Dinesh Chauhan has over 35 years of experience in pre-commissioning, commissioning, maintenance and reliability roles. He is currently a Commissioning Coordinator at Sohar Refinery in Oman working for Petrofac International. Prior to this, he has held roles such as Commissioning and Start-up Coordinator at Equate Petrochemicals in Kuwait and Senior Manager of Maintenance at Reliance Industries in India. He has expertise in areas such as procedure development, equipment testing, team leadership, and client relationship management.

1. Dinesh. C. Chauhan
Mobile: + 968 97113863, +91 9638230825, +91 9725774758
E-Mail: dc_chauhan62@yahoo.co.in; dinesh.chauhan@petrofac.com
JOB OBJECTIVE
Seeking senior level assignments in Pre Commissioning & Maintenance Management for an repute organization of Oil & Gas, Petro-Chemical and
Refinery industry
PROFILE SUMMARY
• A dynamic professional with over 35 years of experience in:
Pre-Commissioning & Commissioning Maintenance & Reliability Team Management
Planning Management Client Relationship Management Site Administration
Resource Optimization Testing & Checking Coordination
• Currently working with Petrofac International, one of the leading EPC Company in Gulf area as Commissioning Coordinator at Sohar Refinery
Oman. Worked for the Pre Commissioning & commissioning of Bab Habshan - ADCO, Abu Dhabi Site, ASAB ADCO of Abu Dhabi, Harweel
of PDO OMAN, and NGL-4 GASCO of Abu Dhabi. Presently posted at Sohar refinery, Oman.
• Expertise in preparation of pre commissioning & commissioning related procedures, check sheets, method of statement, task risk assessment,
3D Model Review and N2 He Testing of system.
• Expertise in implementing various maintenance philosophies & techniques like Proactive, preventive, predictive and breakdown maintenance
along with equipment failure analysis, Reliability Centered Maintenance (RCM) in order to enhance equipment reliability. At Reliance
Petrochemicals worked for the position of Sr. Manager for maintenance department.
• Expertise in resource planning, in-process inspection, team building and co-ordination with internal / external departments
• Well familiar with development and implementation of ISO procedure and quality checks
• Expertise in implementation of safety management systems for maintaining sound healthy work environment.
• Expertise in co-ordination with clients, vendor, consultants and sub-contractors
CORE COMPETENCIES
Pre commissioning & Commissioning
• As a commissioning coordinator handled Equate Petrochemicals and Petrofac EPC projects and worked for
 Petrochemical units utility, Ethylene, MEG, PVC, VCM, PE, PTA, PE ducting plants and Jetty along with its maintenance
 Oil & Gas, NGL4, Oil wells and
 Refinery
• Handling of Pre-Commissioning and Commissioning activity, ensuring completion of project in minimum turnaround time and effective resource
utilisation to maximise the output.
• Designing of Check sheet for equipment’s in coordination with client.
• Check sheet allocation to equipment’s based on Pre-Commissioning and Commissioning activity
• Overseeing commissioning as well as conducting tests & inspections to ensure operational effectiveness of utilities
• Hydrocarbon system leak checking / testing with N2He
• Pre-installed testing of valves like (TSO, PSV and Control valves)
• Flange management and testing & calibration of TSO, PSV & CV along with its progress monitoring.
• Segregation of the commissioning activities in order to identify which ones can be carried out at the early stages and before issuance of MCC
• Monitoring of
 Pre-Commissioning and Commissioning activity progress through check sheets for rotating and static equipment
 Punch list close out
• Vendor coordination for commissioning of equipment’s.
• Performance test of the plant and warranty run of the plant
• Review of vendor documents for any updation / correction
• Review of Spares - Commissioning, Two years and insurance
• Procedure writing / development for Pre commissioning & Commissioning activity like
 Lube oil Flushing
 Pipe Line flushing / blowing
 Flange Management
 Procedure for Pre commissioning & Commissioning of Rotating equipment
 Method statement and Job Hazard Analysis
• Equipment maintenance during Pre commissioning & Commissioning stage
• Liaison with client for any issue.
Maintenance & Reliability
• Served as Maintenance head (Sr. Manager) for PVC, VCM, PTA-I & PTA-II plants of Reliance, India and responsible for Mechanical, Electrical
and instrument related issues.
• Development of maintenance system for plant in operation
• Monitoring & Planning maintenance activity for preventive, predictive and shut down maintenance
• Responsible for reliability enhancement and reliability centred maintenance.
• For debottlenecking / Plant capacity up gradation worked for
 Increased production by circulating chilled water in place of cooling water in PVC reactors

2.  For increased chilled water requirement erected and commissioned refrigeration units of 1000 Ton capacity.
 Up gradation of centrifuge capacity
 Revamping of silo filter units for increased production capacity.
• Resolved reliability issues of
 Reactor bottom valve
 Centrifuge gear box
 High pressure reactor hydro jetting system
 Rotary valve of conveying system
• Spares development for cost reduction
• Involved in process of preparing & monitoring Budget
• Spares & Inventory Management
• Refurbishment of damaged parts of equipment
• Equipment maintenance during Pre-commissioning & commissioning stage
Liaison Work
• Liaising with client, vendor and contractor
• Liaising with vendor for problematic equipment during commissioning
• Interfacing with client for tie in points.
Team Management
• Leading, mentoring & monitoring the performance of engineers, foremen & other technical peoples to ensure efficiency in process operations
and meeting of project targets
• Creating and sustaining a dynamic environment that fosters development opportunities and motivates high performance amongst team
members
ORGANISATIONAL EXPERIENCE
Since Nov’09 Petrofac International as Commissioning Coordinator
Aug’07- Oct’09 Equate Petrochemicals, Kuwait as Commissioning and Start-up Coordinator (Ethylene Glycol-EG2, Marine Terminal
& Utility -2)
May’04- Jul’07 Shahid Tondgiooan Petrochemicals, Iran as Sr. Technical Advisor
Mar’91- Apr’04 Reliance Industries Limited, Surat (India) as Senior Manager
Apr’89 - Mar’91 Indian Petrochemicals (Presently owned by Reliance), Nagothane (India) as Project Engineer
Mar’88- Apr’89 Searle (India) Ankleshwar (India), as Engineering Officer
Aug’81- Mar’88 Sarabhai Chemicals, Vadodara (India) as Junior Shift Engineer
TRAININGS
Attended trainings on:
o Laboratory for Self Development in Reliance Group of Companies
o Supervising Development Program on HSE at Reliance Industries Limited
o Management Programme for Reliance Group Managers at Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore
o Quality Management System Internal Auditor training course-LRQA
EDUCATION
1987 B.E. in Mechanical Engineering from Maharaja Sayaji Rao University, Baroda; 67.24%
Additional Qualifications:
1981 Diploma in Electrical Engineering from Maharaja Sayaji Rao University, Baroda; 69.33%
1980 Diploma in Mechanical Engineering Maharaja Sayaji Rao University, Baroda; 72.93%
PERSONAL DETAILS
Date of Birth: 29th
June, 1959
Nationality: Indian
Passport Status: Z 1790828 (1st
November, 2007 (Issue); 31st
October, 2017 (Expiry))
Visa Status: Job Visa
Marital Status: Married
No. of Dependants: Two
Languages: English, Hindi and Gujarati
Permanent Address: A-1, Vinayak Society, Opp. Dev Commercial Complex, Gotri Road, Vadodara; Gujarat; India
Location Preference: Gulf Countries (UAE, Kuwait, Qatar, Oman, Bahrain, Iran)