Engineering Manager
National Oilwell Varco
Total des années d'expérience :34 years, 6 Mois
• Providing product engineering, application engineering and technical support for MENA regional sales, marketing, enquiries, tenders, supply chain, quality and operations functions for completion tools business unit comprising of upper completion, lower completion, well construction & intervention products under completion and production solutions business segment.
• Leveraging the vast experience in oil & gas design, engineering, research & development, materials and manufacturing, handling innovation (technical operations) & career development center (human resources functions) and teaching mechanical engineering subjects.
• Active member of the Design Consultancy Development program steering committee task force.
• Developing and maintaining working relationships interfacing with industries, corporate professionals, chief executives, HR professionals, talent search firms and recruitment agencies and with internal interfaces with program chairs and other functions including alumni.
• Seeking seed funding with companies for joint research. Developing policies & procedures for student placements, innovation & incubation center operations.
• Training, developing and mentoring students through career definition, coaching them to attain their career aspirations and aligning industry job and internship opportunities matching their aspirations.
Key Responsibilities
• Overseeing efficient operation of engineering, working closely with product line & manufacturing, supporting regional operations.
• Ensuring products & services meet quality standards by planning, organizing and controlling the design & development of new, or improvement of existing products to meet customers’ requirements.
• Serving as functional link between operations, R&D, sustaining engineering and product line for evolving and existing technologies, products and services.
• Being main point of contact between sales and manufacturing to ensure design requirements are accurately captured and translated into products.
Key Achievements
• Established a multi-cultural team of 12 engineers working on various Well Construction & Completion products, training & mentoring them.
• Meticulously developed the product design standards for Float Equipment & Drift Mandrel designs.
• Successfully value engineered 7-5/8” retrievable liner pack-offs by redesigning with improvements.
• Successfully designed & developed a 10-3/4” Shear-out Sub for Maersk, Qatar as part of $800k contract.
• Resolved a series of issues in 10-3/4” 13Cr L80 liner hanger resulting in successful assembly & field job.
• Successfully field tested 5” retrievable liner pack-offs in five different field jobs for various customers.
Key Responsibilities
• Managing and directing several engineers in all engineering activities including product development.
• Developing, performing & monitoring advanced engineering design & analyses.
• Developing new products, services and analyzing failures to effect product & process improvements.
• Planning, organizing, assessing, recruiting, mentoring and retaining talents.
• Planning, organizing & maintaining hardware & software for the department including Pro/E training.
• Planning AFE, budgeting, organizing equipment & facilities required for the department.
Key Achievements
• Spearheaded regional product engineering team for liners, cementing & cased hole completion.
• Developed & managed a team of multi-cultural engineers providing equal opportunity.
• Successfully value engineered 5” & 7” retrievable liner pack-offs by redesigning.
• Implemented parametric 3D CAD top down design in Pro/E to fast track the development of pack-offs.
• Successfully conducted ISO 14310 V0 10000 psi nitrogen gas seal qualification tests on 5” liner pack-off.
• Automated OCTG crossovers design using Mathcad and Pro/E thereby reducing design time.
• Meticulously prepared AFE for HP/HT gas & hydro-test facility for an upcoming R&D facility.
• Developed excellent working relationship by visiting peer groups in Houston, Huntsville and Houma.
Key Responsibilities
• Developing a regional sustaining engineering team for well construction products.
• Coordinating manufacture of prototypes, developing, conducting and evaluating experimental tests.
• Organizing and conducting Pro/E & Intralink trainings.
• Implementing CAD development projects to enhance competency & regional design capability.
Key Achievements
• Proactively handled operations gaining credibility & confidence of region and global management, which helped launch many R&D projects first time within the region in collaboration with R&D, Houston.
• Established a dedicated regional sustaining engineering support group for liner systems, cementing, solid expandable, drilling tools and drilling with casing.
• Effected process improvements in handling non-conformance processing for manufacturing.
• Designed & developed 5” & 7” Packer Element assembly tools for safe & quick assembly of Packers.
• Processed several customer special orders for liners in collaboration with sustaining group in Huntsville.
Key Responsibilities
• Engineering support for liners, drilling tools, pressure control, fishing, re-entry and tubular running services.
• Regional new product design, development and sustaining engineering.
• Developing and maintaining engineering standards, procedures and policies.
Key Achievements
• Implemented Pro/Intralink PDM system in conjunction with Pro/Engineer for MENA Region Engineering.
• Successfully designed 13-3/8” J-Latch connector for training & test well in Algeria.
• Investigated 5-1/2” Whipstock Retrieving Tool failure for Saudi Aramco & prepared detailed report.
• Saved significant costs by reworking worn out seal area of Top Drive Cement Head by HVOF process.
• Designed, fabricated & prototype tested hydraulic operated Stabberless system mounting frame for BG Ensco Rig 53.
• Prepared an examination paper & answer key for product engineering personnel recruitment.
• Trained in Jars & Shock Tools design at Weatherford Technology & Training Centre, Houston.
Jan ’04 - May ’05 Product Engineer
Key Responsibilities
• New product design, development and customization to meet specific project/customer requirements.
• Sustaining engineering support for fishing tools, casing exit, rental and tubular running services products.
• Identify, train and develop resources to expand the scope & support of MENA Region Engineering.
Key Achievements
• Implemented Pro-Engineer 3D CAD modeling platform in MENA region engineering.
• Designed several Fishing & Milling equipment - Junk Mills, Packer Retrieving Tools, Junk Baskets, Rotary Shoes, Swages, Rotary Shouldered Crossovers for various customers such as Reliance, GSPC & Niko.
• Developed design standard and template for Junk Boot Basket for drilling & fishing applications.
• Investigated 9-5/8” Whipstock field incidents for ONGC, ADMA & ADCO and prepared mill path layouts.
• Redesigned the shear system on 9-5/8” Whipstock for ADCO. Conducted lab & field tests.
(Audco is jointly owned by Larsen & Toubro Ltd, a $9bn Indian multinational, and global conglomerate Flowserve Corporation, USA, with 4 modern industrial valve manufacturing plants to serve industries such as oil & gas, refineries, fertilizers, metals, petrochemicals & utilities)
Key Responsibilities
• Expanding business revenues by exploring new product development opportunities and enlarging product range.
• Exploring technology for new product development & to improve design processes.
Key Achievements
• Significantly contributed to increased revenue by extending product range of large size valves.
• Introduced a new product range of compact & economical Dual Plate Wafer Check Valve with innovative penetration-less body design.
• Shortlisted by management for technology leader program based on best performance records.
• Obtained recognition award from Parametric Technology Corporation, USA for participation in PTC Awards contest.
• Developed software in Visual Basic to convert 18digit product codes into detailed product specification, which helped reduce order processing time for many large project orders.
Key Responsibilities
• Research, design and development of large size Gate, Globe & Check Valves for refinery & pipeline.
• Implementation of parametric 3D CAD platform to foster concurrent design environment.
• Networking, partnering & outsourcing to enhance capacity & create infrastructure to accelerate export business.
Key Achievements
• Implemented Pro/E 3D CAD modeling in valve design and automated design process using top down design technique that resulted in 50% reduction in new product development time.
• Developed Pro/E design templates for Gate, Globe and Check Valves using which many new large size valves such as 48” Cl 150, 16” Cl 900 and 36” Cl 300 Wedge Gate Valves were designed in much less time compared to conventional methods which brought appreciable export business.
• Spearheaded New Product Development of Gate, Globe & Check Valves.
• Designed & developed 12” Cl 150 conduit valve for OIL creating new pipeline valves business avenue.
• Customized valves with accessories such as actuators & gear units etc., for customers such as Gasco Technip, Saudi Aramco, Sasol, KOC, EIL, Shell, Mobil, Exxon etc.
• Attended International Factory Automation fair held at Hannover, Germany in April 2002.
• Attended International Pumps & Systems Asia 2002 fair held in Singapore in July 2002.
Key Responsibilities
• Research, design and development of Gate, Globe & Check Valves for refinery & process plants.
• New product design and development for high pressure steam and power plant applications.
Key Achievements
• Designed & developed Cryogenic Gate & Globe valves creating a new business opportunity in the LNG segment in Europe & Middle East meeting Gasco-Technip & Shell MESC specifications.
• Independently designed and developed various sizes of Gate, Globe and Check valves to international standards such as ASME B16.34, API 600, API 6D, BS 1414, BS 1868, BS 1873 etc.
• Designed 4” Cl 900 Flex Wedge Gate valve to API 600 Styles A and B - Bolted Bonnet and Pressure Seal Bonnet; thus launching high pressure valve product line for power industry segment.
• Developed flow calculations such as Cv estimations, Pressure Drop & valve sizing.
• Attended International Chemical Equipment fair ACHEMA 2000 held at Frankfurt, Germany.
Key Responsibilities
• Designing & developing API 6A equipment - Wellheads, Xmas Trees, Valves and Accessories.
• Project costing, estimation, tendering, planning and cost control.
• Sourcing carbon, low alloy, stainless and exotic alloy materials, actuators, proprietary connections, pup joints and drill stem subs.
• Technology transfer from collaborator - Wood Group Pressure Control (formerly Seaboard Lloyd).
Key Achievements
• Designed & developed several sizes of Wellheads, Flowline Gate Valves and Christmas Trees.
• Value engineered 4-1/16” 3000 psi Expanding Disc Gate Valve design for cost reduction.
• Achieved 94% cost reduction by introducing analytical method in choke micrometer calibration.
• Designed 2” & 3” skid mounted manifolds for ONGG & 2.1/16”-10000 psi choke manifold for OIL.
• Got deputed to Wood Group Pressure Control, Scotland, UK for training and assisting in the design of several API 6A equipment for orders. Quickly learnt Cadds5 software & prepared designs.
• Business Process Re-engineering cost reduction & pricing strategies for Wellheads & Christmas Trees. Pro-active efforts helped restore business with ONGC worth $300K in contrast to previously declining trends.
• Guided student industrial project work to automate drawing preparation for Wellheads & Xmas Trees.
• Developed a relational database Document Control System to meet API & ISO requirements.
Key Responsibilities
• Managing manufacturing resources, controlling shop floor and scheduling production processes.
Key Achievements
• Independently handled a product cell for production planning and control.
• Carried out machine loading using Gantt Charts.
• Studied and brought down tooling set up time by proper tool planning.
• Audited machines and operators for compliance to process sheets & took corrective actions.
• Developed relational database software to monitor planning, production, machine utilization & progress chasing.
Key Responsibilities
• Sourcing materials, components & developing vendors for ball and sleeved plug valves.
Key Achievements
• Sourced elastomer components, ferrous, alloy, stainless steel and non-ferrous forgings/castings, springs, PTFE powder, stellite hard-facing powder, various fasteners and bearings.
• Developed vendors for thread milling, sheet metal works, structural steel fabrication works, spot welding, PTFE and HDPE/LDPE molding.
• Developed gear boxes & hand wheels for sample & pilot batch production.
Key Responsibilities
• Effectively planning, organizing, scheduling & monitoring materials for ball & plug valve manufacturing.
Key Achievements
• Carried out monthly stock reviews, inventory planning & control.
• Computerized stock indenting process & reduced the paper work and processing time.
• Prepared material costs & budgets for the department.
• Developed relational database software for purchase order and materials receipt control.
Grade 9.6/10 - since there is no option for 10 point grade, converted above to 4-point GPA.
Bachelor of Engineering - Production (specialization in Mechanical) Engineering College of Engineering, Anna University, Chennai, India First class with distinction Project: Design of low cost automation system for clutch plate riveting for Amalgamations Repco.