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Dinesh Rajasekaran

ICSS Engineering Lead
Bengaluru

Summary

A TÜV Rheinland certified Functional Safety Professional possessing 18 years of experience in the Oil & Gas, Refinery, Petrochemical Industries, and factory automation. Specialized in the design and engineering of ESD, DCS, FGS, HIPPS, BMS, and PLC Systems for Onshore, Offshore, and factory projects, which includes FAT, SAT, and commissioning with startup support.

Overview

18
18
years of professional experience
4
4
years of post-secondary education
1
1
Certification

Work History

Project Lead

Quest Global Engineering Servies Private Ltd, Banglore
Bangalore
07.2025 - Current
  • Partnered with project team members to identify and quickly address problems.
  • Mentored junior team members, fostering professional growth and increasing overall team efficiency.
  • Implemented best practices in documentation management systems that improved efficiency, accessibility, and security of project-related information.
  • Collaborated with cross-functional teams to ensure seamless integration of various project components.

Senior Manager Engineering Projects

SCHNEIDER ELECTRIC INDIA PVT LTD formerly Invensys
Chennai
04.2011 - 06.2025
  • Qatar Gas North Field Production Sustainability Offshore & Pipelines Project, QATAR. (Jan 2022 to till Jun 2025)
  • Safety System: Tricon CX with Foxboro DCS by Schneider. Led a team to accomplish engineering and FAT in a short schedule for Safety Systems (ESD/FGS/HIPPS) & DCS/HMI integration with third party package and currently working with EPC in yard and offshore commissioning or CSAT/OSAT activities.
  • LIWA PLASTICS (LPIC EPC1 STEAM CRACKER UNIT), ORPIC, Oman. (Jan 2017 to Sep 2021)
  • Led a team for Safety (SIS/BMS/FGS) & DCS Controller Design & Engineering, Control HMI design, library and bulk engineering and completed FAT/SAT, Commissioning & Start Up activities.
  • DTA 5th BLOCK Heater (BMS), Heurtey– Reliance Industries, Jamnagar. (Jan 2016 to Jan 2017)
  • Hardware and Software engineering for Heater sequence and completed FAT with EPC.
  • ETTF2 Upgrade Project (ESD) – Reliance Industries, Hazira. (Jan 2014 to Dec 2014)
  • Alarm and bypass management system: Safety view (v1.0). SCADA: Wonderware SCADA for safety graphics and historian.
  • ESD, BMS & FGS - SATORP (Saudi Aramco Total Refinery Project) (April 2011 to Jan 2014)

Application Engineer

RENU ELECTRONICS INDIA PVT LTD
Coimabatore
06.2008 - 04.2011
  • MUKWANO Group of Companies, Uganda.
  • PLC: OMRON CPM2A, ASTRA SCADA, PZM720 HMI.
  • Role: Application developed with SCADA (ASTRA), OMRON (CPM 2A) and PZM 720 (3.5” Touch screen) for a Conveyor system designed at India and commissioned in Uganda.
  • Abhurva Impex, Coimbatore.
  • System: ASTRA (SCADA) and VACON VFD.
  • Role: Development of SCADA application and interface between VACON VFD’s (28no’s) through Modbus RS485 communication

Application Engineer

ENPRO HITECH DISTRIBUTORS PVT LTD
Coimbatore
06.2007 - 05.2008
  • PLC, HMI development as per the requirement, Testing and Execution of graphics with customer.
  • Drive parameterization, Motors idle run and hot run with the AC/DC drives.

Education

Bachelor of Engineering - Electronics and Instrumentation

Ramakrishna Engineering College | Anna University
Coimbatore
01.2003 - 01.2007

Skills

  • Triconex, Tricon CX & TriGP System, Foxboro Evo DCS System (ArchestrA IDE, IACC) & FCP 270, FDC 280 controllers Domain Controlled System (PDC/SDC), Wonderware Historian, Alarm Management System

  • Asset Management System (IAMS) & Basics of EcoStruxure Maintenance Advisor (Maintenance Response Centre) UCM, FDC280, FCP280 configuration, network establishment & communication with Third party devices and knowledge of ABB 800xA system engineering

  • System Architecture Designing & System Definition Configuration Basics of Networking & Switch Configuration Interface and Troubleshooting of HART & FF Technology ESD/DCS System, Marshalling, FF, IRP, PDB Cabinet Designing

  • Marshalling Cabinet Cross Wiring, IRP Cabinet Cross Wiring & FF Cabinet Termination Diagram Designing Preparation of System & I/O diagrams, FBD & BLD diagrams HMI/SCADA Configuration: Control HMI, Fox view/Foxdraw, Wonderware Intouch Resource planning and FAT scheduling, Cabinet Staging, System Power up and technical proposal support

  • Industrial Networks and Communications: Modbus TCP/IP, RS232 and RS485, OPC Standard Having hands on experience in Installation, Integration, Tie-in, Commissioning & troubleshooting of DCS, SCADA, PLC, ESD & FGS systems at Onshore/Offshore site facility

Project planning

Team motivation

Mentoring

Project documentation

Leadership skills

Root-cause analysis

Multi-tasking skills

Problem-solving

Certification

TUV Certification in Safety Instrumented systems TUV FSEng ID: 11234/15.

Training

Fortinet Certification (NSE) Level 1/ Offshore BOSIET/H2S OPITO Training.

Timeline

Project Lead

Quest Global Engineering Servies Private Ltd, Banglore
07.2025 - Current

Senior Manager Engineering Projects

SCHNEIDER ELECTRIC INDIA PVT LTD formerly Invensys
04.2011 - 06.2025

Application Engineer

RENU ELECTRONICS INDIA PVT LTD
06.2008 - 04.2011

Application Engineer

ENPRO HITECH DISTRIBUTORS PVT LTD
06.2007 - 05.2008

Bachelor of Engineering - Electronics and Instrumentation

Ramakrishna Engineering College | Anna University
01.2003 - 01.2007
Dinesh RajasekaranICSS Engineering Lead