Dharmendrasinh V Mahida

As a plant manager:

• Worked within applicable standards, policies and regulatory guidelines to promote safe working environment.
• Managed direction and planning for activities with a focus on plant process optimization for daily functions, achieving KPIs and meeting the higher management expectations.
• Provided direction and leadership to all levels of employees and managers for performing & supporting their functions.
• Collaborated with team members to achieve target results.
• Created new training program with focus on staff safety, plant safety and quality of production to achieve reduced service and materials cost to achieve economic electricity generation.
• Forecasted & prepared the Five Year Major Activities planning with Budget / Expenses for O&M of Power Station.
• Procured & maintained the inventory of power station as per the standard norms.
• Maintained the staff through out the year in line with recommended CEA Norms of manpower per MW.
• Developed spreadsheets modules using Microsoft Excel for daily, weekly, monthly, yearly reporting.
• Drove operational improvements which resulted in savings and improved profit margins.
• Used coordination and planning skills to achieve results according to schedule.
• Major Overhauling of Gas Turbines, Steam turbine and Major Equipments
• Involved in handling of insurance claim for gas turbine compressor & generator damage.
• Extensive Preservation of all equipments of plant, Gas Turbine, Steam turbine, HRSG, Condenser, Cooling tower etc. for about 4.5 Years followed by re-commissioning & restart of plant.

As an Operation Engineer:

• Did Operation & Maintenance of 156.1MW & 351.43MW Gas Based Combine cycle power plant with Alstom make GT8C2 & GE Frame-V, VI & IX "F-Class" gas turbine with a maximum capacity of 223MW GE make 9FA model Gas Turbine.
• Did pre-commissioning & commissioning of 351.43MW CCPP gas based power station.
• Executed Performance Guarantee test of 156.1MW & 351.43MW CCPP.
• Assessment & monitoring of plant process / systems performance, improvement of the processes functions, modification or development for the process optimization / performance improvement.

• Control room & Field operation of 64MW Gas Based CCPP power plant including 42MW GE, USA Make LM6000 PA Gas Turbine and 22MW GE, USA Make Steam Turbine with WOODWARD 505E Control System.
• Supervision of field operation for gas turbine, steam turbine, HRSG, Cooling Tower, Condensate cycle, Condenser, DM plant, PT Plant etc.

• Control room & field operation of 107MW Gas Based CCPP plant including 70MW GE, USA Make Frame-6FA "F-Class" Gas Turbine with Mark-V Digital control system and 37MW BHEL, India Make Steam Turbine with MaxDNA digital control system
• Operation of 132KV Switchyard with 7 Nos. of Bays with DDCMIS Operating system.
• Operation of 415V & 6.6KV Switchgears & Balance Of Plant Systems to support power generation.
• Documented daily activities in internal system and submitted timely shift reports.
• Aligned boiler pressure and steam system operations with optimal levels.

• Did field operation of 33MW Gas Based Combine Cycle Power Plant including 22MW GE, USA Make Frame-5 Gas Turbine with Mark-V Digital Control System & 11MW BHEL, India Make Steam Turbine with TATA Honeywell Digital Control System
• Field operation of 65TPH BHEL, India Make Dual Pressure HRSG with TATA Honeywell Digital Control System.
• Operation of 66KV Switchyard with 5 Bays with Max DCS & local control panels.
• Operation 415V & 6.6KV Switchgears & Balance Of Plant Systems to support power generation.
• Issuance of Permit with positive isolation of field equipments & switchgear panels as per requirement of maintenance.
• Raising notifications to maintenance department for corrective action.
• Documented plant activities in logs and detailed concerns and issues prior to distributing reports to manager.

• 1 Year apprenticeship in 210MW x 7 = 1470MW Coal Based Power Station.
• Studied manufacturing processes of 210MW Power Station to improve overall knowledge.
• Tracing of different operating cycles of power plant.
• Startup & Shutdown of steam turbine plant, boiler, various regenerative support systems,
• Operation of 220KV, 11KV, 6.6KV, 415Volts Electrical systems & panels
• Gone through various class room & practical field trainings on different modules covering Operation & Maintenance of 210MW Coal Based power station.