Rohit Sorathia
JAMNAGAR
Summary
Lead instrument-reliability and maintenance professional with over 16 years of experience at Reliance Industries Ltd. Specializes in optimizing operations at the world's largest gasification complex, managing a large air separation unit with a production capacity of 3*5250 TPD. Demonstrated success in reliability improvement, maintenance, and project management, including major turnarounds and crisis management.
Carrer Goal: Aims to utilize expertise in instrumentation and control to enhance operational excellence in the oil & gas and green energy sectors.
Overview
16
16
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Lead Instrument-Reliability & Maintenance
Reliance Industries Ltd.(RIL)
Jamnagar
04.2019 - 03.2026
- Assisted in troubleshooting various conventional and special field instruments and control systems interfaces like DCS (Foxboro-Evopro), ESD/SIS (Triconex), PLC (Siemens), CCC anti-surge control system, and MCMS.
- Supported efforts to improve plant instruments' reliability to enhance operational efficiency and reduce downtime through management of change (MOC) planning and execution.
- Conducted root cause analysis (RCA) studies and implemented recommendations from investigation management (IM).
Sr. Executive Engineer-Instrument
ONGC Petro Additions Ltd.(OPaL)
Bharuch
12.2016 - 03.2019
- At OPAL, worked as Sr. Executive engineer in Polypropylene unit, looked after maintenance of various field instruments & control systems.
- Successfully completed Installation, Commissioning and Start Up, Name Plate Capacity Test of Poly Propylene Plant.
- Associated with proactive & preventive maintenance of different types of field instruments both in HART and Conventional in liaison with operations for scheduling which facilitates reduced plant downtime, enhanced reliability, and better availability of instrumentation.
- Played a vital role as a Lead engineer in Major Turnaround with focus on effective job planning, materials availability, manpower and man hour planning, safe and in time execution considering all HSEF procedures & Permit to Work (PTW) norms.
- Identified, repaired and tested equipment faults, documenting repairs to track recurring failures.
- Kept equipment in good working order, following preventive maintenance schedule to enhance longevity.
- Operated and maintained Nucleonic level transmitter (Uniprobe LB90) as well as MFI (Melt Flow Index-Thermoscientific-PCR630) among other conventional and specialized field instruments.
- Worked on Honeywell PKS R410.9, SIEMENS Step 7, and Honeywell SM R145.1 control systems.
- Worked on Bentley Nevada 3500 systems for Machine control & management system.
Executive engineer
Yokogawa India Ltd.
Jamnagar
08.2013 - 11.2016
- At Yokogawa India Ltd. deputed as a system Engineer at Essar Oil Ltd , looking after various control systems like Yokogawa DCS, ESD & FGS.
- Successfully commissioned HMU Unit which includes DCS and Plant ESD Logics and Interlocks creation, modifications and testing, FGS (Fire and Gas) system commissioning and FF-Foundation Fieldbus Devices configurations.
- Completed DCS system migration project from ABB to Yokogawa Centum VP R6.
Executive Engineer
Welspun Captive Power Generation Ltd.
Anjar,Kutch
10.2012 - 07.2013
- Managed instrumentation maintenance and troubleshooting activities for 80MW Captive Power Plant at Welspun
- Demonstrated expertise in controlling and operating diverse control systems such as Yokogawa DCS CS3000 and Bentley Nevada-3500.
- Acquired knowledge in multiple process control systems including single & 3-element steam drum level control, furnace pressure control, and main steam pressure control.
Executive engineer
Torrent Power Ltd.
Ahmedabad
07.2009 - 09.2012
- Worked as an executive engineer in Power Transmission & distribution automation department
- Succeeded in implementing a frequency-based power load shedding system using GE Fanuc PLC for a vast transmission network at Torrent Power.
- Spearheaded the commissioning efforts for a variety of EHV and HV Power Substations Automation initiatives. Developed strong proficiency in utilizing tools such as Citect SCADA and GE Fanuc PLC CPU-374/E05 while implementing diverse Electro-technical Protocols including IEC61850, IEC104,I EC103. Implemented effective deployment strategies for Network switches in FO networks.
Education
B.E. - Instrumentation and Control
Dharmsinh Desai University
Nadiad,Gujarat05.2009
Skills
- Asset Management and Reliability
- RCA and incident management
- RCM/FMEA study
- DCS-Foxboro, Yokogawa, Honeywell
- ESD-TRICONIX, HONEYWELL, & PROSAFE-RS
- PLC programming, SIEMENS STEP7, GE FANUC
- Compressor Controls: Betley, Nevada 3500, & Antisurge (CCC)
- HAZOP and PHA study
- Planning: Shutdown & Major TA
- Effective Communication
Languages
English
Hindi
Gujarati
Websites, Portfolios and Profiles
www.linkedin.com/in/rohitsorathia
Certification
- Triconix ESD system
- GE Bentley Nevada-3500
- Yokogawa DCS Centum VP-R5
- Yokogawa ESS Prosafe-RS
- IMS Awareness
- PHA (Process Hazard Analysis) Study.
Hobbies and interests
- Reading
- Swimming
Disclaimer
I hereby declare that the information furnished above are correct up to the best of my Knowledge and I bear the responsibilities for the correctness of the above mentioned particulars.
Languages
English,Hindi,Gujarati
Projects
- Successfully Completed the esteemed STEP-UP (FLL) Flagship
program enhance the First step towards leadership. - Liquid Oxygen maximization: Played a key role in the commissioning
of Liquid Oxygen maximization project for meeting the medical
oxygen demand of 500 TPD during the
COVID pandemics. - Successfully implemented MOC project of CCC (Anti-surge control
system) surge margin shifting from 7% to 5% for enabling compressor
to run in turndown mode-saves 15 tph of steam-Got Recognized by
the Organization. - Successfully commissioned various PO Automation schemes for the reducing the PO intervention & increased safety-Got recognized by the Organization.
- Major cost saving (55,00,000/- INR) cost saving by exploring alternate vendors for critical material procurement.
- Overcome various reliability issues challenging the plant production, by Implementing (in house) various reliability initiatives.
Timeline
Lead Instrument-Reliability & Maintenance
Reliance Industries Ltd.(RIL)
04.2019 - 03.2026
Sr. Executive Engineer-Instrument
ONGC Petro Additions Ltd.(OPaL)
12.2016 - 03.2019
Executive engineer
Yokogawa India Ltd.
08.2013 - 11.2016
Executive Engineer
Welspun Captive Power Generation Ltd.
10.2012 - 07.2013
Executive engineer
Torrent Power Ltd.
07.2009 - 09.2012
B.E. - Instrumentation and Control
Dharmsinh Desai University