Manikandan Cithiraipandi

Instrument Technician with 12+ years of experience in Oil & Gas, Offshore, Shutdown, and Nuclear Power Plant projects. Skilled in calibration, loop checking, PLC/DCS troubleshooting, control valve maintenance, and P&ID interpretation.

Instrument Technician - Madras Networking Company - Kudankulam Nuclear Power Plant, India

(2025-04)

• Instrumentation maintenance and calibration of C&I field instruments at KKNPP
• Loop checking, PLC/DCS support, and preventive maintenance activities

Instrument Technician - ADNOC Offshore Shutdown - Zirku Island, UAE

• Instrument calibration, loop checking, valve maintenance
• UAE National Guard offshore access card

I&C Technician - Kudankulam Nuclear Power Plant (KKNPP 1 & 2) - India

(2018 - 2025)

• I&C maintenance, calibration, loop checking, PLC/DCS support
• Satisfactory performance across multiple contract renewals

Instrument Technician - Bahwan Engineering - Oman

• Oil & Gas instrumentation maintenance, installation, and C&I field instruments

Instrument Technician - KNPC Refinery - Kuwait

• Instrument maintenance and calibration at Kuwait National Petroleum Company Refinery

Instrument Technician - Cairn Oil & Gas - Barmer, Rajasthan

• Oil field instrumentation maintenance (seconded to Cairn India Ltd.)

Instrument Technician - CPCL Chennai / OCS Limited - Chennai

• Refinery instrumentation maintenance under OCS Limited contract

Diploma - Electronics & Communication Engineering - State Board of Technical Education, Tamil Nadu (2013)