1. SHARATH KUMAR .B
Contact Nos.: 0096565106387/ 0096597516540 ~ E-Mail: sharathkumarb@rediffmail.com
Contact Address: Abuhalifa, Kuwait (Please mention complete address)
Performance-driven Professional in pursuit of challenging and enriching assignments in Operations &
Maintenance with an organization of high repute preferably in Manufacturing of Industrial Gases industry
PROFILE SUMMARY
• 19 years of experience in:
~ Operations & Maintenance
~ Production Management
~ Erection & Commissioning
~ Fabrication
~ Shift Management
~ Safety Management
~ Training
~ Plant Operations
~ Liaison & Coordination
~ Documentation
~ Cost Control
~ Team Management
• Expertise in handling operations and maintenance for air separations plant and maintenance for cryogenic vessels
• A keen planner, strategist and implementer with deftness in analyzing data and making recommendations for improving
plant operations and solving maintenance-related problems
• Multi-disciplinary Executive renowned for handling erection & commissioning activities involving in-process inspection in
coordination with internal/ external departments
• Skilled in implementing maintenance schedules and carrying out periodic checks to ensure performance of various
equipments and maintaining requisite documents for the same
• Adept in enhancing production operations, optimizing resource utilization while escalating productivity and operational
efficiencies
• An effective communicator & negotiator with strong analytical, problem solving and organizational skills
CORE COMPETENCIES
• Managing the use & inventories of spare parts, maintenance supplies & equipment and initiating reordering when
necessary
• Selecting and advising management on new equipment, tools and maintenance methods to improve plant operations
• Handling the production operations activities by optimum utilisation of resources such as manpower, material and
machine to control cost of production
• Monitoring operations & maintenance procedures to increase the efficiency and ensuring adherence to quality standards
through in-process checks
• Anchoring erection & commissioning of equipment and ensuring completion of project in minimum turnaround time with
effective resource utilization to maximize the output
• Planning and effectuating predictive & preventive maintenance schedules for various equipment to increase machine up
time & equipment reliability
• Developing project baselines while monitoring and controlling projects with respect to cost, resource deployment, time
over-runs and quality compliance to ensure its satisfactory execution
2. • Establishing and maintaining a computerized maintenance management system for tracking work orders, spare parts, and
maintenance history of plant equipment
WORK EXPERIENCE
Since Jul’03 with GULF CRYO, location?
Presently designated as Maintenance Controller
Growth Path:
Jul’03 to Apr’08 Shift Leader - KIGC
May’08 to Aug’10 Shift Leader - Shuaiba Oxygen
Aug’10 to till date Maintenance Controller
Key Result Areas:
As Maintenance Controller:
• Initiating, implementing and handling the plant maintenance program based on best practices with an emphasis on
planning/scheduling and preventive/predictive maintenance (production machinery and utilities equipment)
• Liaising with:
o Administrative Department on request and reception of spare parts and supplies
o Plant Manager to plan their maintenance and monitor the execution including budget controls
• Monitoring plant maintenance personnel and inspect regularly their work
• Ensuring that maintenance technicians are adequately trained, equipped and motivated so that the maintenance program
can be accomplished in a safe, timely and cost-effective manner.
• Hiring maintenance personnel
• Maintaining and updating operating, training manuals and technical catalogues of all the plant equipment for the
maintenance department
• Reviewing the operation of plant equipment and systems constantly to minimize unplanned downtime, to solve problems
in a timely manner, and to identify opportunities for improvement
• Developing and implementing a yearly plan for the preventive maintenance to reduce break down maintenance cost
• Maintaining the periodic calibrations/pop test durations based on international standards and manufacturers
recommendation of safety valves, gauges, vessels, tubes, etc.
• Identifying qualified workshops for the breakdown maintenance which can provide a guarantee for their job and sign a
service level agreement with fixed service charges
As Shift Leader at KIGC & Shuaiba Oxygen ASU’s.
• Safely operated the Air separation plant according to the production plan
• Start/ stop the plant and equipments as per SOP’s
• Involved in deriming of ASU, individual process and backup pumps as per SOP
• Ensured safe mobile tanker filling and assist the operators for filling
• Developed and implemented safety and operation procedures & policies
• Liaised with the customers operation teams
• Performed HAZOP analysis, participated in root cause analysis of events and develop corrective and preventive measures
• Ensured effective preparation of plant/equipment deriming procedures and procedures for modifications
• Managed and adjusted process parameters for maximum production and ensure high product availability and equipment
reliability
• Patrol work area and listen for warning signals to determine potential malfunctions
• Identified potential hazardous situations and educate shift leaders and operators
• Monitored operators & maintenance personnel and ensured compliance with safety standards according to SOPs/SMPs
Highlights:
• Efficiently handled maintenance as per company requirements, maintained online plants 99.5% reliability for air
separations plant online plants
• Erection & Commissioning of:
o 1550 TPD Air Liquide ASU (Shuaiba Oxygen) along with AL team. -- August 2008
o 120 TPD Linde Liquefier (KIGC) along with Linde team. -- October 2006
o 260 TPD Air Liquide ASU (KIGC) along with AL team. -- December 2003
• Operation & Preventive Maintenance of following Machines & Equipments:
o SIEMENS & JOY COOPER centrifugal air compressors.
o ATLAS CAPCO & PRAXAIR expansion turbines.
o CRYOMEC & CRYOSTAR cryogenic centrifugal process and truck loading pumps.
o BURCKHARDT reciprocating oxygen compressors & SIAD reciprocating nitrogen compressors.
o AIR LIQUIDE, LINDE & PRAXAIR COLD BOX.
o LINDE Liquéfier.
o HAMMON cooling water towers & KSB water pumps.
3. o CAMFILL air suction filter house.
o VRV, AL, BOC & INOX storage tanks and mobile tankers.
o Good experience in operating the plant with Yokogawa DCS and Siemens PLC systems.
As Maintenance Controller:
• Achieved:
o 99.5% reliability of ASU equipments through efficient preventive & corrective maintenance during 2011
o less than half day of average downtime hours for around 65 mobile cryogenic tankers during 2011
o 40% saving in the maintenance budget for ASU & tanker maintenance for the year 2011
As Shift Leader at KIGC & Shuaiba Oxygen ASU’s:
• Monitored the SO team for deriming the ASU in April 2010
• Attained 50,000 hours of safe working man hours in SO
• Safely operated:
o 1550 TPD Shuaiba Oxygen ASU for 2.0 years with over 99.5% availability & reliability
o 260 TPD KIGC ASU for 5 years with 99.5% and above availability & reliability
o 120 TPD KIGC Liquefier for 1.5 years meeting customer demands
• Essayed a key role in implementing safety in the ASU as per international standards
• Ensured effective documentation of SOP, SMP, HAZOP, PRODUCTION, COMMISSIONING & CMMS
• Acknowledged for deriming of 260 TPD KIGC ASU within target time
PREVIOUS WORK EXPERIENCE
Dec’99 to Jun’03 with Praxair India Pvt. Ltd., location? as Plant Engineer
Highlights:
At Hospet, 120 TPD Air Separation Plant.
• Attained 100% ZERO accident/ZERO incidents for 3 consecutive years
• Successfully met productivity targets with power reduction and spare parts inventory control
• Played a stellar role in eliminating all the deviations which had existed since erection and commissioning of the plant
• Efficiently showed an excellent urgency of actions on several occasions to meet customer satisfaction
• Derimed the plant as per Praxair deriming procedure
At Hyderabad, Pump Filling Station
• Attained 100% safety with ZERO accident / ZERO Incidents
• Significantly developed a safe working culture among the employees
• Achieved production targets and provided excellent customer satisfaction
• Efficiently commissioned & operated 2 X 100 metric tons carbon dioxide storage tanks
May’99 to Dec’99 with Bhoruka Gases Company, location? as Production Engineer
Highlights:
• Carried out safe operation of the ASU with excellent customer satisfaction during the year 1999
• Sound exposure in oxygen, nitrogen and argon cylinder filling stations with skills in hydrogen
plant and hydrogen cylinder filling
• In house cooling water treatment without help of contractor using ion exchange method
May’97 to Apr’99 with National Aerospace Lab., location? as Project Engineer
Aug’96 to Apr’97 with Recon Machine Tools & Dies, location? as Production Engineer
PROFESSIONAL ENHANCEMENT SCHEDULES
• Safety training at Praxair India Pvt. Ltd. as applicable to OSHA standards
• Centrifugal compressors, predictive technology and gas analyzers at JPOCL
• Six Sigma green belt at Praxair India Pvt. Ltd. by Indian Statistical Institute
• Air separation process, hazards and safe operation training at KIGC by Air Liquide
• Attended Oracle ERP Training for maintenance management
ACADEMIC DETAILS
1996 BE in Mechanical Engineering from college?, location?, Mangalore University, India
2015 M.B.A from Alagappa University, Karaikudi, India
IT SKILLS
• Well versed with:
o Microsoft Packages such as Word, Excel & PowerPoint, AutoCAD R-14, DCS and PLC Systems
o Maintenance management in Oracle ERP Software
PERSONAL DETAILS
Date of Birth: 28th
April, 1975
Permanent Address: S/O B Bhaskara Rao, 5-3-56B, “Achala”, Beedu Layout, Chitpadi, Udupi - 576101, Karnataka, India
