Nilakantha Das

Control & Instrumentation Engineer

SUMMARY
Control & Instrumentation Engineer with 18 years of experience in Front End Engineering Design (FEED), Detail Design (DD), Procurement, Construction and Project Management in Oil &Gas, Petrochemicals and Chemicals. Extensive experience in project execution, erection and commissioning of new Grass root projects, revamping and brown field projects. Detailed design activities of DCS/Safeguarding systems covering system architecture, functional design specifications, logic diagrams, FCS configurations diagrams and I/O allocation etc. Detailed design calculations of control valves, flowmeters and other field instruments. Preparation of requistions, bid evaluation and technical recommendation. Well versed with International codes and standards. Hands on experience in INTOOLS in developing Loop drawings, spec sheets and other instrument engineering deliverables. Extensive experience in managing Mega/Medium scale projects as lead control system engineer. Certified Project management Professional (PMP).

EXPERIENCE
Present Lead C&A Engineer, Worley Parsons Oman Engineering LLC

As lead C&A engineer, responsible for developing FEED packages including Instrument design basis, control & safeguarding philosophies, Cause & Effect Diagrams, Control System Architecture, Instrument index and I/O list etc. Design of safety Instrumented systems (SIS), custody transfer metering skids and interfacing of various systems. Preparing packages for SIL review as per IEC requirements and implementation of recommendation in the design to achieve required Safety integrity level of the control system. Preparation of requisition for long lead items and developing ITT documents to ensure timely Procurement of items as per project schedule.

April 2011 Dec 2006

Senior C&A Engineer, SABIC Engineering &Project management.

As a lead C&A engineer, responsible for developing FEED package (includes preparation of requisition for long lead instruments items such as DCS, IPS, OTS, ESDV & Control valve, Preparation of ITB documents, Preliminary scope of work, CLASS V cost estimation, project schedule, Project resource matrix, project execution strategy (LSTK/EPC), mark-up drawings, preliminary specifications, layout drawings etc Developed the Control & Safeguarding, Fire & Gas philosophies, Control system architecture and, Cause & effect Diagrams, Typical Functional logic diagrams. Responsible for detailed engineering packages (DEP) consisting of creating different instrument loop drawings (ILD), Instrument specification sheets (ISS), hook up and location diagrams. Preparation of bill of material (BOM), cable schedule, JB schedule, and complete Released for construction packages (RFC).

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Control & Instrumentation Engineer

Responsible for preparation of invitation to bid (ITB), purchase requisition, Technical bid analysis (TBA), technical recommendation (TR), preparation and finalization of contract documents. Responsible for conformance to EXXON MOBIL Global Practices (GPs) and SABIC Engineering Standards (SES) and relevant international codes and standards during detailed design of the control systems and instrumentation. Responsible for arranging/participating in HAZOP reviews and Risk analysis (RA) of the project with the operation/safety team. Responsible for the close out of the project consisting of As-Built drawings, spare parts, manuals handover to end user, invoice clearance of vendors,contractors,posting LESSONS LEARNED and financial close. Major Projects. Quench system modification phase-II (Olefin plant) Job involves basic engineering and EPC for Installation and commissioning of new exchangers, settlers, pumps and new electrical substation. Installation of new control cabinets, HPM and simulator etc.. PLC up gradation in bagging and palletizing lines (LLDPE) Project lead for up gradation of PLC in all bagging and palletizing machines (7 bagging + 7 Palletizing) machines. Instrumentation upgrade in Reactors (LLDPE): Project lead for complete up gradation of reactor instrumentation. Dec. 2006 Jan. 2002

Asst.Manager : Instrumentation Projects, Reliance Industries Ltd.India (Oil & Gas )

To make instrument data base from P&ID. To make material take off from hook-up drawings. To raise the Purchase Requests for all instrument construction items as per material take off. To raise PR for Instruments as per process requirements To develop Scope of works and Purchase specifications (VDRL) for all instrument items in the project. Coordination and correspondence with the vendors. Instrument inspection for correct delivery from the vendor. Prepare, participate in the review and submit technical and commercial clarifications and bid documents as required through the tendering process. Attend/arrange client, supplier and third party meetings on and offsite as necessary. Formulate technical and commercial response as required. Generate bill of materials and project costing estimates using departmental standard procedures. Involved in preparing material specification for purchase, material cost estimation, bid evaluation and purchase. Selection for instruments according to the process data sheets. Review of vendor documents and prepare comments on it. Involved in preparing material specification for purchase, material cost estimation, bid evaluation and purchase. Materials follow up with purchase department. Preparation of the Specification sheets, control valve and flow calculations, layout drawings of control rooms, trays and Instrument hook up drawings etc. Design of control systems (DCS and PLC) which includes system Architecture, I/O allocation, memory allocation, redundancy, scanning time allocation, operator and engineering interfaces and interface with third party and package unit PLCs and other DCS systems. Co-ordination with other disciplines like Piping, Electrical and Mechanical for resolving engineering issues.

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Control & Instrumentation Engineer

Co-ordination with technology supplier, engineering consultant and construction team to resolve project issues. Arranging and participating in Factory acceptance Tests (FAT). Raising purchase requisition (PR) and co-coordinating with procurement dept to raise RFQ and subsequent technical bid evaluation and placement of purchase orders. Jan 2002 Nov. 1998

Engineer : Central Engineering cell, Reliance Industries Ltd.India (Oil & Gas)
Sound knowledge on field Instruments, control valves, control systems(DCS/FCS), safe guarding systems(IPS), Fire-Gas-Smoke (FGS) detection systems, SIL classification/implementation. Participated in process design review meetings, HAZOP meetings and Instrumented Protective Function (IPF/SIL) classification meetings and hence have thorough knowledge on process control and safeguarding systems requirements. Participated in Factory Acceptance Test for DCS/FCS, IPS and fiscal flow metering systems. Generation/review of Specifications / Requisitions for DCS/FCS, IPS, FGS systems, GC, HC&H2O Dew point, H2S, Oil in water, BS&W, Moisture analyzers, fiscal gas/crude oil flow metering system, all field instruments (including process compatible material selection, FF type, Smart type), flow meters, Orifice plate & control valve sizing, local control panels, installation materials, offer evaluation, technical discussion, preparation of technical / commercial bid evaluation reports, offer finalisation, order specification preparation and purchase order placement. Detailed engineering for FGS devices such as flame detectors, gas detectors, heat detectors, smoke detectors, sounders, sirens, beacons, break glass units and building fire alarm systems. P&ID review, instrumentation philosophy freezing with package unit suppliers including on Instruments adequacy, standardization, use of current instrument technology, symbols, representation and tag numbering etc. and package unit vendor documents review and approval. Generation and review of DCS/FCS/IPS/PLC System Architecture drawings, configuration, Foundation Field Bus segment design, System cabinets, marshalling cabinets, local control panels GA and IA drawings, ESD / MOS consoles, control room equipments layout drawings and finalization of the same. Process control scheme / narrative, Cause & Effect diagrams and functional logic drawing, Modbus communication parameters/ tag list generation/review. Sound knowledge on control scheme generation, analysis and implementation in DCS/FCS. Generation/review of instrument cable termination details-junction boxes (ICTD-JB), ICTDCabinets, cable schedules. Instruments hook-up (installation) drawings and Bill Of Material generation and review. Generation and review of Instrument & JB location layout, cable duct / tray / trench layout, FGS layout. Extensive interface with other disciplines for PEFS and electrical systems etc. Verification of isometric drawings and other columns/Drums/Tanks GA drawings with respect to the instrument interface requirements. Part of construction team for verification of construction as per AFC drawings and field engineering where ever necessary.

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Control & Instrumentation Engineer

Extensive experience in pre-commissioning, commissioning, loop checking, system configuration with the DCS team and plant start up activities.

Nov 1998 August1994

Instrument Engineer : Reliance Industries Ltd.(Manufacturing division)

Plant: Continuous polymerization unit (CP), Hazira manufacturing division, Reliance Job involves maintenance of the plant instrument and control systems in the continuous polymerization unit. Job involves planning and executing preventive maintenance activities. Responsible for maintaining spare parts for critical and non critical equipments. Responsible for reliability improvement programmes, root cause analysis etc. Leading and directing a team of technicians, supervisors for maintenance activities. Co-ordination between different departments and collective trouble shooting. Part of construction and commissioning team for Batch polymerization plant. Verification of construction as per approved (AFC) drawings.

EDUCATION
Bachelor of Engineering (Instrumentation & Control) -1 class from Sambalpur University, Jyoti Vihar, Orissa, India: July 1994.
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SPECIFIC TECHNICAL EXPERTISE/SPECIALIST COURSES

Certified in INTOOLS (SPI 7.0) Certified Project Management Professional (PMP)

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