Manikandan NandhaKumar
Rotating and Turbomachinery Equipment Engineer
About
An overall ten (10) years of professional experience in oil & gas, petrochemical and power industries. Acts as Lead Engineer / Senior Engineer / Application Engineer covering different project phases i.e., Proposal, Conceptual Study, Front End Engineering Design (FEED), Basic Engineering Design (BED), Detail Engineering Design (DED) engineering for offshore, onshore oil and gas, and power generation industries covering rotating equipment and turbomachinery package equipment and associated facilities.
Experience
Senior Technical Professional Mechanical (Rotating Equipment) - KBR Inc - Bangalore, India
(2024 - 2025)
PETROBRAS BRAZIL P-84 ATAPU / P-85 SEPIA FIELD DEVELOPMENT AREA – OFFSHORE TOPSIDE DETAILED ENGINEERING PROJECTS
- Preparation of material requisitions, mechanical datasheet, vendor offer review , purchase requisitions, attending bid clarification meetings, attending technical kick off meetings, vendor documents review after PO, HAZOP study participation, P&ID review, FAT and SAT participation.
- Package handled : API 617 Product Gas Compressor (Centrifugal type), API 610 centrifugal pumps (OH2 and BB2 type), Chemical Injection pumps (API 675), AODD pumps ( Manufacture standard), Offshore riser leak test pump skid (Manufacturer standard), Flare recovery units with API 681 liquid ring vacuum pumps, API 682 Mechanical Seals and Auxiliary system and API 692 dry gas seals and auxiliary systems.
Rotating Equipment Engineer - Wood Plc - Chennai, India
(2023 - 2024)
ADNOC Sour Gas, Abu Dhabi – Onshore (Midstream) FEED Projects
- Preparation of material requisitions, mechanical datasheets, vendor offer reviews.
- Package handled : API 610 centrifugal pumps (OH2, BB4, VS1 and VS4 type), Nitrogen Generation units, API 672 integrally geared centrifugal air compressor, API 685 seal less centrifugal pumps.
Rotating Equipment Engineer - Wood Plc - Chennai, India
(2023 - 2024)
IOCL Offsite and Utilities Package , Paradip , Odisha , India – Onshore (Midstream) Detailed Engineering Projects
- Preparation of material requisitions, mechanical datasheet, vendor offer review , purchase requisitions, attending bid clarification meetings, attending technical kick off meetings, vendor documents review after PO.
- Package handled : API 610 centrifugal pumps (OH2, VS1 and VS4 type), ISO 5199 centrifugal pumps (OH and BB type).
Rotating Equipment Engineer - Wood Plc - Chennai, India
(2023 - 2024)
IOCL Petrochemical and Lube Integration Project (Lupech J-18), Vadodara, Gujarat, India – Onshore (Midstream) Detailed Engineering Projects
- Preparation of material requisitions, mechanical datasheet, vendor offer review , purchase requisitions, attending bid clarification meetings, attending technical kick off meetings, vendor documents review after PO.
- Package handled : API 610 centrifugal pumps (OH2, BB2 and VS4 type), API 676 Positive displacement pumps, NFPA 20 Fire water pumps, Submersible pumps (Manufacture standard).
Application Engineer - Flowserve - Chennai, India
(2018 - 2023)
Roles and Responsibilities
- Preparation of Technical and Commercial proposal for API 682 and API 692 standard wet and dry gas mechanical seal and sealing systems.
- Handled Major End user projects as listed below
Planning and Efficiency Engineer - Thermax - Cuddalore, Tamil Nadu, India
(2016 - 2018)
Roles and Responsibilities
- Continuously monitoring the operation of 42 MW coal based captive power plant which involved following equipment AFBC water tube boiler and its auxiliaries, Horizontal multistage extraction cum condensing turbine, FD fan, PA fan, ID fan, various of type of pumps and monitoring CHP (coal handling plant), WTP ( Water treatment plant), Cooling tower etc…
- Asset Integrity Management on Power plant major critical Turbine, Boiler, Compressor, Boiler Feed Water and Auxiliary Cooling water pumps.
- Schedule, monitoring and follow up the preventive maintenance, corrective maintenance and overhauling of the equipment based on site conditions.
Supervisor - Om Sakthi Engineering Works - Vishakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh, India
(2014 - 2015)
Roles and Responsibilities
- Supervising NDT dye penetrating testing and Hydro testing of pipe spools for submarine vessels.
Education
Bachelors of Engineering (Hons) - Mechanical Engineering - Anna University, India (2010 - 2014)
