An astute professional with over 17 years experience in overseeing overall operations entailing Project Management, Erection & Commissioning, Maintena

Senior managerial assignments in Operations/ Project Management/ Erection & Commissioning / Maintenance / Health, Safety & Environment/ QA/ QC with an organisation of repute

An astute professional with over 17 years experience in overseeing overall operations entailing Project Management, Erection & Commissioning, Maintenance, EHS as well as QA & QC in the oil and gas Industry. Currently designated as Chief Manager (Operation & Maintenance) with Mahanagar Gas Ltd. Proficient in handling overall operations encompassing planning day-to-day activities, allocation of work and achievement of pre-designated production targets within the given resources. Qualified trainer for various training modules of City Gas Distribution system developed by British Gas. Adept at overseeing projects for steel networks and executing, testing and fabricating steel, PE network and GI, copper installations. In-depth understanding of Oil & Gas related standards and codes like ASME B 31.8, 31.8S, P11, API, AGA, SSPC, and various BS, BG standards. An exemplary communicator with excellent relationship management and team supervision abilities. B.E. (Mechanical) with honours from Pune University, Pune in 1989.


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CAREER HIGHLIGHTS

August 2002 – Till Date Chief Manager (Operation & Maintenance)
Mahanagar Gas Ltd
A JVC between GAIL, British Gas & govt. of Maharashtra

My responsibility as Chief Manager (O&M) involves the management of all the activities related to operations and maintenance of steel network in the city which include the following:

• COMMISSIONING & DECOMMISSIONING OF PIPELINES
Commissioning & de-commissioning of steel lines. My job is to ensure that the lines are in proper condition before commissioning. This also involves co-ordination with construction department for nitrogen purging of steel line & various other jobs such as HOT TAPPING & STOPPLING (making connections in the pipelines without stopping the gas supply) etc.

• GAS BALANCING.
Operations & Maintenance (O&M) in City Gate Station (CGS), which is the hand over point for gas by GAIL to MGL. Gas is supplied at 35 bar pressure which is reduced to 19bar at CGS. Daily Gas Balancing & Maintaining LUAG (Record of unaccounted gas) to ( +/ - ) 1.0%.

• QUALITY & ENVIRONMENT STANDARDS
ISO 9001:2000 & ISO 14000:2004 responsibility for the O & M department and related activities

ACADEMIC CREDENTIALS/ACHIVEMENTS
Qualification Board /University Year of passing Result
SSC Pune 1983 77.71 %
HSC Pune 1985 77.0% (91 % in PCM)
B.E. (Mechanical) Pune University 1989 First class – 62.28 %

Health, Safety and Environment
?  Managing operational business risk by developing traffic light assessment and business risk register for all key operational activities in gas distribution system.
?  Involved in developing a disaster management plan in district state crisis group as well as executing Non-routine Operations.
?  Handling emergencies with respect to gas escapes, explosion, fire in Steel, PE and domestic installations.
?  Involvement in risk based studies of pipeline, plant equipments like HAZARDOUS OPERATION, HAZARD IDENTIFICATION.


Quality Assurance / Quality Control
?  Implementations of ISO Systems viz., ISO 14001:2004, ISO 9001:2000 and TQM methods to motivate the employees at all levels & improve the skills by imparting continuous training.
?  Handling proper documentation viz. Quality manual, various Procedures, work instructions and quality records for ISO 9001: 2000.
?  Liaising with factory inspector / pollution control board / electrical inspector / other allied technical statutory bodies as well as Police, Fire brigade, and BMC during emergencies