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Kumaraswamy Krishnan, Plant Manager

Kumaraswamy Krishnan

Plant Manager·Acciona

Qatar

Higher diploma, PG Diploma in Power Plant Instrumentation & Control

Work experience

Total years of experience: 28 years, 3 months

Plant Manager

October 2020 - Present

Acciona

Doha, Qatar

October 2020 - Present

Head of operations and Maintenance for Ras Abu Fontas 168MLD Desalination (Intake, DAF, DF, UF, RO, Remineralisation,
Sludge treatment, Clo2, CO2 Plant, Electro chlorination) plant Admin, Operations and Maintenance activities.
Resolving disputes with client as per O&M contract, Supplier and vendor dispute management and ensure the OM and project
activities on specific schedule.
Manage the Operations and Maintenance team (85+ employees) and developing skills and plant performance.
Plan and Implementation of Asset Replacement, Refurbishment and Improvement projects, Mobilization and Demobilisation
of manpower for specific tasks
Implementation of Digitalisation for HSE, Operation and Maintenance process to improve the performance.
Incident controller and reporting as per the o&m agreement, Implementation of Tools for PTW, with Intelex, CMMS
Hazards and Incident Management and Budget control
Key Achievements:
99% of Plant availability achievement against the target of 97%
Optimisation of Chemical and Energy within the budget limit, Maintained the Budget within the target set by the Management.
100% Customer Satisfaction was achieved Internal since 2020

Company industry:
Water & Waste Water Treatment
Job role:
Manufacturing

Framework Manager (Plant Head)

December 2018 - October 2020

VA Tech Wabag Roots Cintracting Company

Doha, Qatar

December 2018 - October 2020

Plant operations maintenance, mobilization and demobilization Rehab and Improvement projects of Municipal Waste water treatment plant pf 40MLD; Setting Operations, maintenance KPI: Control and monitoring of KPI within the Contractual limit; Budget and Manpower control to run the plants with Optimum production and quality. Maintain profit margin for o&m and Projects.
Biding for New Waste water plant Operations and Variation orders etc.
Communicate with client and Supplier resolve the Day to day activities.
Co-ordinate with EPC team for construction and installation, testing and Commissioning

Company industry:
Utilities
Job role:
Management

Plant Operations Manager

November 2016 - July 2018

Mirfa International Water and Power Comapny (Suez joint venture group of company)

Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

November 2016 - July 2018

Overseeing commissioning of 240MLD Mirfa Desalination Water plant, UAE one of the highest capacity desalination plant with 1600MW power plant, Management operations and maintenance team, contractors, vendors to achieve targets of the O&M and water purchase agreement. Responsible for plant budget, seeking approval from management and controlling; approving and seeking management approval for improvements, attending client, owners, client meetings and resolving the disputes.

Company industry:
Industrial Production
Job role:
Management

Plant Manager, Operations and Maintenance

September 2013 - November 2016

Hyflux Engineering Pte Ltd.

Singapore

September 2013 - November 2016

Handling commissioning of 500MLD Magtaa Desalination Water plant one of the World’s highest capacity plant and 318 MLD TUASPRING Desalination Water plant Asia’s highest capacity plant.
Monitoring operations and maintenance of 500MLD, 318MLD Desalination Water plants, communicating with top level management on day to day critical issues, operations and maintenance team, contractors, vendors to achieve targets of the O&M and water purchase agreement.
Reviewing budget with managers, taking approval from management and controlling; approving and seeking management approval for improvements, attending client, owners, client meetings and resolving the disputes.
Overseeing water safety plan/HACCP certification, Emergency Response plan, and establishment of operation and maintenance team from commissioning phase of Desalination plant.
Ensuring continual improvement activities like saving of SGD625K/year by replacing fixed speed filter water pump to VFD with optimum production and operation reliability and process optimisation.

Company industry:
Manufacturing
Job role:
Management

Department Head

December 2007 - August 2013

Singapore Technology Marine Ltd., (ST Engg Group of Companies)

Singapore

December 2007 - August 2013

Involved in the activities of installation, modification, continual improvement and maintenance of facility/utility equipment, ensured 100% availability of facilities to production departments.
Coordinated with management, department staffs and vendors to achieve the goal, maintained Quality Management System, Environmental Management System and ISRS (International Safety Rating System) level 8.
Implementation of Maintenance Defect Management Information System, involved in planning of budget for maintenance and for operation department (Approx.12-25million per annum) and controlled the budget in MARS/SAP System.
Monitored installation and commissioning of Blasting Chamber and 4000KVA diesel engine Test Bay; Yard production facility extension of Air bus vessel Ropax, RORO615, 616 and Ropax, Anchor Handling Tug, and Utility/facility for commissioning for Swine Rescue and Diving Support vessels RO and DM plants. Implementation of real time power monitoring for critical equipment and AHUs and MSBs and Real time monitoring on critical substation and Trip alert system via SMS.

Company industry:
General Engineering Consultancy
Job role:
Management

Assistant Manager

March 2007 - December 2007

Tamil Nadu Water Investment Company Ltd

Chennai, India

March 2007 - December 2007

Planned project implementation, installation, modification, continual improvement and handled responsibility to co-ordinate for construction/modification drawing approval and adopting Environmental Health and safety at worksite.
Involved in activities like installation and commissioning of 9 numbers of Common Effluent Water Treatment plant ranging from 4.5MLD to 12 MLD (Total of 52MLD) with professional construction sub-contractors like Tata projects Co. Ltd., Windsor Satyam Co. Ltd., Metax Engineering Co. Ltd., Doshion Co. Ltd., UEM India Limited, Nuchem Company Ltd.

Company industry:
Other Business Support Services
Job role:
Management

Senior Engineer

July 2002 - February 2007

National Company For sulphur Products (Al Areefi group of Cos)

Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

July 2002 - February 2007

 Planned installation, modification, continual improvement, project implementation and annual shutdown.
Prepared drawing, process flow, P&I diagram for Chemical and water plants and Adopting safety, working instructions for operating critical equipment, submitting the technical documents/bids to the customers.
As a Quality Management Representative, Internal Auditor implemented ISO90001:2000 for chemical industries.
Monitored installation of chemical plants like Sulphuric Acid Plant (98.5%)-150TPD, Oleum Plant (25%)-25TPD, Sodium Hypo plant (12%/13%)-120 TPD, Surface metal treatment Chemicals Plant), Detergent Chemical Plant like Linear Alkyl Benzene Sulphonic Acid (LABSA) Plant-50TPD, Sodium Laurel Ether Sulphate Plant (SLES)-50TPD) and Water Treatment Plants-200TPDx3.

Company industry:
Manufacturing
Job role:
Engineering

Electrical Engineer

July 1998 - July 2002

South India Viscose Industries Ltd

United Arab Emirates

July 1998 - July 2002

Project and Maintenance of VSF plants

Company industry:
General Engineering Consultancy
Job role:
Electrical Engineering

Service Engineer

August 1997 - March 1998

Fluid Power Components (ABB System House)

India

August 1997 - March 1998

for ABB drives with sales target

Company industry:
General Engineering Consultancy
Job role:
Engineering

Education

Annamalai University

June 2006

June 2006

Higher diploma, PG Diploma in Power Plant Instrumentation & Control

India

Adhiyamaan College of Engineering (University of Madras)

July 1997

July 1997

Bachelor's degree, Electrical & Electronics

India

Skills

Desalination
Expert
Desalination
Expert
Wastewater
Expert
Wastewater
Expert
Plant Operations
Expert
Plant Operations
Expert
Project Management
Expert
Project Management
Expert
Production Planning
Expert
Production Planning
Expert
Plant Operations
Expert
Plant Operations
Expert
Project Management
Expert
Project Management
Expert
Strategic Planning
Expert
Strategic Planning
Expert
Process Improvement
Expert
Process Improvement
Expert
Vendor Development
Expert
Vendor Development
Expert
Costing/Budgeting Measures
Expert
Costing/Budgeting Measures
Expert
Operations and Maintenance
Expert
Operations and Maintenance
Expert
QUALITY CONTROL
Expert
QUALITY CONTROL
Expert
Desalination
Expert
Desalination
Expert
Wastewater
Expert
Wastewater
Expert
Plant Operations
Expert
Plant Operations
Expert

Languages

English
Expert
Tamil
Expert
Hindi
Expert
French
Intermediate

Training and Certifications

Training
Safety Instruction course for Ship repair managers
NTUC Learning Hub Pte Ltd, Singapore
Apr 2011

Hobbies

  • Reading Books and News paper