Prateek Rai

Leveraging over 11 years of experience in conceiving & implementing effective solutions / strategies that can add value to organization through rich experience & excellence; targeting assignments in Operations & Maintenance with Oil & Gas, Petroleum, Paint, Chemical industry preferably in PAN India.

Senior Plant Manager for Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited Yediyur LPG Bottling Plant, Tumkur at Makeen Energy India Pvt. Ltd. (Kosan Crisplant India Private Limited) (2025-07 – Present)

Plant Manager for 3 O&M Locations i.e., IOCL LPG Bottling Plant Gorakhpur, BPCL LPG Bottling Plant Bareilly & HPCL Goalpara LPG BP at Makeen Energy India Pvt. Ltd. (Kosan Crisplant India Private Limited) (2022-12 – 2025-07)

Deputy Plant Manager for Indian Oil Corporation Limited Gorakhpur in LPG Bottling Plant at Makeen Energy India Pvt. Ltd. (Kosan Crisplant India Private Limited) (2020-08 – 2022-11)

Maintenance In-charge for Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited Yediyur (Tumkur) in LPG Bottling Plant at Makeen Energy India Pvt. Ltd. (Kosan Crisplant India Private Limited) (2017-03 – 2020-07)

Field Officer for Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited Nagpur in LPG Bottling Plant at Aarvi Encon Pvt. Ltd. (2016-06 – 2017-03)

Maintenance Engineer at Apcotex Solution India Pvt. Ltd. (formerly known as Apar Industries Ltd.) (2015-02 – 2016-06)

Senior Plant Manager / FM Coordinator at Makeen Energy India Pvt. Ltd. (Kosan Crisplant India Private Limited) (2017-03 – Present)

• Leading and supervising a team of 80 on-roll employees & approx. 500 contract employees including DGR security Guard
• Taking Care of Overall Plant Operations & Maintenance Activities of plant with capacity of 1000 TMT+ of YOY Bulk handling Capacity.
• Executing preventive & corrective maintenance schedules for: Rotary and Static equipment like Recovery Compressor's, Storage vessels, Mechanical Seals, all types of reciprocating and centrifugal pumps, Conveyor chains, Hydraulic booms, Air Compressor's, Fire Engine, Diesal Generators & Solar Panel etc.
• Tank truck Gantry, viz. maintenance of Loading arms, ERC, Batch Controller.
• 72 head Flexspeed, 48 Head Flexspeed & 24 head electronic filling carousal, along with their allied equipment's
• Safety system & management of Control Room, LPG Bottling Plant & Terminal.
• Control Panel, SCADA & PMCC panel, Transformer, VCB, ACB, battery bank, Lux monitoring, ETC.
• Dealing with emergencies, unplanned problems, repairs; identifying fault or compliance concerns, taking urgent corrective actions
• Supervising department heads of Safety, Operations, Maintenance, security (DGR) of IOCL Gorakhpur BP.
• Managing Installation & Commissioning of Pumps, LPG equipment of filling shed, mounded storage vessel & Tank truck Gantry etc.
• Conducting regular shutdown inspections, repairs & replacements of spare parts to ensure smooth operations
• Rendering employee training using internal resources or external providers
• Participating in Regular Fire Drills, Tripping Inspections, & Audits etc.
• Preparing purchase requisitions for Mechanical/Electrical maintenance, Calibrations, Audits etc.
• Conducting root cause analysis for problem finding & minimizing spare consumption
• Recognizing, evaluating and monitored health & safety aspects and developed strategies to control hazards, with emphasis on different health hazards
• Coordinating with statutory bodies for timely renewal of license related to PESO, Factories, Labour, W&M, PCB, Telecom department etc.
• Statuatory Testing of Cylinders inline with GCR rules.
• QC & Testing of New Cylinders, LOT Valve, VOT Valve & Regulators.
• Handled augmentation & upgradation projects at site on behalf of HPCL & IOCL.
• SOP implementation, review on regular basis for any changes as required.
• Developing & crosschecking of LOPA for ERDMP & HAZID.
• Ensuring equipment is available for their highest possible time & plant operations target are met.
• Utilization of plants is over 135% for the last 4 years against their rated capacity.
• Managing budgets & expenses for all departments; setting benchmark for cost effectiveness, cost reduction etc.
• Coordinating Third Party for Inspection, AMC's & Testing Purpose.
• Implementation of waste reduction initiatives by ensuring proper working & modification of equipment's as per requirements.
• Conducted technical Interviews as per requirement of HR department & selected 100+ employees in last 4 years
• Executed 8 OISD audits, 5 PESO audits in Plants operated by company
• Conducted 50+ Safety audits of Plants as per OISD-144 Safety checklist
• Completed 7 HOTO activity for smooth handover of plant from OMCs to M/s KCIPL

Bachelor of Technology in Mechanical Engineering – Institute of Technology & Management GIDA, Gorakhpur (2015)