1. RAVIKIRAN NAGENDRA
+918143855302 / +919705531961
gnravikiran@gmail.com gnravikiran@yahoo.com
• A dynamic professional with 12 years of overall experience with Oil & Gas industry in
Production, Plant Operations & domestic pipe line architecture.
• LPG bottling plant operations, Maintenance, Resource Management, storage & Transport.
• Value Added African Experience of Handling all the tasks as centralized in charge.
• Expertise in using Management tools, software programs, updated technologies.
Profile Snapshot
8 years of hands on experience as a Plant Manager in Semi-automated and Automated LPG Bottling
plants with pleasant employment record, involving Operations, Maintenance, Production Planning,
technical support and Supervisory roles.
4 Years of relevant experience in Software enabled LPG Pipe line data base creation, analysis for
Domestic gas pipe lines installation and maintenance solutions as a Project Manager.
Expertise in Bottling Plant Operations & Maintenance with a storage capacity of 100 MT to 350 MT and
with a Production capacity of 30 MT per day in average.
Experienced in Managing Pressure vessels, Offloading LPG from Cargo ship vessels and transfer from/
to ISO Tanks without observing major liquid losses. Controlling the Physical and invoiced liquid
variances, Experienced in Control room activities.
Account development and ensure timely deliveries of goods, managing company assets, people
management and quality management.
Possesses excellent interpersonal, analytical, troubleshooting and team building skills with
proven ability in establishing quality systems / procedures and managing resources.
Adept in implementing cost saving measures to achieve substantial reduction in terms of raw
materials, manpower and machine utilization.
Ensured safety, environmental compliance, and efficient operations of the facility Evaluated,
repaired equipment and controls, equipment, gauges, instruments and monitors.
Enforced all plant safety, environmental and operating procedures to comply with local standards in
plant operation.
Current Position:
Working as a ’Plant Manager-Operations & maintenance’ with ‘Afrigas SL Ltd’ in Freetown, Sierra
Leone, West Africa since May 2014 to till date.
Key Responsibilities as a Plant Manager in current organization:
In charge for the Semi automated LPG Bottling plant involving Filling of Domestic and Commercial
LPG Cylinders range from 3 Kg to 45 Kg, ISO Tanks and LPG Transport through Vessels.
2. Interpreted and communicated production, consumption, and scheduled data and provide daily
trading positions to key personnel in the department.
Maintenance of Pneumatic cut off Filling scales and Valves, Plant equipment’s, Safety measurements,
Resource management, Bulk LPG and Cylinders movement, Machinery maintenance & reporting.
Maintained adequate pressure, temperature and flow of Gases, Read gauges and interpreted reports
and represented results and findings thru visual online diagrams, graphs, tabulations.
Managing the Plant machinery like Bullet Tanks, Process pumps, Compressors, Safety valves, sealing
equipment, Filling Guns, Pneumatic cut off systems and Decanting systems.
Following the designed work flow for Production, QC & QA tasks and delivering the best quality
product.
Interacting with the corporate office on regular basis for input order as well as status updating, Keep
informing them on daily activities.
Maintaining records of inward and outward Bulk LPG, filled and bullet tanks volume on daily basis.
Recording Empty and filled Gas cylinder movement.
Scheduling the Filling targets, Monitoring and tracking the production, guiding the team towards the
targets.
Providing training and support for fresh recruitments.
Monitoring & maintaining the safety system and weekly updating on the safety regards, mock drills
and Safety Audit reports preparation.
ensures that the gas plant machinery is running in its pristine working condition; handled order in the
control rooms and monitored gauges remotely via electronic signals and specialized computer
programs.
Internal & External Audit participation.
EMPLOYMENT RECORD:
Primus Kabsons (P) Ltd., Hyderabad.
As a Supervisor in Bottling plant, Gandhinagar, Hyderabad from June 2000 to Dec 2002.
Charminar LPG (P) Ltd., Hyderabad.
As a “Plant In charge” for bottling plant near Kakinada from Jan 2003 to Feb 2005.
COWI India (P) Ltd., Gurgaon.
As a “Technical Expert” from 7th Nov 2005 to 31st dec 2008.
Luminous Engineering & Technologies , New Delhi
As a “Sr. Project Manager” in Gas Pipe lines designing and maintenance since 2nd Jan 2009 to April
2012.
RMSI India, Hyderabad.
As an Asst Project Manager for LPG Domestic service records project Data migration and designing
from May 2012 to April 2014.
3. Gas projects Handles as a Project Manager:
Appointed as in charge for LP Gas domain projects which needs a Technical and field knowledge about
LPG Pipe lines, Valves, Pressure, accessories and safety specifications.
Resource planning with a team of 52 people as per the output and delivery schedules as forecasted to
the end customer.
Understanding the supply pressure, Line length, Valves, raisers, Pipe materials, thickness and other
accessories fitted with Domestic LPG gas lines.
Client Interaction on regular basis through video/tale conference and mail communication.
Pacific Gas & Electric: Gas Service Records
Creating a detailed Geo data base of domestic Gas pipelines at its true ground position
Installed by Pacific Gas & Electrical Company in USA since the year 1930 to till date. Recording the
installation, alterations, transfers, Stubs and cut off information with current physical status of the
pipe line and its material, size, type of service, low pressure, high pressure etc with its real ground
location using Drawings & foreman’s sketches.
Scope: To create a detailed consumer record and Gas pipe line architecture using
Software applications at its original ground position.
Enbridge Consumer Gas: PMTS Tracking and Updating.
Creating the Meta data base for the Domestic house hold pipe line connections along the
information of customer, area, year of installation and its true ground location in Canada, Niagara
District. All the information will be stored in Data base file along with the specifications of each
Pipe lines, installed date, consumer, address and current condition of the line using
Previous scanned records and customized applications.
SOFTWARE CREDENTIALS:
• Computer Knowledge : Good in Hardware and excellent in Software
Applications.
• Documentation & Reporting : MS Excel, Word at expert levels.
• Presentations : PowerPoint and Acrobat at complete levels.
• Designing : Auto Cad , Microstation , Arc Gis.
• Mapping and GIS : Google Maps, Google earth, Satellite imagery at
Expert levels.
• Other Software Applications : Customized application using SQL data base.
EDUCATIONAL CREDENTIALS:
• Bachelors in Mechanical Engineering from Asian Institute of Engineering & Management, Delhi.
• Diploma in Mechanical Engineering from Technical board, Andhra pradesh
• Certificate course from Survey of India in Advanced Mapping and Gis solutions using Satellite
imagery.
4. SKILL SET:
• Analytical, critical thinking and problem solving skills.
• Demonstrated abilities in analyzing various reports (stock report, vendor reports, etc.) &
successfully providing recommendations for fine tuning & efficient management of stores/
material operations.
• Regulated gas temperature and pressure, and installed regulators to effectively control
equipment Self inspection of all the stages in plant and motivating the team towards their
targets.
• Adept in issuing / receiving of material and coordinating with the outsourced vendor for smooth
functioning of the same
• Ensures that the gas plant machinery is running in its pristine working condition; handled order in
the control rooms and monitored gauges remotely via electronic signals and specialized computer
programs.
• Read and interpreted reports and represented results and findings thru visual online
diagrams, graphs.
• Defined operating parameters and recommended changes and upgrades in adherence to standards
PERSONAL DETAILS
Full Name : Ravikiran Nagendra Gubbala
Father Name : Satyanarayana Murthy
Date of Birth : 24-06-1977
Marital Status : Married
Languages Known : English, Hindi & Telugu.
Nationality : Indian
Passport No : K9237507
Valid till : 2023
VISA : B1 Visa of US, Valid till 2016.
Skype id : gnravikiran1