INSTRUMENT & CONTROL ENGINEER
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An Internationally experienced PMP, TÜV Functional Safety engineer, Chartered & Professional Engineer with >34 years’ experience exclusively in the Petrochemical and Oil & Gas industry.
Worked in the companies –RELIANCE, SABIC, QATAR PETROLEUM, OMAN LNG & QCHEM, in Operation & Maintenance, Engineering & Design management, and technical support for In-house O&M projects, as well as for Major projects.
Engineering & Project management -Worked with EIL, Technip, CCC, Petrofac, Saipem and various other EPC consultants during project conceptual study phase, pre–FEED, FEED scope and EPIC stage.
Design Engineering competencies and experience of working with Shell DEPs, Aramco, ISA, IEC, API, ANSI, ASTM, ISO, SABIC, CELANESE, CPCHEM standards.
Last worked with L&T Hydrocarbon Engineering, Joint General manager - AM Business, from Sep ‘21 to July 2022.
Please find my attached CV for any suitable job vacancy within your organization.
I am an Instrumentation & Control professional with more than 3 decades (33 years) of experience exclusively in the Petrochemical and Oil & Gas industry and I would love to bring my expertise and enthusiasm to your team. I have worked in a variety of hydrocarbon plants at reputed companies (i.e. Reliance (IPCL) - India, SABIC, Qatar Petroleum & Oman LNG, QChem in the Gulf region), L&T Energy Hydrocarbon (LTEH) - India and I have significantly contributed my skills at all stages of our projects (from conceptual planning to commissioning).
Looking for an opportunity which involves:
My work as a Lead Design Engineer and in the Project Engineering Management for Instrumentation & Control systems has given me an exposure to the technical design environment in the Gulf region and an opportunity to work with the latest technology in the Oil & gas industry and petrochemical industry.
Health, Safety and Environment are my utmost priority while undertaking any task. I am a self-motivated team player leading a cross functional group.
Furthermore, my work from a management trainee / engineer to Deputy Manager with Indian Petrochemicals Corporations Limited (IPCL) since 1987 has given me tremendous exposure in the areas of project management, installation & commissioning of various world-class latest technology projects and facilities. I believe it's time for me to give back my knowledge acquired to upcoming teams.
I have always emphasized on Quality Control while executing my work. A spirit of teamwork with an organized and systematic approach to our tasks has always prevailed in my teams.
In order to further my career in the Oil & Gas industry / the petrochemical industry I seek this opportunity. I aspire for a positive response and a recommended course of action to come onboard!
Thank You,
Yours sincerely,
My entire experience is in Petrochemicals and Oil & Gas industry and have worked on the companies –RELIANCE, SABIC, QATAR PETROLEUM, OMAN LNG & QCHEM, L&T Energy Hydrocarbon (LTEH). I have more than 3 decades years of experience having worked with Instrumentation & Control Systems – Operation & Maintenance, Engineering & Design management and technical support for In-house O&M projects, as well as for Major projects.
I am a member of ISA & SPE. I am also a member of ISA 105 & 106 Standard committees. I have published four technical papers at international conferences including at Petrotech, Emerson global, ISA-US & SPE Qatar.
Bachelor of Engineering in Electronics & Communications, Gujarat University, India 1982-1986
b) US / LCN / UCN maintenance - Aug 1994
c) LM-620 Implementation - Mar 1995
a) Workshop for engineering staff.
b) Purchase requisitions & service entries.
c) Time writing for project systems.
d) Project Completion confirmation.
e) Financial & engineering project management.
PROJECT, CONSTRUCTION, QA/QC, COMMISSIONING COMPETENCIES.
DESIGN ENGINEERING COMPETENCIES.
(1) EMPLOYER:Reliance Group Company- Indian Petrochemicals Corporation Limited
July 1987 – May 2001.
Location: Gandhar Petrochemical Complex, P O Dahej, Tal: Vagra Dist: Bharuch Gujarat.
JULY 1987: Position: Management trainee,
Project : Dry spun acrylic fiber project
Worked as “management trainee” for a year during erection and commissioning of Dry Spun Acrylic Fiber
Project.
JULY 1988: Position: Maintenance engineer Instruments
Plant : Dry spun acrylic fiber plant
Responsible for Dry Spun Acrylic Fiber Plant Maintenance, Satisfactory operation of Control Loops, Sequential operations, revamping jobs and preventive maintenance.
OCTOBER 1992: Position: Senior maintenance engineer -instruments
Plant : Gujarat olefins plant- Neptha cracker
Responsible for plant instruments maintenance. Various types of instruments handled and various modification and revamping jobs carried out.
OCTOBER, 1994: Position : Senior maintenance engineer projects
Project : GOP- Instrument revamp project
Plant has undergone instrument revamp and came up with TDC-3000 DCS, Triconix TMR PLC, LM-620 logic manager & Gas Chromatography. Worked during bids evaluation & ordering of DCS, PLC and Gas Chromatography. Also carried out system design configuration and technical detailed engineering along with consultant EIL.
JULY 1995: Position: Senior project engineer Instruments
Project: Ethylene project - Gandhar task force
Worked as lead Senior Engineer for Ethylene project Instrumentation. Reviewed the technological transfer documents of licenser M/s Stone & Webster -Instrumentation volumes. Reviewed and helped EIL in preparation of P & ID’s of plant. Reviewed the material requisitions prepared by EIL for various instrumentation items. Carried out the detailed DCS & PLC evaluation. Undergoing various MR-Review, Technical Evaluation and Procurement activities.
Phase-I: Gandhar Petrochemicals complex.
Also, worked in Phase-I plants for various procurements, detailed engineering of OSBL Plant, Jetty and Bulk procurement. Worked during erection and commissioning of VCM plant having TDC- 3000 DCS System.
Phase-II:
(1) Technical evaluation:
Reviewed and commented all the material requisitions of EIL. Evaluated various offers of vendors and various other related activities.
(2) Procurement:
At IPCL end carried out all the purchase activities. These activities include technical commenting on MR, evaluation technical offers of vendors, preparing technical queries to be taken up with vendors & EIL. All of the above-mentioned activities were handled single handedly composing of altogether 25 different cases of Ethylene project - Instrumentation.
(3) Detailed engineering:
Technical meetings / DCS / PLC engineering / drawings review: Participated in various technical meetings with vendors and consultant M/s EIL New Delhi. Carried out detailed engineering work of DCS package. Review of Software design manual, hardware design manual, General assembly drawings of various panels, interfacing with DCS. Carried out detailed engineering of complete analyzer ABB package comprising of 56 different Gas chromatographs.
(4) Inspection / factory acceptance tests:
Ethylene project - FAT - Yokogawa DCS / August PLC & other Instruments. Lead responsible engineer for Factory acceptance test of ethylene plant DCS with 120 panels @ 5500 tags for control shutdown system. Checking & Inspection for various bought out items, various interfaces, hardware & software tests were carried out for the entire system.
(5) Site activities / field instrumentation / DCS installation and loop checking / package vendor panels:
Field instrumentation progress achieved @ 100% by overall coordinating as lead senior engineer. Handled various site contractors, coordinating with EIL site engineers overcoming various site problems, installation finalization, modification in installations, implementing various changes as per new requirement / operating philosophy / package vendor requirement etc. DCS installations, power on and system completion is achieved.
(6) Milestones:
All of above milestones were achieved without any short fall of any bulk material, instruments, instruments piping, lack of any engineering input etc.
DECEMBER 1998: Position: Deputy Project manager instrumentation
Holding responsibility of entire instrument related activities of Gas Cracker Project including field instrumentation, DCS hardware system, software, package interface package unit installation and commissioning. Responsibility shall include other plants instrumentation of OSBL- ethylene storage, C2C3 plant, pipelines for feedstock etc. which are forming part of Gas Cracker unit. I have got rich experience of Ethylene Plant from conceptual stage to commissioning and have come across various startups & commissioning related problems, their solutions which lead to successful commissioning of Ethylene Plant.
(2) EMPLOYER: Saudi Basic Industries Corporation (SABIC)- DIRECT HIRED, May 2001 – Jun 2008
Location: Al – Jubail, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
May 2001 to Oct 2004: Position: Instrument Engineer - Engineering & Projects department.
Location: National Methanol Company, IBN SINA.
Worked as Change Manager for the design & implementation of @ 150 numbers of Engineering Notifications & Capital Projects execution. Job includes new design, Upgrades, improvement and troubleshooting of plants instrumentation and automatic control systems. Including DCS, PLC, microprocessor based and electronic controllers, process control valves, pressure safety relief valves, transmitters, annunciation systems and vibration monitoring systems etc. Sizing and Selection of Control Valves, Flow Meters, Safety Valves, level instruments or any other instrumentation items.
System up-gradation, analyzer system upgrade, software up gradation etc. Participated in the Incident Investigations, Process Safety Review, Hazard Review, etc. Troubleshooting of plant process control and instrumentation problems to determine causes and recommend options for eliminating such problems. Analyzing historical process information and control system interactions, carry out required tests, on instrumentation systems etc. Making changes in ladder logics after SSAT (safety system approval team) approvals, carry out the functional checkout of the Triconix PLC shutdown system during plant turnaround. Participate in the Capital / Expense / Direct Purchases Projects Review.
Estimates and basic scope of work for the proposals.
Justifications and setting basic guidelines for the new proposals in conjunction with other engineers & departments. Participate in the Department Quality/Safety Audits. Updating the Technical Documentation, datasheets, P&Ids, Loop diagrams, Installation, wiring diagrams and various other Instrument & control system documentation as per relevant department Procedures. Participated in Department Improvement Project and other quality improvement initiatives. Administer the control and shutdown system configuration program.
Oct 2004 – June 2008: Position: Staff Engineer - Instruments - Design Management Department.
Location: Shared Services - Engineering & Project Management
Worked as Lead design engineer for Instruments & Control system affiliate projects of 6 different SABIC –East + Fertilizer zone affiliates. Worked as Design engineer for the design & detailed engineering of @ 90 numbers of design packages related to various affiliate projects. Design packages involves preparation of Front end engineering packages (FEEP), Detailed engineering packages (DEP), Scope of work, Cost estimation, Vender offer evaluation, Vendor documents review & approvals, project planning & scheduling, preparation of Bid document for Invitation (ITB) & detailed design specifications etc.
Worked as Lead design engineer for IBB- UREA DCS upgrade, various Triconex PLC upgrades, control valves upgrades, BMS and Turbine Woodward speed control upgrades etc. Work also involves Sizing and Selection of Control Valves, Flow Meters, Safety Valves, level instruments, Control System up-gradation, analyzer system upgrade, software up gradation or many other instrumentation items.
(3) EMPLOYER: Qatar Petroleum - DIRECT HIRED, Jul 2008 – August 2015
Location: B-409, Al Handasa Building, B- Ring Road, Doha, Qatar
Position: Senior Instrumentation & Control Engineer
Technical Service Division: Major Capital Projects Department
Principal Responsibilities To provide, with full responsibility and accountability, a professional technical service to the Corporation for Oil & Gas Processing Major Projects in all areas of Instrumentation & Control Engineering during Feasibility Studies; Front End Engineering Design; and Detailed Design in EPIC Execution stage, ensuring that designs are optimal, safe, cost effective and in compliance with the latest Codes, Shell DEP’s, International Standards, National and Corporate requirements and procedures.
Plays an important role and functions as a part of the Project Task Force (PTF), formed with a specific objective of successful Project Implementation, consisting of discipline engineers, project engineers and construction supervisors. Provides expert technical support to the Project in the field of Instrumentation & Control Systems Engineering design, selection & application, trouble shooting plant operations & performance evaluations and ensures that the design requirements and the performance meets the of project objectives. Liaises with Project Engineers, other Discipline Engineers and End Users to develop cost effective, safe and fit-for-purpose design solutions meeting corporate requirements.
Contributes toward updating Discipline Engineering Codes, Standards, Specifications and Philosophies.
August 2008 - Combined cooling water category –II – QP Major Projects.
(1) Discipline Engineer for Instrumentation & control system part.
(2) Commissioning Coordinator - Dec 2009-Jan 2011
Job involved working with Technip Abu Dhabi & CCC for its Engineering & projects management for QP’s category –II Combined cooling water project.
(1) Review & approval of all engineering documents related to Instrumentation & control part including DCS, PLC,
Analyzers, F&G & field instrumentation etc. Worked over 2000 documents generated for review, comments &
approval cycle.
(2) Worked as Commissioning coordinator for entire project to supply cooling water to end users. Met with all projects milestones for safe startup & commissioning of all systems & subsystems. Worked over approval of 200 dossiers generated for startup & commissioning for @ 30 systems & 120 subsystems.
Jan 2013 – SRU Project at NGL 3 -QP Major Project.
(1) Discipline Engineer for Instrumentation & control system part for part documents. Review & commenting on few engineering documents related to Instrumentation & control part including DCS, PLC, Analyzers, F&G & field instrumentation etc.
(2) Startup & Commissioning Engineer for Instrumentation & control system Sulfur recovery unit (SRU)
Major Projects EPIC for gas sweetening facilities project (GSF).
Job involved working with Petrofac, NGL 1, 2 & 3 Operations for its startup & commissioning of various systems like ABB DCS, Honeywell F&G, August ESD, bailey infi90 and various other package unit PLC systems like Siemens, Allen Bradley etc. Job involves checking & verifications of control system configuration with respect to control narratives, Cause & effect diagrams, configuration system uploads & downloads during startup & running conditions, various coordination, clearances and permissive activities with operations etc.
(4) EMPLOYER: Petro Rabigh - DIRECT HIRED, October 2015 – Jan 2016.
Location: Building # 552. Technical Support Department.
Petro Rabigh - Rabigh Refining & Petrochemical Company.
Position: Specialist Engineer – Instrumentation. Technical Support Department.
To provide, with full responsibility and accountability, a professional technical service to the Corporation for Refinery, Oil & Gas Processing units, petrochemicals & utilities plants, which are running in condition as well as for the ongoing projects, in all areas of Instrumentation & Control Engineering. Ensuring that technical service recommendations / designs are optimal, safe, cost effective and in compliance with the latest Saudi Aramco Engineering standards, guidelines, specifications & procedures, Petro Rabigh policies, procedures & practices, International Standards, National and Corporate requirements and procedures.
5) EMPLOYER: Oman LNG, Feb 2016 – June 2017.
Location: SUR, Plant engineering -QEN/NGH and Major Projects Department. Oman LNG - LLC.
Position: Senior Project Engineer – Engineering Skill pool - Major Projects.
To provide, with full responsibility and accountability, a professional technical service to the corporation for LNG Process, Storage & loading & utilities plants inhouse O&M related Major projects, in all areas of Instrumentation & Control Engineering. Ensuring that technical service recommendations / designs are optimal, safe, cost effective and in compliance with the latest Shell DEP Engineering standards, guidelines, specifications & procedures, OLNG policies, procedures & practices and International Standards requirements and practices.
To provide, with full responsibility and accountability, a professional technical service to the Oman LNG with task is to support / train Omani Instrument technicians & Engineer trainees and providing on job training by participating in maintenance task along with them. Also train them in fundamentals of instrumentation & control systems. Creating course materials, writing assessment materials, acting as an internal verifier, supporting groups of candidates as a course tutor and taking responsibility for a course team.
Conducting theoretical (classroom) and practical (workshop) training as well as ''Live Plant'' on job training. Other administration functions normally associated with works of this nature.
6) EMPLOYER: Qatar Chemical company Ltd (QCHEM) – Qatar – July 2017 – Aug 2020.
Location: RLOC Plant, Technical Department – Project & Reliability.
Position: Instrument Engineer – Technical Department – Project & Reliability
To provide, with full responsibility and accountability, a professional technical service to the corporation for RLOC - Ethylene & utilities plants inhouse O&M related Major projects, in all areas of Instrumentation & Control. . Ensuring that technical service recommendations / designs are optimal, safe, cost effective and in compliance with the Chevron Engineering standards, QCHEM guidelines, specifications, procedures and practices.
Job includes new design, Upgrades, improvement and troubleshooting of plants instrumentation and control systems. Troubleshooting of plant process control and instrumentation problems to determine causes and recommend options for eliminating such problems. Play a critical role in ensuring the integrity of all instrumentation equipment in the RLOC facility.
Participate in the Capital / Expense / Direct Purchases Projects Review, shutdown jobs planning, resource planning, maintenance execution plan, Department Quality/Safety Audits and quality assurance plans. Also in Incident Investigations, Process Safety Review, Hazard Review, etc.
Preparing Estimates and basic scope of work for the proposals.
Justifications and setting basic guidelines for the new proposals in conjunction with other engineers & departments. Updating the Technical Documentation, datasheets and various other Instrument & control system documentation as per relevant department Procedures. Participated in Department Improvement Project and other quality improvement initiatives. Review and approve changes in instrumentation systems during project implementation.
Major 5 years Turnaround – Actively participated for work scope development & execution strategy for compressor control systems, Control valves, MOVs, various field instruments etc. During shutdown, effectively handled breakdowns, Troubleshooting, Inspection of problematic areas, evaluating various options, subsequently guiding and implementing correct technical solutions for various Instruments & systems.
7) EMPLOYER: L&T Hydrocarbon Engineering (LTHE) – India – Sept 2021 – July 2022.
Location: Reliance Hazira – Refinery & Petrochemicals – Hazira Mfg. Complex.
Position: Joint General Manager – E&I – LTHE – AdVENT – Asset Management Department.
Heading the team of Instrumentation & control and Electrical discipline team of various Mangers levels, Engineers, technicians and contractors to provide, with full responsibility and accountability, a professional technical service to the corporation for Reliance – Refinery & Petrochemicals – Hazira Mfg. Complex plants with various asset management solutions.
Job includes new design implementation, upgrades, maintenance, improvement and troubleshooting of plants instrumentation & control and Electrical systems. Troubleshooting of plant problems to determine causes and recommend options for eliminating such problems. As a head of both disciplines play a critical role in ensuring the integrity of all instrumentation & Control and Electrical equipment in the Reliance Hazira facility.
Date of birth 11th March 1965
Languages Known English, Hindi & Gujarati.
Permanent Address 103 Sun crystal Apartments, 171 Vinayak society, SNDT college Road,
Near Akota stadium, Vadodara. Gujarat, India pin: 390020
Harendra Relwani.
BE Electronics & Communication
