Rakesh Patel has over 17 years of experience in electrical engineering project management and operations and maintenance of gas turbines. He has successfully managed large projects including the annual turnaround of a petroleum complex. Currently he works as a Maintenance Engineer Electrical at ADCO in Abu Dhabi where he oversees the maintenance of electrical systems including transformers, switchgear, motors, and diesel generators. He has extensive experience commissioning new gas turbines and managing their preventative maintenance.

1. Key Skills Profile Summary
Results-driven professional offering over 17 years of rich experience in
Operations & Maintenance with commendable success in managing quality
control & maintenance with key focus on top-line and bottom-line
profitability by ensuring optimal utilization of resources
Proficiency in spearheading entire gamut of tasks right from planning,
monitoring, controlling phases of project lifecycle to overall inter-discipline
coordination, administration and resource planning
Successfully managed the ‘Annual Turn Around’ of large petroleum complex
through effective man and material planning, scheduling, resource
management and reporting
Leveraged skills in managing the electrical installation & Pre-commissioning,
Testing, Operations and Maintenance of 220 Kv switch yard, (33Kv, 11Kv,
6.6Kv) HV and (415V, 230V, 110V) LV switchgears, Transformers, HV and
LV motors, Diesel Generator sets up to 1MW and their protections, UPS
Battery Chargers, Fire Alarm System and VFDs
Significant experience in managing operations at plant with a view to
ensure timely accomplishment of targets within the time & cost parameters
Pivotal as an Internal Auditor for Quality Management System (ISO
9001:2000), Environmental Management System (ISO 14001:2004) &
Occupational Health & Safety Assessment Series (OHSAS 18001)
Consistent track record of delivering results & building winning teams
Career Timeline
Soft Skills
RAKESH PATEL
Electrical Engineering | Project Management | Gas Turbine
commissioning, Operation and Maintenance
Track record of leveraging proficiency in problem solving coupled with assertive
decision making for enabling effective solutions leading to high customer
satisfaction & low operational costs
Jun’99-May’00
Arvind Polycot Limited as
Graduate Apprentice
Trainee
May’06-Apr’13
PETRONET LNG Limited,
Gujarat, India as Deputy
Manager-Electrical
May’00-Apr’06
GNFC Ltd., Gujarat as Senior
Electrical Engineer
Apr’13- till date
ADCO, Abu Dhabi, UAE as
Maintenance Engineer-
Electrical
+971-501372806 / +91-9898087976 rrpatel310577@yahoo.com
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Change Agent
Collaborator
Communicator
Motivator
Planner
Electrical Engineering
Project Management
Commissioning,O&M of Gas Turbine
Safety Management
Site Management
Troubleshooting
Liaison & Coordination
Team Building & Leadership

2. Work Experience
Apr’13- till date ADCO, Abu Dhabi, UAE as Maintenance Engineer-Electrical
May’06-Apr’13 PETRONET LNG Limited, Gujarat, India as Deputy Manager-Electrical
Key Result Areas:
Supervising the overall planning, organization and management of all aspects of projects & electrical maintenance
operations, including general administration, budgeting, planning and policy development
Conducting cost benefit analysis of the projects including the feasibility studies, assessment of the requirements,
tendering work, interface as well as the commissioning
Managing the maintenance goal setting, of transformers, generators, HT breakers and various LV , MV , HV panel
boards, motors, pumps, compressors and ensuring goals, proper workload distribution, goal satisfaction and effective
staff management
Monitoring & executing electrical projects with respect to budgeted cost, demand forecasts & time over-runs to
ensure timely execution of the projects
Planning and effecting preventive maintenance schedules of various machinery and instruments to increase machine
uptime and equipment reliability
Supervising the design, specification, estimation, costing & project / work execution of industrial electrical
installations such as 33/0.440 KV substation, 33 KV switchgear, 2.5 MVA 33/0.440 KV transformer, LT panel UPS,
Battery Chargers, Fire Alarm System and VFDs
Executing cost saving and energy saving techniques/measures and modifications to achieve substantial reduction in
O&M expenditures and work within the budget; ensured all the machinery work effectively by conducting timely
checks & measures
Heading engineering & maintenance activities, spare parts planning, execution of maintenance repairs and preventive
maintenance thereby ensuring safe, reliable and effective operations
Ascertaining availability of critical spares, developing local vendors for spares to minimize lead time, assist and
coordinate with material procurement department
Directing emergency operations, technical process engineering management, crisis management, incident responses,
regulatory compliance, new project commissioning and pre-commissioning activities
Setting-up quality & maintenance standards, ensuring optimum utilization & deployment of available resources to
achieve organizational objectives
Highlights:
Led the successful commissioning of:
o Grass-root projects of Oil & Gas & Petrochemical Industries, Cogeneration Plant, Electrical Grid Stations &
Substations
o Running Full field Development (FFD) projects at ADCO – ASAB site with EPC contractor Petrofac
o Gas based captive power plant project having Siemens, gas turbine, Cethar Vessel make HRSG and IR make NG
compressors; including preparation of specifications, techno-commercial scrutiny of the offers, Finalization of
vendors, erection testing and commissioning of the project
o New 2X7.6MW SGT-300 Gas Turbine in co-ordination with Siemens (vendor), drawing preparation, logic
preparation, co-ordination with other maintenance department, overall safety aspects during the job
Ensured effective operations & maintenance of entire FFD project equipment in additions to another 6nos of Remote
Degassing Stations (RDS)
Effectively managed the:
o Operation& maintenance of 5X7.6MW GTGs running in parallel with state grid
o Spares for all (5X7.6MW) Gas Turbines and the planning for scheduled maintenance (i.e. CLASS A/B/C) of Gas
Turbines with OEM
o Inspection at OEM’s site (LINCOLN-U.K) for combined string test for 2X7.6MW SGT-300 including performance
test, vibration analysis, NOX-SOX measurement, all critical parameters tripping simulation and noise
measurement
o Operations &maintenance of 5X7.6MW SIEMENS (erstwhile, Alstom) make SGT-300 Gas Turbine (Captive
Cogeneration Plant) and HRSG
o Selection, procurement, commissioning, testing and troubleshooting with root cause analysis of different kinds of:
 Numerical (microprocessor based) and electromagnetic relays
 Power electronic devices like UPS (having experience of both, IGBT and Thyristor technology), Battery
Chargers, Fire Alarm System and VFDs (SIEMENS and ABB make)
Proactive / predictive / preventive maintenance activities of electrical system followed by permit to work system and
lock out / tag out procedure as per requirement

3. Previous Experience
May’00-Apr’06 GNFC Ltd., Gujarat as Senior Electrical Engineer
Jun’99-May’00 Arvind Polycot Limited as Graduate Apprentice Trainee
Education
B.E. (Electrical) from Government Engineering College in 1999, Gujarat University.
Trainings
Operation & Maintenance of Gas Turbine (SGT-300) at SIEMENS U.K in June 2009
Inspection for combined String Test (i.e. for SGT-300) at LINCOLN, U.K in July 2007
SGT-300 (Tempest) Mark-II Controls
Transformer & Transformer Protection at power linkers – Mumbai
Generator Protection at power linkers – Mumbai.
Training on Low Voltage Switchgear maintenance at Pune L&T workshop
Fire & safety Programme
Fire & Rescue Training
Control of Major Accident Hazards & Safety
Internal Auditing Systems for QMS (ISO 9001:2006) & EMS (ISO 14001:1996) & OHSAS 18001: 1999
5 days operation & maintenance training programme on SGT-300 at OEM’s manufacturing site at Lincoln-U.K
IT Skills
Windows 2007, MS Office (Word, Excel, Access, PowerPoint)
MAXIMO and SAP
(Please refer to the annexure for project details)
Date of Birth:31stMay 1977
Languages Known: English, Hindi, and Gujarati
Address:B – 602,Sai Pride, Sector 18, Sanpada, Palm Beach Road, Navi Mumbai- 400706

4. ANNEXURE
ORGANIZATIONAL PROJECTS
For ADCO, Abu Dhabi, UAE:
Operations & maintenance of:
o ABB – SCMS : sub-station control monitoring system
o 140MVA, 132/33KV Power Transformers.
o 30MVA, 10MVA, 5MVA, 2MVA Distribution transformers of 33/11KV, 33/3.3KV, 33/0.415KV
o 18 MW ABB make Synchronous motor (LCI) for Lift Gas Compressor
o 33KV SIEMENS Gas insulated Switchgear (GIS),
o 11KV, 3.3KV, 415V ABB and SIEMENS Air Insulated switchgears
o 11KV, 3.3KV, 415V HT/LT Induction motors; Motor rating up to 5.0MW
o 33KV, 11KV, 415V SIEMENS / ABB make Numerical Relays.
o 3.3KV, 1270KW Emergency Diesel Generator sets.
o Chloride makes AC/DC UPS
o 6nos of RDS electrical equipment operation; maintenance and trouble shooting
For PETRONET LNG Limited:
Operations& maintenance of:
o 5X7.6MW SIEMENS Gas Turbine Operation / Maintenance / Troubleshooting
o 5X9.6MVA, Alstom Rugby make 11KV Synchronous generator with digital excitation control (Dx-21) system
o 220KV ABB make switchyard with outdoor SF6 C.B.
o Power & Distribution Transformer having maximum capacity of 26.25MVA
o HT & LT 3-Phase Induction motors
o Cryogenic Field: 1500KW HP pump (i.e. 90Barg, -163˚C,)
o 220KW LP pumps motor maintenance
o 1270KW BOG Compressor motor (i.e. ABB make, Ex “P”),
o 11KV & 6.6KV HT Panel of ABB
o L&T make PMCCs & MCCs
o ABB make VFD
o Various numerical relays of SIEMENS, ABB, & Alstom
o Gutur make parallel redundant UPS & Battery Charger
o Cathodic Protection System of entire plant
o Ziton make Fire alarm system
For GNFC Ltd.:
Led the electrical maintenance and troubleshooting of:
o Power & Distribution Transformers (Make : Voltamp- up to 15 MVA);
o SF6 Circuit Breaker (Make : ABB, 72.5 KV)
o 66 KV Outdoor CT, PT and Lightning Arrestors (Make : AE)
o V.C.B. / A.C.B. (Make : Jyoti, SIEMENS, GEC Alstom, L&T)
o HT / LT Switchboards (Make : SIEMENS, Jyoti)
o DG Set (Make : Stamford, 1250 KVA)
o Testing of Electromechanical, Static & Numerical type Protection Relays & Other Equipment. (SIEMENS,
ALSTOM, EE)
o PLANTE lead acid stationary battery cells (Exide)
o Other Utility services (compressors, cooling towers, AC systems, etc.)
o Familiarization with IEC, NEC, IEEE Codes
o HT & LT Motors (Make: BHEL, Crompton, Siemens, NGEF, BBL, etc.)
o 7.6 MW Power Generator (Make : ALSTOM-Rugby, UK)
o Parallel Redundant UPS Systems (Tata Libert, Hi-rel)
o Battery Chargers (Chhabi, Servilink – 220 VDC)
o Variable Frequency AC Drives (SIEMENS)
o Numerical Relays for electrical protection system (SIEMENS, ALSTOM)