Kamal
Ramanlal Shah
(SENIOR PROCESS ENGINEERING TECH)
1333,Littleton
Road, Morris plains, NJ
(973) 610-5290 (Cell)
kamalshah1215@gmail.com
Summary
Professional experience and expertise in oil/gas/petrochemicals/chemicals industries with strong
fundamentals in carrying out in Refineries, Petrochemical and have worked in troubleshooting for process
problems to identify equipment requiring maintenance plant operation and taking corrective actions for
solving problems with successful track record for maximizing resources, sales, production, quality and
overall profitability, exhibit strong leadership skills in Upstream oil and gas where results are obtained
without direct accountability, environment, health & safety field activities including site inspections, spill
response, sampling effectively and perform assigned tasks, provide field support for a variety of regulatory
and compliance driven projects and promote safety culture and EH&S tasks and initiatives skills, give
priority and schedule all work activities and Identify cost effective solutions to follow company procedure for
expenditure, Identify and implement process change requirements for optimum operation of existing plant
facilities based on evaluation of developments in process technology, Monitor Key Process Variable and
maintain plant in efficient operation, responsible for all technical aspects of new projects from conceptual
stage, feasibility stage, FEED stage, detail engineering, Pre-commissioning, Commissioning, start-up,
shutdown activities / Major expansion project / Normal plant operations and subsequent Operation,
Responsible for ensuring monitoring and analysis of environmental aspects of facilities in Fields, Direct and
monitor contractors, Used Maximo to carry out document and continuous improve equipment preventative
and corrective maintenance strategy, Collect and interpret trends in equipment condition monitoring data
when required, Follow work instructions and comments with feedback, Performed document process and
product analyzers calibration checks. Set up and safely operate all tools and equipment necessary to
perform assigned work, Excellent project coordination and execution skills.
Software Skills
Bentley, TDMS, EDMS, ECM, SAP for retrieve Engineering Data, LIMS, Matrikon for Operating Parameters,
Library Software, Site View ,ASSAI ,PDF Nitro ,Lotus Notes Microsoft office
Achievement: Prevent disaster in the propylene plant by extinguishing fire at RIL, India.
Diagrams: Process Flow Diagrams (PFDs), Piping and Instrument Diagrams (P&IDs)
Fire and Safety: Safe work permit system (Safe Work Policies) : Report Environmental Issues, Safety
Incidents And near misses for safe work environment, Contribute to the improvement of the Safety, Health,
Environment and Quality programs by safety audit, Applied the Hazardous Work Permit process, LOTO
and energy isolation procedures as required , Performed safety program for contractors to maintain site
securities & orderliness, good housekeeping, Hot work permit/Cold work permit/confined space permit,
Excavation/ Fire and gas detection systems: H2S/flammable, Gas detection monitor indicators and alarms
for detector in control room and in field.
Training: Basic refinery operations, Fire, safety, first aid ,chemical handling, emergency handling plan (Fire,
gas release etc., toxic gas handling), six sigma, mock drill operation, Energy saving, OSAS, ISO 9001, ISO
14001, H2S, PTW, Heart Saver First Aid CPR & AED, Cyber Security, Records Management, Data Privacy
Data Integrity Assurance Management System, SHE level training, SHE critical equipment, Lock out Tag
out, Oil spill prevention and control counter measure, Strom water pollution prevention plan, Operation
Integrity Management System Third party Service, Management of Change, Hazard Communication,
Opening process equipment, Performing Risk assessment-Hazard Identification, Scenario based risk
assessment, Carbon Monoxide Hazard Awareness, Gas Testing, Global Harmonized System, High Boiling
Aromatic Oils, Hydrogen Sulfide Hazard, Lifesaving Rules, Nickel Carbonyl Safety Training, Operation and
Maintenance Procedure
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Training, Web cat, Work Permit Requestor-Acceptor ,New Chemical Review Process, Benzene Hazard,
Working Safely in Hot environment Ergonomics ,safety in motion at EXXONMOBIL
Volunteer: Worked in 20thWorldPetroleum Congress, Doha, QATAR in Venue Information Service.
COP18/CMP8 the United Nations Conference on Climate Change
Worked as a volunteer in various events of QATAR PETROLEUM.
Professional Experience
EXXONMOBIL- AEROTEK ENGINEERING ,USA
May 2015 – Nov-2015
RESEARCH & ENGINEERING TECHNICIAN
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Operation of micro-units and 2 pilot plant units with both Honeywell and Lab view Operating
systems.
understands operating parameters with variety of different pilot programs
Competently uses a variety of hand tools and operational equipment including pumps, flow and
pressure controllers to perform routine maintenance work
Diagnose and troubleshoot equipment and unit deviations
Track and records experimental data, unit operation in logbooks following DIAMS procedures
Run multiple analytical instruments for density, pour point, cloud point, and gas chromatography
Mentor and train operators in unit/daily operations
QATAR PETROLEUM, QATAR
May2009-Nov 2014
SENIOR PROCESS ENGINEERING TECHNICIAN
Qatar Petroleum is a state owned petroleum company in Qatar. The company operates all oil and gas
activities in Qatar, including exploration, production, refining, transport, and storage
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Operation Engineering Field Development
SOR Evaluation, recommendation & final approval as a Focal Point
All plant / project modification works & engineering related activities including PCR.
Participate for process related matters Reviewing PCR for approval / rejection and carrying out
PCR detail engineering and making it ready for implementation,
Participate in project site activities as and when required co-ordinate the MCC, TOC & ACC &
participate in commissioning Initiate & follow up punch list clearance,
Review & approve all permanent process & trip setting change requests to meet operation
requirements, review & update documentation and drawing on periodical basis
Provide Technical support to over 30 process facilities within Dukhan operational areas,
co-ordinate with PD (D) for any project during feasibility study, FEED & EPIC & prepare, review,
endorse & approve SOW for projects during feasibility, FEED & EPIC stage & participate for site
visit of consultant, ensure oil & gas production targets has been met with minimum Interruption.
Successfully trained Qatari Trainee for the profile of senior process technician and provided
them guidance and assistance only on need basis and thereby encouraging them for being
independent and responsible in areas of process, safety, production, projects and trouble
shooting.
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Projects :
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Epic for smokeless flare and automatic blowdown system & new control room at FSP-Black cat
engineering,(2009-2014)
Procurement, installation and commissioning for new Glycol Regeneration trains at FSP - Qatar
Kentz (2011-2014)
Replacement of old three phase separators in all seven degassing stations-Worley Parsons
(2012-2014)
Automation upgrade at KM, KN, KS-Yokogawa (2012-2013)
Epic for fiscal meter with meter proving facility at FSP - Dopet (2009-2011)
Epic for corrosion inhibition facilities at wellheads Gas lifts- Black cat (2009-2011)
Epic for provision of 3 additional slots on 26 Gas lift manifolds-Black cat (2009-2011)
Fiscal meters and meter provers at ArabD & UmmBab-Panorama (2009-2010)
RELIANCE INDUSTRIES LIMITED
(Aug 1989 to May 2009)
Senior Plant Operator
Reliance emerges as the first and only private Indian organization to be listed in the Fortune Global 500
list as well as rated by international credit rating agencies - including Moody's, Standard and Poor's.
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Personal abilities to support team philosophy and strategy to give strong output to the
Organization
Involved in Heavies Separation & COS Removal by Reactor, changeover of Dryer, Spheres,
Regeneration of dryer by Process guideline and to bypass dryer if problem persist, trouble
shoots Centrifugal compressor operations & takes necessary action, monitor pneumatically
actuated valves and control systems
Storage of LPG & PROPYLENE SPHERES, Operation like, receiving, Supply, routine operation
& storage, for ethylene purification unit : Separates pure ethylene from raw ethylene feed from
olefins plant, Remove impurities by distillation & supply to polymer plant
Maintain plant log book with date and time for all machinery start/stops, analyzer calibrations,
process upsets, product losses or any other major events with sequence of events in trend,
Prepared safety, health, environment and quality for equipment when required, Maintain
production log sheets, data entry into SAP, participate in operations and safety meetings, safety
committee activities as required prepared for mock drill planning, Take part in all training
activities according to schedule and meet annual performance target
Familiar with all process equipment and function leads to monitor and operate the equipment for
safe and efficient operations, Strong mechanical aptitude and ability to work with simple
mechanic's hand tools
Safe preparation and handover of equipment/Pipelines for maintenance, complete all
preventative maintenance jobs according to best practice
Enforcing the safety rules in area and ensuring housekeeping and cleanup and assisting
engineer, technical & other groups working in area during normal plant activities ,Strict follow-up
of safety& environmental rules, Strict control of unsafe conditions& unsafe acts
Hazard identification & risk assessment before doing the job
Knowledge of electrical hazards and safety, and ability to troubleshoot electrical systems, with
support from engineering, job control & completion as per work permit System, routine activities
like sampling, healthiness of safety equipment’s
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INDO-NIPPON CHEMICAL COMPANY LTD.
(Aug 1988-Aug 1989)
CHEMIST
Looking after plasticizers analysis & testing for DOP, DIOP, DIDP, DEP, DMP.
Responsible for various analysis for plasticizer like shore e hardness, tensile strength, titration, color as
per AMERICAN PUBLIC HEALTH SSOCIATION, specific gravity, also looked for R &D Reaction with
different composition on small scale, also guide to the production if any upset in the sample analysis
report & take corrective action for the production, Responsible for analysis for the plasticizers & TDS &
TSS for water analysis.
Academic: BACHELOR OF SCIENCE (CHEMISTRY),MAHARAJA SAYAJIRAO UNIVERSITY, INDIA
DIPLOMA IN COMPUTER APPLICATION, STERLITE FOUNDATION, INDIA
Academic: Bachelor of Science (Chemistry), Year 1988, Maharaja Sayajirao University, India.
Diploma in Computer Application, Year 2001, Sterlite Foundation, India.
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