Engineering Manager, specific to PIPING and PLANT design in an EPC setup

To lead a group of PIPING professionals, for achieving result oriented engineering execution in PROPOSAL engineering as well as detailed engineering with 3D based plant design of hydrocarbon sector.

Associations with Professional bodies, as LIFE MEMBERS:

1. Computer Society of India
2. Indian Society for Nondestructive Testing (India)
3. Indian Institute of Metals
4. Indian Institute of Welding
5. Institution of Chartered Engineers (India)

Professional: 39 years working experience in assorted fields.

1. Oil & Gas (13 yrs)
a. Refineries
b. Offshore platforms
c. Onshore O & G processing
2. Fertilizer and assorted industries (18 yrs, which includes 4 yrs in Field Construction)
3. Chemicals (2 yrs)
4. Petrochemicals (2 yrs)
5. Cryogenics (2 yrs)
6. Food Processing (1 yr)
7. Teaching Mechanical Engineering subjects to college students at Regional Engineering College, Calicut (1 yr)

Nature of works executed
1. Proposal engineering
2. Supervision of detailed plant designs using PDS (of late, for the past 12 years) as the tool for refinery plant models
3. Procurement of (a) Mechanical Equipments (b) Process packages and (c) Piping bulk items
4. Field Construction Management

Companies worked with

1. L & T Chiyoda Limited, Baroda, India (8 yrs)
2. Linde Process Technologies, Baroda, India (2 yrs)
3. Projects and Development India Limited, (two locations) Sindri and Baroda, India (23 yrs)
4. Consolidated Contractors International Company, at Athens (Greece) and at Abu Dhabi (UAE), after the office moved to this city (5 yrs)
5. Teaching in Engineering Colleges (1 yr)

Overseas Assignments
1. Japan
2. Italy
3. Singapore
4. Greece
5. UAE
6. Qatar
7. Saudi Arabia

Additional Expertise
Interviewing skill (Had interviewed over 2000 candidates for recruitment / induction into the organizations, Linde, L & T Chiyoda and CCC.

Positions held
1. Dy. Chief Engineer: Projects & Development India Limited, At Baroda
2. Resident Construction Manager: Projects & Development India Limited at Rashtriya Chemicals and Fertilizers Limited at (a) Trombay and (b) Thal sites.
3. Manager Technical Services: Linde Process Technologies, Baroda, India
4. Dy. General Manager: L & T Chiyoda Limited, Baroda
5. Section Head (Piping): Consolidated Contractors International Company, at Athens (Greece) and at Abu Dhabi

B. Sc. (Physics): First Class
B. Sc. (Engg), Mechanical: First Rank in First Class, 1968 Kerala University
FIE: (Fellowship in the Institution of Engineers (India)

Associations with Professional bodies, as LIFE MEMBERS:

1. Computer Society of India
2. Indian Society for Nondestructive Testing (India)
3. Indian Institute of Metals
4. Indian Institute of Welding
5. Institution of Chartered Engineers (India)

Projects/fields worked upon
1. Urea
2. Ammonia
3. Oil gasification
4. PSA Package skids for ammonia and carbon monoxide
5. Purge gas recovery
6. Oil storage terminal and cross-country pipeline
7. Dextrose, breweries and liquid glucose products
8. Crude distillation unit
9. Fluidized catalyst cracker unit for refineries
10. Hydrogen generation plants
11. Wax hydro-finishing unit
12. Butadiene Handling
13. Formaldehyde
14. Methanol
15. Hydro-treater
16. Offshore platforms
17. Mini-refinery skid
18. Di-methyl Amine
19. Gas gathering stations
Technologies familiarized during the association of hydrocarbon industry.
• IFP
• UOP
• Haldor Topsoe
• KBR
• Toyo
• Shell
• Aramco
. Total

Visit to overseas consultants’ offices for engineering association
 M/s Toyo Engg. Corporation, Japan 1974.
 M/s Snamprogetti, Italy 1981
 M/s Chiyoda Corporation, Japan 1995