Sunil Krishnan
Mumbai
Summary
Solution focused, result oriented gas industry professional with strong analytical skills and a passion for Operations Excellence. More than19 years’ industry experience covering roles in Centre of Excellence, Operations Management, Site Management, Competency Development and Total Quality Management.
Overview
11
11
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Deputy General Manager, Centre of Excellence
INOX Air Products (JV with INOX India & Air Products Inc. USA)
04.2024 - Current
- Central operations support for the multiple Cryogenic Air Separation Plants across the country with focus on operations excellence
- Conceptualize and oversee implementation of productivity projects, improve plant efficiency and reliability, ensure plant availability and effectiveness, develop overall competency of the team
- Ensuring adherence to process safety principles, systems and directives
- Role demands embracing Root Cause Analysis and Problem-Solving Techniques to prevent recurrence of incidents
- Assistant General Manager, Centre of Excellence [Apr2022 to Mar2024]
Assistant General Manager, Oxygen Plants
JSW Steel Limited
10.2021 - 03.2022
- As the operations head, managed four air separation plants in the Dolvi Steel Complex (Maharashtra) with a total Oxygen production capacity of6660 TPD
- Also lead the TQM and continuous improvement activities for oxygen plants
- Spearheaded the activities during commissioning of the2x2200 TPD plants and ensured the smooth takeover and stabilization of the plants
- Senior Manager, Oxygen Plants [May2018 to Sep2021]
Facility Manager,840 TPD Oxygen Plant
Air Liquide
08.2015 - 05.2018
- Site Manager for the840 TPD Air Separation Unit at Panipat, Haryana catering gases requirement of a State-owned petrochemical complex.
Plant Manager,110 TPD Oxygen Plant
Linde India Limited (formerly BOC India Limited)
07.2014 - 08.2015
- Site Manager for the110 TPD Air Separation Unit catering the gases requirement of a multi-national steel processing unit at Dahej, Gujarat
- Competency Development Manager [Oct2012 to Jun2014]
- Managed competency development program of Linde India through developing and spearheading online learning and assessment modules based on the training need analysis
- Production Manager [Apr2010 to Sep2012]
- Production in charge of Taloja Tonnage site in Maharashtra consisting of330 TPD Oxygen plant,120 nm3/hr Electrolytic Hydrogen plant,70 TPD Oxygen VPSA unit and450 nm3/hr Gaseous Nitrogen Generator
- Shift In Charge/Engineer [Jul2005 to Mar2010]
- Started career as a trainee engineer in operations and progressed to the role of Shift in charge for110 TPD Oxygen plant and120 nm3/hr Electrolytic Hydrogen plant at Taloja, Maharashtra
Education
PGDM - Operations Management
Welingkar Institute of Management
03-2022
B-Tech - Mechanical
University of Kerala
06-2005
Skills
- Cryogenic Air Separation
- Operations Management
- Site Management
- Cross Functional Collaboration
- Root Cause Analysis
- Process Safety, HAZOP
- Total Quality Management
- Six Sigma
- Competency Development
- Digital Initiatives
- Process optimization
- Productivity Improvement
Certification
- Lean Six Sigma Black Belt
- KPMG
- HAZOP Leader
- Ispahan Training Pte Ltd, Singapore
LANGUAGES
English – Proficient
Hindi – Proficient
Malayalam – Mother Tongue
Affiliations
- Technical Committee Member
- Gas Industries Association
Training
- Behavioural Safety
- DuPont India
- Reliability Management of Large Industries
- Air Liquide Global, Dubai
- Business Communication Skills
- Spearhead Training, Dubai
- IMS Internal Auditor
- Det Norske Veritas (DNV India)
- Cryogenic Air Separation
- BOC Australia, Sydney
PERSONAL DATA
- Date of Birth –31st July1983
- Nationality – Indian
- Marital Status – Married
- Location – Mumbai, India
- Availability – within3 months
Accomplishments
- Process Optimization: Spearheaded the enhancement of Oxygen production from the 2200 TPD Oxygen plant by 32% to support the medical oxygen demand during the covid pandemic period.
- Digital Initiatives: Conceptualized and led the implementation of Advanced Process Control (APC) at 2200 TPD Oxygen plant.
- Total Quality Management: Led the Oxygen plant team to key achievements in Total Quality Management modules and Improvement projects which gave a savings of INR 39 Crores in a three year period.
- Turnaround Shutdowns: Led two successful turnaround shutdowns as the Facility Manager of 840 TPD ASU at Panipat without any safety incident.
- Projects and Commissioning: Led the successful commissioning of 110 TPD ASU at Dahej and subsequently took charge as the Plant Manager.
Timeline
Deputy General Manager, Centre of Excellence
INOX Air Products (JV with INOX India & Air Products Inc. USA)
04.2024 - Current
Assistant General Manager, Oxygen Plants
JSW Steel Limited
10.2021 - 03.2022
Facility Manager,840 TPD Oxygen Plant
Air Liquide
08.2015 - 05.2018
Plant Manager,110 TPD Oxygen Plant
Linde India Limited (formerly BOC India Limited)
07.2014 - 08.2015
- Lean Six Sigma Black Belt
- KPMG
- HAZOP Leader
- Ispahan Training Pte Ltd, Singapore
PGDM - Operations Management
Welingkar Institute of Management
B-Tech - Mechanical
University of Kerala
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