Executive – Operations (CO₂ Capture to Green Methanol Plant Operations) - NTPC – Green Chemicals Department
(2025-02)
- Actively involved in commissioning activities of the world's first CO₂ Capture to Green Methanol Plant.
- Responsible for DCS operation and monitoring, maintaining critical process parameters to achieve maximum yield and product quality.
- Handle plant operations as Shift In-charge and DCS Engineer, ensuring smooth and uninterrupted shift operations.
- Manage start-up, shutdown, and emergency operations, operating the plant at optimum conditions to minimize downtime.
- Maintain and update SOPs and operational documentation in compliance with procedural requirements.
- Lead all production activities and prepare daily production reports.
- Ensure strict adherence to safety procedures, including Permit to Work systems (General, Hot Work, Height Work, and Confined Space Entry).
- Manage and coordinate shift manpower to meet operational targets.
Assistant Manager – shift in charge - Andhra Petrochemicals Limited - Visakhapatnam
(2024-07 - 2025-02)
Assistant Manager – shift in charge (Sulphuric Acid Plant Operations, 1650 TPD) - Coromandel International Limited - Visakhapatnam
(2023-04 - 2024-07)
Field & DCS Panel Engineer – Sulphuric Acid Plant Operations (650 TPD & 550 TPD) - The Fertilizers and Chemicals Travancore Ltd (FACT)
(2018-09 - 2023-03)
- Monitor and control production operations, including product handling and identification, in compliance with GMP requirements.
- Coordinate with Engineering and Maintenance departments to ensure proper maintenance and reliability of production equipment.
- Ensure effective housekeeping, equipment cleaning, and area maintenance as per SOPs, supporting internal and external audit requirements.
- Ensure strict adherence to Safety, Health, Environment (SHE) norms and pollution control regulations.
- Conduct training programs for shopfloor and concerned personnel on process execution, equipment handling, critical process parameters, process safety, and process hazard awareness.
- Possess strong working knowledge of DCS operations and equipment interlocks, ensuring safe and reliable plant operation.
- Hands-on experience in chemical reaction processes including Hydrogenation and Reduction, along with key unit operations such as Filtration, Drying, Extraction, Absorption, Liquid–Solid Separations, and Size Reduction.
- Involved in commissioning, stabilization, and operation of multiple process units, including 1650 TPD integrated plant, 550 TPD SO₂ Gas Plant, 650 TPD Sulphuric Acid & Oleum Plants, 10 TPD Methanol Plant, CO₂ Removal Unit, Naphtha Steam Reformer, 20 TPD CO₂ Capture Plant, Green Hydrogen Plant, and Scrubber Units.
- Hands-on experience with Sulphur Melting Unit, Instrument Air System, Plant Air System, Effluent Treatment Plant (ETP), and Nitrogen Generation Unit.
- Strong operational knowledge of rotating and moving equipment used in continuous process plants.
- Proven ability to achieve production targets on a shift basis while maintaining safety and quality standards.
- Experienced in safe operation and recovery of plant equipment during power trip and emergency conditions.
- Recognized through performance appraisals for consistently meeting production targets while ensuring environmental compliance and safety standards.
- Hands-on experience in the operation of major process equipment, including Furnaces, Converters, Waste Heat Boilers, Compressors, Reactors, Isolators, Dryers, Pumps, Heat Exchangers, Condensers, Extractors, Centrifuges, Separators & Decanters, Chillers, Cooling Towers, Heaters, Blenders, Scrubbers, Filters, Distillation Columns, Storage Tanks, and Process Pipelines within the production.
Executive – PLC Panel Operator (Production Department) - Pharma Zell Vizag Pvt. Ltd. - Visakhapatnam
(2016-12 - 2018-08)
German-based Organization
Trainee Chemist – Production - Avra Laboratories Pvt. Ltd. - Visakhapatnam
(2015-07 - 2016-11)
