I&C Engineer
TRANSCO
Total years of experience :16 years, 4 Months
• Leading the gamut of operations & maintenance activities with a team of 4 Technicians
• Conducting full routine, corrective & annual planned maintenance of all Instrumentations & Control equipment in the pumping stations including Flow, Pressure, Level & Temperature switches, sensors & transmitters, HART transmitters, Control Valves & Actuators, Analyzers, Gas detectors, Bentley Nevada & VM-600 CMS, Compressor controls/interlocks.
• Addressing & resolving all field instruments & control system (PCS-7 & ABB 800xA DCS) based problems including RTU.
• Maintenance of Siemens & ABB’s PLC & HMI.
• Maintaining hypo chlorination systems, all in accordance with the Asset Maintenance Policy (AMP)
• Exceptional operational analysis, HAZOP & SIL study and decision making strengths.
• Coordinating with Line Managers, Senior Operators, Scheduler & LDC all maintenance needs
• Developing new, revise and, improve maintenance plans
• Maintaining servers(aspect/domain/connectivity and historian) and FOC based control system network of DCS.
• Delivering trainings to UAE national colleagues within department
• Analyzing & rectifying operation staff defects and faults reports
• Preparing material’s requests, ICMRs and forward purchasing for maintenance jobs
• Attending on request to all emergencies at pumping stations & practicing RCA
• Generating & sharing reports when and as required and leading all workflow through ERP Maximo
• Improving the department’s KPIs; spearheading the PAC & FAC for projects
• Performing Technical Evaluations for RFQs & Contracts (LTPA/Blanket)
• Updating & maintaining actual data in Maximo upon job completion and failure reporting for all CM Jobs
• Contributing in raising the required CRs and PRs by finding and preparing reports
• Supporting SD in negotiation and clarification meetings whenever required
• Following up project and contract work co-ordination in construction stage as well as after issuing PAC
• Maintaining records to all routine and preventative maintenance work carried out
• Conducting the activities of Sr. Engineer during leave period to take care of smooth business as well
Highlights:
• Successfully led the implementation of TRANSO safety rules at all sites
• Led the maintenance of equipment and prepared, issued & cancelled safety documents in compliance with TRANSCO safety rules
• Carryout Industrial consultancies and Trainings for technical assistant in the field of Instrumentation & Control based systems.
• Assigned & worked as Consultant for M/s Orbit Engineering in a project of Waste Water Treatment Plant of 40 MLD capacity and Pumping Station of BMC Idgah hills, Bhopal. The major responsibilities were Review of P&IDs & PFDs, I/O listing, preparation of technical documents, Installation & pre-commissioning works, control loop testing, to check calibration of Instruments sheets, Control Valve & I/p convertor testing, pump sequence control, solved problems related to wiring of PLC with system vendor, coordination with other disciplines.
• Provide product based solution for different field Instruments including normal & HART based transmitters, control valves, actuators, safety barriers, i/p convertors, vibration sensors, analysers etc.
• Created and provided solutions for Field device interfacing with DCS and Siemens PLC’s
• Provided training to engineers for CDU/VDU unit of Bharat Oman Refineries Ltd., Bina M.P
• Carryout consultancies for various national & MNC’s for Calibration services.
• Conduct Onsite training programmes for different departments of various National & Multi national companies in both Public & Private Sectors.
• Led the Configuration & Calibration of Instruments and review of P & ID, PFDs & ILDs.
• Procurement of Instruments & other material with complete R & D over that as per company’s & client requirement.
• Inventory management.
• Ensure proper utilization of budget and implementation of QMS and other statutory requirement in the scope of respective section.
• Drove the procurement of Instruments & other material with complete R & D over that as per company’s & client requirement
•Activities include planning, designing, procurement, installation, testing & commissioning, Automation of conventional hardwired system into advanced controller based system to improve the quality & production volume.
•Managing activities right from the conceptualization stage to the execution; involving finalization of technical specifications, procurement, scheduling, progress monitoring, vendor development, manpower planning, etc.
•Responsible for the low voltage operations & maintenance work for LV panels & other Electrical Panels.
•Responsible for sorting out of all Electrical based related problems.
•Appraising the prevalent production systems / processes, identifying loopholes if any and undertaking result-oriented measures for alleviating them and documenting the same.
•Developing and maintaining healthy and cooperative working environment within organization by assisting and coordinating with others time to time to ensure smooth flow of business operations.
•Instrumental in formulating operational strategies for the quality function by carrying out long term & short term quality planning in line with the organization requirements, ensuring proper facilities across the units for smooth operations while ensuring compliance with organization’s standards & procedures.
•Calibration of field Instruments following the SOP's & International Standards including Electronic transmitters (PT, DPT, FT, TT), gauges, pressure Switch, Temp. Conditioning Cards etc
•Scheduling and planning predictive, preventive and breakdown maintenance jobs with key focus on spares availability and root cause analysis. Preparing maintenance plans, annual shutdown jobs/schedules for reducing machinery downtime to minimum for ensuring smooth operations.
•Review of P&ID.
•Allen Bradley's PLC/Ladder logic development.
•SCADA & HMI applications development.
•Troubleshooting of PLC based systems.
•Preparation of Instrument Index & I/O Point Database.
•Preparation of Technical Specifications & Datasheets for various Field Instruments like Flow Elements, Safety Valves, Transmitters, Temp. elements, Gauges.etc
•Preparation of Cable Schedule, JB Schedule, Bill of Material For Junction Boxes, Cable Glands &Plugs, Cable trays/ Ducts, tubes & tube fittings., etc
•Functional Loop schematic, hook ups, Inst-Electric interface.
•Preparing Technical queries for package items.
•Checking Level Sketches.
•Review Vendors' quotations, prepare technical queries, evaluation and recommend the final technically acceptable Vendor.
•Performed Instrument Loop checking, stroke checking for on-off / control valves.
•Calibration of electronic transmitters.
•Solved problems related to wiring of instruments to DCS, PLC with System Vendor.
•Prepared As-Built documents in instrumentation Scope.
Assignments including complete Installation, commissioning, testing & operation of Asphalt plant with EPC (benninghoven Gmbh) team, Loop testing and calibration of all type of field Instruments, Maintenance and troubleshooting of Field Instruments, PLC & SCADA systems, Calibration of Field Instruments, HART based Transmitters & Control Valves, Supervising the maintenance team and responsible for job allocation, man power planning, skill evaluation for the maintenance team and instrumental in mentoring the team members, Planning effective purchase of supplies and maintaining the spare management system by overseeing the procurement of supplies and equipment necessary for the operations work area, Ensuring proper safety at site & plant, HSEQ compliance, team building.