Kuldipsinh Rathod
Manager Operations
Bharuch
Summary
Collaborative leader with dedication to partnering with coworkers to promote engaged, empowering work culture. Documented strengths in building and maintaining relationships with diverse range of stakeholders in dynamic, fast-paced settings. Wide experience in the field of production and project commissioning in agrochemicals and chemical/petrochemicals plants.
Overview
17
17
years of professional experience
Work History
Manager
ONGC Petro additions Ltd.
07.2019 - Current
- Ensure work is carried out in accordance with applicable Quality System and work procedures
- Adherence to SOP’s and ESH procedures
- Suggested inputs/observations in SOP are based on actual start-up and shutdown of unit
- Adherence to SOC’s and suggestion for improvement
- Training to field & DCS operators
- Responsible for process monitoring and trouble shooting
- Optimizing consumption of raw materials and energy requirement
- Effective coordination with other departments, executing start-up, shutdown/turnaround
- Responsible for Pre start up safety reviews, Management of change.
Manager
Reliance Industries Ltd.
06.2014 - 07.2019
- Executed various activities related to LLDPE project like; quality acceptance during construction and erection, pre-commissioning, commissioning and start-up and shut-down
- DCS commissioning activities performed like instrument loop checking, logic checking, control loops checking, controller tuning with licensor and data keeping, punch point liquidation with service provider
- Perform steady state operation & routine maintenance activities coordination and planning
- Field activity supervision and training to field operators
- Production & process monitoring of LLDPE & Catalyst plant
- Incident investigation and report preparation
- Ensure work is carried out in accordance with applicable Quality System and work procedures
- Review of P&ID’s, Process logic documents from DEC
- Review of Process engineering activities for LLDPE project like utilities balance with respect to technology documents, effluent summary, ISO drawing checking with respect to P&ID, preparing loop files for hydro testing and for flushing
- Preparing operational preparedness documents like SOP, Pre-commissioning SOPs, Pre commissioning manual, Training to field executives of process, process logics
- Pre-commissioning & commissioning activities for piping and equipments
- Performed DCS FAT (2 months at Invensys, Mumbai) for LLDPE project
- Performed piping loop check & clearance during construction-erection phase of project
- Equipment commissioned reciprocating compressors, centrifugal compressors, screw compressor, distillation columns, fluidised bed reactor, fixed beds for RM purification, high pressure centrifugal syndine pumps, reciprocating pumps, centrifugal pumps, dryers, classifiers, pneumatic conveying & its soot blowers, steam & condensate system
- Adherence to SOP’s and ESH procedures
- Suggested inputs/observations in SOP are based on actual start-up and shutdown of unit
- Adherence to SOC’s and suggestion for improvement
- Knowledge and work experience of interlock bypass management system, F&G system, work permit system
- Training to field & DCS operators
- Responsible for process monitoring and trouble shooting.
Assistant Manager-Process
Grasim Industries Ltd. (Aditya Birla Group)
08.2012 - 06.2014
- Supply information to request from other disciplines in and orderly and timely manner
- Provide all necessary process data required for specification to obtain vendor quotation on items critical to the process
- Do technical comparisons and forward the same for procurement process
- P&ID & loop checking, Assisted and equipment erection and pre-commissioning activities
- Commissioning and start up of CS2 plant, CS2 recovery and SO2 recovery plants
- Equipment commissioned absorption and stripper columns, distillation columns, furnace, fixed bed converters, WHRB, cooling towers, heat exchangers like PHE, finned tube, S&T etc., centrifugal blowers, centrifugal & reciprocating pumps, liquid ring vacuum pumps.
Shift Manager (Shift In charge) Technical production
Bayer Crop-Science Ltd. (German MNC)
04.2010 - 08.2012
- Over all responsible for work during shift
- Raw Material management and planning
- Prepare production reports, KPI reports, waste generation report, SAP entry of Raw material and finished product
- P&ID checking, loop checking, handling operations like CSTR, washing, evaporation, crystallization, centrifugation, extraction, distillation
- Prepare SFC (Sequential flow chart), PCS logics (interlocks-shutdown interlocks) and its checking
- Done of Sequence, Logics commissioning of operation with vendor
- Commissioning of new plant
- SOP preparation and revision.
Production-Officer
Cheminova India Ltd. (Denmark MNC)
06.2007 - 11.2009
- Over all responsible for work during shift
- Raw Material management and planning
- Handling vacuum distillation at 60 barA absolute to process TMP and CSTR slurry reaction to produce TMP from PCl3 and Methanol, Handling of molten phosphorus, chlorine
- Handled chlorination process of phosphorus to produce PCl3
- Handled azeotropic distillation process for ETHANOL dehydration
- DCS (Yokogawa System CS-1000).
Education
B.E.-Chemical -
Sarvjanik College of Engineering & Technology, Surat.
H.S.C - undefined
Himmat High School, Himmatnagar.
S.S.C - undefined
Our Own High School, Prantij.
Skills
Maintenance Planning
Well conversant of P&IDs, Engineering drawings, Process logic diagrams, ISO drawings
Well conversant of International codes and standards such as API, ASME, TEMA
Good knowledge of MS Office & MS Visio
Acquainted with SAP system
Acquainted with Aspen Plus, Aspen HYSYS, Aspen EDR (Certification course)
Proven track record of DCS commissioning, Pre-commissioning, commissioning and turnaround of mega petrochemical plants
Process Optimization
Workflow Optimization
Document Control
Maintenance Planning
Project Management
Experience
- 15 Years
- 25.0 Lacs CTC
Project Commissioned
- Aclonifen expansion project – Bayer Crop Science – Ankleshwar, Gujarat, Shift Manager, Pre-commissioning, commissioning, steady state operation
- Fluopicolide commercial start up – Bayer Crop Science – Ankleshwar, Gujarat, Shift Manager, Pre-commissioning ,commissioning, steady state operation
- CS2 Plant, CS2 recovery & SO2 recovery plants – Grasim Industries – Vilayat, Gujarat, Assistant Manager, Detail Engineering, Pre-commissioning, Commissioning
- LLDPE Unit (C2 Cracker downstream) – RIL – Jamnagar, Gujarat, SFE (Manager), Pre-commissioning ,commissioning, steady state operation
Personal Information
- Date of Birth: 06/01/1985
- Married to Darshana
- Passport : K 6510445
- Aadhar No : 4171 8639 2842
- Pan No : ALZPR9993F
Tel
+91-6359779284/9723464379
Timeline
Manager
ONGC Petro additions Ltd.
07.2019 - Current
Manager
Reliance Industries Ltd.
06.2014 - 07.2019
Assistant Manager-Process
Grasim Industries Ltd. (Aditya Birla Group)
08.2012 - 06.2014
Shift Manager (Shift In charge) Technical production
Bayer Crop-Science Ltd. (German MNC)
04.2010 - 08.2012
Production-Officer
Cheminova India Ltd. (Denmark MNC)
06.2007 - 11.2009
B.E.-Chemical -
Sarvjanik College of Engineering & Technology, Surat.
H.S.C - undefined
Himmat High School, Himmatnagar.
S.S.C - undefined
Our Own High School, Prantij.