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Personal Information:
Name: Rajendran Kannappan
Address: Discovery Gardens,
Jebelali, Dubai
U.A.E.
Tel.No. +971554743423
E-mail:krajendran910@gmail.com
Date of Birth: 12 March 1970
Place of Birth: Chennai, India
Nationality: Indian
Present Resident in U.A.E.
Passport Number: K2060106
Marital Status: Married
Qualification: B.E., Mechanical
Experience: 24 years
(19 years in India, 5 years in U.A.E.)
Work specialization: Utilities and Infrastructure projects, O&M in Pharmaceutical Industries.
Driving Licence: U.A.E. and India.
Objective:
To secure a rewarding assignment through skillful management by motivating, training and supporting
the team to achieve higher standards of performance.
Key Skills:
Motivation, organization and leadership.
Work Experience:
July-2013 – Present Head of Infrastructure,
Gulf Inject, Jebelali, Dubai, U.A.E.
(Julphar Group of Company)
Responsibilities:
1. Operations and Maintenance of Infrastructure comprising utilities
such as HVAC, Chillers, Boiler, Air compressor, Water treatment
plant, etc.
2. Facilities management.
December 2009 – June 2013 Project Engineer - Utilities
Gulf Pharmaceutical Industries (Julphar), Ras Al Khaimah, U.A.E.
A reputed pharma industry serving the Middle East Countries.
Implemented Utility and Infrastructure part of a project valued US$ 130
million.
Responsibilities:
1. Detailed engineering and layout preparation in co-ordination with
Linde Engineering (Germany).
2. Preparation of project estimates.
3. Procurement and Contracting.
4. Site management in the installation and commissioning of Utility
equipments such as HVAC, Chillers, Boilers, Hot water generators,
Air compressors, Nitrogen systems, etc.

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5. Visited Testing facilities of Air handling units, De-humidifiers and
Filters at Sweden.
April 2007 – October 2009 Manager - Utilities
Orchid Pharmaceuticals Ltd, Chennai, India
A reputed pharma (bulk drug) industry serving US and European
countries. Heading the Utilities department in installation, operation and
maintenance of the Plant.
April 2006 – March 2007 Deputy Manager - Utilities
Orchid Pharmaceuticals Ltd, Chennai, India
Took charge as second line and handling activities for zone.
April 2003 – March 2006 Assistant Manager - Utilities
Orchid Pharmaceuticals Ltd, Chennai, India
Handled Utility Projects and maintenance of solvent recovery.
April 2001 – March 2003 Senior Executive - Utilities
Orchid Pharmaceuticals Ltd, Chennai, India
Played vital role in Utility plant maintenance of solvent recovery.
April 1999 –March 2001 Executive - Utilities
Orchid Pharmaceuticals Ltd, Chennai, India
Responsible for Utility Plant Maintenance.
April 1997 – March1999 Junior Executive - Utilities
Orchid Pharmaceuticals Ltd, Chennai, India
Utility Plant Operation and Maintenance.
June1995 – March1997 Engineer - Utilities
Orchid Pharmaceuticals Ltd, Chennai, India
Utility Plant Operation and Maintenance.
Sep 1994 – May 1995 Erection Engineer
Gemini Shreewas Pvt Ltd, Chennai, India
Turnkey project work Company. Responsible for erection of
Refrigeration and HVAC systems.
Sep 1992 – Aug 1994 Electrical & Mechanical Supervisor,
B.C.G.Vaccine Lab (Govt.of India), Chennai, India.
Responsible for Electrical and Mechanical maintenance of Refrigeration
equipments.
Project Experience:
Feasible study, preparation of Project proposals, Implementation of Projects which includes Energy
conservation, capacity up gradation, etc.
Implemented projects:
1. Coal fired boiler with excellent coal and ash handling facilities - $US 4 million.
2. Higher energy efficient refrigeration equipments -$US 2 million.
3. Higher energy efficient Air compressor and Nitrogen plant –$US 0.6 million.
4. Energy conservation projects with total investment of $US 10 million.

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Responsibilities:
Having implemented nearly about 20 Energy conservation projects, trained around 20 executives for
monitoring and controlling energy consumption in Utility equipments.
1. Trained End-users (process personnel) about the utilities generation, distribution and its potential
of energy reduction through effective utilization of utility service.
2. Driving the department towards Objective, Goal and Plan in various activities for the reduction of
Expenditure, Production downtime and Safety incidents.
3. Developing excellent safety culture amongst utility personnel and contractors by conducting
world class safety consultant’s (DuPont) safety tools such as safety observation audit, Process
Hazard Analysis, Job cycle check, Job safety analysis, Mechanical Integrity, Incident
investigation reports, etc.
4. Purchase transactions through SAP, conducting regular meetings for Inventory reduction
involving senior management team.
Functional Experience:
 Utility Maintenance of Bulk drug production unit, Refrigeration systems of very low temperature (up
to -70°C) and total capacity of 6000TR, De-Humidifiers, Cooling towers (of total capacity 8000TR),
Purified water system, Water treatment, Air handling unit, HVAC, Powder processing equipment,
Effluent treatment, process equipments such as Centrifugal pump, Dosing pump, Blower,
Compressor, Vacuum pump, Heat Exchanger, mechanical seal, Filter, Valve, Steam Jet ejector,
Pressure vessel, etc.
 Steam generation Boilers (of total capacity 63 Ton/hr) comprising Coal fired and Furnace oil fired,
equipped with imported burners with optimum efficiency.
 System implementation & can effectively use ERP-SAP system (PM module) for maintenance
functions like attending breakdown, preventive maintenance, expenditure control, work study,
inventory, history maintenance, maintenance budgeting.
 Planning and implementation of shut down, breakdown and routine maintenance activities. Failure
analysis & corrective action implementation / proposals & Implementation of preventive & predictive
maintenance.
 Implementation of modifications (estimating & executing) as per process requirements.
 Conducting SOP training programs, Safety-tool box talkies and technical programs for technicians.
 Review and updating of ISO 9001:2000, & 14001 documentation.
 Safety procedures & implementation to technicians with DuPont training knowledge.
 Indigenization & Value engineering analysis of spares based on ABC analysis.
 Inventory control of equipment spares, standard components and consumables.
 Budget preparation, monitoring and controlling expenditures.
MIS:-
o Responsible for preparing reports on failure analysis, preventive, predictive and breakdown.
o Reports for minimizing downtimes by providing quick turnaround responses.
o Preparation of FDA related documents like DQ, IQ, OQ & PQ related to utility services.
o Preparation of monthly & annual performance reports.
CERTIFICATION:-
o Boiler Operation Engineer certification on Nov-2005 from Govt of Tamilnadu, India.
o Energy Manager certification on Oct-2006 from Govt.of India, Bureau of Energy Efficiency.
o SAP-MM certification on Dec-2006 from Texas Technologies, Chennai, India.
o DuPont Safety Training from world class safety consultant DuPont.