Abhishek G R

Accomplished Lead Electrical and Instrumentation Engineer with over 11 years of experience in engineering, commissioning, procurement, and customer support. Expertise field instrumentation, vendor development, and control panel design. Proven track record in project execution, cost control, and cross-functional team coordination across industrial automation and process control domains.

• Procurement Engineer Profile:
• Vendor development by conducting various vendor selection Questionnaires and visiting the vendor’s workplace.
• Negotiation with control panel & Instrument supplier vendors and making sure that finalized price are under budget.
• Addition of multiple vendors for Control panels and instruments.
• Maintaining a good saving percentage on budget for Control Panels and Instruments.
• Getting Rate contracts agreement with vendors for speedy procurement of standard products.
• Conducting audits on a quarterly basis concentrating mainly on some of the major criteria like OTD, Quality and NCR’s.
• Developing new vendors for the same component’s/Equipment’s without compromising quality and delivery period.
• Getting involved in pre-proposal stage and providing support to sales team and getting offers required by them.
• When it comes to ordering of Control Panel preparation of Specification, getting the techno-Commercial Offer and checking the technical offers submitted by vendor’s is as per the Specification and finally negotiating with the vendor’s.
• Also for instruments preparation of Specifications and checking data sheets and finalizing the orders.
• Lead Electrical and Instrumentation Engineer Profile:
• Review of offer quoted to customer, Getting Involved in meeting with customer or consultant on technical aspect discussions related to Electrical & Instrumentation part and making sure that customer accepts the offered material and building good relationship with customer.
• Reviewing of Main P & ID by keeping in mind the customer’s Electrical and Instrumentation requirement, having internal meeting with Engineering team and providing suggestion if any related to addition or deletion of Instruments in such a way that it should be cost effective as well as robust one.
• Involving in HAZOP Study with the End Customer or the Consultant team and explaining them all the safety features which has been considered in our system for smooth operation.
• Preparation of the Instrument’s BOM, Control Panel Inquiry and Site Electrical BOM.
• Preparation of Instrument specification and releasing inquiry to multiple vendors and getting techno commercial offer from the vendors.
• Checking the Data sheets and GA drawings of instrument’s submitted by vendors and providing clearance to vendors for manufacturing. Also making sure that our required specification is implemented.
• Quality inspection of instruments as per the drawings/specifications and verification of QC certificate.
• Checking bought out equipment vendor’s offers, GA, P & ID for any comments related to Electrical and Instruments and making sure that vendor provides the required details (Electrical load details, Instruments data sheet and O & M manual).
• Visiting vendor facility to ensure ready material is as per approved drawing/documents and quality is not compromised for the same.
• Preparation of the Control Panel inquiry and submitting to Panel vendors.
• Preparation of IO list, IO matrix, Control Philosophy, JB and Cable tray Schedule, Hook up drawing for instruments, Loop drawing for the instrument’s.
• Review of Control Panel GA and Electrical circuit drawing’s
• Checking the vendors offer and make sure that all the vendors making sure that all vendors provide the same components in order to bring all the vendors on same platform. Also working with system house Engineering to cross verify and cost effectiveness of the components quoted by vendor.
• Providing technical clearance of the control panel to procurement team.
• Involving with Control panel vendors during preparation of Electrical control panel GA & ECD and selection of PLC as per the customer requirement. Also making sure that PLC IO’s related to Instruments and Electrical feeders are covered for proper building of control logic.
• Making compliance report based on customer feedback made on GA and ECD submitted and having meeting with customer getting approval
• Having Meeting with Control Panel vendors and working with them to make them understand the requirement of Process and help them to prepare logics for the process.
• Conducting Control Panel FAT at the vendor place and making sure that all the logics are working as per the requirement and dispatched to site.
• Making quality presentation every month on the Electrical and Instrumentation activities.
• Field Instrumentation and Automation job profile:
• Responsible for reviewing of Instrumentation P & ID drawing and make necessary modifications depending on site. Modified and suggested some of the logics for proper operation of the process and better safety.
• Selection, Implementation, Commissioning and preventive / predictive maintenance of all field instruments, indent and follow-up of spares, Making Commercial and Technical comparison of all types of Field Instruments, communication with vendors and suppliers.
• Worked on SIEMENS PLC S7 300, S7 400WinCC SCADA, TIA portal and WinCC flexible
• Experience in Commissioning and Troubleshooting of Field motors PLC,SCADA, HMI and VFD using communication protocols including TCP/IP, PROFIBUS.