Maintenance Manager, Project Manager

Professional with 28.8 years of experience in plant maintenance & engineering , installation, commissioning of various static and rotary equipments in the petrochemical / Fertilizer plants.

Oman Plants Services Company (OPSC)
Manager - Engineering & Maintenance: Mar 2006 – 28 Sep 2008.

Company Overview: OPSC is a multinational company managing the operation and maintenance for Oman Methanol Company at Sohar.
Job Profile:

• Formulating sound policies and strategies and implementing effective engineering & maintenance management systems.

• Implementing and managing the engineering and maintenance activities within the approved budget.
• Managed the field execution work group activities and maintained high equipment / system availability.

Achievements:
• Set up the Engineering & Maintenance Department , manned it and implemented maintenance procedures and practices..
• Maintenance dept achieved the KPI targets every month through excellent team work and follow up.
Saudi Basic Industries Corporation, (SABIC), Al-Jubail, KSA
Sr. Project Engineer: October 2004 to March 2006.
Project: Arrazi Plant-I Revamp Project
Job Profile:
• As team leader – Mechanical, handled the mechanical work of Arrazi Plant-I Revamp Project (from Jan 2005 – March 2006)

• Executed various activities for medium size EPC projects.

Achievements:
• Completed projects within the budgeted cost and schedule maintaining quality.

Saudi Methanol Co (Ar-Razi), Al-Jubail, KSA
Project Engineer / Mechanical Engineer: Mar 1998 - Oct 2004

Projects
• Ar-Razi Methanol Plant-IV having a design capacity of 2500 MT / day.
• Tail Gas Project, New Sulfur Adsorber, New Hcl Tank, New Waste Liquid Tank

Job Profile:
• Reviewed project scope document, cost estimates, ITB (Invitation to Bid) and scope of work, contract documents etc.

• Monitored the construction activities, safety aspects and project progress versus target.

IFFCO, Kalol Unit, India.
Manager Maintenance (Inspection): May 1994 – Mar 1998.
Sr. Engineer - Maintenance: May 1981 – Apr 1994.
Trainee Engineer: Nov 1979 – Apr 1981.

Company Overview: IFFCO Kalol Unit is a large Ammonia & Urea complex with necessary offsite facilities.
Job Profile:
• Managed the inspection activities of the static and rotating equipments of the total plant including utilities.
• Managed the Ammonia plant maintenance,involved with plant modification & revamp projects.
• Selected the compressors, steam turbines, pumps etc. for the ammonia plant.

• BE ( Mechanical), Madurai Kamaraj University, India,1979
• Diploma (Maintenance Management), IMME New Delhi

• ASNT LEVEL-II in Radiography Testing, Modi Institute, Surat

• Innovative Insitu replacement of Liner Segment in Urea reactor, Fertilizer Association of India
• Effective utilization off gas(Tail Gas), Sabic Techincal Meet (STM-5)