Prasanna Kumar
Calibration Incharge / Technical Manger
Summary
Instrumentation & Calibration Professional with 14+ years of experience in Oil & Gas and Marine industries. Expert in calibration service operations, ISO compliance, leading multi-disciplinary teams, and business development.
- Experienced in branch office management, estimation, scheduling and business development at Metromac Marine Automation FZE, UAE. (2017 - Present)
- 2+ years in modification /maintenance of Tank farm, Truck loading & process field instruments/control system at Kuwait National Petroleum Corporation-Shuaiba Refinery, Kuwait.(2014 - 2017)
- 2 years experience in Design & Development of Automation products, field testing, installation & maintenance at Woodward Grand Engineering Design and Process Services, Chennai.(2012 - 2014)
Overview
14
14
years of professional experience
5
5
Certifications
4
4
Languages
4
4
years of post-secondary education
Work History
Calibration Incharge / Technical Manager
Metromac Marine Automation FZE
03.2017 - Current
- Manage a team of 10+ members including technical and administrative for branch office operations.
- Estimate/Quote for all marine & industrial calibration enquiries/RFQs/ Tenders/ Contracts.
- Efficient calibration schedule management, man power scheduling & inventory management.
- Communicate, liaise with clients, vendors, sub contractors and inter-departments.
- Assure, jobs are carried out as to comply with ISO17025/customer requirements.
- Handle audits related to ISO9001, ISO14001 and ISO45001.
- Root cause/fault analysis and corrective actions for breakdowns to ensure reliability.
- Customer relations for account management/business improvement/feedbacks.
- Achieve Quality objectives and identify new business opportunities and areas of process optimization.
- Well versed in PTW systems and QHSE requirements and quality compliance.
- Vast product knowledge of instruments and control systems by Riken Keiki, Honeywell, Rosemount, Emerson, BW Technologies, MMC, Deckma Hamburg, KSB Seil, Green Instruments, Echolor.
- Hands- on experience in calibration and troubleshooting of Pressure, Temperature, Electrical, Mass & Dimension, Gas measuring instruments and Valves.
Senior Instrument Technician
Kuwait National Petroleum Corporation - Shuaiba Refinery
08.2014 - 01.2017
- Commissioning of SIEMENS SIPLUS S7 PLC for Shipping Pumps.
- Participation in FAT, SAT and preparing punch list.
- Functional test and loop checking as per specifications and P&ID.
- Maintenance of SAAB Tank Gauging and Truck loading system
- Corrective actions to overcome frequent failures in CTS.
- Commissioning and configuration of RTG 39xx radar gauging systems.
- Maintenance of Tank Master, Experion, FSC panel, Accuload & Scully system.
- Calibration of PD meters and Metering skids.
- Safety logic simulation for heaters, compressor, de-salter and pumps.
- Calibration and stroke check for control valves.
- Maintenance of Compressor safety instruments and control systems.
- Preventive & Corrective maintenance activities.
- Loop checks, Inter locks simulation and shut down maintenance.
Project Engineer
Woodward Grand Engineering Design & Process Services (P) Ltd
05.2012 - 07.2014
- Bay Finders and Automatic Gate controller with third party system integration.
- Involved in technical and functional specification analysis.
- Hardware design and development, testing with multiple cases, PCB development and soldering.
- Installation at various sites and troubleshooting after commissioning.
- Data analysis for reliability and system improvements.
Education
B.E. - Electronics and Communication Engineering
Trichy Engineering College
India 03.2008 - 03.2012
Skills
Quotations & Estimations, Work flow Planning
Time , Manpower and Inventory Management
Audit, ISO compliance, Documentation
Odoo, Maximo, RBS, MS Office
Accomplishments
- Business and QHSE Target achievements.
- Setup of valve testing facility and obtain regional authorization from LESER, Germany during 2023.
- Double Promoted during 2016 June at KNPC - Shuaiba Refinery, Kuwait
- Certificate for reducing downtime of CDU unit during recovery project.
Certification
Basic Fire fighting and First aid training certification.
Work Availability
monday
tuesday
wednesday
thursday
friday
saturday
sunday
morning
afternoon
evening
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Languages
English
Bilingual or Proficient (C2)
Hindi
Advanced (C1)
Tamil
Bilingual or Proficient (C2)
Malayalam
Advanced (C1)
Software
Odoo
MS Office
Maximo
RBS
Timeline
Calibration Incharge / Technical Manager
Metromac Marine Automation FZE
03.2017 - Current
Senior Instrument Technician
Kuwait National Petroleum Corporation - Shuaiba Refinery
08.2014 - 01.2017
Project Engineer
Woodward Grand Engineering Design & Process Services (P) Ltd
05.2012 - 07.2014
B.E. - Electronics and Communication Engineering
Trichy Engineering College
03.2008 - 03.2012