GAUTHAM KULANTHAIPANDIAN
Tirunelveli,Tamilnadu
Summary
To describe myself in a nutshell, I am a qualied Instrumentation & Control Engineer oering around 10 years of experience in Maintenance Management, Erection & Commissioning Activities, Resource Management, Project Execution, Team Management in Oil & Gas elds.
My basic objective is to hone in my skills for comprehensive personality development and be an epitome of trust and reliability in the corporate world.
Overview
10
10
years of professional experience
Work History
Instrument Supervisor
Bader almulla, Brothers company S.P.C
2022.06 - Current
- Supervise a team to perform all equipment maintenance corrective and preventive work orders on the plant/facility as needed or upon set frequency. Create a weekly schedule and Yearly Schedule and manage the department's efficiency KPI's on a weekly basis.
- Extensive troubleshooting, maintenance experience for Smart (HART) and Foundation Fieldbus (FF) type eld devices of all process variable of various Manufacturer like, Foxboro, ABB, Emerson Rosemount, E&H, Yokogawa Etc.
- Researched current industry standards related to instrumentation design, installation and maintenance practices.
- Provided support during commissioning activities including start-up, shutdowns.
- Coordinated with vendors to purchase new instruments or parts as needed.
- Developed preventive maintenance schedules for all instruments.
- Performed spare parts review for all instrumentation items including package units and prepare an appropriate stock proposal.
- Comply with maintenance personnel to ensure the safety and quality of our operations during plant/facility repairs or jobs.
- Performs various preventative maintenance and corrective maintenance functions and records findings in maintenance log
- Assigning work orders ensuring that safety-related repairs and repairs affecting are the highest priority.
- Assisting maintenance associates with diagnosis and repairs, when necessary. Creating a punch list for maintenance that needs to be completed, scheduling vendors and contractors as needed, obtaining needed supplies and materials, completing all maintenance tasks, inspecting completed work.
- Performed preventive maintenance, calibration and troubleshooting of process control instrumentation.
- Maintaining inventory levels and making sure replacement parts and tools are maintained at adequate levels and that shop area are neatly organized
Instrument Engineer
Bader Al Mulla & Brothers Company
Kuwait
2021.11 - 2022.06
- Detailed study of work for plan and execution of shutdown and installation of panels in safe manner
- Ensure the detailed design engineering plan and execution of project as per standards and client requirements.
- Shutdown sequence and plant critical parameters monitoring to ensure the plant safety systems.
- Erection of panels carried out with vendor's safe erection protocol approved by KOC (client)
- Execute Old panel Determination and Re- termination activity as per plan and notify the distractions of plan & enhance the support by train the people
- Ensuring the required materials, tools and other accessories with specified standard
- Laying of new power cables with its sizing, load capacity and from/to philosophy
- Allocation and assigning of manpower individuals with training for the specific planned jobs.
- Following the scheduled jobs as per plan and activity completion with documentation
- Power up of panel with technically authorized personnel and vendor to ensure the readiness of panel with its powered equipment.
- Assist to SAT activity and technical punch points raised by clients.
- Raising the remarks and complaints for the specific job which are controversy by plan and execution with its necessity according to the existing system.
- Technically supporting the entire teams for enhanced execution of jobs as of panel isolation, determination, prepare panel mounting, panel erection, routing the cable and wires and re- termination.
- Listing of Digital, I/O tags for Line monitoring, to install the End of Line resistors to monitor loop from I/O cards to eld instruments.
- Implemented new technologies into existing process control systems.
- Check with tag (Instrument) compliance for hookup and looping the eld instruments to specified tag assigned in DCS SCADA operation.
- Final review of safe accessing panels for maintenance handover with no loose wires, proper enclosure of gland plates, good condition of panel lights and fan, panel indications and healthiness
Sr Instrument Tech
BADER ALMULLA BROTHERS SPC
2020.08 - 2021.11
- Perform tasks assigned by the project commissioning Leader, related to the preparation and execution of the pre-commissioning, commissioning and startup activities. Interface with engineering disciplines, construction personnel, vendor's, and subcontractors
- Coordinated the installation of instruments on-site while ensuring safety protocols were followed.
- Supervises Pre commissioning eld activities for CRU,ARDS Units in KIPIC
- Ensure safe execution of all commissioning activities through the application of the work permit procedure.
- Coordinates activities of vendor representatives and subcontractors
- Fire alarm system Preventive maintenance for buildings and MOBs and FAR and Substation
- Review and witnessing Partial stock test (PST) For Valve (Fisher) using Hart communicator.
- Instrument Preservation as per Schedule and review and witnessing the loop check activity and cause and effect, Safety Instrument Function, Functional test as per Standard.
- Review/approve instrument/control system testing plans (ITPs), pre-commissioning, and commissioning/start-up procedures
- Oversee the PMC activities related to instrument/control system works, which include loop checks, function checks and SATs
- Ensures Instrument/control system works during commissioning and startup/early operation periods are successfully completed
- Conducted functional testing, loop checking and diagnostics checks on various instrumentation equipment.
- Reviewed engineering drawings, schematics and diagrams to verify accuracy of installed instruments.
Sr Instrument Tech
ARABI ENERTECH KSC
Kuwait
2018.10 - 2020.07
- Upgrading existing export facilities Duration, Review/ Plan Execution of Works on Instrumentation Activities Such As Installation Of Instrument Junction Boxes, Conduits, Layout/ Installation Of Cable Trays, Cable Pulling-Primary & Secondary, Termination Of Cables And Loop Continuity And Loop Checking
- Work Includes Installation of Heat Tracing, Impulse Tubing, Instrument Stanchions, Air Lines and System Conducting Leak Testing
- Coordinates With Engineers About Work Priorities, Study Plans and Drawings
- Prepare Materials, Equipment and Tools Needed for The Specific Activities
- Distribute Manpower and Monitor Daily Accomplishment for Daily Activity Report
- Experience Of Maintenance Scheduling, Organizing, Coordinating and Controlling/Monitoring Work
- Monitor Site Activities for Potential Contractual / Claims Problems Maintain Records of Site Activities and Check Contractor Records For Accuracy Review Look - Ahead Schedules & Ensure Future Work / Instrument / Interface Issues Are Communicated and Resolved
- Installation Of Rim Seal Fire Production System on The Tank Farm Area Installation Of Hydrocarbon Detector as Per Client Requirement (Dual Channel Mode)
- Experience & Knowledge in EWP (Permit to Work System
- Koc (Kuwait Oil Company) Approved As An Instrumentation Foreman Experience And Proper Knowledge About VFDS,ADS,LHDS,HCD,Rim Seal Fire Production
Instrumentation Technician
Almeer Technical Services Co WLL
2018.03 - 2018.05
- Calibrating all type of instrument (Temperature Gauge, Temperature Switch, PressureGauge, Pressure Switch, Transmitters)
- Loop checking of all instrument control cables
- Troubleshooting and rectification of instrument related problems
- Preparation of shutdown maintenance schedules & plans
- Supervise the work and the assigned personnel in the Team
- Perform all the work as a Team player and submit daily work report to higher authorities
- Disconnect inaccurate or damaged instruments and rectify suitable replacements
- Calibrate instruments to coincide with established standards
- Conducts scheduled inspections of instruments and makes adjustments to those not functioning
- Remove faulty instruments, examines mechanisms, clean parts, replace worn-out or broken parts
- Assemble instruments and checks via testing apparatus
- Pre commissioning eld and SAT activities in JPF and CPF in North Kuwait.
Instrument Engineer
GE oil and Gas, IOCL RAJAHMUNDRY, AP
2014.07 - 2018.02
- Installation and commissioning of DCS (Distributed Control System) of Emerson Delta V ver-10.3.4i)
- Gauge of Pressure, Temperature, Flow and Level of Various Models Fire alarm panel Loop checking & troubleshooting (Honeywell) Terminal loop checking field to Master Control station
- Experience in PT and TT calibration
- Experience in Density meter calibration (Bobb & Ruther) Experience in commissioning of blue dye dosing via GE Fanuc plc
- Experience in Batch controller loop checking (Danload 6000)
- Experience in integration field instrument to control system (Smart Instruments) Modbus
- Experience in GE PLC versa max and Ge Func 90-30 troubleshooting Experience in Maintenance of PRV valves, Pressure gauge Experience in Maintenance of Rosemount Tank gauging System
- Perform preventive, corrective and breakdown maintenance of process control instruments in oil and gas production facilities (DCV,Air Eliminators,PD meter)
- Have ability to read P & I Diagram, Functional logic diagram, Gate Logic, Relay Logic, Loop Diagram, Ladder Diagram & Loop Schematic
- Calibration and servicing of ESD Valves, Self-Operated Valves, and Solenoid Operated Valve
- Calibration and repairing of Pressure, Temperature, Flow and Level Switches and Gauges
- Servicing of SOVs, Regulators and other accessories in control valves
- Perform loop checking and loop setting to the client as per schedule
- Perform wire checking of field instrument to junction box up to the Control Room
- Termination of instrument cables, transmitters, junction box cross connection on marshalling panels
- Perform all the job, as advised by Supervisor and give daily production reports
- Field instrument installation based on instrument location plan and Piping instrument diagram (P & ID)
- Termination and installation of level switch on truck loading area
- (granules) Loop checking of instrument controllers, such as Honeywell, smart transmitter and control valves stroking and functional testing
- Wire checking and continuity checking from instrument junction box to control panel
- On site validation/ calibration PT, FT, LT and TT
- Testing of fire alarm, smoke detector and heat protector
- Preventive Maintenance of all field Instruments (Control Valves,Density Meter, Pressure Transmitter)
- AOPS Level Sensor Calibration (SIL Alarm for HHH level) Controlling and monitoring Of DCS System
- Batch Controller configuration as per site requirement (Danload 6000) Experience in Integration of Radar Gauge to TFMS (Tank form Management System)With FBM(Field Bus Modem) and FCU(Field Control Unit)
Education
Bachelor of Engineering - Electronics and Instrumentation Engineering
PGP College of Engineering And Technology, Anna University
2014-05
Skills
- Deep understanding of PLC Programming ladder logic and all aspects of inputs and outputs of the system
- Reviews and approves design drawings for assigned segment of a project
- Review the vendor documents as per client requirements
- Knowledge of the different types of communications (RS-232,RS-485,TCP/IP)
- Participates in the preparation of equipment lists, instrument index and process speciations for instruments
- Hands on Experience with ESD system, DCS systems, Emerson Delta Honeywell Experion PKS PLCs Allen Bradley, ICS Triplex, GE Fanuc, Yokogawa Prosafe, Siemens S7-400
- Ability to read and understand P &Id Symbols & Diagram, Loop Diagram, Hook Up Drawing, Cause & Effect
- Knowledge of advancements in instrumentation
- Proficiency in using advanced diagnostic tools and techniques
- Diagnoses and trouble-shoots system faults on PLC and implements appropriate remedial actions
- Good knowledge about safety integrated systems, SIL Rating, ESD System and fail-safe systems
- Good Knowledge about PLC programming,SCADA Mapping,SPI Tools
Languages
- English
- Hindi
- Telugu
Accomplishments
- Yokogawa award Certificate cate for successfully commissioning of GC-19 ICSS Upgraded Project (Replacement of control & Safety System )
References
References available upon request.
Timeline
Instrument Supervisor
Bader almulla, Brothers company S.P.C
2022.06 - Current
Instrument Engineer
Bader Al Mulla & Brothers Company
2021.11 - 2022.06
Sr Instrument Tech
BADER ALMULLA BROTHERS SPC
2020.08 - 2021.11
Sr Instrument Tech
ARABI ENERTECH KSC
2018.10 - 2020.07
Instrumentation Technician
Almeer Technical Services Co WLL
2018.03 - 2018.05
Instrument Engineer
GE oil and Gas, IOCL RAJAHMUNDRY, AP
2014.07 - 2018.02
Bachelor of Engineering - Electronics and Instrumentation Engineering
PGP College of Engineering And Technology, Anna University
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