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Muthukumar Pandian
CMRP, Maintenance, Reliability And Change Management
Navi Mumbai
Summary
A Certified Maintenance and Reliability Professional with 17+ years of practical experience working with diverse systems and equipment in Oil and Gas industry. Solid professional experience base built upon formal education and on the job training. Strong leader and problem-solver dedicated to streamlining operations and maintenance to promote asset performance management and organizational efficiency. Uses independent decision-making skills and sound judgment to positively impact company success.
Overview
17
17
years of professional experience
4
4
years of post-secondary education
7
7
Certifications
3
3
Languages
Work History
Chief General Manager-Reliability&Change Managemen
Pipeline Management Services Pvt Ltd (JV Between A Brookfield Company and Reliance Industries Ltd)
Navi Mumbai
2019.04 - Current
- Leading and Managing Asset Life Cycle Management
- Developed/Improved the maintenance and reliability strategy effectively for Rotating equipment (GE Gas turbine (PGT25+, & GE 10/2), GE Centrifugal Gas compressor (PCL803/PCL 503), and GE Gas Engine Generator, Static Equipment, Pipelines etc.
- Lead and Manage Risk Assessment / Asset Criticality ranking process; Development of Asset Life Cycle Management Philosophy; Maintenance Strategy: FMEA / PM Optimization; Integrate RCM / FMEA with other key maintenance improvement work processes.
- Lead and support RCA Investigation process, collect and analyze reliability performance data and After-Action Reviews.
- Managed budget implementations, employee reviews, training, schedules, and contract technical negotiations.
- Introduced new methods, practices, and systems to reduce down time.
- Maximized efficiency by coaching and mentoring personnel on management principles, industry practices, company procedures, and technology systems.
- Drove year-over-year reliability growth while leading reliability and cross functional team operations and maintenance
- Collaborated with cross-functional teams to develop strategies and define scopes of work including Reliability / PdM / Condition Monitoring technologies, Rotating Equipment maintenance strategies and procedures.
- Managing Equipment Failures (Bad Actor management) includes solution implementation.
- Lead /Facilitating learning from repetitive failures and reliability events, Pareto analysis; Gas Turbine, Gas Compressors, Gas Engine Generator etc. RCFA and Condition Based Monitoring (CBM)
- Managing Management of Change (MOC); Review of MOC proposal for preliminary technical feasibility, Evaluation of Management of Change proposals, Detailed Engineering, CAPEX Projects implementation/execution, PSSR, Commissioning and Commissioning.
- Maximized operational excellence on management principles, industry practices, and company procedures.
- Managed budget implementations, employee evaluations, and contract details.
- Formulated policies and procedures to streamline operations.
- Mitigated operation risks by working closely with cross discipline team.
- Trained and guided team members to maintain high productivity and performance metrics.
- Reduced operational risks while organizing data to forecast performance trends.
- CMMS – SAP PM, Work Process and PM/PdM Optimization strategies.
- · Lead suitability study of rotary, static and pipeline equipment for Hydrogen blending operation.
Lead Engineer-Mechanical
East West Pipeline Ltd (Formerly Known as Reliance Gas Transportation and Infra Ltd)
2007.09 - 2019.03
- Planning, scheduling and execution of major equipment maintenance like GE Gas turbine (PGT25+, 3 X30MW), GE Centrifugal Gas compressor (PCL803), and GE Gas Engine Generator Pipeline & Main line valves.
- Lead, Maintain availability and reliability of GE Gas turbine (PGT25+,3 X30MW), GE Centrifugal Gas compressor (PCL803), GE Gas Engine Generator (3X1MW), Gas after Cooler etc.
- Maintenance, Troubleshooting &Condition monitoring (Bently Nevada, System-1) of Gas Turbine & Compressors.
- Level 1 inspection of PGT25+ which includes the activities like Water Wash, Baroscopic inspection, VSV offline schedule, Air inlet system, HP recoup calculation, & Lube system inspection.
- Trouble shooting of hydraulic starter, clutch, & hydraulic pump of PGT25+ and Dry Gas Seal of Gas compressor.
- Hands on experience in replacement of Gas generator & hydraulic clutch of PGT25+.
- Lead and executed containerization of GG in various sites of EWPL.
- Working experience in project-installation, pre-commissioning (Pre alignment, SO & MO oil flushing, GG installation, & final alignment), commissioning (carry out pre-start up checks, Ensure system readiness, P&ID validation, construction document validation) activities in mechanical field of Gas turbine PGT25+ (3x30 MW) & Gas Compressor PCL 803.
- Coordinated Bundle swapping activity in PCL 802 & 803 centrifugal compressors, which involves complete overhauling like disassembly of Diffusers, compressor bundle, Rotor inspection, Dry gas seal inspection, Thrust & Journal inspection, realignment etc.
- Maintenance & Troubleshooting of Seal Gas Booster.
- Major inspection of GE Jenbacher Gas Engine (20000H & 30000H).
- Erection and commissioning of Forced draft air cooled heat exchanger.
- Pre -commissioning and commissioning of plant piping which includes hydrostatic test, nitrogen Helium leak test and other activities.
- Carry out Pigging, Bell Hole inspection, thickness measurement & LRUT to ensure pipeline integrity.
- Responsible for maintenance of Air compressor, Fire water pump, & EOTs.
- Ensuring statutory inspection and testing (E.g., Pressure vessel inspection, Testing of Lifting Tools & tackles, PSV testing).
- Write accurate professional reports acting as point of contact between field and headquarter concerning technical issues and interfacing with all involved functions
- Ensure all in-field activities are carried out safely complying with company environmental Health & Safety (EHS) guidelines and procedures.
- Coordination with Vendor / Contractor to solve technical problems, Preparation of Technical Query, Design Deviation request, Site Observation etc.
Graduate Engineer Trainee & Shift Engineer
ISI (Indian Steel Industries) Bars Ltd, Khopoli (Indian Steel Group);
Khopoli
2006.04 - 2007.09
- Maintain availability and reliability of Billet Reheating Furnace (30TPH).
- Perform preventive and breakdown maintenance of HRM, BRF (30TPH), BLOCK MILL, GARRET AND COOLING BED.
- Coordinated and performed major shut down maintenance of rolling mill (Gear box inspection, bearing inspection, coupling inspection, alignment checking etc.)
- Assisted with coordination for refurbishment of Billet Reheating Furnace (Make: Vulcan)
- Maintenance of hydraulic & pneumatic system of plant.
Education
Bachelor of Engineering - Mechanical Engineering
Government College of Engineering, Anna University
Salem, India 2001.08 - 2005.04
Skills
Asset Criticality Assessment
undefinedCertification
Certified Maintenance and Reliability Professional
Accomplishments
Achieved "Employee of Quarter Award"
· Started as Engineer Mechanical in current organization and reached to Head of the Reliability department by demonstrating major accomplishments in performance, values and behaviors.
· Lead and Developed Asset Life Cycle Philosophy for first time at Pipeline Infrastructure Ltd which helped to develop " 20-year budget plan".
· Optimized PM by 17%
· Improved availability and reliability of Gas Turbine Compressor (GTC) and Gas Engine Generator (GEG) by analyzing Trips/Failure data, identifying bad actors and providing recommendations. Submitted details
Interests
Timeline
HAZOP
2023-07
Certified Maintenance and Reliability Professional
2023-06
Vibration Analyst -Cat II
2019-09
Chief General Manager-Reliability&Change Managemen
Pipeline Management Services Pvt Ltd (JV Between A Brookfield Company and Reliance Industries Ltd)
2019.04 - Current
Root cause Analysis/Defect Elimination Training Course
2014-04
Lead Auditor(ISO9001:2008)
2011-01
Lead Engineer-Mechanical
East West Pipeline Ltd (Formerly Known as Reliance Gas Transportation and Infra Ltd)
2007.09 - 2019.03
Graduate Engineer Trainee & Shift Engineer
ISI (Indian Steel Industries) Bars Ltd, Khopoli (Indian Steel Group);
2006.04 - 2007.09
Bachelor of Engineering - Mechanical Engineering
Government College of Engineering, Anna University
2001.08 - 2005.04
Bently Nevada System-1
Level II in PT and MPT
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