CV of Instrumentation Consultant_Rashesh Shah_32 years plus exp
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32+ Years of Project Management, Engineering and Design
Experience in the field of Instrumentation and Control Systems
Rashesh M Shah
Project Manager and Instrumentation Leader,
Indcon Engineering Consultants Pvt Ltd
Borivali-East, Mumbai 400066
+ 91 22 28918453 / 9619200901
rashesh.shah@indconengineering.com / rmshah2007@gmail.com
Work Summary
► 32+ years of global experience in Petrochemical, Oil & Gas, Steel, Cement and other
Process industries
► Project Management, Planning, Scheduling and Cost control for green field and
revamp/control systems upgrade projects and Field Instrumentation
► Engineering, Design and Project Execution for Instrumentation, DCS, PLC, SCADA and
other Automation projects
► Specialization in Control Systems, DCS and ESD System upgrade projects
► Cost/Man-Hour Estimates and Feasibility studies
► ITB Preparation, Procurement services and Construction supervision
► Selection, Sizing and Specifications of Field Instruments, Control valves, Analyzers, Safety
systems, PLC and DCS systems
► Execution Experience with major DCS systems (like Honeywell, Yokogawa), PLC systems
like (Modicon, Yaskawa, Triconex, Honeywell ESD systems) and SCADA systems (like
AFE etc.)
► HAZOP studies and Safety Analysis for process plants
Publications
► ‘Process Control using PLC' At National Symposium on Current Trends in the
Instrumentation organized By Bhabha Atomic Research Center.
► 'Stock House Automation using PLC - A Case Study' at Bhilai Steel Plant during Indian
Steel Industries Exhibition & Seminar organized by Indian Institute of Metal.
Training/Special Assignments
► Yokogawa Centum CS3000 DCS system, Jubail, Saudi Arabia
► Triconex TMR ESD System, Jubail, Saudi Arabia
► SAP System, Financial and Engg Project Management (PS Module) Jubail, Saudi Arabia
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► SAP System, Investment Management (IM Module) Jubail, Saudi Arabia
► SAP System, Materials Management (MM Module) Jubail, Saudi Arabia
► CS3000 system FAT at Yokogawa, Singapore
► Application Software FAT at Oxy-Vinyl, Houston, Texas, USA
► Engineering and design review at Mustang Tampa, Florida, USA
► Engineering and Design review at KTI, Zotermeer, the Netherlands
► Modicon – 984/U84 Series PLC System, Mumbai, India
► AFE IC2X series SCADA System, Mumbai, India
Professional
► Bachelor of Engineering – Instrumentation and Control, Graduated in 1983, first class
with Distinction
► Membership of Instrument Society for Measurement & Control (ISA)
Work Experience
April 2006 - Present: - Indcon Engineering Consultants Pvt Ltd, Mumbai, India
Promoter and Director of Indcon Engineering Consultant Pvt Ltd
Major projects executed through INDCON for Instrumentation are:
• Qatar Petroleum, Qatar KMDS/KNDS/KSDS (Khatiyah Degassing Stations) through EPC
client:
Detailed Engineering and Design for Instrumentation and Control System Upgrade Project
mainly includes Upgrade of Conventional Electronic system to FF based DCS control
system and related field instrumentation, Upgrade of ESD/F&G Systems, SCADA Systems
Involving more than 6000 I/O Signals for Control Systems
• Qatar Petroleum, Qatar PS2/PS3 Offshore Platforms through EPC Client:
Detailed Engineering and Design for Instrumentation and Control System Upgrade Project
mainly includes Upgrade of Pneumatic/Electronic system to FF based DCS control system
and related field instrumentation, Upgrade of ESD/F&G Systems, Upgrade of Compressor
Control System etc.
Involving more than 5000 I/O Signals for Control Systems
• Kesar Enterprise, Tank farm Instrumentation and control systems
• Petrokemya/SABIC, Saudi Arabia, Debottleneking projects for petrochemical and polymer
complexes
• I3nanotech, USA, Instrumentation and Design for solvent recovery project
• Field Instrumentation Engineering for Yemen Oil Terminal through EPC client
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March 1995 – March 2006: Arabian Petrochemical Co. (Petrokemya)/ SABIC - Shared Services
Site Project Management- Al Jubail, KSA
Petrokemya is a wholly owned subsidiary of Saudi Basic Industries Corporation (SABIC) having
three world scale Ethylene crackers (1 MMTPA each) producing major petrochemical products
like Ethylene, Polyethylene, PVC, VCM etc
► SABIC Shared Services – Site Project Management team member for Project management,
Cost control and execution of various SABIC Affiliate Projects
► working in Plant Engineering (PLE) Department as Sr. Control Systems Engineer
responsible for project management and execution of various in-house projects
► Active member in company Quality (TQM) program and Suggestion schemes
Major Projects handled: -
► Project Leader for Olefins and PVC Plant APC Project:
◘ Advance Process Control (APC) system and real time optimization for 1 MMTPA
Olefins-III, Benzene and Butene-1 plant and 300000 TPA PVC plant.
Honeywell Profit Controller is APC supplier.
► Ethane gas Custody Meter for feed from Saudi Aramco
◘ Engineering, Design and Project management of 24” size Ultrasonic Flow Meter
(UFM) skids for Custody metering skid
► Propane Liquid Custody Meter for feed from Saudi Aramco
◘ Engineering, Design and Project management of 16” size Turbine meter skid for
Custody metering skid with meter prover.
► Project Leader for PVC DCS Upgrade Project:
◘ Process Licensor – Oxy Vinyl (Formerly GEON)
◘ Project Management and Coordination among the Operations dept of Petrokemya,
Yokogawa Singapore, Oxy Vinyl USA
◘ Replacing 20 year old Foxboro Spec 200, HIMA PLC and Modicon Process
computer system with Yokogawa Centum CS 3000 DCS and Triconex TMR based
ESD System.
◘ 6000 + I/O Signals
◘ Upgrade and Integration of other sub systems like Area Monitoring, Gas Detector,
Fire Alarm, UPS system etc.
◘ Challenging Execution Schedule, Concept to commissioning successfully
completed in 16 months.
◘ Coordinated with Mustang Tampa, USA for PVC debottlenecking project to
incorporate all instrumentation related design with the DCS upgrade project
► Project Engineer for following major PLE projects (Project Cost ranging between SAR
100,000 to SAR 35 Million):
◘ Utility Burner Management System (BMS) Upgrade Project
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◘ Olefins III # 3 Butene-1 Control System Tie-In
◘ Olefins III Additional Flame Scanner
◘ Olefins-II Acetylene reactor Modifications
◘ Olefins-I 3rd
Cracked gas Dryer
◘ Olefins-II/III Replacement of Flare Tips
◘ Olefins-II New Green Oil Separator
◘ Numerous other Affiliate projects ranging between SAR 100,000 to 1 Million.
June 1998 – February 2000:
► Olefins III Furnace Project:
◘ Responsible for Instrumentation Engineering, Design, Installation and
Commissioning of Olefins-III Furnaces (Green-field Ethylene Project)
◘ Assigned to KTI (Furnace technology supplier), Holland office for review and
approval of Engineering and Design
October 1995 – November 1997:
► Olefins II Furnace Expansion Project:
◘ Responsible for Instrumentation Engineering and Design of Olefins-II Furnace
◘ worked with PLE Department on several in-house projects including Industrial
Security System, PVC Chilled water system, Polystyrene Hot Oil Heaters, Olefins
II Boiler Feed water pump, Utility Sea Water Pump, # 1 Butene-1 Existing
Compressor control system, Industrial waste water system etc.
June 1993 – October 1995: Radicon Gulf Consult, Al-Khobar, KSA
Worked as Lead Instrument Design Engineer.
Major Projects Worked on are:
► Glass Fiber Project, Jubail, KSA
► Emergency Back-Up SCADA system, SCECO-East, Dammam
► Saudi ARAMCO projects at Rastnura and Abqaiq
April 1992 – April 1993: Saudi Arabian Kent/ACEC, Al-Khobar, KSA
► Saudi ARAMCO Berri Gas Plant DCS Upgrade Project
Worked as Lead DCS Engineer
◘ Existing Foxboro Spec 200 system and Square-D PLC upgraded with Honeywell
TDC3000 DCS and Triconex ESD system.
◘ Responsible for Plant 471 DCS Upgrade
◘ Developed Standard Hardware Design Schematic and Software Database standards.
◘ Prepared DCS Database for the plant
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January 1987 – March 1992: Larsen and Toubro Ltd, Mumbai, India
Worked as Systems Design Engineer for Gould Modicon 984/U84 PLC and AFE IC2X SCADA
Systems.
Responsible for Concept to Commissioning of Automation projects which includes Project
Management, Cost and Schedule Control, System Design, Writing software/application programs,
System assembly, Installation and Commissioning.
Major Projects Worked on are:
► Steel Plant Automation
► Cement Plant Automation
► Burner Management System and Boiler Interlocks for Power plants
► Digester Automation for Paper Plants
June 1983 – January 1987: Humphrey’s and Glasgow Consultants, Mumbai, India
Worked as Instrument Design Engineer for UK based major engineering company
Major Projects Worked on are:
► IPCL - Ethylene Cracker Revamping
► IDL - P.E.T.N (Detonator) Plant
► Reliance – Polyester Filament Yarn Project
► GHCL – Soda Ash Plant
► Larsen and Toubro – Cement Plant