Vuthpala.
Chaitanya Krishna
e-mail: [email protected]
Contact: +968 91281663
TECHNICAL EXPERT PROJECT MANAGEMENT - ERECTION, COMMISSIONING,
PROCESS MANAGEMENT, OPERATION & MAINTENANCE –
POWER / DESALINATION PLANTS
Summary
Areas of Expertise
• A seasoned professional with nearly 17 years of experience in RO Desalination Projects includes
Project Management, Plant Operations, Maintenance, Process Enhancements, Quality Management,
commissioning, Commercial operations, troubleshooting, auditing etc.
• Overseeing project from conceptualization to execution including review technical specifications, PROJECT
Review design basis reports, Onsite revisions for as built drawings, HAZOP studies, Execution stage MANAGEMENT
inspections, Scheduling, Reporting, Inventory management etc.
• Expertise in managing Plant Operations for reducing breakdown / downtime & enhancing the
operational effectiveness.
Core Competencies
• Managing the overall project to complete with in the scheduled time and targeted budgets, on time
decision making on critical path and contingency arrangements, agile project management techniques
implementation.
• Managing overall SWRO Operation with a view to ensuring timely accomplishment of production
targets and highest plant availability within the time and cost parameters
• Driving force for a proactive safety culture with all employees and contractors.
• Involved in all aspects of developing and sustaining a safe work environment.
• Evaluate process / equipment incidents and solve through Root Cause Analysis to prevent
reoccurrence.
• Coordinating all stakeholders of the project in developing optimized annual Operation budgets.
• Leadership skills, Interpersonal skills, Problem-solving skills, Ability to develop people, Time
management skills, Teamwork skills, Adaptability, and Stress management Standardised procedures
formulating , implementing, reviewing and revising, ERECTION, &
COMMISSIONING
Professional Experience:
OPERATIONS &
Since Aug 2018 to till date with Sogex Oman CO L.LC., Muscat – Sultanate of Oman MAINTENANCE
• Through my expertise, taking care of Power and SWRO Desalination plants in Oman from execution
stage DBRs reviews, Project reviews at L1 levels, performing long-term preservations, reviewing day-
to-day reports for seawater quality, permeate quality, membrane performance, analyzing the CIP results,
advising for different chemical cleaning regimes and organizing for autopsy, coordinating, organizing
resources, spares, tools, inventory etc.
• Part of Process / Engineering design and Construction of Sohar IV IWP – 250 MLD as well as
supported in bid preparation for 300 MLD Al Ghubrah IWP.
• Taking care of process enhancement for the Sohar IV IWP – 250 MLD.
• Providing technical support in the preparation of specifications, evaluation of bid proposals, and
monitoring contractor work to assure contract compliance. Oversight of contractors during outages to Commercial
ensure proper QA/QC procedures are followed during the execution of the work Operation
In association with Sogex Oman from 2018 – 2020 was part of Acciona Agua at Qatar. (it’s QEWC 160
MLD SWRO Desalination plant) as Operation & Maintenance role.
Responsibilities:
• Provide Technical advice to the Plant Manager as required and execute the decisions.
• Planning and Monitoring PM activities as per OEM
• Conducting and Analyzing Predictive/Condition Monitoring data of all equipment & making necessary
action in time.
• Responding to Corrective complaints on priority to avoid production breakdowns.
• Preparing & organizing major shutdown plans within plant resources and third-party resources if
required to avoid downtime, Trouble Shootings,
• Preparing Monthly Operation & Maintenance reports using MS Office tools
• Always strive for safe excellent preventive Proactive Actions to maintain the health of equipment and Enhancements
reduce Corrective Maintenance.
Work Experience
March 2017 to August 2018 for Vatech Wabag Ltd in SOHAR / OMAN as Process Engineer in charge 20
MLD SWRO plant. Client: Majis Industrial Services. (Lead a team of 20)
February -16 to March 17 with Sogex Oman CO L.L.C in SOHAR / OMAN as Lead Operations of
20MLD RO plant. Client: Majis Industrial Services. Worked at the capacity of Manager Operations
Responsibilities handled:
• Led a team of 25 to optimize operation of the Desalination Plant to ensure 100 % plant availability for
water production to meet dispatch quality, quantity and energy consumption requirements. Decision-
making for regular operation of the plants in achieving Targeted Production Rates.
• Analysing the Membrane performance, directing the team towards safe and Productive Operating
Procedures with quality.
April -13 to Feb -16 with Thermal Power tech corporation India ltd (Sembcorp Group) as Asst manager
(2x 660 MW Supercritical Thermal Power Plant. Nellore, Andhra Pradesh, India.
• Involved in project as Clients Engineer, performing Design basis reviews, coordinating, HAZOP studies,
inspecting and follow up with EPC’s as per Field quality approved plan check points,
• Planning resources to execute the job where EPC fails to keep sufficient resources to meet the project
schedule as proactive action with notice of back charge.
• Erection, Commissioning & Operation of Fuel Oil system, Compressors, HVAC, Sea Water Intake, R.O &
DM Plant, Firefighting system, Cooling water systems with forced draft cooling towers, HVAC & Turbine
auxiliaries. Condensate polishing units etc, Involved in commissioning of all packages,
• After commissioning continued in the operation of executed packages, performed predictive, corrective &
preventive maintenance jobs & monitoring through SAP (Maintenance Management), assisting
maintenance in their day-to-day activities.
• Successfully handled the installation of Whole BOP and completed in 20 months.
Roles & Responsibilities after project stage.
• Implementation of preventive maintenance programs;
• The implementation of special maintenance and control of technical results;
• Arrangements for handling operations or long-term storage;
• The notification of obsolete equipment, with the request for relevant elimination from assets;
• The checking of expense forecasts for maintenance activities and facility renewal;
• The collection and entry of data necessary to update the facility and equipment management archive;
• On the basis of programmed activities and operating conditions, prompt notification of spare part
requirements to compensate for deviations from routine and special maintenance demands;
• That the quality of machine, equipment or plant maintenance operations, including those carried out by ACADAMICS
third parties, is in line with reference standards;
• The updating of data concerning the certification of machines and equipment, by making arrangements to
check the current validity of said certification;
• The traceability of required certification, according to the area of use, with arrangements to check the
current validity of said certification;
• Co-ordination of maintenance personnel, proposing technical improvements according to the characteristics
of said coordination; .
• The maintenance of relations with inspection and technical qualification organizations in reference to the
area of responsibility;
• Enactment of alert safety bulletins, non-conformance reports, and failure reports, by actuation of relevant
activities; Bachelors in
• Co-ordination of repair activities in the event of serious damage to plants or facilities operating in the Mechanical
geographical area of responsibility; Engineering
• Collaboration in modification to plants and equipment to ensure the operating capacity of the same;
• On the basis of data received the proposal of the modification to preventive maintenance schedules.
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IT Skills
Aug-2012 to April 13 with Sogex Oman CO L.L.C as Deputy Manager Operations:
Client: GPPC Gujarat INDIA (700 MW) (Combined Cycle Power Plant)
Responsibilities: Control room operations (Power & RO Plant)
Involved in commissioning of Sea intake, water treatment plant (PTP & RO) CW, ACW, &
Gas turbine GE 9FA, BHEL Steam turbine & BHEL HRSG.
• After commissioning of Unit continued in Maintenance of BOP and supporting Combustion inspections, Hot
gas path inspections, and Major Overhaul of GTs under OEM Technical advisor supervision.
• Planning, Organizing, and Executing Preventive maintenance, analyzing trends from Predictive maintenance
reports, proactive to corrective maintenance.
• Ensuring Risk assessments, method statements safety documents Such as lockout/tag out, hot work permit,
confined space entry permit, chemical hazard, emergency response procedure, etc.
OCT-2010 to Aug -12’05 with Meenakshi Energy Pvt Ltd. (2x150 MW) Thermal power project.
Responsibilities:
• Project Engineer involved in Erection as owners engineer, Commissioning of BOP, Boiler 495 TPH CFBC
of Thermax make, ESP & Rotating equipment ( ID, PA, SA fans )& TG ( Nanjing make )and its auxiliaries.
• Ensure planning, scheduling, monitoring & timely execution, erection, and commissioning of mechanical
works for) , Turbine Boiler & Auxiliaries, BOP )(RO Plant 10 MLD.
• Evaluation & monitoring of overall work progress of erection & commissioning of Equipment as per the set
schedule and coordinating with contractors to achieve targets.
• Reporting to the superiors in time for achieving the targets as per the L3 Schedule.
• Checking and clearing the invoices/bills of contractors as per the status of erection & Billing Breakup.
• After completion of erection continued in commissioning and Operation of 150 MW plant, Aug -07 to OCT-
2010 with Nava Bharath Ventures. (Prathipadu). Joined as GET in 2007 Aug
• Erection, commissioning & Maintenance of BOP,DM plant.
• Performing routine Preventive maintenance, corrective maintenance, planning resources, and spares,
executing the job within the stipulated time.
Professional Enhancements
Certificate Programme from IIT Delhi on Project Management.
Certificate program from Vibro-tech Institute Chennai on Basic Vibration Analysis.
HSE trainings on industrial requirements – Work at Height, Confined space, Heavy Liftings, Chemical
handling, etc.
Academic Details
• B.Tech. (Mechanical Engineering) from JNTU Hyderabad in 2007
Professional Qualifications
IT Skills: Well-versed with MS Office Suite (Word, PowerPoint & Excel) and Internet Applications
Personal Details
S/O Jagannadha Charyulu (Rtd Sr.Manager Accounts India Cements Ltd)
Date of Birth: 04-12-1983
Permanent Address: Nellore :524 002,
Andhra Pradesh, India.
Languages: English, Hindi & Telugu, learning Arabic
Passport NO: L2860028
Driving Licences INDIA, OMAN, QATAR.
