Summary
Overview
Work History
Education
Skills
Systems Handled And Skillset
Overall Professional Experience
Other Special Skills And Trainings
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Laxmikant Shende

Laxmikant Shende

Project management
Navi Mumbai

Summary

A result-oriented professional with over 22+ years of
rich experience in Project Management, Engineering ,execution, Commissioning, Operation & Maintenance. Specializes in conforming all instrumentation solutions to perfectly align to Project Requirement and budgetary threshold.

Overview

23
23
years of professional experience
3
3
Languages

Work History

Core Team – DCS Configuration Lead

Reliance Jamnagar Export Refinery
- Current
  • Company Overview: India
  • System Worked as overall FCS core team lead for Master Templates design implementation & test for complete Reliance project
  • Day to day basis maintenance of the template & synchronized template revision in all EPCs successfully
  • Specially maintains & manages the Database engineering with less effort for bulk engineering
  • FDS designed work
  • Core designed discussion and testing with customer
  • Visual Inspection of all panels & Equipments, DCS, ESD & subsystem according to Project Specification and recommending customer to meet the project specification
  • Hands on experience working on Modbus TCP/IP and establishing communication between DCS and Modbus devices
  • Installation of Foxboro EVO I/A version 9.3 system for Reliance
  • Testing of Simple and Complex loops as per FDS and Control narrative
  • Setting up of I/A system as per system architecture drawings during FAT
  • Building of Graphics display based on P&ID drawings
  • India

Core Team – DCS Lead Engineer

Jubail Export Refinery SATORP
- Current
  • System Worked as overall FCS core team lead for Master Templates design implementation & test for complete Reliance project
  • Day to day basis maintenance of the template & synchronized template revision in all EPCs successfully
  • Specially maintains & manages the Database engineering with less effort for bulk engineering
  • SATORP Project FDS designed work – DDS for DCS
  • Designed discussion with customer
  • System Acceptance Test for Satorp according to SAT procedure with multiple EPC like Technip & Tecnicas Reunidas EPC
  • Visual Inspection of all panels & Equipments, DCS, ESD & subsystem according to Project Specification and recommending customer to meet the project specification
  • Hands on experience working on Modbus TCP/IP and establishing communication between DCS and modbus devices
  • Installation of I/A version 8.8 system for SATORP
  • Setting up of additional remote workstations for loop test activity at Satorp in order to complete the loop test as per the schedule without any additional cost to customer
  • Testing of Simple and Complex loops as per FDS and Control narrative
  • Setting up of I/A system as per system architecture drawings during FAT
  • Building of Graphics display based on P&ID drawings

Sr. Project Engineer

Ducon Technologies (I) Pvt. Ltd
- Current
  • Company Overview: Mumbai
  • Conducted a pre engineering survey
  • Basic engineering & Design
  • Logic and Graphic development
  • Building Complex Control loops
  • Conduct Pre-Fat and FAT
  • Working on Historian packages ATM
  • AT
  • Process Interlock checking and loop checking
  • Performing SAT activities & commissioning of Foxboro systems at customer’s site
  • Panel auditing of all DCS panels
  • Report packages OPALISE
  • Procurement
  • Detailed engineering
  • Mumbai

Sr. Project Engineer

Sohar Fertilizers
- Current
  • Company Overview: Oman
  • Conducted a pre engineering survey
  • Basic engineering & Design
  • Logic and Graphic development
  • Building Complex Control loops
  • Conduct Pre-Fat and FAT
  • Working on Historian packages ATM
  • AT
  • Report packages OPALISE
  • Procurement
  • Detailed engineering
  • Oman

Project Engineer

VVF Ltd
- Current
  • Company Overview: Mumbai
  • Conducted a pre engineering survey
  • Basic engineering & Design
  • Logic and Graphic development
  • Building Complex Control loops
  • Conduct Pre-Fat and FAT
  • Working on Historian packages ATM
  • AT
  • Report packages OPALISE
  • Procurement
  • Detailed engineering
  • Mumbai

DGM- Projects

Schneider Electric
04.2024 - Current
  • Role: Manager – Engineering Manager / Technical Manager
  • Below mentioned project handled as Technical Manager
  • NTPC – FGD Talcher & Vallur
  • NTPC – Upgrade Vindyachal, Rihand & Mauda
  • MSBP – BPCL, Kachin (EIL)
  • Reliance DTA – PIB 03& 04 Revamped & Upgrade
  • Reliance FCC - FBM upgrade from 100 to 200 upgrade
  • Reliance SEZ - PIB62& PIB65 Revamped
  • Reliance DTA MTF 28& 29 – Upgradation project
  • Reliance PIB06 & PIB07 – upgrade
  • Reliance PIB09 ESD upgrade
  • J3 ECB002
  • Reliance DTA – PIB45 - coker Revamped
  • Reliance HRSG, GT migration
  • Reliance PIB04 ESD upgrade
  • RIL – PIB10, PIB05, PIB04 DCS upgrade
  • Years with Schneider: 17 Year 1 Months (Overall Experience - 21 year)

Manager – Engineering Manager / Technical Manager

Schneider Electric
04.2016 - 03.2024

Below mentioned project handled as Technical Manager

v NTPC – FGD Talcher & Vallur

v NTPC – Upgrade Vindyachal ,Rihand & Mauda

v MSBP – BPCL ,Kachin ( EIL )

v Reliance DTA – PIB 03& 04 Revamped & Upgrade

v Reliance FCC - FBM upgrade from 100 to 200 upgarde

v Reliance SEZ -PIB62& PIB65 Revamped

v Reliance DTA MTF 28& 29 – Upgradation project

v Reliance PIB06 & PIB07 – upgrade

v Reliance PIB09 ESD upgrade

v J3 ECB002

v Reliance DTA – PIB45 - coker Revamped

v Reliance HRSG, GT migration

v Reliance PIB04 ESD upgrade

v RIL – PIB10 ,PIB05 ,PIB04 DCS upgrade

Key Responsibilities:

v Preparation DCS Architecture drawings, System Configuration, System Interconnection

Drawings and timely submission of documents to customer for review & approval.

v Preparation of Functional Design Specification, General arrangement drawing for cabinets and getting approval from customer.

Detailed engineering, Design, Testing & System Integration

v Preparing of PDR & FDR project documents such as system development plan ,BOM, SDD,

FAT & SAT test procedures and timely submission of documents for customer review &

Approval.

v Design of the human machine interface(HMI), extracting the graphics from the P&ID and submitting it to customer for review and incorporating the customer comments if any in order to achieve good customer satisfaction index and also Configuring graphic’s dynamics and testing at pre FAT, FAT

v Installing, commissioning, upgrading & maintenance of all hardware, software

Components of Foxboro I/A system to ensure smooth running of process plant without any

Trips & process upsets.

v Main Interface with customer & End User for Technical, Factory Acceptance Test, Change

Orders, Engineering team management, Site activities planning, Monthly Progress Review

Meetings, Sub Vendor management

v Generation of process & interlock Graphics as per P&ID drawing and getting approval from customer

v Debugging of the Logics and incorporating any modification in the Logics as requested by

Customer as per their plant requirement needs.

v Testing of graphics display and logics as per P&ID and control narrative description.

v Configuration pertaining to database in IA series DCS systems.

v Defining of all hardware and Software using I/A series System Definition..

v System Installation and Plant Commissioning.

v Familiar with digital buses like DeviceNet , Foundation Fieldbus and Profibus

v Conducting FAT and SAT opting front end responsibilities with the customers.

v Capable of analyzing network traffic using sniffer .

Project Engineer

Yantra Automation Pvt Ltd
02.2004 - 12.2006
  • Projects Worked on: YAMUNA,VAPI
  • VIRAJ, BOISAR
  • FABTECH INTERNATIONAL PVT LTD, MUMBAI
  • HINDUSTAN LEVER LTD, DAPADA
  • Brief System Configuration: Micro logics 1500, HMI - PV 300 Micro SCADA – Rsview 32
  • Flexlogic-5434, Panel View Plus, AC Drive power flex 4 and power flex 40
  • PLC Logic Development IN RS Logix5000, Simulation and Commissioning at site

Maintenance Engineer

APPL IND LTD
04.2002 - 02.2004
  • Maintenance of electric control panel, devices like VFD and panel modification

Education

MBA - Finance

K J Somaiya Institute of Management
Mumbai, India
04.2001 - 01.2001

Skills

Project /Engineering Management

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Systems Handled And Skillset

  • MS Windows, FCS (Foxboro EVO), Foxview/Foxdraw, Wonderware InTouch, Mesh Network, AIM
  • AT, Wonderware Historian, Foxboro EVO

Overall Professional Experience

  • Yantra Automation Pvt Ltd. Mumbai, Project Engineer, 02/02/04 to 12/16/06, YAMUNA, VAPI., VIRAJ, BOISAR., FABTECH INTERNATIONAL PVT LTD, MUMBAI., HINDUSTAN LEVER LTD, DAPADA., Brief System Configuration: Micro logics 1500, HMI - PV 300 Micro SCADA – Rsview 32., Flexlogic-5434, Panel View Plus, AC Drive power flex 4 and power flex 40., PLC Logic Development IN RS Logix5000, Simulation and Commissioning at site.
  • APPL IND LTD, PUNE, Maintenance Engineer, 04/08/02 to 02/01/04, Maintenance of electric control panel, devices like VFD and panel modification.

Other Special Skills And Trainings

AB PLC training on Hardware and software from Prolific, Pune.

Personal Information

  • Age: 40
  • Passport Number: V9825059
  • Date of Birth: 09/02/80
  • Nationality: Indian
  • Marital Status: Married
  • Religion: Hindu

Timeline

DGM- Projects

Schneider Electric
04.2024 - Current

Manager – Engineering Manager / Technical Manager

Schneider Electric
04.2016 - 03.2024

Project Engineer

Yantra Automation Pvt Ltd
02.2004 - 12.2006

Maintenance Engineer

APPL IND LTD
04.2002 - 02.2004

MBA - Finance

K J Somaiya Institute of Management
04.2001 - 01.2001

Core Team – DCS Configuration Lead

Reliance Jamnagar Export Refinery
- Current

Core Team – DCS Lead Engineer

Jubail Export Refinery SATORP
- Current

Sr. Project Engineer

Ducon Technologies (I) Pvt. Ltd
- Current

Sr. Project Engineer

Sohar Fertilizers
- Current

Project Engineer

VVF Ltd
- Current
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