Process Engineer (Petrochemicals)

Personal & Professional Growth

•Market and Feasibility study
•Technical Bid Analysis
•Coordination with PMC & EPC for Royal Commission Regulatory compliance
•Production, Material & Safety Management
•Customer Satisfaction to QMS ISO:9001-2000
•Coordination with Government Bodies for Statutory Compliance
•Engineering & Safety Audit compliance
•Incident analysis doing fault tree, root cause and make forward path for enhanced reliability
•Team Leader for CASHE (Change Agent for Safety, Health & Environment)– ergonomic deviations & chemical exposure
•Incident & Accident Investigation and improvement plans
•Assist Plant HOD in operations & HSEF
•HSE compliance – job specific risk assessment, statutory for Air, Water & Land consent, records for OSHAS & EMS,
•PSSR (Pre Start – Up Safety Review), Job Specific Risk Assessments for PVC CAPEX from 150 KTA to 230 KTA
•Supervision and operation of manufacturing facility using DCS and PLC
•Trouble-shooting & Emergency Handling
•Support Project team for CAPEX Jobs & OJT of new recruits in plant
•Preparation and review of Safety Manual, SOPs, Checklists and Emergency Handling Procedures
•Facilitator for HAZOP study of FCO & DBN
•coordination with contractors, consultants and licensor during erection, pre – commissioning and commissioning activities.
•Commissioned: Ammonia Refrigeration system 2000 TR, Rotary Dryer BMS (Direct Fired), DM Water system and Pneumatic Conveying.
•Site trials and performance checks
•Permit To Work System for Hot, Cold, Work at height, excavation high pressure jet operation & vessel entry permits
•Process Calculations for monitoring performance
•Catalyst replacement & regeneration, distillation columns water boiling, floating roof tanks roof repair

Contributions:
1.Improved HSE performance by reducing number of injuries, brought ergonomic improvements and arrested chemical emissions by leading LDAR program. Assisted HOD Safety to achieve IMS (ISO: 9001, 14001 & OSHAS: 18001) certification.
2.Trouble-shooting of York compressor to restrict production loss to 3500 tons
3.Improved Incineration On-Stream hours from 4100 to 8000 hrs.
4.Trouble shooting to save nearly 3000 tons of Production
5.100% Close out of 80 Near-miss incidents.
6.Onsite modifications during erection stage
7.Arrested material & utility losses, Process Downtime
8.Introduced process and operational modifications

- Qualification is Bachelor of Engineer (Chemical)
- Year of Passing June 1990
- Grade [First Class with Distinction] [71%]
- University - Gujarat University,
- State & Country - Gujarat & India

Member of - Indian Institute for Chemical Engineers