HARIPRASAD KARANAMU
Dubai,UAE
Summary
Focused Power plant professional with 21+ Years of experience and impressive track record in collaborative, cross-functional teamwork within high-pressure environments. Secures team success through hard work, attention to detail and excellent organization.
Overview
22
22
years of professional experience
7
7
years of post-secondary education
1
1
Certification
Work History
Head of Fleet Performance
ENGIE
Dubai, UAE
02.2023 - Current
- Performance monitoring and review ENGIE AMEA Flex Gen Thermal and Desalination assets for techno commercial support.
- Decarbonisation initiatives advocacy and coordination with Various OEMs to evaluate the capabilities in existing machines and supporting R&I divisions.
- Root cause analysis and Return of Experience sharing across all assets of AMEA.
- Leading Knowledge management work stream in Desalination of Centre of Excellence.
- Effective implementation of Engie Digital applications in the Fleet for plant performance and operational support.
- Outage Technical topics, Budget coordination's and KPIs establishment and implementation at Battery, Desalination and Thermal Assets of the AMEA Fleet.
Maintenance Manager
Hidd Power Company
Bahrain
09.2012 - 01.2023
- Improved equipment efficiency by implementing preventative and proactive maintenance procedures.
- maintenance of Combined cogeneration 1000MW power and 90 MIGD water plant consists of Alstom 13E2 Gas Turbines and Steam Turbine, FISIA MSFE, SIDEM MED and potabilization.
- Experienced in GE, Alstom, ABB generation and protection related to Electrical and Control systems of power and water plant.
- Black Start system commissioning and testing the effectiveness of the system.
- Reliability improvement of the Generator rotors.
- Technical Upgrades in Steam Turbine, Gas Turbine and Generators.
- Reliability improvement is Water generation plants.
Senior Manager
Enercon (India) Limited
Andhra Pradesh, India
12.2011 - 08.2012
- Operation & Maintenance of Power plant with 105 Turbines of 83 MW installed & 185 Turbines of 150 MW under commissioning project.
- Resource planning & execution of Preventive & Breakdown Maintenance with optimum O&M budget cost.
- Operation & Maintenance of Electrical Grid with substations of 132kV & 220 kV ratings with all the auxiliary installed equipment's like SF6 & Vacuum circuit Breakers, CT, PT, CVT, LA, Isolators and station battery bank & chargers.
- Responsible for the up keeping of Electrical installations as per Electricity Board requirements. Dealing the State electrical board persons for regular inspections & energy meter readings.
- Responsible for maintaining the higher plant load factor and minimizing the downtime of the plant equipment.
Senior Manager
Reliance Industries Limited
Jamnagar, Gujarat, India
04.2003 - 11.2011
- Preventive & Breakdown Maintenance of 9 no's of 30 MW Gas Turbine Generators ( GTG's, Frame 6, BHEL & Jeumont Electric ) & 6 no's of 30 MW Steam Turbine Generators ( STG's , Jeumont Electric ) including 132kV switchyard consists of 5 no's of 53MVA transformers and connected electrical equipment's.
- Commissioning of 2 no's of STGs & 1 GTG of 30 MW supplied by M/S Jeumont & BHEL respectively in 2006 & Major Inspection activities including rotor removal of GTGs & STGs.
- Worked in the maintenance, trouble shooting and spare review of AVR of M/s BHEL make and EX2000BR supplied by M/S GE.
- Exposure in the EDMS (Load shedding, PQ control and Synchronization) by ABB for refinery complex.
- M/S BVQI certified Internal auditor for IMS (Integrated Management system) which includes ISO 9001, ISO 14000 & OHSAS 18000.
- Member of Process Safety Management (PSM) team, Familiar with Safe Engineering Practices, Permit procedures, Lockout procedures and being trained by M/S DUPONT.
Education
Bachelor of Technology - Electrical and Electronics Engineering
Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University
Hyderabad, India 04.1998 - 05.2002
Intermediate Public Examination -
Board of Intermediate Education
Hyderabad, India 06.1996 - 04.1998
High School -
Secondary School Certificate
India 06.1995 - 04.1996
Skills
- Project Management
- Root Cause Analysis
- Quality Assurance
- Multicultural
- Team Management
- Lead by example
- Inventory management
Languages
English
Fluent
Hindi
Fluent
Telugu
Native
Certification
- NEBOSH IGC in OSH
- OHSAS 18001 Lead auditor by TUV
- IOSH- Managing safely by Al Mashreq Bahrain.
- Environmental awareness by NEBOSH, UK.
- Root Cause Analysis by Think reliability, UK.
- Emotional Intelligence by BIBF, Bahrain.
- Process Safety Management courses by DUPONT, USA.
- IMS (QMS 9001, EMS 14001 & OHSAS 18001) by BVQI, India.
- IEC 61850 interfacing by Kalki Technologies, India.
References
References available upon request.
Timeline
Head of Fleet Performance
ENGIE
02.2023 - Current
Maintenance Manager
Hidd Power Company
09.2012 - 01.2023
Senior Manager
Enercon (India) Limited
12.2011 - 08.2012
Senior Manager
Reliance Industries Limited
04.2003 - 11.2011
Bachelor of Technology - Electrical and Electronics Engineering
Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University
04.1998 - 05.2002
Intermediate Public Examination -
Board of Intermediate Education
06.1996 - 04.1998
High School -
Secondary School Certificate
06.1995 - 04.1996
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