL supplied by Yokogawa Keonics
• Put up the fire in 15-20 seconds-- entire plant was saved and received appreciation for the same
PREVIOUS EXPERIENCE
Dec '98 to Jan '02 with Chemfab Alkalis Limited, Pondicherry, India as Plant Operator - Hydrogen, Chlorine & Sodium Hydroxide Plant
• Diploma in Industrial Safety from Annamalai University, India with 65% in 2007
• Bachelor of Engineering (Chemical) from Annamalai University, India with 76% in 2005
• Diploma in Chemical Technology from State Board of Technical Education, Tamil Nadu, India with 65% in1 1998