Mantripragada Mallapa Raju, Acting Head

Mantripragada Mallapa Raju

Acting Head

RasGas Co. Ltd

Location
Qatar - Doha
Education
Bachelor's degree, Chemistry, Physics & Mathematics
Experience
38 years, 9 Months

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Total years of experience :38 years, 9 Months

Acting Head at RasGas Co. Ltd
  • Qatar - Doha
  • My current job since January 2013

Working as Acting Head of Competency and Training from Jan 2013.

Leading a team of 5 training coordinators (National, expat and simulation), 7 Procedure
Writers and 3 Supervisors.
• Steward the Qatari National Training program along with QP Training program.
• Steward the development of learning Management Systems to monitor the training and competency of National trainees and experience operators/supervisor/engineers.
• Participate in the development of Key Performance Indicators (KPI) for training and competency section.
• Develop SMART objectives for the section personal and monitor their performance on monthly basis using Performance Management System.
• Develop training plan depending upon the job family requirement and to develop the section personal.
• Participate in the Manufacturing and Maintenance root cause failure analysis (RCFA) and align the gaps with the training/competency devilment.
• Developed recruitment and selection process for Training coordinators and procedures writers roles.
• Developed selection evaluation methods

Sr. Competency and Training Coordinator at RASGAS Company
  • Qatar - Doha
  • February 2008 to December 2012

Senior Competency and Training Coordinator
From 15th Feb 2008 - Dec 2012
- Coordinate Competency Department yearly Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) and Objectives preparation and prioritization.
- Prepared organization charts and job responsibilities for new positions.
- Prepare competency based trainings depending on Key Result Area (KRA) for different roles/positions.
- Identify the Business Interfaces and coordinate in the preparation of procedures.
- Preparing training modules for LNG plant. (Process Operator Guides)
- Preparation of Tasks and identify the procedural requirements for those tasks
- Segregation of Operation procedure depending up on the HAZOP study and prepare them.
- Coordinate with the other procedure writers and plan the path forward. Measure the progress of the work.
- Identify the training requirements for new recruits and assign the same.
- Plan for the future training related issues
- Prepare the Competency Assessment Packages for new operators and assess them.
- Prepared Nationals Training program for Shift Supervisor position.
- Team member for Mentoring and Coaching program.
- Conduct Assessments for Operators on thier competency.
- Supervise the Asset Training Facilitators and provide training reports to Manufacturing manager.
- Monitor the National Trainee performance and develop action plans to ensure their pals are being met.
- Follow with HR to take necessary disciplinary action for the trainees.
- Develop training programs for national and experienced operators and engineers.

Trainer/Production Specialist/Quality/EHS Coordinator at EQUATE Petochemical Company (DOW & PIC Joint venture)
  • Kuwait - Al Ahmadi
  • June 1996 to February 2008

Daily Production Specialist in Polypropylene Department

- Implemented Learning Management System of Tata Interactive Co. India
- Worked as Production Specialist/Trainer for the Polypropylene Plant.
- Monitoring the tasks for shift groups completion in Master Tasks List for Polypropylene Plant
- Analyzing the plant equipment failure rates and scheduling the preventive maintenance activities for compressors, pumps and instruments.
- Preparation and issue of daily, weekly and monthly production, variable cost and operational reports. Ordering additive on quarterly basis using SAP and PI.
- Depart required training on plant procedures. Ensure that all activities are carried out as per procedures. Coordinator for Electronic Data Management System (EDMS)
- Conduct gap analysis of the existing procedures and systems, identify changes and update procedures.
- Develop new procedures as per plant need.
- Develop & Maintains training manuals for PP operation.
- Ensure that all operators and supervisors are certified as per EQUATE competency program.
- Department representative for plant Asset Reliability Team. Preparation of monthly reports on Asset Mechanical Reliability and Capabilities of the units.
- Team Leader for the Alarm Management system for the plant.
- Participating in the DCS upgrade (Experion PKS) project (training issues) and logic modifications for all new projects.
- Trouble shooting the problems in Advanced Process Control system.
- Operating Discipline Management System Coordinator to take care of implementation of the system and ensuring auditing of the system.
- Schedule Internal Audits for self assessment of the Management Systems and fix the gaps.
-Distribute the audit out comings and prepare action items to complete the same.
- Issuing Management of Change (MOC) requirements for making modifications to improve reliability and production rates.
- Lead Root Cause Analysis for the operational problems.

Production Supervisor at IBN ZAHR
  • Saudi Arabia
  • May 1993 to May 1995

- Joined as Board operator in the Polypropylene plant (200, 000tons/annum) on TDC-3000 Honey Well Control System and actively participated in the commissioning and start up activities of Raw Materials Purification, Fluidized Bed Reactors, Propylene Recovery and Palletizing units.
- Promoted as Production Shift Supervisor & handled the shift operations with 3 Board operators and 6 Field operators. Involved in the trouble shooting of plant operations.

Production Engineer/Panel officer at Ethylene Glycol Company
  • India
  • May 1992 to May 1993

- Handled the shift operations with a work force of 3 Panel operators and 8 field operators.
- Handled the shift operations of Ethylene Oxide, Ethylene Glycol and Air Separation Units.
-Handled Ethylene Oxide and Ethyl Alcohol storage and tank farm activities.
- Worked on TDC-3000 Honeywell Control System in the Ethylene Glycol Plant.
-Actively participated in the commissioning and start up activities of Ethanol Purification, Ethanol Dehydration, Ethylene Oxide, Carbonate section, Glycol Reactor, Multiple Evaporators, Distillation columns and Air Separation units.

Production Supervisor at Hindustan Polymers
  • India
  • September 1983 to May 1991

Technical Assistant-5 years/Production Supervisor - 4 years. Sept 1983 to May 1992
M/S Hindustan Polymers, Visakhapatnam, INDIA

•Joined as Technical Assistant in Styrene Plant and worked in Benzene Unifining/Purification (Removal of H2S) section, Ethanol Dehydration, Ethylene Purification section, Alkylation Section, Ethyl benzene Dehydrogenation section, Styrene Purification (vacuum and pressurized distillation columns for separating benzene, toluene, ethyl benzene and styrene) and Nitrogen Producing Section.
•Gained good knowledge in operating different type of pumps, Compressors, natural & forced draft heaters, Distillation columns (Vacuum).
•Worked in the Main Control for the operation of above mentioned sections on Taylor and Mod30 controls.
•Promoted as Production Supervisor and handled the shift operations with a work force of 10 operators. Successfully handled all troubles during the shift operations

Education

Bachelor's degree, Chemistry, Physics & Mathematics
  • at Andhra University
  • June 1983

Advanced Post Graduation Diploma in Business Management and Administration International Diploma in Health, Safety and Environment by NEBOSH.

Specialties & Skills

Distillation
Preparation
Production
Action Planning
Computer Skills - MS Word/Excel/PowerPoint/Access
Certified Competency Assesor
Training Need Analysis
Management Of Change Process
Process Hazard Analysis

Languages

English
Intermediate
Hindi
Intermediate

Memberships

NEBOSH
  • Iernational Diploma
  • October 2009

Training and Certifications

(Certificate)
Date Attended:
March 1998
Valid Until:
March 1998
Certification in Statistical Process Control Techniques (Certificate)
Date Attended:
October 1998
Valid Until:
October 1998
(Certificate)
Date Attended:
June 1996
Valid Until:
June 1996
Advanced Process Control System for Polypropylene Production (Certificate)
Date Attended:
May 2004
Valid Until:
May 2004