Senior DCS Operator
Saudi industrial resins ltd
Total years of experience :17 years, 5 Months
Responsible for the operation control of the POLYESTER &VINYLESTER RESIN Reactors.
Monitor and controls the polyester & vinylester resin production process, pack columns, condenser through running in the state of the art Distributed Control System (DCS) Fisher Rosemount Delta V System.
Gathers data on operating conditions (e.g. pressure, temperature, level and flow rate) via DCS and interprets data and other related reports.
Responsible for the production of different types of resin e.g Polyester Resin (isophthalic, orthophthalic and terephthalic based) used in composite pipe manufacture and in fabrication of fiber reinforced plastics and synthetic marble.
Charging of different Inhibitors to control reactor process.
Making ready thinning tanks (Polyester drop tank) by adding styrene monomer, inhibitors and stabilized agents. And perform inhibitor test & gel test to verify.
Perform regular sampling as per the established procedure and schedule.
Performs condition monitoring of the equipment and records all operating parameters of the plant on the required frequency.
Assist in major maintenance works and preventive maintenance during plant shutdown.
Ensures that safety and quality procedures, standards and policies are properly observed.
Responsible for the support of Company Safety, environment and Quality policies and programs. And carrying out specific duties and responsibilities related to my job as spelled out in Management system documentation policies, procedures, local documentation, Management System Manual, Safety manual and other related documents.
To control the operation of distillation unit using YOKOGAWA (Japan) DCS system in the shift.
To operate DE salter for crude desalting purpose.
To operate oil/gas fired furnaces for optimum use of fuels, controlling excess Oxygen, draft, bridge wall temp and skin temperatures.
To control Centrifugal & Reciprocating Pumps, Heat exchangers, Re-boiler, De-salters, Compressors, Gas gathering System, Refinery Knockout system.
Control all parameters to produce products on specifications (Lp Gas, naphtha, JP-1, JP-4, MTT, LWK, HSD, LDO and Furnace fuel oil).
To operate stabilizer for controlling RVP of naphtha& LPG Production.
To deal with emergencies during operation of all units.
Prepare equipment of plant for handover to maintenance department.
Attended ~ 4 shutdowns including turnarounds, planned & unplanned shutdown and then subsequent Startup.
To handle the Crude Oil Storage & feed charging to CDU (Crude Distillation Unit) Plant.
Intermediate product storage & charge to process units (Light Naphtha, Heavy Naphtha, VGO, Reformate and Stabilized Naphtha).
LPG receiving from LPG Merox unit in LPG storage spheres & feeding to fuel gas system.
Supervise the Contractor’s activities in Commissioning & cleaning different product tanks.
Nitrogen provision operation at different tanks.
Responsible for operation of Coalescer filter for removing H2O from products and changing of its cartridges weekly.
Hand experience to switch over of rundown & delivery tanks.
Well knowledge about different kinds of tanks such as sphere tanks, floating roof tanks, cone roof tanks etc. and Sampling & gauging of different product tanks manually.
To ensure optimum availability & consumption of utilities for safe operation of units.
Control Troubleshooting in process operation (power failure power dip, instrument air failure, pressure & level, fuel gas pressure, E& I equipment).
To check the quality of petroleum products & took action in case of any abnormality.
Water flushing, Air blowing, Hydraulic testing and N2 purging of pipelines according to procedure.
Well versed with routine and special procedures, troubleshooting, work permit system, Integrated Management System and ISO 9001, 14001 & 18001 (OHSAS).