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Senior Planning engineer, PMC , EPC, Refinery, Pipeline, Greenfield & Brown field,

START Date: 
May, 1995
END Date: 
August, 2011

 

  • From March 05, 2011 to till Date – Senior Planning Engineer

Employer Name: PMC Services

Client Name : Takreer (Abu Dhabi Oil Refining Company)

Project Name: PMC services to RRE (Ruwis Refinery Expansion) Project

Location: Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates (UAE)

Summary: Refinery Expansion Project for CDU, RFCC, Utility, Offsite and other associates. Assigned with core group to control and monitor for all EPC no. 1 ~ 7, for which the Master Board Level-1 Schedule made till commissioning, consultation services to the Client for any slippages / Sequence change / recovery methods. Preparation / issuance of Monthly reports for overall Project value are 11 Billion USD.

 

 

 

  • From April 05, 2010 to January 29, 2010 – Senior Engineer Planning

Employer Name: Qatar Kentz

Client Name : Qatar Gas -  Laffan Refinery Company Limited

Project Name: Loading & Receiving Facilities

Location: Ras Laffan, Doha – State of Qatar

Summary: 14 KM Pipe line project, line from Jetty to Tank Farm and towards to Loading Gantry Area.  Complete EPC schedule made with consists of 1500 activities in P3. Co-ordination for Engineering, Procurement and Construction phase.  Weekly / Monthly Reports issued.  Advice Project Manager for Critical path and action plan made. Handling Document Management System (DMS) only for the purpose of updates in P3.  Supporting Project Engineers for Weekly review meetings and further follow-up is made. Pipeline was commissioned and handed over to operations.

 

  • From December 10, 2007 to March 15, 2010 – Planning Manager

Employer Name: Doosan Babcock Energy (UK)

Client Name: SWAI / Exon Mobil

Project Name: Emission Control Project (BOFA & SCR) – Thermal Power station

Location: Tuen Mun, Hong Kong, Indonesia

Summary:  Planning & Scheduling of 1030 activities in P3 for BOFA (Boiler overhead Fired Air-heater) and SCR (Seductive Catalytic Reduction), Monitoring of Daily / weekly progress, releasing invoices to the client on Monthly basis, Site Inspection and Material arrangements  / transfer from the port to the site. Assist Construction Management in revising / change of plan.Boiler Construction and commissioning schedule made in P6.

 

  • From 15 August 2007 to November 30, 2007 – Planning Engineer

Employer Name: Nico International

Client Name : FRCL

Project Name: Shutdown works

Location: Fujairah, UAE

Summary: Planning, Scheduling & Monitoring of shutdown works.  Issuing daily reports.

Shutdown schedule floated in MS-Project. Advise Management for delays and action plan on the recovery.

 

  • From 19 April 2006 to June 20, 2007 - Deputy Planning Manager

Employer Name: Punj Lloyd Kazakhstan (PLK)

Client Name : Parson Fluor Daniel (PFD)

Project Name: Tengiz Integration Project – Phase I (Pipeline for SGP / SGT)

Location: Tengiz, Kazakhstan

Summary: 120 KM pipe line project, Field co-ordination for various sites, Distribution tasks to Planning Engineers, gather reports and input in the P3 and reporting to the client.

 

  • From 2004 (December) to 2006 (February) – Maintenance Planning Engineer

Employer Name: Al-Muftah Contracting Company

Employer Name: Qatar Petroleum (QP)

Project Name: Scheduled Shutdown for various units

Location, Home site, State of Qatar

Summary: Prepared P3 S/D schedule from the revision of previous S/D of the unit, Scheduling and Monitoring of Daily Progress, organizing daily S/D meeting, Site coordination, material transfer / arrangements.

 

  • From 2000(February) to 2003 (December) – Projects / Maintenance Planning Engineer  

Employer Name: Kremenco (Kuwait Refinery Maintenance Company)

Client Name: KNPC  (Kuwait National Petroleum Company)

Project Name: Refinery Up-gradation Project / Refinery Integration

Location : Mina Al-Ahmadi, Kuwait.

Summary: Handling various Plant integration / modification jobs along with General Refinery Turnaround for both Upstream and Downstream in the Refinery. Task carried out in Projects as well in Maintenance (day to day) activities. Using P3 for all reports.

 

  • From 1998 (February) to 1999 (November) – Construction Planner –

Employer Name: Mannesmann Demag AG

Client Name:  ADCO (Abudhai Company for Onshore Oil Operations)

Project Name: H2S Pipe line Project

Location : ASAB, United Arab Emirates (UAE)

Summary: Parallel assignments along with QA/QC departments. Organizing Pipe line crews, Planning & Scheduling and Monitoring of Daily progress and reporting to Construction Management.

 

  • From 1995(June) to 1997(December) -  Construction Planner

Employer Name: Al-Suwadi General Contractors

Client Name : SABIC (Saudi Arabian Basic Industries Corporation)

Project Name: 2nd Expansion Project (Ethylene Glycol and Polyethylene Units)

Location: Al-Jubail, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA)

Summary: Constructed new unit of Ethylene Glycol and Poly Ethylene Plant along with other Utilities units, Site Co-ordination to Field Execution team, Material arrangements, Monitoring of Daily Progress and updating in P3, generating P3 reports to the client on weekly / monthly basis.

 

 

Description of Experienced as "Planning Engineer (Projects – EPC / Maintenance) 

 

From 1995 to 1997 -  Construction Planner   - SHARQ - SABIC (KSA)

 

  • Prepares new units detailed construction schedule along-with existing units shutdown planning, scheduling, updating the progress and producing the overall reports by using P3.
  • Site Co-ordination with such as Inspection, Maintenance for on-going site activities
  • To catch-up the progress and releasing the invoices to client, Project Cost Control, mainly sitting

     in P3.

 

            From 1998 to 1999 – Construction Planner - Mannesmann Demag AG - ADCO (Abu Dhabi) - UAE

  • Follow-up and coordination in site for welding group, rigging group, inspection group, and reporting the same to Headquarter.

 

  • Arrangements of all Mobile equipment from local Service Contractors, Control of Cash Flows.
  • Supporting services to Q.C & HSE.
  • P3 Scheduling and Monitoring the progress of various shutdowns within the Refinery.
  • Site co-ordination - such as Manpower & Material arrangements, fulfilling of Inspection, Operations & Maintenance requirements.

 

From 2000 to 2003 – Projects / Maintenance Planning Engineer (MAA) - Kuwait

  • Close follow-up for progress of Equipment such as Heaters, Towers, vessels, Exchangers, Condensers, Pipelines and Pipe rack (Off-site).  Keen in all Stationary Equipment. Well practiced in Tankage works (Sphere, Cone and Floating Roof).
  • Aware of Preventive Maintenance (PM), Corrective Maintenance (CM) by seasonal wise as Quarterly, Half-yearly, yearly, Tri-yearly.  Through knowledge of ERP, CMMS  & MMS database system.
  • Having sound knowledge and classical shutdown experience in Units of Crude Distillation, HSR, HCR, Fluid Catalyst Cracking - FCC (especially for Reactors), HP, LNG (Trains) and ARD.

 

  • Executed and Involved from Planning side for International Standards of Refinery Shutdowns such as GRTA, MRTA (General and Major Refinery Turnarounds)

 

 

 

 

From 2004 (December) to 2006 (February) Projects / Maint. Planning Engineer - Qatar (QP)

 

  • After end of each shutdown preparing summary report, which covers overall Cost,

        Utilized Manpower & Material consumed.

  • Commissioning of Crude Charge Heater.                                           
  • Preparation of Overall Construction Schedule, which covers Area, Manpower,  

       Equipment and in parallel of allotted Budgets, Cost control during executions.

  • Upon completion of specific progress, releasing Invoices to the clientin according to the weight-age approved and agreed between the client and the company.
  • Manpower Control including Man-hours.
  • Mainly working at Primavera Project Enterprises (P3e/c) / Ver. 6.0

From 19 April 2006 to June 20, 2007- Deputy Planning Manager – Const. Planning - Kazakhstan (PLK)

  • Producing Overall Progress curve and comparison of Planned Vs Actual progress.
  • Weekly Issue of "Look Ahead Schedule"  and in parallel of 3 months schedule.
  • Site Co-ordination and expediting the construction
  • Co-ordination by time to time with Consortium Planning Engineer
  • Responsible for Daily, Weekly & Monthly Reports
  • Warning signs to the Execution team & Management for any slippage and shortage of Resources, wherein preparation of Recovery Plan as required.                               
  • Experiencing in Pumping Unit (High Mount), Planning & Scheduling by using SAP-R3 system. Resources arrangement & operation entire Projects / Maintenance System.

 

From December 10, 2007 to March 15, 2010 –Planning Manager at CLP (Power station) – Hong Kong   

  • Detailed Feasibility Studies
  • CAPEX studies (Total Budget)
  • Design Configuration 
  • Selection & Receipt of Process Package from the Licensor (Process Units)
  • Study of Process and Utility systems
  • Financial Analysis
  • Environmental Aspects
  • Plot Plan Studies
  • Auditing & Approval of MTO (Final Engineering Drawings for execution)
  • Recommendations & Order Placements (Manufacturing & Delivery)
  • Executions
  • Developing WBS levels with Primavera (ver. 6.0) upto 7 & as required
  • Controlling Contractors / Sub-contractors inputs and work progress
  • Field Monitoring
  • Weekly / Monthly Reports preparation
  • Organizing of weekly meeting
  • Co-ordination with Superior at client levels
  • Controlling the site executions as per the schedules
  • Cost control during executions (Commitment, Expenditure, Closeout)

 

  • Commissioning schedules.                
  • Budgeting, Budget savings, Overall Cost Estimation, Cost Control (Cash flow) during executions, optimizing maximum of overall Budgets. 
  • Issuing Daily / Weekly / Monthly Reports, critical path analysis, supporting services to all Field Engineers in regards of material arrangements for site execution.
  • Issuing reports by P3.

 

Freezing schedule for additional major works – Emission Control Project

 

  • Schedule handling in BOFA & SCRs – in preparation of Detail Level 3 Construction schedule.
  • Detail Progress measurement sheets based on Quantity including Progress curves for Manpower / Man-hours, Tonnage (Duct / Steel works), Welding (in LM) , Insulation & Cladding works.
  • Weekly monitoring and update both in P3 and extract Progress measurement sheets
  • Progress measurement contains Suction ducts / Discharge Duct / Ring main duct / Lifting Beams with certain elevations / Bofa Nozzle works / Front & Rear wall panel works / Buck stay works / Air ducts / Fans sections / Piping modifications / Gallery works / EC&I works, which are by differed / sectioned as Non-outage and Outage works.
  • Time to time co-ordination with client for any amendments / update in the schedule and progress.

 

  • Detailed schedule preparation Level 3 for commissioning activities by P6 / P5.
  • Daily Progress Reports for overall commissioning activities separated each individual system in the unit.
  • Plan Vs Actual monitoring on daily basis.
  • Co-ordination with Procurement, Contract and Estimation departments.

 

Exploration (Oil Well Drilling)

(Trained for Basic Well Control - Certified by Global Santa Fe Corporation - Kuwait)

 

 

  • Having sound knowledge in Rig and its units of B.O.P (Blow Out Preventers - both Annular and Ram), Casing, Drill String, Accumulator Unit, Choke Manifold, Mud Pump, Mud pit, Mud gas separator, Shale shaker, De-gasser, De-sander.

 

  • Keen in all type of Calculations related to Rig, familiar with operation of drillers console, control panels (Annular, Ram, Drill Pipe, Kelly).

 

  •  Familiarized with Workshop activities (for Annular, Ram, Drill String & other  miscellaneous items).
  • Familiarization with Air Hoist, standpipe, Swivel or Top Device, Crown Block, Kelly, Kelly bush, Master bush, Rotary table.

 

  • Having knowledge in erection of Complete Rig.

 

  • Well awareness of Safety and Environmental of ‘Rig’ (i.e H2S, General).

 

Declaration

 

Given any responsibilities to Planning, Scheduling, Monitoring of Mechanical Project Execution, I am confident with my past 16 years of experience in various disciplines of Mechanical Constructions Projects (EPC) & Maintenance works in Sectors of Oil & Gas and Power,that Sincerity & Loyalty will be committed with the employer.

 

Yours sincerely

 

(D. Rajesh Kumar)                                                                                    Date: June 02, 2011